By the Numbers
Catching Up With Cambria
Ramblings From the Dockside
March by the Numbers
Friday, March 31, 2017TheCambrians
You may have noticed that I haven’t written a “Word of the
Week” post for a while. That’s because
there hasn’t been a whole lot to write about. Winters are generally quiet times
for us, and this year’s been no exception. Still, we have accomplished a thing
or two that I wanted to share so I’m stealing an idea from Ellen over at The Cynical Sailor and His Salty Sidekick called “Month in Numbers”. It’s a list of
random things that have happened over the course of the month . . . by the
number. I wish I’d come up with the idea myself but I’m not that clever, so
thievery it is! I hope you enjoy it and be sure to take check out some of
Ellen’s best monthly posts here.
26 The
number of days it rained this month. If that sounds grim, trust me, it was.
Obviously, we had a few dry days but could only manage to string two of them
together in a row.
0 The
number of sailboats we’ve sold and/or put on the market. We are working on it,
though, and might have something more exciting to report next month.
77 The
number of narrowboats for sale online that we’ve looked at. We’re not
interested in buying anything before we sell Cambria, but it’s fun to shop around and dream.
0 The
number of green beers we drank in honour of St. Patrick’s Day. We had a few
regular ones, though. These days, I stick to boring Coors Light but David’s
more adventurous and recommends the Koko Brown from the Kona Brewing Company (Hawaii).
3 The number
of blogs I wrote. I actually posted 10 (including this one) but only the three
were new. Why? Because I’m a complete slacker.
9 Trips
we made to our storage unit trying to find things we needed but had taken off
the boat.
132 Hours
spent at the storage unit looking for things we needed but had taken off the
boat. Okay, maybe it was really closer to 9 hours but it felt like more,
especially in the cold and rain.
6 Boat
jobs completed, probably more. The biggest was adding ambient LED strip
lighting to the v-berth.
8 The
number of times I dusted. I don’t know if that’s a lot or not, but I could have
easily dusted every day and still had dust to dust which begs the following
questions: Where does it all come from? Why are boats so dusty? And am I alone
in this struggle?
70+ The
number of hours I spent working on a single drawing. I haven’t finished it yet,
but I’m making progress.
1 The
number of times David pulled out his guitar to have a little fun – he seriously
needs to work on improving that number (all work and no play, after all).
And last, but not least:
0 The
number of miles we logged on the boat. Zero’s never good but we hope to change
that next month with a trip down to the South Sound for the Gray Skies Blues
Music Festival in Tacoma and to visit some of the area state parks.
How was your month? Did you manage to stay warm and dry?
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