Zach Aboard: girls weekend

Wednesday, May 06, 2015

girls weekend

Recently Naia and I had a weekend all to ourselves. She was so excited to have a "only girls weekend", yet neither of us really knew what that was going to mean. Of course, when guys have a weekend to themselves, they sit around and eat junky food and watch bad movies, right? We ladies do things a little differently.

This is the disgusting goop that falls under our cockpit floor tiles all winter long. We decided it was warm enough to tackle cleaning the boat cockpit.

Yeah, we know how to party, scrub brushes and a hose. Look out world! Sorry I don't have an after photo, just imagine it all white and clean.

Naia also wanted to plant a garden. We have a long history of neglecting and killing plants in our family, she hasn't caught on to that yet. So I let her plop some tomato seeds into some soil. I am not sure why I bother getting organic everything when nothing will ever sprout up from our dirt box. Ever hopeful, maybe she holds the green thumb in the family.

The best part of girls weekend was just having the undivided attention to spend with my wee girl. We spoiled the dog (even though he is a boy, he was allowed), we played loud music, we looked for water snakes, and I got her hooked on Enid Blyton books. She is such a great little buddy to have around. I can't wait to have more weekends like this with her.

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E. Thai · 513 weeks ago

Love reading your stories. I used to read Enid Blyton books when I was a kid (in Malaysia) but when I was in grade school. Where do you get her books anyway? We got a lot of wildlife here on the TN River - heron, turtles and lots of birds, ducks and fish. I'm not known to have a green thumb, but even my plants flourish here. Lavender, peonies and geraniums and many herbs do well here. Naia would fit in here.

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Marni · 513 weeks ago

We just finished the Enchanted Wood series and my 6 year old loved it! Are there others you guys like?

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margie · 513 weeks ago

The cleaning looks like a job well done, that area gets a lot of use in the warmer weather.
Fingers crossed the plants grow well, does the box have drain holes.?.....if not the soil can go sour from constant dampness and no oxygen around the roots, it is way easier to kill plants with too much water than not enough. Also check if the soil has fertilizer in the mix.
Small cherry tomatoes are much hardier and prolific than normal size ones.
How perfect is that little dog for a boat family, looks like it never belonged any where else.
What a wonderful way to spend one of many warm weekends.

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