Cheryl's Notes:

We have finished all that we can before the holidays. The curtains are done and we are packed and ready to head home to Minnesota. We are going to stop in Cleveland and spend time with my sister Barb, and my favorite sister-in-law Trish. There will be a turkey dinner and lots of cookies baking. I am sure that there will also be some football in there somewhere.

We are hoping to get home safely with out running into any bad weather. I guess that we will have to follow the same rules we use when cruising. We won't leave if we know that the weather is going to be bad, we at least we will be in the Jeep if we run into any. We can't wait to visit with our kids and their critters. We miss having pets.

John's Notes:

The projects for 2010 are complete. The new higher, bimini and cockpit enclosure were finished yesterday. Wow, does it make out cockpit look bigger. Considering that we did not want to go to the expense of completely replacing the original dodger/bimini, including the stainless frame, it worked out fantastic. Check the picture. As for how functional it is, well, it was about 23 degrees outside today and inside the cockpit it was about 62 degrees.

The project list still has plenty of items on it but they will have to wait till we get back. I think we are about half done with the changes and upgrades that we wanted to make.

Looking forward to being home with the kids for Christmas. Time will tell if they are glad we are taking up space in their houses.