Sometimes.... it gets tricky.

I work on websites. a lot. I run into problems with updates, etc. It gets very technical.

I have no friends I can chat about that with. None are techs. He's busy with his own work, I don't want to bother him. They don't know what is coming out of my mouth, so I stay quiet about it all.

But now, I work freelance with a new web design business, and have a new friend that I can chat tech with!

Yay! geekspeak!

Resurrecting a Sea Scout Ship!

When I first moved here to Slidell, Louisiana I looked for a Sea Scout Ship to join, and was disappointed when I heard that they had all been wiped out by Hurricane Katrina!

A year later I found a ship fairly local (Covington/Mandeville - half hour or so) SS Ship 312/314 and asked if there were any ships closer to me. There isn't, but there WAS: Ship 1 Sea Raptor. Jacques Walker gave me the email address, name, and phone number of a Commodore who was trying to resurrect Ship 1. Yay! I called, left a message, emailed - no response.

Fast Forward a year later... I have gone through SALT leader training with ship 312/314, I have a Sea Scout Manual, I attended their first landship ceremony as a unit, took some pics, and gave some input! I was informed that the resurrection of Ship 1 was indefinitely postponed. So I could join ships 312/314 (Scout Ship and Explorer Club), but still 30-45 min away.  

Shortly thereafter, Jacques sent me a message saying he had given my name/email/phone number to that same Commodore. I don't know what I was expecting, but lunch that week, and now I'm the Ship's Committee Member, and we had a formation meeting!

Our charter is ready to submit, we have 5 adult leaders, and now only need 5 youths to join! Then we can send it all off with our application fee!

We have a couple events in November where we will be distributing informational flyers to let the community know we are back! The Commodore, she is the Commodore of Tammany Yacht Club, our ship's Charter Organization! I also have approval from some local business to bring our flyer in to post up! Including West Marine! 

Events:

Lady of Lourdes Church 11-06-18

Faith Music Fest 11-10-18

Exciting times!

I'm even more excited that technology has changed so much there is a HUGE amount of info and training aids online now! I love it!!

An Airstream Dream!

They're so discombobulated!

I dreamt that Dave and I won a dealership contest. Two big prizes:

One couple won a Vintage Airstream with a Vintage Truck to pull it.
One couple won a Modern Airstream with a Modern truck to pull it.

We accepted our prizes, but the remainder of the dream was the two of us trying to chase them down to see if they wanted to swap with us!

So funny. I was SO disappointed when I woke up and we didn't have that Airstream.     :(

I bought a boat!

I wasn't really looking for one, and then I was!

Our house came with a canoe. Dave won't get into it because it doesn't have a motor. So I went looking for a trolling motor. I found one locally for $25 and now I have a trolling motor on the back of my flat-back canoe!

But... in the search I came across a vintage sailboat in decent shape for only $1000! I was so excited!

And then... the guy was a tool. I had money in hand and he wouldn't make an appointment with me, kept dragging it out. He finally admitted that he was trying to start a bidding war. I don't play that. Ever. price, money, exchange, leave with a product.

That's how that should have gone, so I walked away. Sad face. :(

What the searching did was get my interest in getting a sailboat back up. I was in Sea Scouts for more than a decade, and have been trying to find a Sea Scout ship locally, but they were all wiped out by Hurricane Katrina.

I work as a Regional Sales Rep for POP Yachts and POP RVs. So I wishlist search a lot. They have made it much more difficult for me by deactivating my public profile.

I found some sailboats I like, but... I found this, and brought it home:

1984 Shamrock Walk-through Cuddy

It has its own website here: Http://www.musebrigade.com