Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Weekend Plans April 1-3

Well it has been pretty quiet in here lately, I know.  We've been to the boat and done a few little things, like install a new stereo, but we haven't done any big projects or gone anywhere.  We were supposed to cruise across the bay two weekends ago as part of a yacht club cruise out but the weather did not cooperate and the cruise out was cancelled.  There was actually a tornado nearby!  That is very unusual for this area.  We have had a lot of very powerful storms this year and so much rain that we may finally be out of drought after three years,  This, after the weather prognosticators told us in January that this would be a dry winter.

So on to our weekend plans!  Some friends who go to Angel Island a lot have rallied the troops and at least they and we are going this weekend!  Tomorrow, Thursday, is my last day at this job and I have been waiting to hear when I am flying to North Carolina for training for my new HOME BASED position.  I just heard that I do not have to fly until Monday, my first day of "work."  Hopefully Matt can get out of work early enough on Friday that we can head up to Angel Island that evening and stay until Sunday night!  YEA!  We were planning on going to Angel Island even if I flew out Sunday, we just didn't know when we'd have to leave.  It will be great to get away for two nights.

Now that we have found the camera (on the boat, of course!) I will take some new pictures.  All of our canvas is done and looks FANTASTIC.  Keith McElroy is truly an artist in canvas.  If you are in the Bay Area and need any canvas work done I am happy to recommend him.  Some of our friends have used him and said that he took longer than promised (though the work he did for them was great) but we did not have this issue at all.  Not sure if he is doing better time estimating or he is not as busy with the economy the way it is these days, but in any case we have no complaints on the timing, pricing or the quality of his work.  Let me know if you want his contact info.

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Matt's Birthday

This weekend was Matt's birthday.  We went out to dinner Friday with his family then went to the yacht club and hung out with our friends for a bit, then spent the night on the boat.  Saturday we were race committee for the John Pitcher Regatta.  Matt's friend Brian joined us and we had a great day hanging out on the boat.  Saturday night the regatta chair made lasagna up at the club and we had a ton of cake for Matt's birthday.

Today (Sunday) one of our friends came by and we discussed the various options for rewiring our boat to be able to run the inverter / charger.  I think we are more confused than ever but we will keep researching until we figure out what we want to do.