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“Fair winds and following seas!”

Another day another deployment. Saying Goodbye is never fun but it’s a way of life being a Navy wife. It’s not Goodbye just another See you later! May they have “Fair winds and following seas!”

Sailors use this term synonymously with the points of sail below a beam reach, since the wind direction is generally the same as the sea direction. Therefore, the phrase “Fair winds and following seas,” implies that a vessel will have good winds, and not have to pound into the waves. The phrase is now used as a popular toast or salutation between mariners. It is also used during ceremonies, such as the beginning of a voyage, a ship’s commissioning, a retirement, funeral et cetera.

Following seas, combined with high winds (especially from the stern, or from behind the boat), can be dangerous and cause a boat to yaw (turn sideways) and swamp or plow under the wave ahead, if the winds and sea are too strong or violent. The original term may have been “Fair winds and a fallowing sea” where fallow means inactive. However, in the mariners’ traditional toast or blessing a “following sea”, combined with a “fair wind”, to a sailor, implies that the winds are comfortable, the sailboat is “running”, i.e. sailing with the wind on its stern, and the seas are comfortably rolling in the same direction as the boat is heading, so that the boat seems to be skimming easily on the surface of the water.

Info from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Following_sea

Welcome HOME!

One of the hardest parts about being a military wife is not knowing when you husband will be home. It always a celebration when they do come home and we can go down to the dock to welcome them in! Earlier this month we were able to welcome them home after being gone for what felt like years! It might have been freezing and the crack of dawn but it was totally worth it. If only to bond with some other spouses who know exactly how I felt.

Our New House!

This is going to be a post about our new house … I am excited that after a lot of years of renting Scott and I bought our first house. Now I will tell you it was extremely difficult but SO worth it in the end. I am having a lot of fun trying to decorate this house. We also had to buy some new furniture pieces since our house is HUGE compared to the tiny 1 bedroom apartment that we rented in Key West. Land is also a lot cheaper and it was a better option for us to buy. Scotts big requests were to have a basement or garage and be close to base. Well our new house is so close to base you could throw a football over the fence if you tried hard enough.

The house itself was gutted and completely redone. It is a 1912 Craftsmen style home with a 2 bedroom addition. I have been shopping for the past few months and this was the first house I walked into and wanted to stay in. I love it but I felt like it was over priced. Well 2 weeks later it was still on the market so we made our offer. I am finally almost done with the living room – dining rooms. I say almost because there are some fire place accessories that we need since we have never had one before.