Darren and I had a fantastic weekend tending to boat chores and decorating the boat in Xmas lights! This past weekend the sun shone for a little bit allowing us to tend to a few very water logged items tucked away in our cock pit storage that has developed a bit of a leak. Alarming? Not at all, it is a boat afterall and these are the little persistent challenges we have to embrace with our lifestyle choice! That being said, putting up the Xmas lights was by far my highlight of our outdoor time this weekend! For those of you who know us, I'm full of Xmas cheer all year round and Darren pretends to be scrooge all the while actually enjoying the holiday season and the celebrations that come along with it! There is always something extra special about decorating the boats in lights and having our boat set apart from others in the marina.

Last night we endured an unbelievable storm with steady gusts of wind to 90km and rain that set off the automatic bilge pump more than I have ever heard before. Darren was out regularly to re-tie our lines while chatting with neighbours that were out doing the same thing, while I sit and listen from inside to the commraderie that happens along the dock during a storm.

We sit tonight cuddled up in our our boat and the ocean is as calm as glass. Such a contrast to last night where we went out to eat dinner as the thought of cooking, eating and doing dishes in the midst of the storm would have only resulted in seasickness. Oh the amazement of mother nature!

With that in mind, Carpe Diem (seize the day) as one never truly knows what the future or mother nature holds in store....live today and enjoy as if it were your last!

Until next time.......
Love & hugs,
xoxxo