We left San Francisco on February 10, 2010 with a plan to head south to Mexico and then make the innocently named "puddle jump" to the South Pacific (!!) this spring. From there, who knows?!?!?!? Maybe Fiji? Australia? New Zealand? For now, we're just thrilled to finally be out at sea! 
I remember first hearing the term “mini-break” in the movie Bridget Jones’ Diary – which I totally LOVE btw – and thought it was a quaint, truly british phrase. But, Lord A’Mercy, I am in need of a mini-break from the boat. We have not spent a night off the boat in almost EIGHT MONTHS. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'who i am'
Dreaming of a Mini-Break
July 18th, 2010 · 5 Comments · First Mates, French Polynesia, Life on the Boat, Our Route, Random Thoughts, Shore Excursions, Society Islands, Thoughts on Family
A Day in our Life on the Boat
July 14th, 2010 · 4 Comments · First Mates, Funny, Introspection, Life Lessons, Life on the Boat, Random Thoughts
Most of the time, the things I post on here are just about the places where we’ve been and a few things we did there. It gives a very skewed picture of what our life on the boat is like. I mean to say that our life is really NOT that exciting. I’ll admit, though, [...]
Tags: happiness·Inspiration·Introspection·passion & purpose·who i am·Woman on a Boat
Full Disclosure – Four Months In
June 19th, 2010 · 21 Comments · French Polynesia, Introspection, Life on the Boat, On Faith, Our Route, Passages, Random Thoughts, Tuamotus
After posting all those photos of these amazing places, is it really fair for me to say that I’m still not convinced this cruising life is all it’s cracked up to be? I’m constantly aware that what I post on here, for the most part, really only shows one side of this strange life we [...]
Tags: happiness·Introspection·Learning to Sail·regrets?·who i am·Woman on a Boat
The dolphin that wouldn’t swim with me (in Tenacatita)
April 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Funny, Life on the Boat, Mexico
“Oh, yeah, Tenacatita is great,” Louis says. “It’s a beautiful little anchorage and if you swim out from your boat a ways, the dolphins will come swim with you.” My eyes light up. “REALLY?!” “Yes!” Laura smiles. “We had two bottlenose dolphins come right up to us when we were there.” A few days later, [...]
Maybe this is a little TOO honest….. FULL DISCLOSURE: one month in
March 24th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Boat Work, Introspection, Life Lessons, Life on the Boat, Mexico, Oh Crap., Stupid Ideas, The beginning, This sucks
“What if I told you, Karen , that you couldn’t have anymore of anything… No more friends, no more money, no more anything, until you first got happy with what you have? Actually Karen , I’d never tell you that, because frankly, it’s not always true. But, if you’re not happy with what you’ve got, [...]
Tags: happiness·Introspection·regrets?·sacrifice·who i am·Woman on a Boat
Wind and waves and …. remind me again why we’re doing this??!?!
March 15th, 2010 · 7 Comments · First Mates, Introspection, Learning to Sail, Life on the Boat, Mexico, Our Route, Passages, The beginning
Matt and I have read books and articles about cruising and have tried to talk to those who have gone before us. I have searched the web for cruising blogs and forums and Matt has consulted various websites on his own. Not one of the resources we’ve come across has ever mentioned how horribly uncomfortable [...]
Tags: accomplishments·Introspection·who i am·Woman on a Boat
Cut Off
February 27th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Introspection, Life Lessons, On Fear, Thoughts on Family
For the last six months, I have said that I would be giving up my cell phone when we finally left California. I figured that it would be nice to have as we went down the coast, where I was sure I’d have good cell service the whole time (thank you Verizon!) Now, we are [...]
Tags: Faith·fear·friendships·home·Introspection·regrets?·sacrifice·self-worth·who i am·Woman on a Boat
The Honeymoon Begins!
February 23rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Famous Firsts, First Mates, Introspection, Life on the Boat, Our Route, The beginning
Matt and I were married in October and even though we had a fun road-trip from CA to NJ and then had a nice relaxing three days at a beach spa/resort (thanks again Aunt Arlene & Tom!), we didn’t have a “real” honeymoon. Those other get-aways were somewhat negated by the stress and craziness of [...]
Tags: Introspection·Marriage·passion & purpose·soul-searching·who i am·Woman on a Boat
Define “Crazy”
January 21st, 2010 · 4 Comments · Introspection, On Fear, Preparing for the trip, The beginning
For the first time in weeks, I’m up early – well, up at 8:30 which is much earlier than the 10:00+ routine we’ve been in this month. It’s raining outside and I believe it rained most of the night, and I am cozy in pj pants and Matt’s warm fleece, seated right in front of [...]
Tags: Crazies and Wackos·doubts·Faith·fear·Introspection·passion & purpose·who i am
Updating my resume – a different approach
December 1st, 2009 · No Comments · Introspection, What I'm Reading
I’ve been reading a book called “The Right to Write” by Julia Cameron. It’s a FABULOUS book for those, like me, who have been, can be and are undeniably driven to write. The book is not about writing for money or publishing or fame or anything material – it simply talks about writing for the [...]
Tags: accomplishments·Introspection·passion & purpose·personal resume·self-worth·soul empowerment·The Right to Write·who i am·writing