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Happy Everything, Everyone!
I’m going to spend the next couple of days reading and commenting on a crapload of posts piled up in the old inbox–oh yeah, and enjoying the homecoming of my very own tugboat man! Merry Christmas to...
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Where was your first “I love you”?
Christmas Wednesday, December 25, 1991 This was our first holiday together after I figuratively walked to the edge of the cliff and jumped off by telling my tugboat man I loved him the first time we...
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Our nautical Christmas 2012
My tugboat man brought back some treasures and cool marlinspike seamanship projects he worked on while he abandoned me was away for two months. What do you think of the captain’s welcome home signs?...
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Seashell insanity–Episode #452
Well…my tugboat man spent pretty much the entire day surfing. He came home at 2:00 p.m and said he had been trying to catch a wave in to shore for over an hour or he would have been back sooner. …...
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The secret of a successful marriage
What is marriage all about? Based upon my personal research, experimentation, and analysis, I have the answers to your questions. This is for all you young’uns who’re on the cusp of searching for a...
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A Grateful Monday
As part of my 2013 resolution to release my inner beeyotch, Helen Reddy‘s inspired “I am Woman“ helps me stay on track! I would like to thank three awesome women for their creativity and imagination,...
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A recipe and a request…from a tugboat captain
The wonderful FurFiles (meow!) is back from her Jamaican vacation, and it’s about time! I’ve missed her astute blogging and pithy commentary, like the many ways I can exact revenge on my tugboat man...
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Princess Rosebud’s Mermaid Bench
I’ve made a few upgrades to the original by replacing the starfish with huge white scallop shells and the addition of a hot pink polka dot bow. Now I’m happy. Picture me sitting in my seashell...
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Maritime Thought of the Week
Reblogged from Explorer's Guide Maritime Academy: Have a great weekend! ~Explorer's Guide Maritime Academy Staff Read more… 51 more words My tugboat man and I were gone all day...gym in the morning,...
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Instead of Flowers, How About an Enchanting Seashell Bouquet?
Reblogged from Enchanted Seashells...Confessions of a Tugboat Captain's Wife: Today is super hot and humid but I went to Pilates anyway, and saw a friend of mine who's a nurse and she always has a...
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The Roller Coaster Life of a Professional Mariner’s Wife
We’re in the parking lot at Trader Joe’s – collect the re-usable bags from the back seat — to replenish the empty pantry after our vacation. A cell phone rings. “Is that your phone or mine?” “It’s...
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I Said “Seaman”, NOT “Semen”. SHEESH. Grow Up, Would Ya?
Not this! But THIS… I thought it’d be fun and informative to conduct an interview of my seaMAN, my merchant mariner, my tugboat captain, my sometimes-he’s-here-sometimes-he’s not husband of nineteen...
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Remember the Merchant Mariner on Veteran’s Day
My tugboat man is a proud member of the United States Merchant Marine. He is a merchant mariner. He also served in Desert Storm. From the little he’s shared with me, it was a dangerous mission. I met...
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I Said “Seaman”, NOT “Semen”. SHEESH. Grow Up, Would Ya?
With regard to the recently released film, “Captain Phillips” about the ship that was boarded by pirates, I am boycotting it. I forced my very handsome tugboat man to audition, and he went through two...
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KRISTALLNACHT. Never Forget.
My grandfather was a rabbi; although he had already emigrated from Hungary at the the turn of the century, my mom assured me that it most definitely COULD happen again and we should never forget From...
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Remember the Merchant Mariner on Veteran’s Day
My tugboat man is a proud member of the United States Merchant Marine. He is a merchant mariner. He also served in Desert Storm. From the little he’s shared with me, it was a dangerous mission. I met...
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Beachy December Festival of Light and Color: Photos
Even though it’s the beginning of December and was the fifth night of Hannukah, here in Southern California we enjoyed a brief summery Sunday before a massive winter storm barrels down the coast from...
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How To Stay in Shape if You Work On a Tugboat
Have you given any thought to the daily life of a mariner working aboard a tug at sea? It’s a fairly sedentary life with bursts of physical labor, but mostly there’s a lot of sitting and standing, as...
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How To Stay Healthy if You Work On a Tugboat
(Previously posted, but I continue to be questioned about what my tugboat man does on his long assignments.) Have you given any thought to the daily life of a mariner working aboard a tug at sea?...
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Happy Maritime Day…Better Late Than Never, Right?
In honor all of our United States Merchant Mariners, and especially my very own tugboat captain..we are so proud of you! Presidential Proclamation — National Maritime Day, 2014 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE...
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