Out With the Old...In With the New

We've done it!

We have a "new boat". I say "new boat" for a few reasons. One, is that it's not, technically new. It's a new, used boat. Two, is because we have an "old boat" in the garage.

We, hardly, remember that boat because it has been what my husband calls a "big litter box" for the last ten years. Because we had cats that lived in our garage...oh, well, I digress. I want to talk about our "new boat."

We've been talking about, looking at, traveling to see, working with lenders, and doing all kinds of time consuming things regarding the "new boat" for the past couple of months. However, we, officially, purchased it about two weeks ago. But, since it is sitting in Palm Coast, Florida, and we can't see it or touch it on a daily basis, it really hasn't seemed real.

However, reality set in pretty quickly when I opened the mail this morning and we had an invoice from a company that I have never heard of. Immediatley, I told hubby that I was going to call that company TODAY and tell them we didn't owe them money, that I didn't know what they were sending me a bill for...you know, REALLY let them HAVE IT!

As hubby does so often, to keep me from getting out of control, he looked at me very gently and said...

"Ba, that is the bill for the boat payment."

We both stood still, gazing into each other's eyes for a moment, and then the reality set in...

WE HAVE A "NEW BOAT"!

Our plans are simple, at this point. The "new boat" will sit at the previous owner's house for the next two months. Then, in August, we will take ten days off to take OUR NEW BOAT down the Intercoastal Waterway from the Palm Coast to Key Largo.

From there, I'm not sure, but I know that a new adventure begins....and I know that a new adventure is better than having an "old boat" that is disguised as the "cat's litter box."

It can only be UP from here!

Lam 3:23 His mercies are new every morning.