Ramblings from the boat

For those of you who like to know these things, we have been living on the boat for the last week. We've had some good and bad experiences already!

Good- meeting up with old friends, and catching up on everyone's winter activities.
Bad- finding out a family we liked a lot won't be returning, and seeing "For Sale" signs on some of our acquaintances' boats-meaning they are planning to leave as well.

Good- watching the beaver swim by, seeing the Canadian geese with their goslings, seeing a mink! Yes, a live one!
Bad- watching the mink attack a duck and steal her eggs.

Good- One or two days of t-shirt weather
Bad- Seven or eight days of cold, rain, and grey clouds. Today for instance, the high was a meager 55 degrees, and no sun all day.

Good- better weather forecast for next week -65 - 70 degrees
Bad- having to work

Good-Finding a great used stove to replace the old one on the boat
Bad- having to cook ;-)

and here are a few rambling thoughts on:

Batteries- why do they always seem to give out just when you want them the most? Like in the middle of the night when you try to turn on the bathroom light and realize the batteries are dead? or when you grab the camera to shoot the beaver swimming by, and find that the batteries are dead?

Bargains - don't you just love to find a real bargain? For a few years now, we have been coveting a set of Cuisinart stackable, stainless-steel cookware with removable handles that we have seen at boat shows. Two pots, two frying pans, two lids, and they all nest together needing very little storage space. Since the handles are removable, these pots fit into a much smaller space than traditional ones. Price? $200+ Last Sat. my friend Ellen showed me a set she bought at the local department store. On sale, a door-buster special, price good till 1PM only, $65!!!! Of course it was 2PM when she told me this. On Sunday, after church, we decided to check it out, and the price card said they were $99. We decided to splurge and get them anyway, but when the register rang them up, they came up at $65!! Oh joy! Since the weather has been so crappy, we've put them and our new stove to good use already.

Bye for now, I'll be back when we have some nice pics to share!