Sometimes I live and work on Luxury Mega Yachts, sometimes I get dirty and salty working on Schooners. Spent last few years flip flopping between Key West, St. Thomas, Australia and New England. This blog is just my random ramblings and everyday occurrences. Island life at it's best...and worst!
YAR! I knew if I got dressed and put make up on something would happen! My old friend Tino just called and guess where he is going???? DENTON! So ha! I am headed out with him and his friends in about an hour! I love my gay boys... they don't leave me hangin! Love you LA-Tino!!!
I don't know if there is anything to woo hoo about but I am! I am also dancing around to The Killers while ironing my jeans! I wish I would have had time to take them to the cleaners to get them starched properly but oh well, this will have to do. I used to take all my jeans and shirts to the cleaners when I was in high school. What a hick. I loved it. I wouldn't go anywhere without being starched up and crispy! Always always always put make up on even if I was just going to the 7-11, always did my hair. I remember one time my friend Ty told me, "Jolea, you always look so nice every time I see you, always put together and dressed like you've got somewhere to go." He ended up taking me to prom. :) Say nice things to people.
I haven't seen Mom or Dad yet to ask about using the car, I almost don't even want to ask because they will say no. It's not like I'm driving to the bar, just driving to Chris's house. Ugh. I really need dad to take me to Sally Beauty Supply when he gets home because my roots are out of control. No, this is not a date, haha I shouldn't have opened my big mouth when I made fun of maria for dying her roots the other day! Karma is a bitch! :) That's something I have noticed in my life, I have almost INSTANT Karma. It's a good thing because it reminds me immediately not to be a brat.
In other news: I went into the kitchen to get some grub and I noticed there is a bike in the hall. Not mom's. We don't have another one... So I grabbed our biggest kitchen knife and searched the house for intruders. I was ready to slice and dice. Nobody. Hmm. Oh, Jeff (my brother) skyped me last night at about 12:45am and asked if there was someplace "kinda warm" to sleep at the house. HAHA! Jeff just moved into a house in Mckinney with a friend of his and it's really old and has no central heating. I guess his little space heater couldn't keep up with 2 nights of below freezing temps. I told him he could have my bed and I would go sleep in mom's bed. (Dad has been sleeping on the couch/in the recliner because he tosses and turns and has to get up a lot and take medicine, also he used to not be able to breathe lying in a bed because he had that tumor in his sinuses.) Anyway, he said he could just clear off the bed in the other room that has all the guitars stacked up on it. I forgot we even had a bed in there. I told him I would clear it off for him and for him just to come over. So I tried to be quiet with all those bonking guitar cases but I woke mom up and she was growling at me but I was in the kitchen telling Dad not to be alarmed by Jeff coming in. I think she was sleep walking actually. Because by the time I got back to her room to tell her what was going on she was already asleep again. HAHA! Maybe that is his bike. He knocked on my door like a little squirrel when he got here and chatted with me for a bit then off to bed. He said he is moving out but wouldn't tell me why. So he wanted to know when I was leaving so he could have his room back. :)
I'M TRYING TO GET OUT OF HERE AS FAST AS I CAN OK!? Back off! :)
Ok, gotta get back to ironing!
"I just can't look, it's killing me, and taking control..."
That's what my good friend Chris said to me tonight. I mean to tell ya, when those cowboys get into the tequila they are a riot! The only time you really have to worry about a cowboy (or anyone for that matter) is when they are drinking Whiskey. That Pic above is Chris.
"Thanks for being my un official wife/girlfriend/good advice giver" what a nut.
I had nothing good to write about today and I really haven't left the house in over a week. What the hell is wrong with me? I need to get out of the house. I think it would help my morale.
That being said, Chris wants me to come up to Denton where he lives tomorrow so we can go to the Ft. Worth Stockyards. Those of you who don't know what that means,no we are not going to a barn with cows and such. The stockyards is a part of old downtown Ft. Worth where the stockyards (real ones) used to be. Now its all bars and cafe's and fun things like that! I used to love going there when I was in high school as soon as I was old enough to get in to the bars. I used to come home on the weekends while I was in college to go out there too. Love it. Lot's of country bars and people dressed like you guys imagine Texans dress. Anyway, Chris lives about 45 mins from me on the way to Ft. Worth, so I am going to ask Mom if I can borrow a car and drive over there because I really want to hang out. That way I can leave the car at Chris's and he will drive to the Stockyards, so I wont be driving after drinks. He is closer to the bars so we can just take a cab home if he gets drunk too. Which, last time I was at the stock yards with him he didn't get drunk, he had to carry my drunk friend to my truck. What a nice guy. I hope I can borrow a car. Jeff borrowed mom's car the other day and it got backed over so I don't see why I wouldn't be able to borrow one. We will see. I really need to get out of the house and Chris is the only friend who even acts like they want to hang out with me around here. Blah. Morale is low my friends.
