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CHRISTMAS ON THE BOAT

Normally I am a major Christmas person . We decorate the house with lights, we have a Christmas tree in every room and we have a huge Christmas party. This year no matter what I did, I just couldn't get in the spirit of the holidays. So we decided to have a quiet Christmas on the boat just the dogs and my husband and I.

My husband put lights on the boat and I decorated the deck and interior. It was very cozy and fun.

We ended up having company for dinner every night. We also had some people join us for a Christmas cruise.

RUSSIAN CHRISTMAS DINNER

On a boat there isn't a lot of room to cook a Christmas dinner. Taking full advantage of this I made reservations at Russian House in downtown Austin. It is one of my favorite restaurants. Two of our live aboard neighbors joined us. 
The food is fabulous and the ambiance is just perfect.

 Beef Stroganoff

salmon

 

THE CHILDREN WERE NESTLED ALL SNUG IN THEIR BEDS CHRISTMAS MORNING

The children were nestled all snug in their beds.....

Christmas morning on the boat.

DIRTY DAWGS

 

Our dog Sally is infamous for finding disgusting stuff to roll in. She decided to do this just as we were loading up to drive to the boat. Let me tell you that dog got stinker every mile of that 4 hour drive. Once we got to Austin it was freezing and there was no way we could give her a bath on the dock. The next day we found Dirty Dog do it yourself dog wash.

I was impressed. They had everything you could need and then some and it really wasn't to expensive, The dogs even liked it.