Showing posts with label boats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label boats. Show all posts

June 6, 2015

Expect the unexpected

It's hard to believe we have been living on the boat for a year already....a whole year!!!! It really doesn't feel that long!  Even when I tell people, 'I have been living on a boat for a year.' That sentence doesn't seem real to me. It seems like something you would hear someone else say, not something you would actually say yourself!  Geez, I hope this is making sense. 

We absolutely love our life afloat and are planning on purchasing something bigger in the not so distant future! In the meantime we've been planning for the unknown. 


It's hard to plan for anything when you really don't know what's happening from one minute to the next. What am I talking about? Well....

Two weeks ago on a Friday night we stayed up super late....actually it would be more accurate to say we pulled an all-nighter. We had a movie night, which turned into "I'm not really sleepy, let's watch another movie"  and, the next thing we knew, it was five thirty....in the a.m.!!! I was game for just staying awake, but hubs was now tired. So, we set an alarm for 8:30am and went to sleep. I woke up when the alarm went off, but somebody stayed in bed. I made him get up 2 hours later so we could go look at a boat. The boat was okay, but we didn't get the 'our next boat' feeling from it {well hubs did, but me, not so much} so we went and talked to our broker. 

Lots & lots of boat talk later & we were headed back to our boat to do a quick cleaning so another broker could show our boat to one of his clients. Yeah, you read that right! Our boat isn't even technically listed yet and someone wanted to look at it. Yikes! 

Since then we have had two more showings on our boat.....I hope we don't end up homeless. :] However, if the boat does sell before we buy the next one, we are prepared to go a little backwards to go forward {if we have to} and move into an apartment for a short time. 

But in the meantime, we are trying to expect the unexpected, plan for the unknown, live life and save for the future! So basically, what everyone else is doing! :)


February 16, 2015

Small town / Big names

Kemah is a relatively small town, only about 3,400 people{you can get the whole rundown on the town's history here}, but there are some big named peeps in this town!

Though, we have never seen them around town, we have heard that one of the ZZ Top guys has a house nearby. 

Jessica Alba was here during the filming of one of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition shows, along with the whole ABC crew!!!

This is the house in all its Home Makeover glory!! The Beach family adopted & fostered over 85 children, several with special-needs. Their house, sitting on 1 acre, a few blocks from the Kemah Boardwalk,  boasts 8 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, a game room & a media room. The house has since been sold to a group that plans on turning it into a high-end drug treatment facility. You can see more photos and read all about it here
(This is how it looks today, complete with a parking lot for its new endeavor)

We cruise by Danielle Steele's elaborate home {& sometimes see her 100' yacht} every time we go out sailing. The house & yacht are equally exquisite!!!

And then there's Joe & Jennifer Bricker. And, if you ask them, they'll tell you, "We're kind of a big deal!!" There's just something about the dynamic duo! Once you meet them, you'll know what I'm talking about. And if you've already met them? Well then, you might be kind of a big deal, too!! 

Hahaha, but seriously, we kinda are!!!! ;)

July 30, 2014

Boats vs. Campers

We were driving down, er maybe it was up, Interstate 45 the other day and I saw this brand new, fifth-wheel camper. It was a beautiful, 40 footer....pure camping bliss!  I looked at Joe and said, "I'm so glad we switched from buying campers to buying boats." And Joe, {not missing a beat} says,  in his best narrator voice,
"With campers it's all about the destination, with a boat, it's all about the journey!! ....there's no fun in taking your camper out for a drive." I love that man!!! <3

Tonight, we heard this song while out to dinner. I have listened to it hundreds of times before and never once thought I would one day be 'sailing my vessel'.....Oh, but I am so glad we are!!