Tuck Everlasting

I dislike the ending of the movie very much.
I like the rest of the movie, just not the ending.

Philadelphia!!

I am going to Philadelphia for the weekend with my mom. I am very excited! I will be coming back Monday afternoon. YAY!!

CYMA is officially...

over. :(

So. It's been a while. More than a week. So I shall give you a rundown of what happened last week. Monday, after we got home, we went to a summer solstice party. That was a lot of fun! Then Tuesday night, I had TNMSGT (Tuesday Night Mime Small Group Thingy). Wednesday was haging around the house, watching Veggie Tales! Thursday was small group planning with Katie, then LIT meeting (yes, I really do know how to make jello!). Then I had music practice. Friday was another music practice, working on the Irish Dance for CYMA with Kristina, then mime. Saturday we (Our Church music group) went up to Altoona P.A. and we played at a mass in a baseball field. It was fun, except for the fact that it was very very hot. We got back at 11:30. Then Sunday, we (the same church group) played at Mass at our church. Then my mom and I went to a friends graduation, and from there we went to my grandparents house. We spent the night, and then on Monday it was decided that I would stay up at my grandparents so I could go birthday shopping. (my grandmother takes us clothes shopping for our birthdays). So that is where I am now, and where I will be until Thursday morning.

Thats all for now!

We're home!!

Yesterday was a long day. We left at 8-ish, and didn't get to Still Pond till 7-ish. We motor-sailed for part of the day. As soon as we anchored, we went swimming off our boat. We left Still Pond 9:30 this morning, and got back at 11:30! Our boat is at a mooring ball at Tidewater Marina, and she will stay there until we leave for our big trip. We can use our dinghy to get out to her if we want to go on any trips this summer.

Sailing!

This post is for Saturday - I was getting ready to hit the 'post' button when the internet crashed, so I'm posting it today!


We actually sailed today! Well, technically, motor sailing. But we still had the jib out for about 4 hours today. While it didn't help our speed to much, it did keep us steady in the 3 foot swells. It was fun! We went from Kilmarnock to Solomon's Island. I was able to drive for a long time. When we got here, we got the dinghy off the davots, and used it to get to the shore. Since we have a mooring ball, we were able to use the marina facilities, which include a pool! They also have bikes you can borrow, so we biked to the grocery store to pick up a few things my dad and I forgot last night.

Funny story - my mom was making Thousand Island dressing for us to dip cauliflower in. But she realized that we didn't have Cat

Chesapeake Boat Basin

Tonight we are staying at Chesapeake Boat Basin, in the marina. We were going to anchor out, but we went into a slip instead because our refrigeration isn't working. I'm not quite sure how going into a slip helped the refrigeration, but, oh well! We needed to get some stuff from Walmart, so my dad and I took the trolley into town so we could get what we needed. However, the Walmart is like the third stop out of twelve, so it was really nice on the way there, because it was a fairly short trip. But on the way back, we had to ride the rest of the route which was an hour. So that took a bit of time, but at least we were able to get to the Walmart! We attempted sailing today. I say attempted, because it didn't really work. We were getting winds of 15 kts, so we decided to sail. So we put up the mizzen and the jib sails. But as soon as we did that, the winds dropped down to 5 kts. So we decided to put up the main sail as well, in order to go a little faster. But in order to do that, we had to furl in the mizzen. So we furled in the mizzen, and started to raise the main. When the main got about halfway up, it got stuck. We worked on it for about 15 minutes, then decided to furl both the main and the mizzen, and go back to driving. When we got to the marina, we were able to fix the sails! I think we are anchoring out tomorrow night, so I might not be able to post!