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Well, if you got our
card, you saw that we sprung for a 42' boat. It's an older boat, a trawler style
(read slow!), but it has lots of room, was in good condition, and the guy was
selling it cheap! It’s a 1983 CHB. Besides being pretty spacious, it is very
stingy on fuel. Each day, as fuel prices rise, we pat ourselves on the back for
having made a good decision regarding this type of boat. It has smaller diesel
engines, (goes around 9 knots, takes about 3.5 hours to Catalina Island), but
it does it for less fuel than Scuba Due! We spent the first couple of months
just enjoying the boat as is. We will do lots more this winter to get her
looking her best. The motors were in great condition, and so far, only one
major repair (that I did with my neighbor so I'd learn) has needed to be done.
Haven't even stopped at the fuel dock yet, maybe sometime in spring?!?
Here’s the full photos
used on the Christmas Card:
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These photos were taken in
December at Avalon which is the main city at Catalina Island. Though it looked
cloudy, it cleared to glorious, sunny, Southern California day. That’s about
the only time we go to Avalon, which can be terribly crowded in summer. Winter
is our favorite time there, and you can actually get service in the
restaurants!
Peggy’s Life
Inside Stories
I guess I’ll start with
the hard stuff. Ed and I started baby
making the super scientific expensive way.
Let’s just say we just about maxed out our options for a biological
child.
I would like to take
this opportunity to thank some special people in my life. My Mom and Dad were very generous this year
to share Grandmother’s estate. This
money we set aside to help with the baby stuff. That is with the big baby, the boat and the small hopeful baby,
which is yet to be seen.
The other special person
in our lives is Ed’s Aunt Eleanor, who has been very kind to Ed and I in the
past years. Her generosity has enabled
us to save for retirement and fulfill our future family and fun plans with out
too much regret.
Work is the same very
busy and difficult at times with a lot of new staff. I’m becoming a senior member.
WOW…….. I have picked up a lot
of extra shifts and will think about a second job the beginning of the
year. Currently our hospital is paying
part-time employees an additional $80 for every 4 hours worked extra. So for now, you could call me a working
fool. It’s great seeing those big
checks!
Ed and I are feeling old
this year. We are actually going to
meet the requirements to write off medical expenses. As the time gets closer we have started to celebrate additional
medical dollars spent. I know it is
kind of weird, but we are hoping this is the last year we will take advantage
of this opportunity.
My Birthday was
celebrated in France this year!!!!!! I
was so excited to travel to Europe. I
only wish I had traveled sooner. I
found myself interested in History like never before, who wouldn’t, walking
around buildings centuries old. It’s just
an awesome experience. Just don’t ask
me what a French person looks like! It
all seemed like a melting pot of cultures.
My favorite part had to be the time we spent in Dijon. We had a fabulous wine excursion and now
know how to taste wine like the French.
Before our visit to Dijon I made my mind up I didn’t like French
wine. I guess there is always an
exception. We now have a wine captain
full of our favorites.
I truly hope you all
find yourself with a magical Christmas and a healthy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XOXO
peg
Well, repeat of 1999
with another slow year on the scuba and fishing side with all the baby making
and home improvements. We did make a
few trips over to Catalina and did some nice diving. And, we now have the
kitchen finished – the shades are in! Now time to work over Ed's office, it got
yukky over the years.
Wouldn't you know it,
though, as soon as I get the office stuff crammed into the little bedroom and
the ceiling off, I get a hernia! Oh well, work will go slowly as always!
Speaking of work, it has
been going great: looks like we signed a very nice big deal near the end of the
year, and our partnership with a web design company has been doing great, too.
Working on Internet software has been fun and challenging at the same time.
Lots of new stuff for 2001.