Spring cleansing

As Spring is coming the time flies by, we are cleaning our boat. I feel like this time of the year is about cleaning the physical and cleansing the spiritual. Getting rid of things and letting people go, at the same time inviting the new into life.  Sure enough this year has already proven to bring many changes.
My poor husband was cleaning and upgrading the toilets, and worked on the generator, yak. While I was working on getting rid of junk, when Chris was not looking! He would keep almost everything if I let him and he will go to great lengths to retrieve some items.  I was also responsible for playing the music in the main salon, big job! and preparing the bedrooms. Decorating comes later when we bring the boat to Beaufort, and after the toilets are done! It was our first night in our new home.  The kids chose their cabins, without putting up a fight.  There is more work to be done always! A hoy.

 Preparing for the journey, "California Pillow"

My husband and I knew that we can't live the way that we have been for the past fifteen years. We have come to the understand that changing our life style is the only way to preserve our sanity, preserve a family life, where nobody goes their own separate ways in the morning, but rather experience a sun rise and sunset every day.  We want to have time to stop and ponder upon nature and not to be somewhere in a rush or answer cell phones.  We came to this conclusion after many ups and downs in our lives. We came to America in search of The American Dream. We had a beautiful house, two cars and a sweet golden retriever (she is still with us). We had comfortable life style, california pillow, king size bed, good jobs. It was all nice but we were raised in Poland having practically nothing. The conclusion is that while the life is very comfortable, it teaches little responsibility, it offers quick solutions, take a pill and go home, it is a western society trap.  Our life on the boat may be uncomfortable at times, but it will be content, full, while completely requiring to believe in ourselves. Therefore it is our choice to leave california pillow behind, to let go, which was easier then one might think. In 2012 we sold our house and almost everything with it. After a long search for out boat we finally purchased one in Virginia in 2013. We are going to do some work on it and we plan to start our new life heading to Caribbean whenever it will be time. I would like to pursue painting, and become full time artist, and my husband will be a full time Captain. Gwendolina will swim with dolphins, and Peter (teenager) will learn life from a different perspective.