I feel like I've been complaining a lot recently. It's cold. There's no range yet. I need X, Y and Z. I don't know how to dooooo thissssss...
Yep.
I've been a whiner.
I'm not sure if it's the cold or if I'm just scared for winter aboard. Winter on the boat can be a little bit miserable sometimes, as I have detailed in earlier posts.
So instead of complaining and being bratty, I'm going to list the 10 things I'm most thankful for on the boat:
1. My West Marine space heater. This thing works like a champ, I tell you.
2. My tea kettle. I drink more hot drinks in a day than most eight-person families drink in a week.
3. Internet access.
4. A marina with nice bathrooms and kind staff.
5. Really nice warm clothing and blankets. (I'm betting that most girls graduating master's programs don't get long underwear and hiking socks as graduation presents, but I did -- thanks Mom and Dad!)
6. A great set of advisers on all things nautical who will take my phone calls and answer the most ridiculous questions (Wait, you connect that to WHAT?!?)
7. A dock box! The marina installed my dock box and now the boat is much more clutter-free.
8. A refrigerator that keeps my food cold and doesn't fill my bilge with water like my ice box did.
9. Thick rubber gloves. If you battled as much mold and icky bilge nastiness as I did, you'd be thankful for them, too.
Annnnnnddd....
10. I own half of a freaking BOAT. Who wouldn't be thankful for that?
Happy (belated) Thanksgiving, readers!
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I have strange visions of you sailing the high seas looking at pictures of my chickens on the internet! Very funny indeed!
ReplyDeleteGood luck for your own adventure and stay warm (if you can!). Thanks for dropping by my little blog - I will visit again when I can.
That's exactly what I do, in fact! Reading blogs keeps me sane when I'm stuck inside. If you look at the blogs I follow it's all home-schooling and gardens and cooking and chickens -- all things I don't get on the boat! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by!