Lynn’s Recollections and Reflections #34 – We Bought A Boat

Something to Do in January

In January of 1998, we went to the Boat Show in Chicago.

At the time we had two boats. A really old pontoon boat that could hold a lot of people but it was slow and had seen better days.

We also had a cuddy cabin boat. It could go fast and pull skiers or kids tubbing but we were very limited with how many people could fit on the boat.

A Deck Boat

We fell in love with the idea of a deck boat. In particular a Chaparral Sunesta model. It was open and could hold 13 people and bonus it had a bathroom (or head in nautical terms). Perfect for a family with two kids.

We Bought A Boat

We thought about it for a few days, went to some boat showrooms (we have a lot around us), and kept coming back to the Chaparral. This would be the first major purchase that we made together.

We Christened A Boat

With any new floating vessel, it’s a tradition to christen your boat. We went out with good friends on the first nice day in the spring. Later that night “Handy” and I “christened” the boat. It usually involves a bottle of champagne and there was definitely some alcohol involved. Something did break but it wasn’t a bottle. Is that too much information?

9 Months Later

I was 42 years old. I was sure that I was just going through early menopause but 9 months later I gave birth to the most amazing, surprise, our Emma.

Peace & Love,

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1. The Introduction
2. My Parents and Their Friends in the 60s
3. A Lonely Kid
4. The Day I Ran Away TO Home
5. The Tornado
6.  Moving Away from My Friends
7. The Summer of 1975
8. Living with the Devil
9. After the Summer of 1975
10. The Wedding
11. Newlyweds and 2 New Houses
12. A Baby
13. Behind Closed Doors
14. Living the Dream
15. Four Tumultuous Years
16. My Sister
17. Fast Forward To Today
18. The Divorce
19. Do Your Homework
20. Why Am I Writing This
21. Living Through Abuse
22. Fixer Upper
23. Dating Single Mom
24. The Ghost
25. Losing My Favorite House
26. Present Day
27. Meeting “Handy”
28. Falling in Love
29. Becoming a Grandma
30. Where Did We Leave Off
31. And Then There Was Annie
32. Something Else Was Happening
33. Our Family of Four

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