Needs, wants and desires

The garage sale went really well.  We advertised in the local paper and Mike was shocked that people showed up an hour and a half early.  He hardly had time to set everything up.  But, after the first day, it's almost all gone and we made around 700 dollars!  Time to buy some things for the boat.

I have a very short list of things I really want/need for our move in date.
1.  Drawer liners - the boat is OLD and the drawer liners look original
2.  Keurig - smallest size available.  We've cut down our coffee consumption so greatly that we've really "earned" a Keurig.
3.  A trip to Ikea is necessary for a dresser for the state room.  Ikea why?  Because their furniture comes unassembled!  We had two coffee tables that we really liked, one fit in the salon, the other wouldn't, under any circumstances, go into the stateroom.  So if it comes in a box, it'll most likely fit down the stairs!
4.  Storage...of some sort.  I'd like to get 5 or so bins that will fit under the couch in order to store kitchen stuff.  I'd like to get nice bins...not sure if that's possible?  I wish the other liveaboard blogs I've been reading would address all this mundane stuff.
So those 4 things are musts...kinda.  I'm not going to do anything except the drawer liners until we're on the boat for a few weeks.  I want to get a good feel for what is important.

Our 25th anniversary is in August and we really wanted to renew our vows and have a bit of a party, but I'm backing down now.  I feel like I just want to concentrate on "what the boat needs".  LOL.  Our anniversary is important and one of the benefits of selling EVERYTHING is the financial windfall that can be used on...anything.  I sold my kiln and wheel and just what I made on them would pay for a very nice party.  BUT...

I think there's a funny thing that happens when you decide to break out of your shell and try something new, you get addicted to trying new things!  First it was going back to school and starting the nursing program.  Then it was motorcycles.  Shocking even now because I was so against them.  But now I love riding and want to plan a long trip on our bikes.  All these things seems to lead the way to taking as big a leap as moving aboard.  If this is a mid life crisis, bring it on!

Our house is almost empty.  There's a big garage sale planned for this weekend.  We're hunting for the perfect storage facility that will let Mike work on the motorcycles.  A year ago we knew we had found the perfect boat, but life intervened and I launched myself into nursing school instead of learning to be a liveaboard.  But here we are, a week away from leaving land behind and starting a new life on the water.  Mike and I vacillate between giddy and terrified.  When we first bought the boat and started planning, Mike wanted to rent a huge storage and put most of our house in it, "just in case".  This weekend's garage sale marks the change in attitude he's had in the few short weeks he's had to spend time tinkering with the boat.  He now want's it all gone...almost.  

Our biggest concern is Sennah.  At 13 years old, she's waning and we want her last days to be care free.  Because she was born nervous, we're going to have to try to make this transition as easy as possible.  Our first purchase was a ramp for the dogs to use to board.  Fail!  We are now looking for portable stairs that will make boarding easy - er.  we'll see.  I'm worried that it will be an ordeal.  

May 1st is our day to officially launch.   We'll move the Moonspinner from her slip in Anchor Cove over to a spot that allows liveaboards, in Anacortes.  Our house should be near empty after this weekend, there's no turning back, life has taken us on many different paths, this one just happens to be watery!