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Our charter site...

http://www.oysteryachtcharter.com/oceana.html

Got a haircut and re-squeezed the spinnaker...

Productive day at the dock here at Harbour Towne Marina in Dania Beach, Fl.

This morning started out with our computer tech from New Orleans coming to the boat to sort our our interwebs problems... needless to say I am up and running on my mac! I feel relaxed and at home now that I have my own bunk and my computer attached to the web. Ahhhh....

Then I pulled everything out of the lazarette so we could get the giant spinnaker out of there, when I say giant.... I mean GINORMOUS!!! This thing weighs like 500 pounds. no joke. That's it, the colorful one in the pic. Well we had to raise it in its squeezer thingy that keeps it all together and re-pack it because it was all messed up so that was a sweaty job. Then we put it back in the laz and I packed all the dive gear and lines and fishing gear on top of it. whew!

Then, we did some laundry and the guys came to disassemble the generator that decieded to eat itself last week. Dirty job. Then I cleaned the interior and tried out the new vacume we bought. It's VERY quiet and light.

Then we took the bimini down and gave it to the cleaning dudes to get the stains removed before we leave next week.

Then we wrapped things up and headed into town. Lee needed to go to Best Buy to get a new flat screen and blu ray player so he dropped me and Amy off at the hairdressers because we both were in desperate need of a hair cut. I haven't had mine cut since D.D. cut it last year... no joke... So the lady started cutting, and cutting... and cutting... she cut about 4 inches off. I needed it. Feels good! Now it's time to color it and get on the big blue watery road. North bound and down, rollin up and truckin'!!!

Amy is cooking traditional english "Toad in a hole" and no Mom... It's got nothing to do with eggs in toast...

Sausages laid in the bottom of a baking dish, covered with a mixture of eggs, milk and flour, baked in the oven till the whole thing rises like a big biskit!

p.s. that pic was taken before our hair cuts in Miami Beach.

TA DAAAAAA!

Sitting still for another week or so...

Well, one of our generators bit the dust on friday so we are headed back to ft. lauderdale tomorrow for another week or so while we wait on our gen to be fixed... sucks because it puts a damper on our fun plans up north. We are still going to NYC but we may have to shorten or postpone the Boston area visit... blah. Oh well. The owner already said that we could take our time heading back south after the big new england summer trip. we will be here in the yard for 6 weeks starting in October. So we may stop in the Boston area on the way back down and also in Charleston or Savannah. I would love to go to either spot! I really miss Savannah! Mom sent me a lil care package and I asked her to send my book, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil because that book is awesome and takes place in Savannah... I read this morning for about 30 mins before I had to put it down and get to work. It's just so freakin good! It's a true story so if you ever get a chance to read it I highly reccomend you do so. j

I fell in the marina on Saturday night. My cell phone and ID and credit card are at the bottom of the marina. Good thing I postponed getting that iPhone! As soon as I find a bank of america I can get a new card and get back on line. I'm so excited!

Our owners trip on Saturday went really well! Everyone had fun and they invited us to go bowling at Lucky Strikes lanes here in south beach yesterday so we did, it was so fun! We bowled and drank and ate and had a blast! I taught the owner of my boat the top gun hi-five, you know when Goose and Maverick are playing volleyball and they do the hi-five then bring it all the way around and do the low five... classic. We were on the same team so that was our deal... they are probably wondering where the hell they found me... lol!

My old chef Justin from the Seattle yacht is in ft lauderdale now too! His generator broke as well so I will be seeing them soon. I just saw them in key west a couple of weeks ago but I can't get enough of Justin and the scoot!

It's hot as hell here. South Beach Miami!!!! I am ready to get out of here though. Ready to head north where you need a blanket at night. My focsle doesnt have a/c yet so it's freakin hot in there right now. good thing mosquitos don't like me because I have been sleeping with my hatch open.

SHIT! I FORGOT TO WATCH THE SEASON OPENER OF TRUE BLOOD!!!! DAMN!!! It was last night. I will have to watch it online...

Gotta go. Back to work!

Sailing.... take me away....

Hello! I know, I know, I haven't been updating my blog but my computer wont connect to our internet for some reason and I have no time to take it to the mac Dr. so I have to use the boat computer whenever I can...

So, here we go.

The boat is great! Crew is fun, we get alog really well. I made some new friends while we have been in the yard here at Powell Bros. Marine in Ft. Lauderdale. The crew of the megayacht Double Haven have been entertaining. Danny and Ian... thanks for entertaining me! Ian took me to a badass concert on Tuesday night, the artist was Bon Iver and it was freakin' sweet!!!

