Voila!I have left the bottoms of the chairs in plain fabric...for now. I will wee if it bugs me, but I thought making the whole thing in the large floral patter might be to much. This is the old fabric, but it 'goes', so we will see how we feel about it in a month or so.
We got up around 9am this morning.
Last night we had a date with Veronica who made us the most wonderful dinner of Sth African chicken curry, lentils, chutney, cucmber in yoghurt, peaches and tomatoes (chopped) and lots of cilantro! YUM!!! She outdid herself, all the while heating up the inside of her boat to around 86F, she said.
We met her Son and Daughter in Law and they stayed for some food before running off to a party somewhere close by.
We stayed and chatted and laughed until almost 10.30pm...and fell into bed when we got back to the boat.
Getting up late is a bit of a luxury for us. We dont usually like lying around in the dark...and dark it is in our stateroom down a flight of stairs. Perhaps this is one of the reasons we sleep so well?
We ate our usual fresh fruit salad with yoghurt and granola for late breakfast, and because it was overcast and not too hot outside, I decided to give the boat a good wash. Warren had hosed down the flydeck a couple of days ago, so this was an opportunity too good to lose...being cooler, of course.
Three hours later, I finish.
...and of course, like any good car/boat wash, it brought the rain! sheesh...I had just dried the whole thing too:)
Never mind...she looks wonderful and all the brown dirt is washed off.
There is major earthworks going on across the bayou from us, and of course this is the direction of the prevailing wind...so everything is coated in a fine dusting of brown. Not good for our lovely new waxed finish.
We had been expecting company for lunch, so after finishing the sewing marathon yesterday pm, I got the vacuum out and did a thorough clean. We had traipsed threads from one end of the boat to the other! the vacuum didnt like all the long threads in particular, but she did a good job on this thick carpet pile.
We are still undecided if we will get a Rug Doctor in to clean the carpet, throw it out and get something more suitable, or just wait and see how much dirtier we can get this cream carpet.
We went out for lunch to the local Ichibon restaurant...interesting choice by our guests as they are vegetarian...but there were enough vege choices on the menu to satisfy.
They didnt stay long as they had children with them, and the little ones were restless. They loved the boat, but children and the boat dont mix too well...it is a treacherous place for littlies.
We were pretty pooped by the time they left around 4pm, and have taken it easy since. I was going to take a nap (Waz did) but thought I might use this time to post here.
We are meeting Katie and Dean and their friends at T-Bone Tom's for dinner...I wnder if they have Armadillo Eggs on the menu...? I might try one as long as it isnt fried!
Too much dining out this weekend. I miss our plain salads! but our friends dont want to cook and we dont have enough food for a crowd...so not much choice, then.
I will go and read for the next hour until we go for dinner. It is supposed to be overcast with thundershowers for the next few days, but these often dont eventuate. there is a storm brewing in Mexico, so we might or not, see that one.
Another week...and we are counting down to leaving time.
We will fill the boat up with diesel this week...next weekend is Labor weekend, so the loonies will be out in force with their boats. lets hope it is a fine weekend! We will stay safely away from them all, but might go and sit and watch the parade of boats going between Clear Lake and down the Creek to Galveston Bay. I hope they all have their wits about them and dont drink too much. Booze and boats done mix, but you cant tell some people!
bye for now...
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