Sail for Sale

Trying to sell a boat, while living on it is a lot harder than selling your house, while still living there. Mainly, I think it's just because it is so much smaller than a house. Plus, there is no real hiding spots to toss something into when you have an unexpected showing...,because every nook and cranny already has something tucked into it. :)

While our boat isn't technically on the market, it is still being shown as if it were. Our broker showed it three times on Saturday {with good reviews} and they are showing it again today!!! Every time I clean it up for a showing, I take a one last look over everything to make sure I have everything staged & looking good and I get a little sad feeling, while simultaneously, feeling excited¡! 

I'm excited because I know how much our current boat has meant to us and I feel we will get that much more out of our next & bigger boat! But, then I'm sad because this is the boat that we started on and she has been so good to us!  She has been the perfect starter boat for us and I feel she will be a great boat for her new owner too, whoever that might be!

All bright & clean and looking so pretty!!!

I hope it sells quick so we can get back to being sailors & liveaboards, but on the other hand I'm not looking forward to being homeless either{since we haven't found our next boat, yet}...I'm hoping it works itself out and just has a domino effect and everything rolls into place perfectly! But since our life isn't a scene from a movie, our backup plan is to stay at an extended stay hotel or something. And while I think it would be sorta nice to have a bathtub again, for a brief time, hubs is not looking forward to a stay on land. I think he will forever be a boat dweller!!

 So, for any of you who were taking bets on when we would give up this boat life....we are not done yet, we are just moving towards a bigger boat!!

So what have we been up to? Well...

We have been super busy lately! I guess that's what summer is all about, right? A whole lot of nonstop busy and plenty of go, go go....but that's why I love summer!!! 

We had lots of family come down to see us this summer, which is always really nice....it makes moving away from home not seem so bad. 

Joe's sister and her husband & kids came in for their annual Galveston beach camping trip, so we took them out sailing 

one night, watched the fireworks and then hung out at the beach with them!!

These adorable lil'cuties {two of my nieces that I used to watch before we moved down here} came and spent one night with us on the boat! They loved it and we loved getting to see them!!

My brothers two boys came and spent two weeks with us on the boat!! Lots of swimming took place and their new favorite about coming to stay on the boat is, swinging off the bow and landing in the water! 

What else has been going on? Let's see, hubs has been working a lot and I have been looking for work. I applied & interviewed at a doctor's office where the dr said he had over 200 applicants for that one position. On the one hand I'm lucky to have had 2 interviews, but on the other hand it's tough finding a job when there's this much competition and even harder when most of the jobs require you to be bilingual. Ugh!! That's sorta discriminative, ya know....when you won't even be considered for a job (that you are well qualified for) on the sole purpose of not being bilingual, I call that, languagism! I thought we lived in America where we spoke English and got jobs because we not only spoke the language, but because we were qualified for them! But hey, what do I know? Well, other than another language!!  🙄

In other areas, we still can't decide on what sailboat we want next, so we haven't listed our current boat, yet. Plus, I told Joe that I want to try to wait until it gets colder to sell this one, because if there's a chance that we are homeless again (like last time) while in between boats and have to stay in a hotel I'd rather do that in the winter time. Besides, we are not cold weather sailors anyways and barely take the boat out, unless it's warm outside so it just makes sense. 

Although that being said, I don't know how much longer I can take. While I truly love our newer boat, there's nothing to be done on this boat unless we want to make improvements. Which I can't justify putting money into it if we already know we are going to sell it. Hubs and I are both project people! And while I don't really want to do a whole refit on our next boat, I do think we both would enjoy a boat that needs a little work done. 

It has been raining here for the last few days, and though I know we need the rain, I am having major sunset picture withdrawals. It is cloudy from the time I get up until I go to bed and that just doesn't bode well with me....I need my sunshine!! We did get a brief glimpse of blue sky the other day, but it was just a false  advertisement. It was back to all clouds in no time. 

Oh well, our life afloat is still pretty amazing, even on the cloudy days!!

Until next time.....

We're just like you....only prettier! No wait, that's a Miranda Lambert song

Although, we are a pretty pair! 

See what I mean....

Sidenote: This guy makes my heart swoon!!! I love my beach bum, sailor husband, but there will always be a special place in my heart for my cowboy husband!!! 💖😍💖 #sameguy

Where were we? Oh yeah! We're just like you....

