Janet’s Book Nook

I guess a better question is "Why do we expect them to listen?"

My husband bought a boat last year. Now when he was looking I said to him, "Honey I would really like it if you just took the money you have and bought a brand new boat and whatever the overage is we will pay a note on for a few years." He told me over and over that he couldn’t get the boat he wanted brand new for anywhere near a good price. Finally he bought a used boat. Well, here we are a year later and we have gotten a lot of use out of the boat but it needs work.

We had the engine completely overhauled and repaired and it runs really well. The body of the boat is pretty good but now we need to replace certain things that are either not in good condition or that are missing. The boat has a leaning post seat and a seat in the front  that  are both covered in leather or vinyl or whatever they use in boats. I said, lets buy new seats. He said, "I am just going to order the material and re-cover the seats myself." OK so this is the second time he didn’t listen to me. Now he can’t get the seats back together because he doesn’t have a machine that will sew through such a thick material.

So today I have been looking all over for replacement seats. I found this website that carries all kind of boating supplies and merchandise and even nautical gifts. The name of the company is American Marine Supply . They have the seats that he needs and they are a reasonable price until you include the price we paid for the bolt of vinyl we won’t be using. They also have the T-Top canopy that we need to replace because he has a tear in his. The last thing we need is a GPS and I think he will have to wait for Christmas for that since I can’t afford it all at once. I just have to wonder if I wouldn’t have been able to buy him the really nice GPS and Depth Finder if he hadn’t have insisted on buying his used boat.

When will he ever learn that I am always right?!?!?