My Headlight?

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One of our Bum friends grew tired of hearing about me doing all my engine maintenance with a flashlight in my mouth, and so took it upon himself to correct the situation. Ouest and I played explorer for at least an hour today, going into her darkened room to “discover” … Read More

Helping Hand

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This morning we had Bum friends stop by in their ’67 VW bus. We had shuttled some parts down from the States for them, which made us feel good since people have done that for us more times than we can count. Seriously, there is so much you can learn … Read More

Not Cool

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When we got back to the boat the other day one of our two turbo fans wasn’t working any more. One of our DC boat fans wasn’t working either. The little turbo fan was the killer though. That thing puts out enough air to feel it from one end of … Read More

Crocs

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I spent the morning aboard the boat with, who else, the refrigeration guy. Because I’ll be damned if I can figure out how to fix refrigeration without his fancy tools. We got the AC system up and running again, but the engine driven is causing headaches. I really should just … Read More

Finally

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When I flipped on my computer last night I was met with a black screen and a steady beeping. My only thought, “Unbelievable.” I know I’m limping along with this computer at this point, but why does it always break down at the most inopportune times? Fortunately there is this … Read More

Me Miss You

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Travel day. As a parent the days of doing a load of laundry at midnight, throwing the stuff from the dryer into a backpack, and leaving at five a.m. are over. Now our five a.m. wake-up requires days of planning that culminates the night before with a six p.m. bed … Read More

Presidente

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This Presidente beer case has gone a long way with us so we thought it was time to bring it aboard this Bumfuzzle. Now, check out Lowe surfing that thing.

Homesick

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My dad was in town this weekend so we spent some time over at his house where the leaves had piled up a foot deep. Clean-up had begun on them but the kids dove in and spread them around the yard again so it looked nice. It’s cold here and … Read More

Dinner Out

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Out to dinner with the whole family. I remember when we used to look for restaurants with a lot of people in them because you figured that meant they had good food. Now we hope instead that the place is empty so our kids can use it as a playground … Read More

Hike

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Really not a lot going on lately. Grandparents are at the lake, aunts are back to work, cousins at school, and we’re plugging away on a few last projects (i.e. anything that requires internet) before we gather ourselves up and head back to the boat next week. We did get … Read More

Playdate

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Friends of ours came out to see us today with their three-year-old girl. We thought sure the two of them would hit it off and disappear all afternoon into the playhouse or bury themselves with stuffed animals in the toy room. Instead they just sort of stared at each other … Read More

My Car

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My car, my beautiful car. The Porsche has been sitting in a garage up here the past couple of years while we’ve been off running around without her. But still, when I uncovered her today, unhooked the battery tender, and pumped the gas relentlessly, she started right up. She ran … Read More