01-Apr-2011 our life. daily. Ali and my mom drove back down to Puerto Vallarta this morning to have Ali’s blood tests done. I always get a bit nervous when Ali drives off somewhere without me. Less so when Ouest isn’t with her, but nervous still. I suppose the fact that … Read More
March 2011
01-Mar-2011 bumfuzzle. I finally got around to testing out the windlass today. Good news is that it works. Bad news is that the battery is dead. It’s fully charged, but it’s dead. The anchor is now sitting on the dock waiting for a new battery to come and lift it … Read More
October 2010
01-Oct-2010 bumfuzzle. The battery bank issue still eludes me. Today I tried a few more wiring combinations, always with the same result, a rapid fire clicking of the inverter/charger within a couple of minutes. After a while I started to wonder if it was somehow related to the house batteries … Read More
September 2010
01-Sep-2010 our life. daily. If I squint my eyes a little bit this is a video of me on a Thursday night in college. 02-Sep-2010 our life. daily. Back home on the water and our timing couldn’t be worse. It was a hundred degrees today and isn’t cooling off much … Read More
August 2010
01-Aug-2010 bumfuzzle. Ali has been hard at work cleaning and organizing the interior while I’ve been puttering around on whatever else I can find to do while staying out of her way and not waking the baby. Today I took a rag and some soap to the long neglected hull. … Read More
June 2010
01-June-2010 our life. daily. Babies really are amazing. The way they are constantly changing, growing, and learning. We started solid food ten days ago. At the time she could hardly get any of it in her mouth and down her throat. Now we can’t shovel it in fast enough. 02-June-2010 … Read More
April 2010
01-Apr-2010 8:54 AM Big things are happening around here. Well, big things for a baby anyway. Ouest rolled over from her belly to her back this morning. Not once, but three times, before becoming too exhausted to pick her head up off the floor anymore. It was pretty cute to … Read More
March 2010
01-Mar-2010 3:49 PM I don’t know why Ali and I always fret over these flights with Ouest. She’s a better airline passenger than we are. We were at the airport in the dark this morning and she was all smiles. When we boarded the plane she gave a good screaming … Read More
December 2009
01-Dec-2009 our life. daily. Get a load of this. Ali and Katy are making dinner. Not exactly cooking dinner, but you’ll hear no complaints from me. Yes, that is a rotisserie chicken, and yes, that is a can of cheese. Don’t ask. 02-Dec-2009 7:29 PM We all squeezed into the car today … Read More
September 2009
01-Sept-2009 1:29 PM This morning we went down to the doctor’s office to inquire about our new bill. I stayed in the waiting room while Ali went in to billing. Within a couple of minutes I could hear voices being raised. There was no glass breaking or loud screaming though, … Read More
November 2008
november 1 2008 : belize city, belize, central america On our first day in Belize we found out that the country is flooded. Historical flooding apparently not seen since 1961 in fact. Cities are under water, crops are washed away, and roads are sinking. The biggest problem for us is … Read More