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!