It's All About The Cookies

It is February 2010. We are still in Carlsbad, CA. We wish we were on our boat but there seems to be a lot of tasks for us to complete here on land. They are all important but honestly, the real reason is right here Girl Scout cookies appear at the end of January. Is there anything more delicious than a Thin Mint?

They are tough to resist. Good news is the Girl Scouts are prepared (not just a Boy Scout motto) and have lots of cookies so when this batch disappears in a week we know where to find more.

And so it seems we will be on land until the cookie sales stop or until our daughter Meghan's new house is all fixed up. Not sure what will happen first or last but being on a sailboat has taught us not to make too many permanent plans because we are bound to break them almost every time.

Here is the new house. It is very cute. It is in escrow. Escrow is sort of like a real estate version of doing your taxes. You don't understand the words, no matter how many times you read the instructions they don't make sense and in the end you hope you are not signing up for a long vacation in Siberia.

It has suffered from a bit of neglect. It is a victim of a "short-sale"

But luckily, the Walsh family are HGTV gurus and we know how to make this dejected home into a model home of comfort and luxury.

The galley, oops kitchen, will get a makeover

The decks, oops floors, will be renovated with cherry wood

New cabinets, appliances and countertops will make this space a cooks delight (that's HGTV talk)

We miss our boat but we would never miss the opportunity to see our daughter's delight as she moves into her first home

Congratulations Meghan!

So this blog will take a dry turn and we'll take you along as we do the renovations.

Stay tuned.

Anne and Steve

On Land in Carlsbad