It's been a busy week because we are putting the boat back together as it has been torn apart for a month, dust everywhere, the deck is covered in soot from the damn generator for the yact next to us so that is a big job. 82 feet of teak. Not to mention waxing the hull and the white parts on deck... all my job.

Tomorrow we head to Key Largo where we will anchor out for the night just the crew, then we will have guests on board Sat. morning and will sail north to Miami Beach where they will get off. We will be staying in Miami till Monday or Tuesday and then we will head to New York City! We are headed straight there, no stops, head out into the gulf stream and ride it up more than likely. Capt. says it should only take us 5 days.

They dropped the iPhone down to 99 bucks so I think I am going to buy one on Sat. when we get to Miami. My phone is acting up. I think I finally dropped it too many times. I will post some pictures when I can, we have a camera on board so don't worry we will be documenting our adventures!

Boy... I'm hungry.

OH my, so I have gained like 10 pounds since I got on this boat. Amy cooks all this great food and I just can't not eat it! I am stopping today though... I went from eating maybe half of what I have been now and riding 10 miles a day on my bike and walking all over the island all evening to eating 2 full meals a day and never leaving the boat. Makes a big difference.

Well, that's the news... Not too exciting yet! But it will be... :)

FINALLY!!!

OK. Now I can tell you guys what's going on....

I got a job on a Sailing Yacht!!! http://www.oysteryachtcharter.com/oceana.html click there to see it!

I am the deckhand/stewardess and the other crew are husband and wife Capt and Chef team. I am loving it so far. I am in Ft. Lauderdale now but will be leaving on the 13th to head to NEW YORK CITY. The owners are awesome and so are the crew.

My plans are as follows, this is what the owners told us yesterday...

June 13th - crew only- sailing to NYC for a few days for fun

Then to Marion. Mass for a week or so because the Capt and Chef have buddies there and they want to see them. Marion is 30 mins south of Boston so someone will come pick me up and I will go visit Lilly and the Clipper crew for a few days.

Then we sail to Newport where we pick up the owners.

Then on to Provincetown Mass (P-town) where we will stay for a few days and where I will get to visit Will!

Then on to Martha's Vinyard

Then up the coast of Maine almost all the way to Camden... ;)

Then back to Newport

Then up to Nova Scotia

Then we aren't sure if we are going up and around Nova Scotia into Halifax but if not we will head back down and do some more cruising around the Maine coast in August then we will drop the owners off and make our way back down here to Ft. Lauderdale for another yard period for the month of October.

I will be living in Miami in a condo for the month of October.... :)

Then we head to the Caribbean for the winter.

Make our way all the way down island.

Through the Panama canal

To the Galapagos Islands....

Onward to the South Pacific!

From there I just don't know....


BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHHAHAHAHAHA SDK S JDKFDJASKNAKVNSKDHGOWIERWRQEHWGD;XKFRHDGFG;A;SDK!

OMG!

Whew...

I gotta get a camera!

I feel a change in the wind... again...

Hope it's not an accidental jibe.

The aliens are communicating...

through my VHF radio on channel 63a. Just thought I would let everyone know...

They have been at it for a few days now, wonder what they are talking about!

Chillin at work on a beautiful Key West morning!

Morning hammock swingers and back porch coffee drinkers!!!

It's me.

Just got done with my first 5 mile bike ride of the day which puts me here at work at the yacht club. Just watched an amazing sunrise over Mt. Trashmore (the dump) and a badass full moon rise over the yacht club. Time to buy a new camera.

Right now I am watching Luis drive a huge fork lift with a boat on the end. It makes me nervous but he does a good job. We have a lot of people that keep their boats in our dry storage and when they wanna go out on the water they just call and we put it in the water for them.

Job is good, I am good at it but I miss being on the water. I am lucky to have such a good job at this time in the world and also during slow season in Key West so I am gonna stick with it. I am thinking about getting a little island car of some kind for the rainy season though.

I have all sorts of new friends and fun things have been happening. I don't know how to begin to catch up so I wont. I will just start with the most recent stuff.

Lilly is leaving for the summer, headed to Boston on the Schooner Liberty Clipper. I am really sad that she is leaving but she will be back soon so I will be ok.

JUDY IS COMING HOME!!! Actually she is home, she is in Ft. Lauderdale right now and arrives on Monday!!! YAAAAAAAY! At least she is coming back before Lilly leaves. It's gonna be like old times but better! Me, Judy, Mandy and Sarah... all back together. Look out world!

