Day 252, Year 6 Lots of Little Jobs
Date: Sunday, July 3, 2011
Weather: Overcast, Temp mid-70’s
Location: Eel Pond, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
We spent our day getting lots of little jobs done. When we got up we saw that the Woods Hole Marina dock had no boats tied up to it, so we dropped our mooring lines and went to the dock to fill up our water tanks. We had only managed to empty one since our last fill-up in South Carolina but we like to keep them both full when possible. While on the dock with water, I used two-part teak cleaner to clean the cockpit floor. Yesterday Mark put a small bag of garbage out in the cockpit and forgot that it contained a broken jar that had been used to store marinade in the freezer. We tried to thaw the frozen marinade with boiling water, but that broke the jar. Most of the liquid drained down the sink, but the oil was still frozen to the jar and we just threw it in the thrash. While in the trash can, it thawed and when Mark put the bag on the cockpit floor yesterday he didn’t notice the oozing oil. This morning I found the pool of oil under the bag which stained the teak, but thankfully the cleaning this morning mostly fixed the problem. While I had access to water, I also did a quick scrubbing of our cockpit cushions and used the same Clorox-laundry detergent mix to clean under the sink where Mark had taken out the hot water tank and compressor. It was a very successful trip to the dock and we left with full water tanks and a much cleaner boat. By the time all of this was done, however, it was time to eat lunch and take off for downtown Falmouth. Over the Fourth of July weekend, the library here has a fantastic used book sale and we spent an hour or so perusing the treasures. We bought on a couple of books, but we hope to go back on Tuesday morning for the final “Buck a Bag” bonanza. If they are open early, Mark and I can both stop on the way to taking Mark to work at 9 am. But if they are not open that early, I’ll just come right back after taking him to work. We don’t really have space for more books, but it is hard to pass up a bargain like that. After visiting the book sale we went to Heather and Jed’s where Mark spent the afternoon on his computer, first finally filing our taxes (we had to ask for an extension since we were out of the country in April and didn’t have the forms we needed) while I worked in the garden. I have always loved gardening and could spend hour after hour peacefully watering, weeding, and replanting. We didn’t return to Woods Hole until almost dark and by this time the totally overcast day had turned into a foggy evening with sprinkling rain. We have decided that we will head to Heather and Jed’s early tomorrow and spend our day doing computer-based work that didn’t get done today. We need to back up so many important documents and photos and that takes lots of time. So we’ll have a laid back day sitting and watching our computers back-up files and do a little reading and garden work while waiting. It doesn’t sound exciting, but Mark and I are actually looking forward to a quiet day when we can get this kind of work done.
