I stopped by that marina again yesterday to see if indeed they had any open slips available come July. No. But I will keep checking back. Sent an email off to the city marina to see what they might have. No answer. Not surprised there. I will probably have to go and beg on bended [...]
About a year ago, a commenter here on the Fritter kept talking about wanting to follow my path to ruin and destruction by going minimalist in her life. She had a plan, get rid of her debt, start reducing the clutter, and study up to get ready to move onto a boat. As I tend [...]
Yesterday I got a call from some folks to go help move a couple of sailboats here in the marina. None of this was related to the pending sale, their leases were up and the slips they were using were to be utilized for some charters that the slip owner does every year for boy [...]
I know. After seeing what happened over at Simple Life Afloat, you are thinking that the pending sale of the marina and probable eviction of my poor old fritter ass is a tradgedisastopocolypse. It ain’t. I put myself in this position with the combined effects of all the decisions I have made over the years. [...]
Chances are pretty good that by next year at this time I will be living someplace else. I’m not sure where, I’m not sure if it will be on a boat, an rv, in an apartment, or under a bridge, hell I ain’t even sure it will be in the Keys. But I do know, [...]
And counting. There are now over 300 fritterisms here on the Fritter. Have you collected them all? Capt. Fritter
Since we just went through another one of those sappy holidays taken over by the greeting card industry so we would spend more money on stuff, I thought this might be a good opportunity to talk about how to approach minimalism when there is some sentimentality involved. Interesting side note: Anne Jarvis, the mother who [...]
About 3 years ago, I walked out of a mall up in Homestead with the feeling that I would never have another reason to set foot in one of those shopping meccas again. I had gone in search of some more bicycles and accessories for the bike rental program I was vainly trying to add [...]
I’ve been sitting here pondering when my next dollar of income will ever come in, and looking at the numbers for the budget so far this year. At the moment, I am just about where I want to be spending wise. April was just a tad over $1200 in expenses. I doubt seriously it will [...]
Well, what a refreshing change from last year. April of 2012 was a killer in terms of expenses. A big tax bill, new computer, it really knocked the budget off kilter for the year. Now this year, much more better. Nearly 75% less in spending than the year before. It helps when you don’t make [...]