My new friend Joshua and his brother Caleb and his Dad Fishbone are artists. Check out thier work here at http://www.designsbyfishbone.com/ amazing stuff. When I met Fishbone he told me he was so happy to finally meet me because he had a dream about me some time ago that inspired him to make some art pieces... he calls me his inspiration now lol! Go to their site, click on Catalog, Off the hook, scroll down click next page and scroll down till you see Jolie and her squid whip. YEP. He DID dream me up. I don't have any pics of me and Joshua yet but I will post some when I do. Having a good ole time. It's nice to hang out with someone I can have a conversation with that doesn't start with "so there i was, wasted, running from the cops..."

;)

What else.... Um... I am a size 4 now! Pretty much the size I was when I was in high school. HELL YEAH! Now that I'm not drinking every night I will probably loose some more weight. I don't really want to though. I already look like I'm gonna topple over already.

Everything is good at my apartment. I love it. My roommate is awesome. We never see each other unless it's in passing each other going out or coming in. Perfect situation. We sit down and chat maybe one time a week if we are both off work on the same day. She is very neat and tidy so we never have a problem with that.

OH! Jose just pulled up! I love Jose... http://www.spanishflytv.com/

He is so freakin nice! Maybe one day he will take me fishin...

Oh! I went deep sea fishing the other day with my buddy Bobby who is a member of the club. His boat is called LET'S GO!!! and his charter company is called LET'S GO FISHIN! LoL. Heidi and I went out with him last week and we went all the way out to 600 feet! I have never been in water that deep or that blue. It was like the most beautiful thing ever! He was going nuts about how proud he was of us for not barfing. The boat is only 35ft long. I told him we are badasses and he should have known that already! We were even hungover! Heidi made the first catch of the day, a nice sized tuna. Then we didn't have much luck but we did see a sail fish. We caught some yellowtail snapper and I caught the only one that was a keeper. We will go fishing with him again when Judy gets back to town, take Mandy with us too.

If you wanna see my yacht club go to www.ycoa.com and click on Key West.

Sorry I have been away!!!

Been busy.... single again... having the time of my life... working alot... lost my camera and my ipod.... met a new awesome guy that is not a loser... things are going well... will have more motivation to blog now that i don't have to spend every waking moment with Evan. :) Gotta go, Lilly's going away party is tonight and I have to attend...

When getting boarded by the coast guard...

It helps if they are adorable and you are almost naked....


Cousins Steph and Charlie (lilly's cousin and his girlfriend but they are my cousins now too)

dude... kw never ceases to amaze me... these guys were sailing under umbrella

Dylan and Lilly on the best day ever.

Best day ever wakeboarding from the beach at boca grande, an uninhabited island about 45 mins away from kw.

Dylan and Zak, love them.

pictures

Me holding a gator
Lilly holding a gator
Gators in the wild
cave art
us at Paynes Plains
Me at paynes plains

I'M BACK!

Sorry for the lack of blogging but I have been without internet access most of the time. Things are going great! At the moment I am relaxing on Lilly's bed in Gainesville, Florida. We decided to take a "mental health week" and drive up so she could take care of some final school stuff and I don't start my new job for another week and a half so it seemed logical that I come with her.

Oh! Confused you say?

I am not working at the croissant shop anymore. I got a REAL job. I am the assistant dockmaster at the new YCOA marina! TADAAAAAAAAAAAA! Yes.

Why do I need a mental health WEEK?

Anyway....

Lilly and I took a 4 mile walk and a 12 mile bike ride today! YES I SAID TWELVE MILES!
We are looking so sexy.

Here are some pics.

damn blogger wont upload them...

just know this... we got really close to some alligators in the wild and took pictures of ourselves with them.... They don't call them the University of Florida Gators for nothin!

p.s. I know I am a stupid girl but that's my prerogative.

I am down to a size 7.... and counting!!!!!

p.s.

Everything is fine with me and Evan! We are too much alike in the first place so we do the same stupid things when we get freaked out lol. He took me to meet his Mom yesterday... uh oh! Haha she is awesome. Exactly what I thought she would be like! I am off to work on the Rover. See ya later! 

lost my phone

new number is 305- 879-2276 call me or text me so i have your numbers....

Still alive!

Just busy and have no internet access now that I have moved out of charlie's house. Technically homeless, but I have good friends that have couches and extra bunks on their boats. 

Doing great! 

So happy! 

Life is sweet! 

Here are some pics for you...

Evan and Damien at Cowboy Bills...

Evan and Will on the dock... 

Me and Ivona Richmond on a boat! 

Lilly and Me and Evan hanging out in the bed...

OH happy Valentines day!!!

I forgot to even tell you a story with that last post!

Yesterday was so awesome!

