Here's Em dressed for New Year's Eve in her new FatFace stuff, Christmas presents from the Dorset Sadlers. [Thankyou letter is on it's way - by post :( ]
Note 2 year old FAtFace slippers - still going strong and seeming to grow with Em.
The clothes tags had a slogan 'Must not hit buoys' on them. Em thought this was pretty funny and wants a t-shirt that says that next.
Have a safe and happy New Year's Eve, wherever you are.
Boxing Day - a day of clearing snow and slush with the big shovel. The melting snow is threatening to flood the workshop. Back to work.
Suddenly Christmas is upon us. This morning we bought a small tree which Em has now decorated and by bedtime it was surrounded by presents.
As the temperature rises above 0 and then drops again the snow melts and icicles form. Got to get that snow cleared from the side decks.
Forecasts are that the big chill is over. The snow will have melted by Christmas leaving the usual muddy mess. When the ice has gone we'll start the engine and get out of town before New Year's eve.
Thanks to Hans and Hillien for getting down to the club and sending me a picture of my Laser in the snow.
The snow is getting deeper, another 10 centimetres this morning.
We were interviewed for the current edition of Winter Welvaart and our portrait and story can be read by visitors walking round the Noorderhaven this weekend.
We borrowed Em's friend Jet as an extra daughter for the photograph.
We've been busy aboard our own barge this week .I've built a wall and Claudia has made the pine door frames. She's starting on the doors next while I turn my attention to the electrics and plumbing.
It snowed all night, last night. This morning the hatch was heavy as we left to try and walk Em to school. We gave up after 10 minutes; Em was wet and we were cold. Home for coffee and hot chocolate. Later we heard that school was cancelled for the rest of this year. Em's holiday has begun.
Em and Margot help me make Jamie Oliver's standing up canneloni lasagna for this evening's dinner. Margot's parents and brother came round and we ate it all!
Dave started the engine while we were tidying up our tools and at 3 o'clock the bridge opened and 'Ora et Labora' left our workshop quay.
It's been a great project, for a nice couple, Thanks Dave and Marischka.
It's getting darker in the workshop, even during the day. Here Claudia scrapes the squeezed out glue from the sliding skylight for the Dankbaarheid.
Peter deepens the slots for the door locks with a very large diameter drill bit.
Willemien's sliding window in my window frame. A perfect fit.
This is what Em wants for Christmas - Katherine Knight has done it first!
Em says this is an alien St. Nicholaas in my Cafe Latte.
Breng ons vanavond een bezoek ...
With [almost] all the scheduled work done on 'Ora et Labora' we'll spend the next week working on extra bits and pieces, hanging doors and generally rounding things off. This is the base for a cupboard in the bedroom.
Claudia has glued up the 'windows' on the sliding skylight for 'Dankbaarheid'
A year ago Peter made this sliding hatch cover for 'Ora et Labora'. Now that we've got all the big bits aboard it was safe to fit the cover. Somehow things never fit quite as nicely the second time around. Must be Somebody's Law?
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