I yelled at him the other day when he texted me that he was out in the stockyards without me but I don't think it's fair to make him come pick me up because I am so out of the way.
Mr. Chris is a bareback rider (i dont wanna hear a word out of you Maria!) and a saddle bronc rider, those are rodeo sports for those of you who have no idea. He had surgery a while back on his foot so he's starting to ride again in the spring. He was good before he got hurt too!
Pictures of Chris: See? He takes boot pics too! Classy. Flip flops, no shirt, and a tootsie pop.
Thans for being my non-boyfriend/drunk cowboy/running buddy!
I am slow cooking some chops in the oven for dinner. First I put some seasonings on them and browned each side in a cast iron skillet, then I cut up some onion and put it in the bottom of a glass pan, added some more seasonings and a little water because I don't want my little piggies to dry out. Then I placed the browned chops on the onions and covered the pan with foil. Into the oven they went at 250. I'm just gonna let them cook in there for like an hour and see what happens. I will probably take the foil off and crank it up to like 350 when they are about done for a few mins.
Hello Cheyenne, Wyoming North Wales, Pennsylvania Budapest, Hungary North Kingstown, Rhode Island Deer Park, Texas and Palo Alto, California
HOWWWWWWWDY!
No news yet, but I bet I will hear something tomorrow. Yep.
In other news:
I just read that my hometown, Allen Texas, is ranked the 9th safest city in the entire country!!! There are like thousands of cities in this country... awesome. Probably because our cops pull everyone over even if they aren't doing anything wrong.
I have decided to do something "productive" today. I have been up since 5am because I took a 4 hour nap yesterday afternoon then went to sleep at 11pm. Hopefully I will get to bed at a decent hour tonight and get on a "normal" sleep schedule. Though it has been nice to wake up to a fresh stack of emails to respond to when I sleep till noon!
Sticking with my musical theme I have decided to get to work on some dinner playlists. I am looking for "background music" to play while having dinner. I want themes people! I have started a Vegas Playlist for Casino Night or a Vegas themed dinner party. Here is what I have so far, your suggestions would be appreciated! This is only one hour of music, I want to have at least 2 hours...
How High The Moon- Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington Dream a Little Dream of Me- The Rat Pack The Way You Look Tonight- Tony Bennett Heaven (Dancing Cheek to Cheek)- Louie Armstrong Love Me Tender- Elvis Presley What a Difference a Day Makes- Dinah Washington My Way- Frank Sinatra Mack the Knife- The Rat Pack L-O-V-E- Wayne Newton Come Fly With Me- Frank Sinatra The Good Life- Bobby Darin Luck Be a Lady Tonight- Frank Sinatra Papa Loves Mambo- Dean Martin You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You- Frank Sinatra Anything Goes- Frank Sinatra Viva Las Vegas- Elvis Presley Danke Shoen- Wayne Newton (never knew that's how you spelled that!) Fly Me to the Moon- Frank Sinatra Ain't That a Kick in the Head- Dean Martin
I know there is a lot of Sinatra but hey, it's a VEGAS playlist. I know there are some more great tunes that I can't think of so you guys throw some out there for me cuz it's fun!
The Tunes are in order, the first songs are slower and mellow because nobody really pays attention to the music when they are getting seated and situated. The rest are just great, I know if I was listening to this playlist I would be singing along or at the very least moving my shoulders to the beat!
This is one of my favorite movie songs of all time...
p.s. Hello Sydney, Australia, and Arlington, Massachusetts. Also Hi to the Upper West Side and the East Village, NYC! Too cool. Can I come visit?
I had my interview with Camper & Nicholson, the biggest Mega Yacht Charter and Management company in the world! It went great! My agent there sent my CV to four yachts this morning! She was super nice and helpful. She said there are a ton of crew walking around there that can't get work, so it's a good thing that I am here at home. That being said, I probably wont go to Ft. Lauderdale on Saturday. Grrrrrrr! This is so frustrating.
