Monday Tuesday jan 4-5

Jan 3 Afternoon

|The electrical seminar was very interesting and as many women as men attended.  The guy giving it was a very good teacher .Only a few of us glazed over at times.   We found out there were a few things we should change but for the most part we are competent.

We met lots of new boaters and amazingly enough there are even are boats here from Canada. Of the 4 that came in today 3 are from Ontario.

We hung out at the beach talking and finally came back to the boat at 3 for lunch!  Sunday is always a BBQ at the Chat n' Chill and it smelled so good but we are saving ourselves for when Sue & Les get here.

We tried to watch Gallavant at 8 pm but it's too silly and just not up to the quality of some of the other musicals we've seen, so we turned back to the Blacklist marathon.

Jan 4 Monday

Today was a mass convergence on the ton today. Everyone was looking for groceries.  We managed to pick up most of the fruit and veggies we needed but there was no bread or bananas in the stores yet.  The meat van didn't show up on time and apparently people stood around for over an hour waiting for it. Luckily, not us but Friday we need to go get some, so I hope it's not another epic wait.

We took some books to the library, some odds and ends to the Straw Market Ladies; the laundry to the dry cleaner h does laundry too [my time is more valuable than standing in a hot sweaty Laundromat feeding quarters into a machine that doesn't always work, especially when it costs the same getting someone else to do it.  It's dry and clean when it comes back and FOLDED! We can pick it up tomorrow!

We went to see some of the people we knew from last year. It was gratifying to be recognized and called by name! 

We were in town so long we ended up going to the Two Turtles for lunch. Eddie's is closed for some reason. That means no "Rake and Scrape" on Mondays for awhile until it re-opens.  The Two Turtles had BBQ ribs and chicken for lunch. I had the ribs but should have had the chicken. T came with rice 'n peas, and two of corn, coleslaw or Mac and cheese. It was so filling that we couldn't finish the rice 'n peas so we brought it home for supper.  But we were so full still at supper that we just ate crackers and cheese and veggies for supper!   We finally finished the Blacklist marathon. Oh, no, now what will we watch. The TV antenna as fixed on the boat and for some reason when we are turned away from the shore it doesn't pick up as well. There's nothing more annoying than missing the critical line of dialogue when the villain is revealed or the punch line of a joke.  GRRR

Jan 5 Tuesday

We didn't get the laundry today. It wasn't going to be ready until afternoon and we needed to get across the harbour to secure a good spot for the storm coming through.  Winds were predicted to 35-45 knots with squalls, so everyone is moving around to make enough room between boats. We are at the south end of sand Dollar Beach. [That was another "discussion] where we are away from anyone else and have lots of chain out to prevent dragging.

IF the winds settle down tomorrow we will go get it; if not we'll get it Thursday when we g back over to Kidd Bay and park at Regatta Point.

We just need to hope that there is some sunshine during the day tomorrow to charge up the solar panels.

SO now it's dark and we're bouncing around the bay. Just before dark one of the crazy boaters had a windsurfer out and was screaming up and down the bay. He did have a crash boat following him.

In one of the hurricane holes here there is a series of houseboats that get rented out every year...at lest we think they are rentals. Last spring they were all occupied by French Canadians and this fall/winter seems to be the same. They are all named: Pineapple, Mango, Papaya, etc. and tonight over the radio we heard a caller looking for someone in "the Fruit Bowl".

So here's hoping that the storm mostly misses us and heads north. [Sorry, Joe and Yvonne and the rest of you up there in the Abacos or Eleuthera].  I have two days left to get the boat cleaned up before Sue and Les arrive and we are expecting Quentin to be back on Sunday. Can't wait to get him back here!

Ttyl