We're having a rum by the woodstove and I'm catching up on friends' blogs, just to see what we're missing. This just in from Pat and Geoff on Beach House doing a bunch of major nasty work on the hard in Carriacou: http://lifeonbeachhouse.blogspot.com/2011/12/doin-hard-time.html

Randy did a whole mess of the same refit work before we left in 2005, in the relative comfort of the yard in Dartmouth, with all sorts of marine supply and parts close by. I feel for Pat and Geoff . They're probably going to the beach for Christmas, but I'm still happier to be here. Here, there'll be a tree, the family, gravy, pie, and no grinding of fiberglass. I'd much rather be scrubbing pots and pans!