THE WEEKEND TURNED OUT REALLY WELL

I got my cruise in on Saturday afternoon. 

We had a lovely cruise to and through, 

 Gimli harbour early in the afternoon.  

They were having a regatta, north of there, so we had to stay out of their way, but it was interesting.   

With the strong south wind it was a little choppy on the way back, but Dan tucked in along the West shore where he soon picked up a little shelter from the beach point.

We had a lovely dinner and entertainment at Dean's retirement party at the clubhouse on Saturday night. It was a good turnout so we all got a chance to socialize with all the people that we don't see very often. 

Then we had a lazy day on Sunday.  But, it rained so my Bar-B-Q turned into, my pork roast being cooked in the oven. Oh, well this weeks weather forecast sounds promising, so I'm sure there will be Bar-B-Qing.  

I'M SURE WE WILL HAVE A LOT MORE FUN WEEKENDS THIS SUMMER
(If the weather will only co-operate)  

LOOKING FORWARD TO A NICE WEEKEND

Most of the weather forecasts are predicting a nice sunny weekend coming up. Yahoo!   I certainly hope they are right.  I'm certainly sick of this rain we have been having.

I want two things this weekend.  

1.  A nice cruise.

  
2.  And a Bar-B-Q.  

I guess my Bar-B-Q will have to be on Sunday, as we are all going to "Dean's Retirement Dinner" at the Marina on Saturday night. But we can still go on a cruise Saturday Afternoon.  

I hope the rain holds off, so I can get all this in.  

I WISH EVERYONE, SUNSHINE AND GOOD TIMES THIS WEEKEND

TIME IS DRAGGING ON

The fish flies are still here, but lessening every day.  By the weekend we should be able to clean up any tell tale signs of them that are lingering.  I hope. 

The weather has been warm but certainly not really sunny, which is what you would expect at this time of year.  It's not raining anymore like it did all weekend, but constant clouds.  Which makes it very muggy.  Yuck.

We are very restless.  Time is really dragging for us.  It has been a whole month since we listed our Condo for sale.  Quite a few showings but no offer yet.  I thought it would be easier with us living out here on the boat, but the process is just as, all consuming.  



It's constantly on your mind.  We feel like we have thrown our life up into the air and we are waiting to see where and how the pieces will land.  We are going to have to find some distractions.  


I GUESS, THIS TOO WILL PASS


(We have always lived our life with the Motto; "If it's meant to be, it will happen.  If it doesn't happen, then it wasn't meant to be". ) 

YUCK! THE FISH FLIES ARE BACK.

I saw some tell tale signs of them in the last couple of days, so we knew they were coming, but this morning we awoke to a full bloom of fish flies.  

I opened the door this morning and there they were.  All over everything. 

Each of these adults that we see everywhere, will last about 24 hours(some species females only last 5 minutes).  But the full flush can last up to a week.  And as quickly as they came, they will be gone.  

Meanwhile the gulls are having a feeding frenzie.  

But of course the gulls can create their own set of problems.  When they get startled and take off enmasse. 

Just one more of the joys of living with mother nature. 

BUT THIS TOO WILL PASS.  

WE HAD A GREAT CANADA DAY

We had my niece Bonnie and her Beau Brad and my daughter Tracy Elizabeth on board the boat to celebrate Canada Day together.  

We went for a nice long cruise south on Lake Winnipeg, to the mouth of the Red River, then we meandered along "South Beach" and back to the harbour.  

Sea-Enna, was absolutely fascinated by Brad fishing off the back of the boat.  She had not seen that before.  "He kept throwing that thing in the water, then bringing it back????" We shared a wonderful  Roast Beef dinner and partied hardy for the rest of the evening.  

And the next day we hung out in the harbour and had a Canada Day Weinny Roast and visited the day away.  

ALL IN ALL A GOOD WEEKEND AND A GOOD VISIT.  

HAPPY CANADA DAY!

We started our Canada Day long weekend last night at Cousin Patti's place in Matlock.  

We had a little fair-well get together, as Patti is heading back to England tomorrow.  Bon Voyage and we'll see you again next year.  

And this morning we dug out the Canada Flags and decorated the boat.  That's one thing about going down to Texas every year, The Americans sure show you how to "Fly your flags and be patriotic".  We Canadians can certainly learn a few things from them about being proud of our country.  

So, I always go a little overboard on Canada Day.  

Now we are waiting for our guests to arrive, then it's on with the celebration!

HAPPY CANADA DAY EVERYONE!

WE ARE LOOKING FOR A HOUSE OUT AT THE LAKE

We are looking to the future and are thinking, if we get to the point that we can no longer maintain and live on the boat, and our health will no longer allow us to travel to Texas every year, what then?  We have discussed it, and we know we do not want to spend all Summer, or all Winter for that matter in our small condo in downtown Winnipeg.  So, we have put the condo on the market (Know of anyone looking for a nice little downtown condo near U of W and Red River campus?  Call Jeff Arnason 204-333-2736)  and we are looking for a place in Winnipeg Beach and surrounding areas.   

I don't want to be in the beach without being east of #9 highway, hopefully within walking distance of the lake.  We definitely do not want lake front, having once owned river property at one point and dealing with all the erosion issues that entails.  We also want a place that has the potential of being turned into a year round, full time home.  

We have already found this one place that we really like.  It is an older, very small, (only an 800 sq.ft.) house in Winnipeg Beach.  With this move we will gain a porch, a garage and an extra small bedroom/den that I can have my computer in.  And of course we will gain a nice big yard for our Sea-Enna.  

But as with most of everything we have ever done, there is going to be work involved. The house is very small, but it's a solid little house on a good  foundation.  But it was built in 1955 so, the bathroom and kitchen need to be gutted and totally updated.  New fixtures, cupboards and appliances, etc.  It also needs a deck and patio doors off the dining room onto that deck.  So, this will be our project for the next few years.  But first, our condo has to sell, or this plan is not moving forward.  So we are waiting for that to happen. 




WE ARE LIVING WITH UNCERTAINTY