While P works on installing our water maker (all I want for Christmas is a working water maker), I spend my time making things like ginger snap granola and oatmeal cookies (vegan style). When I get bored with cooking, which happens less often than I ever expected, I move to what else I can do with my time on a boat. As we near the peak of the holiday season, I put up a set of Xmas lights (solar and LED). It looks pretty good off the back of the boat, but I wish I had bought a few more strings, but it does help get us in the mood to put on the music of the season and sit and gaze at the full moon on the water. Along with that I had to get a little creative regarding a Xmas tree. What do you make a tree out of when you live on a boat that is in the tropics. It took a few days and nights of exploring around the boat, but I finally came up with an piece of old line and turned it into the shape of a tree. Next I had to find something to decorate it with. Out came a scrap of green felt and the sewing pins. Lastly, I had in my jewelry some shell necklaces, these became the garland and a shell from the Bahamas worked perfectly as my star. So there you have it, I spent some time creating our 2013 Xmas tree.