A Merry Monster Christmas!

Here aboard Monster, we are all set for the Holidays. Living aboard we certainly have had to downsize the decorations, but we'd like to think we have lots of Christmas spirit! Our recent trip to NYC certainly spearheaded those festive feelings. For us, it's all about believing in the spirit of the

Happy Blogiversary!

Today our dear blog Good Ship Monster turns two! Yay! It's hard to believe we have not only lived afloat for two years, but that I have been steadily penning all our moments and sharing them with you. 

My heartfelt Thank You to all of you readers, whom faithfully follow our adventures!

~~This post 'Happy Blogiversary!' first appeared on www.goodshipmonster.blogspot.ca~

New York Minutes, Day One

And we're back from an epic holiday in New York City! I wish I could say we had experienced this adventure aboard Monster. However, she was safely tied fast to the dock with the Dog under the watchful eye of a wonderful Friend and Dog Sitter! Thank you, thank you, thank you Z!

Monday Muster

Muster Midships!

Things have certainly been quiet on the blog front. However, we have been busy reacquainting ourselves, once again, to life in city. Here's a few pics, as we've certainly been out and about!

Seasons of the Island

It was dark. I meandered around our dock, the marina and its paths, with a flashlight in hand, walking the Dog as per her nightly ritual. The wind was strong and brisk, as it has been all week. The leaves skittered about my feet. I wore a toque, a heavy vest, and sandals. The damp but yet, dry leaves brushed against my

Monday Muster

Muster Midships!

With the blast of weather that blew in over the weekend, I'm already missing the hot summer days. The tune 'Let's go the Ex!...' is still playing in my mind. I'm harkening back, as on the Friday of the long Labour Day weekend that's what we did! It had been years since either Gordon or myself had

Another Day in Paradise

Already the month of September is nearing it's close. It seems to have gone so fast. With the Boy back in school, we quickly fell into a routine and then the days and weeks just flew by. We have been so fortunate to have had some fabulous weather, the past week the warm sunny days have been oh so

Inspiration

The blog has been rather slow of late. It's not that I havn't been writting, it that's I havn't written anything blog worthy. I seem to be short on inspiration. Posts have been started, and I'll work on them in spits and spurts, but they never seem to add up to anything more. I don't want to post just for

Monday Muster

Muster Midships! 

And so, the Toronto 2015 Pan Am games have now wrapped up, and I have to say it was memorable from my experience! I wasn't able to partake in any spectatorship of any events due to my work obligations but, I was able to catch a few glimpses of the sailing! The Royal Canadian Yacht Club

Home Again, Home Again,...

... Jiggedity, Jig! The best part of taking a holiday, and going on a sailing adventure, is coming home. I had never been away from our Monster, not more than a night in succession. In fact, in the past year and eight months I've lived aboard I have only spent a total of 2 nights away from the boat. So, when

Monday Muster

I know. It's not Monday, it's Thursday. Excuse my tardiness as I've been away on holiday! A working holiday, as it may, with my Family. If you follow us on Instagram you likely will have concluded that we embarked upon a sailing adventure aboard the majestical Empire Sandy, a 200 ft., 3 masted, Tern

Monday Muster

Muster Midships! 

Yet another week has passed us by. I've noticed through this commitment I've made to posting every Monday, just how fast the week passes. June will all too soon come to an end, there's only another week of school for our Boy and then the summer and Pan Am Games mayhem will be upon us. What

Monday Muster

Muster Midships!

This weeks muster is brought to you by my Husband Gordon. He hasn't had much of a presence here on our blog, though he has certainly provided plenty of insight, inspiration, and most importantly, a great deal of editing of my posts. This week, the photos have been taken by Gordon. These Toronto

Monday Muster

Muster Midships! 

Wow! Monday sure comes around quick! Here's this past week summed up. The pic above is of the coils of lines we have hanging from the rail on our bow. 

Monday Muster

It's time to start posting on my dear blog here with a lot more regularity, and so I'm happy to introduce a new feature I'm calling 'Monday Muster'! Call it a roundup of several photos I've taken over the week, and in most cases they may have been already been shared on Instagram. Perhaps a

So it Begins...

So it begins, another season on the Island! Yahoo! It would be an understatement to say that I, or rather, we, are not excited to relocate to our Island home. Our winter city side was cold, snowy, icy and rather uneventful. I can say we fulfilled our days just as everyone else going through the motions

Our Lego Family

On a recent visit our Boy's Uncle and Aunt, aka Gordon's brother and his wife, T & E, gifted us the most unbelievable and uniquely special gift, a Lego rendition of our dear Good Ship Monster. True to the real thing she features tanbark sails, our prominent railing, a blue canvas Bimini even the graceful

Labour of Love

Life aboard a boat in the winter season of ice and snow is without question a labour of love. As any time of year, there are particular tasks that have have to be done to ensure the safety of our fine vessel in the winter despite the fact that we are firmly tied to the dock. All those jobs that are performed

Slow Down

In by last blog entry I remarked how I felt I was always wishing my life away. While 'wishing' may have not have been the most ideal word I could have used, the sentiment that I often find myself looking to what is next, particularly when it comes to the warm versus cold seasons, sailing seasons,

Season Two

It's the time of year when I start seriously pining for sun and warm, stinking hot sweltering days. I read recently that we are now in the dead of winter, a period when the average temperature doesn't drop nor does it climb. There's nothing but cold on our horizon. Thus, my countdown to our Island

Hello 2015

Here we are with another year upon us! All in all we have to say that 2014 was a pretty decent year to us. It was a year of great change as we adjusted to living aboard Monster and made a major move from Belleville/Kingston back to Toronto. We are now happily looking forward to what the months

Our Top 5 Reason's Why it's Good to be a Winter Live Aboard

Winter is here! The temperatures have dropped and the ice eaters are bubbling away. As winter live aboards we have learned to simply embrace the cold harsh weather. It's not to say we are not pining after warmer temperatures, but we feel that whatever your situation may be it's always important to

Holiday Baking

I'm not the kinda gal that is known for her culinary expertise. I'm known more for my assembling of dishes, not cooking or baking. Every now and then a recipe turns my eye, and at long last I had opportunity to bake a recipe that peaked my interest months ago. I spoke of it in a post last March