I have given up on S/Y Avalon, obviously that guy isn't calling me back.
I still have hope for the 112' M/Y White Star based in Lauderdale, I got a call from my Crew 4 Crew agent yesterday and she said I should hear from the Captain soon.
I am not pursuing the Bristolean. I just don't feel it.
I also emailed Capt. Sean about the 145' motor yacht that he sent my CV to, he said the Capt of that yacht was starting to sort through CV's yesterday and for me to give it a week and I should hear something.
And now I have another 112' motor yacht that is doing the winter in the Caribbean and summer in the Mediterranean or New England, a private 164' yacht, and a charter 165' motor yacht and a charter 196' motor yacht that my new Camper & Nicholson yacht agent sent my CV off to.
Somethings gotta give.
In other news: Dad goes in for his first radiation today. Hopefully it goes well.
A big Tuesday Howdy to: Manhattan, NYC!!! London, England The island of Malta, off the coast of Sicily and Perth! In western Australia!
I watched the movie Connie and Carla the other day, and ever since I have had an uncontrollable urge to do my make up like a Drag Queen. I love drag. One of my best friends in Key West was the most beautiful drag queen in the world. Ivana Richmond. Isn't he lovely? He doesn't have fake boobs or anythinglike that either!!! I promise. We had lot's of slumber parties and I would have known. He is fabulous!
I want to do my makeup where my eyebrows are covered with makeup and I have drawn on ones like an inch above where they should be.... :)They look fierce through this entire movie! We should all wear drag queen makeup. If not the eyebrows then DEFINITELY use fake lashes.
Hi Kirkland, Washington Wilsonville, Oregon Fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada! Downtown Dallas, Texas Strongsville, Ohio Iceland! (Hi Duder!) Le-puy-en-velay, France (oooh lala!) and Kobenhavn, Denmark!
You will love this band. The Darkness. I love them, they are in my top 5 bands. I ordered this CD from the UK like 5 years ago when it came out and made all my friends listen to it until they loved it. Thanks Mayra for being the best roommate ever!
In St. Thomas. And he was really cool. But, I was torn between him... he is an underwater welder
and the hippey boy I chose over him... a lot of good that did me...
Lesson: Always go for the Alpha male.
True, the hippey was sweet, but he didn't have the balls to tell me when he was leaving or coming back for that matter... but there ya have it. Karma. Hope I have that all worked out now....
You see, I have nothing better to talk about right now than this because I am jobless.
I will post the recipe tomorrow because I can't be bothered to walk into the kitchen and get it. So here's the thing.
I baked the cake like it said... I let it cool for 10 mins and flipped it out onto the cooling rack. I went about making the chocolate shiny glaze when I realized that the cake was falling in the center. I decided to flip it back over and use the rounded side as the top instead. Well... I flipped it and the middle fell out onto the counter through the cooling rack. Damn. So, being the genius I am I decided to get creative and fill the hole... Yep, that's right! I filled the hole with marshmallows! I am a genius right?
Topped that sucker with the shiny chocolate glaze and VIOLA!!!
What hole? There's no hole in my cake!
I should really change the name to "Lucky Chocolate Glazed Torte Cake Surprise".
LOL I wonder what the Barefoot Kitchen Witch would say about this!!! :)
Hello to Stockholm, Sweeden! I'm pretty sure that is Rebecka my crewmate from the delivery from hell, M/Y Francine, and S/V Wanderlust. Wow! We worked together a lot last year! This is Rebecka in Savannah, GA last year.
Hello Ft. Lauderdale! That could be Courtney! Is that you? Hi to Fremont, California! I have quite a few folks in that neck of the woods reading. Thanks!
And a big warm hello to Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada! North of Winnipeg. Stay warm up there y'all!
On to today's news:
I have been exploring the world through Google Earth. I love it. I put little yellow push pins in all the places where my friends live all over the world. I have one in San Carlos, Mexico stuck in a boat that I am sure is Arigato Jack. (probably isn't but i don't care) I have one in La Paz that's probably stuck in the wrong marina, stuck ones in my roof and my aunt's roof and my Grandparents roof in Texas too. In addition to sticking push pins in places I know of I have put them in places I would like to visit.
I have on on the islands of the Maldives in the Indian Ocean. I would love to see them before they are gone. These islands are only a few feet above sea level as it is... they will be gone soon if the ocean level rises much. I have one on this blue pond I found in Colorado. Its a small, round, perfectly blue pond. In the middle of nowhere, surrounded by trees.
