Wednesday ~ October 26, 2011

Today we are driving home to Idaho! YEAH!!!! Although I suppose Port Orchard is now my official home.... Sometimes I still look at my Washington drivers licence and wonder just what the heck happened and how the heck did I get here?????  I will always consider Idaho MY home. This weekend Mike and Karey are carrying on the 'Pumpkin Carving Party' tradition! 

For ten years Ben and I had the annual Beastly Byers Pumpkin Carving Party in Ben's shop. I loved that party, pizza, cocktails, jello shots, costumes, kids and of course... pumpkins! Something that the kids and grand kids will always remember. Kinda a family tradition. When we moved away there was a bit of an uproar... WHO had a shop BIG enough to hold everyone... WHO would carry on the tradition??? After all, we have a crop of brand NEW grand kids who need to enjoy the whole pumpkin experience, share in the memories... when Uncle Mike dressed as a Gorilla and SCARED poor Jake half to death (Jake STILL remembers THAT, and he was like 3yrs old!LOL), when Sylvia did a few too many jello shots... when.. well I'll stop there, what happens at the pumpkin party stays at the pumpkin party..... SO I was ecstatic when, in a moment of weakness, Mike caved in and mentioned that he was thinking of allowing us to use his shop for this years carving party..... (poor guy, he has NO idea what he is in for...but his shop will be clean!) EVERYONE in soooo excited! I think this will be one of the biggest crowds EVER! I can't wait to see everyone. Ben and I will be staying at Mike and Karey's through the weekend to help them setup for the party then cleanup the aftermath. Fun, Fun, Fun!

Saturday ~ October 22, 2011

Home, Home on the Sound. Well I'm back home on the boat..... Ben came and picked me up from the ferrie yesterday. I had such a good time at my friend lani's house! I had told Ben I had cut and colored my hair, but not how short or what color.... THAT had him worried! Last time I took off to do something like this I came home with stars tattooed on my face. LOL! I LOVE my new haircut and color, it's pretty tame, but just to give Ben a heart check Lani and I got some bright pink spray in hair color and covered my hair in it! The first thing Ben said when he saw me get off the ferrie ... "that DOES wash out???" Today we are back working on the boat. Ben is trying to get the shower running. The shower works but it drains into the bilge. He is trying to get the shower plumbed to drain outside the boat like it is should so he is installing a sump pump under the shower. We are still having problems with our toilet system... NOT GOOD.  Not sure how he is gonna fix that problem. We DID get the diesel leak fixed... the leaking tank finally ran outta diesel... So now we just need to pull the ruined carpet, replace the floor and lay new carpet. Of course we need to replace that one tank.... ***sigh*** Wednesday we head back to Idaho for the Halloween weekend. It will be so nice to see friends and family... especially that new grand baby Dominic! 

Thursday ~ October 20, 2011

Paradise in Gold Bar, WA. I ran away from the boat and spent the week with my BFF Lani at her beautiful home... on LAND... Ben dropped me off at the Kingston ferries Monday, costs nothing to walk across and ride to Edmonds. Lani picked me up on the other side. We started with lunch and drinks at the local Pub... the week has just been getting better. Lani has been treating me like a queen! We had so much FUN! Wednesday we had a 'girl's' Spa Day. We were waxed, polished, had our hair colored and cut. I feel pretty... oh so pretty... We drank, drank some more... than had a few cocktails. My new favorite drink.... shot of Whipped Rum, shot of Peach Schnapps, 1/2 shot Triple Sec, Orange Juice, Splash of Half & Half. This is awesome over ice or blended... Tastes like a creamsicle! Which reminds me I gotta hit the liquor store today!  :-)  Going home on Friday. Bummer