Only our house is not a house at all....it's a boat. 

And the living space is equal to that of, let's say a one car garage. 

When we turn on the tap & water doesn't flow out, it's not because we forgot to pay the bill.....it's because our holding tanks are empty & need refilling....even if it is 9:30 at night. 

When I 'vacuum & mop'.....this is what it looks like. I know what you're thinking, that looks like a lot of fun! Eh, not so much, but it's not bad, either. 

We go inside when it rains, just like I'm sure you do! ....{you wouldn't believe the amount of times we get asked, "what do you do when it rains?"} Seriously. 

Our backyard is a really large pond....also known as the ocean!

We still do everything we did when living in a house....now, it's just a lot closer proximity!

This is what it looks like when I've just "mopped" the floors and Joe needs his lunch out of the fridge so he can leave for work. That's where that close proximity actually comes in handy & I can stand on the bottom step with one foot, while my other foots is prpped on the ledge under our oven....and reeeeach into the fridge!!

We, er I still cook and bake....yes, we have an oven, and a fridge, albeit both tiny, but we have them! Here's just a few of the things of cooked up recently, in my itty bity kitchen! 

{Note to self: add these recipes to the recipe tab} ;)

We still have clothes that need to be ironed, so, I use my flat iron on clothes too! Every item on the boat needs to be dual-purpose. 

Making the bed is a bit more challenging, but clean sheets are a must, so making the bed becomes a must as well. This is probably why I don't make the bed throughout the week....kind of like a little reward for putting the clean sheets on it

Now, if you really want to know what it's like living on a boat....take this challenge! Next time you wash your sheets, try making your bed while you're laying on top of it. If you can accomplish that, you can live on a boat!!! 

What about you, could you/would you live on a boat? Let us know in the comments!!

The back yard needs mowing!!!

Our yard needs mowing!! Yeah right, that's a sentence we don't use anymore!! In fact, I think that's hubs' favoritist thing about living on a boat....NO grass to mow!!! The other day, I heard him telling someone, "he hadn't mowed grass in over a year & what a great feeling that was". I was thinking, "you haven't mowed grass in longer than the time we've lived on a boat", because I did 70% of the mowing when we lived on land!!  But, I digress!! I let him think his memories are accurate! ;)  I, on the other hand, actually miss mowing grass....sometimes....a little bit....okay, not much!!! :)

This is the current view of our "back yard", pretty sure there's no need for mowing!!! Maybe, some fishing! Unfortunately, we are not allowed to fish in the marina. Not that anyone would want to eat the guys swimming around in here! But, I don't eat fish anyway, so I would just throw them back! 

I watched Jaws for the first time e.v.e.r. last night at our marina liveaboards bbq pavilion/outdoor theater!! {that's a mouthful} I know, I know, who waits until the 40th anniversary of a movie, to watch it for the first time?!! Well, all I can say to that, is, I've always been late to joining in on the latest trends!!! :)

Almost positive I saw a shark this morning in our "back yard"!! I really don't know what it was, I only heard the big splash & saw the bottom fin....but it was huge, whatever it was!!!

{this is one of last times Joe was on a mower....and giving (one of) our adorable niece(s) a morning ride in her pj's doesn't really scream "mowing the grass"}....but, it sure is a cute photo!!! 

Happy 4th Y'all

Our second 4th of July has arrived and what a beautiful day it is here in southeast Texas!!! I love that our marina is so patriotic and puts up numerous flags...makes our life afloat even prettier!!!

We were supposed to have some family come down for the weekend, but they had to cancel at the last minute. So, we made some last minute plans.... Last night we went to a fireworks bash at someone's house, met some new people & watched the fireworks from the dock of their lake house!! It was a nice view!

Today, we spent the morning cleaning & prepping the boat to be ready to go out later! As I type this, we are sitting poolside, enjoying the sun with a little swimming!! 

The restaurant here is providing free food this evening, so we will hang out until then, grab some grub & set sail!! :)

Originally, we were not planning on taking the boat out because there are far too many crazies out, but we talked with our dock neighbors who are taking their boat out along with another couple and decided to go anchor out and watch the fireworks from the water! Yay!!! We will just have to wait until all the crazies get out of the way and then we will all come back in slow & easy! 

Hope everyone has a happy & safe Independence Day!!!