a very strange european winter indeed

This weekend was once again unseasonably warm and incredibly sunny. On Saturday we spent another full day working on the boat and were outside wearing only long sleeved t-shirts. We even had an alfresco lunch on the pontoon! I didn't see for myself but I heard from a reliable source that it was 14 degrees.


Most of our neighbours were also out working on various projects or dining in the sun so it was a very sociable day for Nate who sat on the pontoon and watched everyone coming and going.

winter wonderland!

Yesterday brought more snow and this time it fell quite heavily and continued until early afternoon. I was sooo excited but really missing Woz and wishing he come home from work and enjoy it with me. I got a call from a friend I used to work with to say that they'd closed the school and that she wasn't going in to work so we ended up hanging out together which was great.

Waking up this morning there hasn't been any snowfall over night but there is still plenty on the rooftops of each boat and on the pontoon. Richard, one of our neighbours, cleared a path to all the boats so we wouldn't slip and also took the time to make us a snowman who is still standing proudly on the pontoon!

old times

This weekend we had another full day working on the boat. It was just like old times. Mess everywhere you turn or tread, power shut off and doors wide open while Woz was going in and out the boat (thankfully it was a sunny day).

The end result was worth it though. We did lots of finishing off bits and pieces jobs but the biggest difference is that we decided to move our meals table and fix it against the wall which is now a meals bench. It has opened the boat up incredibly and Nate now has loads of room to roll around and play. His high chair is perched at the very end of the bench where he can look up at me in the kitchen or back on the living area. Apart from Nate getting more playing room it has absolutely saved my sanity as I was really beginning to get cabin fever living here day in and day out. You only had to have one load of washing hanging and you felt like you were living in a shoebox - some would argue we are! Anyway, by our standards it's absolutely huge now!