One More Reason To Be Thankful

May 17 - 19, 2012

May 17th
I am so thankful that Brian can repair almost everything on the boat.  It's hard enough to wait for parts to be delivered, but when you also have to wait for people to do the work, then the time and costs are multiplied expediently. We allowed a month in Stuart to get the upholstery done and while here we stumbled on Scotty.  Scotty is a young (really hunky cute) man that used to commission boats for Krogen. He is now an independent contractor that can fix anything on a Krogen -- best of all, the things that Brian doesn't know how to do or doesn't want to do.  He is going to add a larger alternator, service the water maker, change out the septic system hoses, put a new starter on one of the air conditioners and replace a stabilizer piston.  Only problem -- he has been in Baltimore for 10 days.  Expected back soon.....

Gary and Guy the upholsterers.  They are still
working hard to get everything done.   

For the last week Gary, the upholsterer, has been in and out of the hospital.  He collapsed at the grocery.  A series of tests indicated that he might need open heart surgery.  Turns out -- they can't do surgery; the veins are too small.  He will be put in a pressurized suit for an hour a day for 30 days to squeeze the blockage through the veins.  So, understandably, our upholstery work is on hold.  He is going to try and finish the salon while we are here.  Then, in the Fall when we come back, the pilot house will be completed.  June 1st is the start of hurricane season and we should be out of Florida by then if nothing else happens!

May 19th
Well, something else did happen.  Brian had a few spots on his skin that needed to be checked by a dermatologist.  The doctor burned off five squamous cell carcinomas.  The sixth one had to be scraped and sent in for a biopsy.  It takes ten days to get the results.  If there are clear margins, we are on our way.  If not, they schedule surgery.  The biopsy came from the back of his ear.  Since there is little skin there, they would have to do a skin graft.  Boy, oh boy!!!!

Hottie Scotty confers with Brian about which jobs
to take on first.
At the Krogen breakfast, the wives said they try to
think of jobs for Scotty to do on their boats.
By the way, he is a very nice person, too.

The good news is -- Scotty has returned to Stuart and is clicking off the tasks on our list.  

The other good news -- we are going to try to go to Minnesota on Tuesday for a few days to see Steve and family.

Gotta smile -- we're lovin the ride!