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Cheap Thrills: The Meal Planning Edition
My new favorite grocery store! I have always placed a premium on having amazing experiences over amazing stuff. That paradigm of...
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Jan 305 min read


Keeping the Faith
Almost a decade ago, at the beginning of the dream Keeping the faith…Along with the fact that it’s an amazing Billy Joel song, we’ve...
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Jan 236 min read


Aboard Nuala
Some info about our boat to hopefully assuage the safety concerns of our friends and family
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Jan 148 min read


Ch. 1 or Ch. 14, depending on how you look at it
Meeting Lin Pardey was absolutely a dream come true! Attending our first Annapolis Boat Show a few weeks ago, I felt like Alice following...
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Jan 37 min read


Perspective is everything
Our Family Ray and our 6 wonderful children 🙂 So with the start of our GoFundMe campaign for videography equipment, the continued...
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Jan 13 min read


Well…we bought a boat
Meet Marguerite So the place to start, I think, is to be honest about how all of this really begins. For me, I’ve always loved the...
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Jan 14 min read


Saying “hello” and “goodbye” to dreams
The kids step aboard We got to introduce all of the children to our new boat Marguerite today. Several of our 6 kids were along when we...
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Jan 12 min read


From reflection to reform
She’d kill me if she saw this but…i doubt she reads my posts anyway 🤣😊💗 Love this girl so much After a few days of reflecting on the...
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Jan 14 min read


So close and yet so far
My current view isn’t the ocean, but amazing, nonetheless. Well, it’s been a while since I wrote a blog post…and that’s been no accident....
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Jan 12 min read


Once upon a bilge pump…
Early morning view from the slip aboard Marguerite The sights, sounds, and ingenuity that occur upon a sailboat is truly fascinating....
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Jan 15 min read


You Get Out What You Put In
My favorite to have on the boat (or anytime); something light and fresh, but good fuel! I felt like garbage the other day…and I know...
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Jan 13 min read


3 Things You Need to Understand About Willpower…
Don't forget the importance of GRATITUDE! As we come to the end of January, I’ve heard from several people that their willpower and...
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Jan 15 min read


Let the Fun Begin!
To-do List So, today I started making a list of all that we’ll need to purchase in order to begin the refitting on our 1976 Bristol 24 ...
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Dec 313 min read
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