Hey all! We made it fine into the country and even remembered to stop at immigration to get the all important visas! No problema!
Hot and sunny here our first day......don't think I can stand it yet LOL Too hot! The boat held up great with a few exceptions, the tag lines did not make it and the repairs were not finished. Oh well. One halyard is better than no halyards. Maybe we can trick someone into going up for us!
So our first day of a few works hours consisted of taking tarps off and opening up and getting all the stuff off the bed so we could sleep. And then we got the boat rinsed off which didn't take too long because it had rained hard here a few days ago AND the water pressure has been improved greatly!
Looks like we are one of the early arrivals. There are some people in the yard now that we know so hopefully we can remember all the names LOL And I've found out that I am referred to as the librarian or the fly girl. Ha Ha And the bookmark girl! So just call me the bookmark making, insect trapping librarian LOL And yes.....an insect trap is already up and being checked every day. Hope to have something to report soon!
Someone said you know we never get to see this yard you are in. We get all these pictures of anchorages and pretty things but no yard. Well here you go! I stopped briefly to put my feet up (nails done and all) and snap the picture for you. You can just see the water in the upper left corner.
Back to work!
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Lots of food, family and playtime for Thanksgiving. All the phone calls to NY and elsewhere in CA made. whew!
Oh and Happy Birthday to Chris! Double celebration day for him! Does that mean extra cake too?
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Grandpa Jim has been spending a lot of time playing with grandboys Cole & Dylan. We helped with babysitting a few days and then took them to the Science Museum in LA. We had lots of fun with the boys and Danyal. Guess we'll have to go back again!
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Yes we're off already! How quick the time goes. But as quick as the summer goes, we'll breeze through winter and be back again in NY before you know it.
Had a nice ride in with sis Annette & Mic but almost wasn't able to board the plane (ooppppsss it's 1-1/2 hours to Albany not 1 hour) but we got on and so did our checked bag. Then a layover in Cleveland where we got to see Lake Erie from the sky (looks just like the ocean). And then another layover in Phoenix at a really messed up airport. We had to go to another terminal and the only way to get there was to go outside the airport and then back in and through security again! Oh come on! How many times you really need to see me naked? But got into Burbank with no problems, luggage intact and nothing broken. Yeah baby!
Just going to be in California to visit with family and friends for a week and then we'll be off again!
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Well tis the end of canning season with the end of the garden. I was a good little squirrel and made over 140 jars of jellies, sauces and pickled foods from 38 recipes. Canning was fun for the most part but let me tell you sometimes after a full day of work, the last thing you want to do is start a few recipes that go until midnight. But it's all worth it (though I haven't figured it out in dollars) because you get food you wouldn't find in a store and it came from your garden. Some go for gifts, some I exchange for other recipes I didn't make, and we hope some will go with us to Mexico.
It will be good to get my kitchen table back since it's been filled with jars in multiple layers for months! I think we'll have to put in some shelves so the jars can get put out of harms way. We only lost one jar of black raz jelly (Phil was trying to be good and help clean and ended up snagging a jar with the vacuum hose), so for that I'm thankful.
Yum, Yum! Haven't tried everything yet but everything has been good so far.
You just don't realize how much supplies you use when you can. As far as I can calculate, I used over 30lbs of sugar (and I was reducing the amounts whenever possible), 2 gallons of white vinegar, over 1 gallon of cider vinegar and enough spices that I started pricing out who had the cheapest. Let me tell you McCormick is NOT a canner-friendly priced brand. But thankfully, we do have a co-op nearby that has lots of spices you can go in and weigh up your quantity and it's decently priced too. I showed Phil a few of the spices, like rose hips and chives (at $1.00/ounce) and told him that's what we have growing over there and over there. I think he's seeing the dollars in our weeds now. HA!
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NY made the news yet again this year. Now for records in snowfall in October and power outages. Yeah and Happy Halloween to you too! LOL! Thank god we at our place were just north of the storm path and didn't get this lovely sight to wake up to. It snowed but never stuck or built any accumulation. But the plows did go out and sand/salt the roads because it was wet and brrrr cold (in the 20s).
This photo is from my niece's place about 15 miles south of us. My sister and brothers all got the same beautiful sight.......snow, snow and more snow! They are all south of us and are in the upper elevations (1200-1500 ft), while we are more north (near the Adirondacks) and are at 900-950 ft above sea level depending on what part of the property you stand on. It sure doesn't feel that high! I think of snow warning at blah blah elevations in CA and you look at the mountain and say ok it will be covered in snow to there. I don't feel like we're in the mountains here in NY, just lots of hilly farm land!
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