tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377250274517734866.post5813031022910188563..comments2023-12-30T01:25:41.427-04:00Comments on Things we did today...: Clear Lake InterludeTammy Swarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06779759048984133676noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377250274517734866.post-74670443180429755252013-11-13T10:13:20.427-04:002013-11-13T10:13:20.427-04:00Thanks Marie! I've added your blog to my list...Thanks Marie! I've added your blog to my list so when you do post I can read about it... when we have wi-fi. I just can't imagine living with the cold! NO WAY! We are about to buy a couple of batteries... one of ours has died and it's pulling another one down. We have four and one already new. It's only money. Yes, boats are a lot of work... amazingly so. Keep hanging out, we can all learn from one another... cut down on the newbie mistakes maybe. Glad to have you along!Tammy Swarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06779759048984133676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377250274517734866.post-24918882727761251572013-11-13T09:20:30.685-04:002013-11-13T09:20:30.685-04:00Hi Tammy, I started a blog when we took our first...Hi Tammy, I started a blog when we took our first trip with our boat. I wanted to keep it up; but life just got in the way. I have thought more and more lately about trying to post on an irregular basis. The past few years my job has been 50 plus hours a week and there just doesn't seem to be time. <br /><br />With all of the projects we have planned I've truly thought I should make the effort. I so much appreciate those that do. I've learned so much from so many wonderful boat bloggers.<br /><br />Our boating season is pretty much mid-May to mid-October. We start jonesing for boating time about the middle of February. Usually mid April we start getting it ready to splash. So much depends on the weather. We try to leave the shrinkwrap on until the threat of snow has passed. Once it comes off we spend about 75 hours together cleaning and waxing the hull, transom and bridge. Other parts get done once she's in the water. My husband is very sure about the shine he wants and it takes some time to get it that way. LOL<br /><br />We'll need to buy a new engine battery in the spring. It didn't want to start us up to take the boat to the hoist this fall; but we jumped it and made do so we could start fresh in spring. We have 5! batteries. Two engine, two house and one generator. Luckily so far we replace one at a time....<br /><br />Here's the link for the blog I did for our trip. It was 2009; but you might like to read about boating in Michigan. Just go back to the beginning..... http://timeforusii.blogspot.com/ MarieMariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11555524232243452021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377250274517734866.post-15920403282883857602013-11-12T21:15:28.503-04:002013-11-12T21:15:28.503-04:00Marie, thanks for your kind words. Eight years......Marie, thanks for your kind words. Eight years... I remember when it was that long for us. The time really does fly. It sounds like you've got your entertainment planned with all of those boat projects. It's amazing how much these babies need. I think we are going to have to buy a couple of new batteries in the next week or two... it's always something. I can NOT imagine having a boat in the cold place you live. If it's below 70, it's WINTER! If you have a blog, please post it so that I can see how you're doing along the way too. Thanks for hanging out and being there. Tammy Swarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06779759048984133676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377250274517734866.post-32509601432538799582013-11-11T09:40:46.721-04:002013-11-11T09:40:46.721-04:00I so enjoy reading your blog! It's cold here ...I so enjoy reading your blog! It's cold here in Michigan and I started work at 6:00 this morning. I have eight more years to work and I love reading about your retirement. I don't care if you are sitting still working on the boat; or cruising. It all sounds great.<br /><br />On another note. We are working on our boat too. Even though it is up on blocks, covered and lonely; the work still goes on. Our winter projects include replacing the all of the hose for our heads too. Hubby ordered 50 feet of hose and picked it up last week. We have two heads and we were noticing a smell that we couldn't get rid of. Talking to a few other boaters we learned about the permeation of the existing hose problem. Yuck. <br /><br />Yesterday he cleaned all of our deck carpeting and put it out on the patio to dry. Saturday he taped the door on our shrinkwrap, put out the moisture control tubs and brought home any boat repair supplies that would freeze. I had already emptied the galley and heads of that kind of thing. I brought home all of the summer clothes too because we are going to Florida on vacation this winter! YAY! Our plan is to be there in the time frame to take in the Miami boat show.<br /><br />Other winter projects include resewing our dinghy cover to make it fit better. Make a boot for our dinghy bimini. We bought a ginormous carpet that I am going to attempt to cut and bind to fit in our salon over the existing carpet. That carpet needs to be replaced; but that needs to be a future expense. The vinyl seats on our dinghy need to be restitched; they are coming undone at the seams. And the big project is to tailor all of our mattress pads, sheets and the down mattress that goes over the existing one. Whew. I knew we had a lot planned; but writing it down makes it sound way tooo busy...LOL<br /><br />Any way have lots of fun! Enjoy!Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11555524232243452021noreply@blogger.com