Kid Stuff

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“Dah!” That’s how Lowe says Ouest. “Dah Dah?” Is how Lowe asks where Ouest is. It seems Lowe is going to be slow to talk just like Ouest was. He’s got noises for everything though, and Ali is the world champion of hearing and understanding him. Lowe will be grunting … Read More

Bum T-Shirts

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Quick t-shirt story. We used to sell t-shirts here on Bumfuzzle, then I read on one of those famous sailing forums about how we made a ton of money off of them—because this guy owned a bar and his shirts only cost him three dollars each, and we were charging … Read More

Thanks

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The responses to our ten-year post blew us away. Thank you all so much for sharing your stories with us. It’s so cool to hear how many of you made changes or pursued dreams based at least in small part on Bumfuzzle. And hey, not one of you said you did … Read More

Innocence

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We were all playing and joking around today pretending that Mama had done something wrong and was in BIG trouble. I of course made a typical husband double-entendre joke about how she needed a spanking. This had the desired effect of flying over the kids’ heads and earning me a look … Read More

Ten-Year Anniversary Party

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Well we couldn’t very well have an anniversary party without a cake could we? It was kind of funny that the kids had no idea what we were having a party for. They’ve no concept of internet, blogs, or anything like that. They know the computer has pictures and videos … Read More

Decade of Decadence

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Decadence is described as luxurious self-indulgence. Self-indulgence as doing or tending to do exactly what one wants, especially when this involves pleasure or idleness. And while I wouldn’t say our life has been pure pleasure, and it feels as if we are almost never idle, I still contend that this … Read More

MOO

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After Ouest got ready for bed tonight she looked at my shirt and asked what one of the words was. Tacos. “I want to write tacos before I go to sleep.” So in her pajamas she sat down at her little desk and we wrote T-a-C-O-s. And this illustrates the … Read More

Joining the PTA

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This morning there was a parent meeting at school. Yeah, the school in which not one person speaks even a word of English—that’s the one. I like to think my Spanish has gotten pretty decent, but throw me in a room with a dozen Mexican women and I don’t stand … Read More