I also have one on this island called Tristan da Cunha. It's the remotest island on the planet. There is a settlement of people on that island that are all direct descendants of the original european settlers from the 1800's. I would love to see how they live so isolated. The website is interesting. Click HERE to go to it. You can only get there by boat.
Another place I push pinned is Los Angeles, because I wanna go. New York City as well. And Paris.
I also found a perfect uninhabited (possibly uninhibited) beach in the Bahamas. I'm not telling you where though...
Anyway, I hope to eventually get to these places. I think I will. In the mean time I have been busy designing my Tiny House, floor plans and all. Trying to stay focused on a goal.
Tomorrow is Monday. The day when the yachting industry comes back to life. I have a plane ticket to Ft. Lauderdale on Saturday if things don't sound promising by then...
I will get a job soon! I will!
Oh! And hello to Sao Paulo, Brazil! Hola! Como esta? Muchas gracias por leandos! (I think they speak portugese there but all I have is some spanish. Hope that's ok! :) )
Dinner was good, we went to Texas Land & Cattle Co. it's a steak house. Did you guess that? :) I rode in the tiny back seat with a guitar on top of me. Good thing we only had to to 15 mins up the road instead of all the way to Corsicana. It was nice to see Dave and Carol, nice folks.
I'm lying on a blankie under the christmas tree because it's my favorite thing to do this time of year.
Oh, a quick hello to Portsmouth and Providence, Rhode Island! Which one are you Tillerman!? Stephanie I think you are Portsmouth, right next to Newport right?
Morning Los Angeles, Sunnyvale and San Francisco, California! Also... good morning middle of nowhere Kansas! I can't even find a name of a town you live NEAR yet alone IN! :) I would really like to know who you are and how you get "the internet" out there in the boonies. LOL I'm kiddin! Hope you folks all have a wonderful Saturday!
I'm guessing my L.A. visitor is Brian, but the others I don't know! Hello you guys!
Today I am off on a road trip with Mom and Dad, though I don't know how... Mom and Dad are heading about an hour and a half south of Dallas to meet up with a friend of Dad's who plays guitars and mandolins with dad, Dave. They are going to his place in Corsicana. Mom asked me to go so I said sure... then I got to thinking about it. Mom drives a miata, so that's out. Dad drives a Ford Ranger... uh? Both of these cars are 2 seaters. Where the hell do they expect me to sit?! In the back of the truck?! Oh wait, there are small seats in the mini back seat of the truck... hahahah! You see that?!?!? LOL! And you know there's gonna be a huge guitar and like three mandolins back there too. When Jeff and I left they got rid of cars that we could fit in. Is that a hint? Mom says I can fit, Dad says I'm not invited. Nice to see his sense of humor is still intact.
Hello out there! I am an outgoing, adventurous chick who loves to live and work on the water. Wether it be fishing, snorkeling, sailing or anything in between you can bet I've been on board. When I am land based I prefer to be in the Virgin Islands or Key West, bartending and dreaming of my future Tiny-House out in West Texas. I am a Texas girl, I love to play my guitar, go out with my friends, paddle board and secretly put together floor plans and designs for my future homes. Welcome to the show!!!
Those of you who don't know what that means,no we are not going to a barn with cows and such. The stockyards is a part of old downtown Ft. Worth where the stockyards (real ones) used to be. Now its all bars and cafe's and fun things like that! I used to love going there when I was in high school as soon as I was old enough to get in to the bars. I used to come home on the weekends while I was in college to go out there too. Love it. Lot's of country bars and people dressed like you guys imagine Texans dress. Anyway, Chris lives about 45 mins from me on the way to Ft. Worth, so I am going to ask Mom if I can borrow a car and drive over there because I really want to hang out. That way I can leave the car at Chris's and he will drive to the Stockyards, so I wont be driving after drinks. He is closer to the bars so we can just take a cab home if he gets drunk too. Which, last time I was at the stock yards with him he didn't get drunk, he had to carry my drunk friend to my truck. What a nice guy. I hope I can borrow a car. Jeff borrowed mom's car the other day and it got backed over so I don't see why I wouldn't be able to borrow one. We will see. I really need to get out of the house and Chris is the only friend who even acts like they want to hang out with me around here. Blah. Morale is low my friends.
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They look fierce through this entire movie! We should all wear drag queen makeup. If not the eyebrows then DEFINITELY use fake lashes.
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