I worked and then met up with Lilly. Her dad is so cool, he took these two Navy fighter pilots fishing yesterday and told them they should meet up with us last night at Sloppy Joes. Go dad for setting up blind dates with Top Gun boys!!! So, Lilly and I set off to the bar. We meet up with them and boy were we in for a surprise. One of the two has his wife with him... (DAD! NEXT TIME YOU SET US UP ON DATES MAKE SURE THEY ARE SINGLE!) lol. It was cool because it wasn't just the two guys, it was a gaggle of pilots. We are introduced to them all and wouldn't you know it... the last guy I am introduced to says, "I'm Pete." And I... without hesitation... say "PETE MITCHELL????" And raise my hand to give him the Top Gun volleyball scene hi-five and I am just hoping he gets it... HE DOES! We totally do the hi-five and everyone goes crazy and starts buying me and Lilly beers and long story short Lilly and I will be going flying in the fighter jets soon....



Why am I so awesome?

SO... Evan bought an X-Box 360 yesterday so he and Brian were having a Man Date so me and Lilly continued on to the Green Parrot to dance dance dance the night away and ran into everyone there. Davey was asking me where my schooner boy was and I said all sad like "he's not coming out tonight" and we were laughing and just then.... EVAN EDWARDS APPEARED AT THE DOOR TO THE BAR! LOL! Me and Davey started jumping up and down yelling "YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!" And when he saw us he just shook his head like oh no... Lol. We have so much fun.

He came to find me! :) We are staying home tonight and I am cooking us valentines dinner. Or maybe we will just order pizza.

Gotta go buy a bike.

HERE WE GO!!!!

This is my boy Evan Edwards. Schooner pong night at Blue Heaven. Yes. He has a legless-armless-bald mannequin strapped to his back. That's Geri. She has been around the Appledore for a long time. You may remember this picture....
Well that's her on the handle bars of Aaron's bike. Somehow she lost her legs over the years...


Messy Monday. Lilly. Tourist map in hand. Duval Street.

This is Brian. He works on the Appledore. He has a fabulous mustache. He is Evan's best friend.



This is Lilly. She drew herself a finger mustache to match Brian's. I love her.


This is Lilly on "Messy Monday", the day we decided to drink all day just because we can. This was 9:30am.

This is Sarah. We used to be roommates, this is also Messy Monday at 9:30am.

This is Lilly. Messy Monday. We found a bike on the street that had no wheels or seat or handle bars so Lilly picked it up and started hollering about someone stealing all her bike parts. LOL I HAVE TEARS IN MY EYES LAUGHING AS I TYPE THIS!!! IT WAS SO FUNNY!


Messy Monday. Lilly and my old captain Chris who left me at the reef one time. We all had breakfast and we laughed about how much we fought and he apologized for what an asshole he was to me and then he wore my sunglasses the entire meal. Yay mimosas and bloody mary's!

Messy Monday,Lilly,Sarah, Mandy and Brian.

Different day. Heidi and my best boy friend down here Will. He works on the schooner with me. Isn't he beautiful??? I wish he batted for my team.

Captain Justin of the Appledore and Captain John of the Liberty Clipper in deep thought about a game of Wii.


I had to post this picture because I think it's beautiful but unfortunately this is Lilly and Man Meat. The happiness just doesn't last sometimes and thats sad. She is my favorite lady.

So, I'm real busy...

Doing laundry right now at Lilly's house but I have to go to work in a little bit. Things are going really well for me here. Sadly though, Lilly's man meat cheated on her and now we have commenced to running him out of town. Not even joking. He is a terrible dreadlocky asshole.

In other news...

Mr. Jimmy Buffet is in town and he threw a private party for his friends and family at Margaritaville last night. Lilly and her parents were there. She tried to get me and Evan in but it was a strict invite only thing. I'm probably gonna meet him soon. I can feel it. Actually today Lil and I are working on a lyric for a new song he is writing. He emailed Lil's Dad and asked if he an Lilly would brainstorm this topic for him. I can't tell you what it is because it's in the works but how cool are we??? So we are sittin here writing songs for JB himself. Lilly said he was so fun at the party, be-boppin around. David Blaine, the magic dude, was there too and was eyeing Lilly the whole night. It was magical... LOL.

Oh! Lilly got a job as the host of a fly fishing show they are shooting down here and she is so good that they are talking about having an actual national show on THE TRAVEL CHANNEL!!!! Look out Samantha Brown, you ain't got nothin on Miss Lilly !!!

I will post some great pics as soon as I get them downloaded...

Hope everyone is doin' ok out there, sorry i haven't been commenting on your blogs but I haven't had time to think let alone blog!!!

Oh... and... things are going very well with me and Mr. Evan. :)

hi!

update...

Evan comes home today.

Lilly is still home...

Working alot!

Moving to Capt. Betsy's house.

Hung out with Kelly McGillis from Top Gun last night!

My life is awesome.