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Welp, it’s that time of the week again.  Time for me to break open the laptop and write all of my concerns and feelings and emotions down for everyone to read.  Time for you to hear our new and old news.  Time for me to figure out how to bring something so uncertain and confusingContinue reading “Trial and Error”

Guess who gets to keep their freakin’ boat! That’s right, WE DO! Last week we finally got word from our insurance company.  Truth is, we didn’t think it was good news at first.  Steve got a call that went straight to voicemail (for whatever reason) and we were so frustrated when we realized it wasContinue reading “SV Batland FOREVER”

Hello, Mentally Sailing readers! It’s another Tuesday, and here we are, still writing!  This is our 22nd blog post, can you believe that?!  It’s hard for me to believe that 22 weeks ago Steve and I had just set sail for our first long trip to Urbanna in July and now the weather is cooler,Continue reading “The Ride of Life”

It’s another Tuesday. Two weeks ago we were on our way to Urbanna, and at about the time the blog posted was when we first noticed we were taking in water. I’ve already told you all the story, and if you haven’t heard or read it you can check it out on last week’s blog.Continue reading “Waiting Games”

I now know why they say “you curse like a sailor”…. We left Cobb’s Marina in Norfolk a little before 9am and started heading North to Urbanna.  It was a bit chilly, but the sun was out and we had the autopilot on while reading our books.  It was lovely.  Then, the sun was coveredContinue reading “Hole in the Hull”

This past week has been all about getting things done, quickly and in time for us to be out and back in the water from Monday to Monday.  We managed to get pretty much all that we needed to get finished done, or at least the necessary parts.  Someone from the marina yard sanded theContinue reading “The Ebb and Flow of Living Aboard”

“Babe?” Steve yells from the forward hatch that we are replacing (so really just a hole in our boat). “Yeah?” I respond as I’m opening our new decal and looking up installation instructions. “We have a blog tonight!” *I scurry to my computer, check the time, and note that I have 2 hours and 15Continue reading “Hold On To The Good Things”

Today is a rainy fall day in the middle of October, so I’ve already had my coffee and am planning out when to make my sweet potato cinnamon buns.  Don’t worry, you can even be fall themed on a boat ;).  I actually almost bought a little fall decoration or fall candle, but decided thatContinue reading “Life Moves Pretty Fast”

Hello world, happy Tuesday.  Last time we spoke, it was September, and now we are in October and closing in on the cooler weather.  It’s been good weather here, mid 70s all week with a couple of hotter days, but overall lovely fall temps.  We’ve had quite a bit happen in the last week, andContinue reading “Busy, As Always”

Happy Tuesday!  This past week has been a little crazy, as we traveled from NC visiting my parents on our way home from AZ, drove from there to Deltaville, VA to get the boat, and then motored back to Norfolk (our home port) in hopes of getting the boat fixed and back to sailing.  TalkContinue reading “Familiar Places”