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Getting Back to Eternity Updates!!!

 We are still here and still working on everything.  Life is crazy busy at home as well.   Sorry I haven't been updating things lately.  Trying to get back into focus with it now.  Some of the big updates since last post: We have a much bigger battery bank for the cabin - called the house bank.  We upgraded to lithium-iron-phosphate or LifPo batteries and they give us plenty of power for daily living without being constantly connected to the dock or running a generator.  We put in six 230 amp hour batteries for a total of about 1400 amp hours or 17K watt hours.  That means we have three substantial battery banks, one for each electric motor (around 15K watt hours each) and our house bank.  John has made it so we can move power between the three of them whenever needed which makes it easy for us to do nearly anything we want when we want. We added a stainless steel arch off the stern of the boat and loaded it up with bi-facial solar to gr...
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Back for the Boat Show!

This is one of my favorite times of year - the United States Sailboat show in Annapolis.  I love going to the boat show.  So much to learn, see, do, and, of course, buy - LOL.  We aren't really planning on buying much this year, but I have a ton of questions for the Sailrite  (Tent D) people about sewing a screened enclosure and making cockpit cushions.  We need to check into dinghies, running and standing rigging, generators, and galley equipment besides.   I also love meeting up with people we've become friends with and making new friends along the way.  This year a friend I have worked with and his wife will be attending so I'm looking forward to hanging out with them.  It's always fun to turn the corner and see someone that we watch sailing on YouTube.  Last year we met quite a few.  We'll see how this year goes.   This year also marks the third anniversary of the first time we saw the boat we now own.  The first ...

Windows, and Sun Shades, and Ladders - Oh My!

Greetings all - We've gotten some things done this week and some not.  But that's life sometimes, right? I leave to go home tomorrow, so I figure now is a good time to get a post up.  Sometimes it seems that time just flies so quickly. In looking through all that needed to be done to paint the motor compartments, we decided that we needed to first reinstall the swim ladders on the transom of each hull.  That's because the mounting for the ladders comes through into the motor compartments and we didn't want to do that work first and then drill back through it and mess it back up again.  Silly us, we thought that would be a pretty quick job.  LOL Last year at this time, on Mother's Day in fact, John woke up sick and it turned out that he had a pretty bad cellulitis infection in his left leg.  Two round of antibiotics cleared it up.  Guess what happened this year - yep, a cellulitis infection in his right leg.  It didn't make him as sick, but with al...

The Bittersweetness of Mother's Day

 Most women I know have many feelings about Mother's Day, some sweet, some sad, some happy, some bitter, the whole gamut of feelings I think.  Lot's of reasons for that I'm sure, not the least of which is the 'traditional' view of what makes a mother. In my book, while conceiving, gestating, and giving birth certainly creates many mothers, it isn't the defining factor in being a mother.  It's hard to say what I feel clearly and simply, but I think it's mostly about how you take care of and care for others that truly makes a mother who makes a difference.  That makes many women who haven't given birth mothers and I've been blessed to have many of them in my life. First and foremost, of course, is my own dear Momma.  Odetta Garder West. For me and my two brothers and two sisters, she was an amazing mom.  She gave us magical experiences and a very rich up-bringing.  She was ALWAYS there for us - attending every single event, performance, game, and s...