Not a lot of excitement in boat world this week. We have made gains on all of our boat projects so we have been hard at work but not much material for the blog! As we have been anxiously awaiting the completion of the deck benches, it occurred to me that I had better finish the teak work on the back deck or it would be much harder once the benches are installed. So, the majority of my week has been sanding, cleaning and applying teak oil. Bill spent most of his week visiting Felo in town to make sure the bench work was being completed. Benches are moving along and we had quite the epiphany this week when he found out that while the Google Translate Spanish word for "bench" is "banco" (which also means "bank" so I am confused), Felo uses "muebles" (which means "furniture") for "bench". So, at least Felo quit staring at Bill with confusion as Bill was asking him to build a bank when all we wanted was a bench!
Since I don't want to bore you with my boat projects talk, I have decided to pay a little homage to Jeff Foxworthy by publishing the first "You might live on a sailboat in the Dominican Republic if....." blog. Here we go.... You might live on a sailboat in the DR if: 1. You spend all morning refinishing the teak oil only to have your boyfriend decide it is a good time to send old paint chips flying everywhere.... 2. You get all of the laundry into the washing machine only to have it die half way through the fill cycle.....but miraculously, the dryer that has never worked is suddenly fully functional.... 3. You go all the way into town for cash only to discover that the ATMs in town are out of cash...all 2 of them! 4. You can only find acetone in the beauty section of the grocery store and not anywhere in a hardware store... 5. Your rental car is a 2002 Ford Ranger... 6. Every destination is "just 20 minutes away" and anyone who you are waiting for will "be back in 30 minutes".... 7. Every Gringo you meet has never watched American football but roots for a rugby team name the Magpies.... 8. Every piece of scrap you take off the boat is claimed by a local before you get it to the dumpster.... 9. On the government organized "annual trash pick up day," you are picking up trash but the local officials are only posing for selfies and smoking cigars.... 10. The local fishing boats have to give their Mother Ship a tow (see picture below for full effect!).... 11. You can have the police officer hold your beer while you negotiate your traffic violation.... 12. The ants in the shower outnumber the amount of water droplets coming out of the showerhead.... And last but not least.... If you wake up every day to the most beautiful weather and look forward to a day full of wonder....You might live on a sailboat! I leave you with the hope that our new batteries that arrived today will be hooked up and running this week and that means....coffee and microwave warmed Poptarts at last!!!
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