01-Oct-2011 our life. daily. sayulita, mexico. October already. Christ, that means we’ve got one month of paid slip fees left and then prices get jacked for the winter. And that means we’ve got a lot of work to do. But we’re not moving back aboard for another two weeks, so … Read More
September 2011
Sep-2011 our life. daily. puerto vallarta, mexico. Sick day for Ouest. Still no fever, but the nose and cough are enough to keep her down. Once again she was begging to go to bed hours before her bedtime. So to bed she went. Hopefully we can keep Lowe from catching it. I didn’t … Read More
August 2011
02-Aug-2011 our life. daily. puerto vallarta, mexico. The countdown begins. We went to the doctor today for a check-up and confirmed again that everything is going good in there. The baby weighs six pounds nine ounces now and we were even able to watch it breathe amniotic fluid in and out. … Read More
April 2011
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
February 2011
02-Feb-2011 bumfuzzle. I unboxed the dinghy today and I have to say that I was very pleasantly surprised. Ordering sight unseen over the internet tends to go one of two ways, in this case it couldn’t have worked out better. The quality of this thing is really top notch, as … Read More
January 2011
02-Jan-2011 our life. daily. Ouest is a pretty darn good walker. We didn’t have a whole lot of that crazy, wobbling-walker, baby syndrome. Not to say that she doesn’t fall down quite a bit, but she does seem to have good reflexes and manages to avoid most of the damage … Read More
December 2010
01-Dec-2010 our life. daily. Yet another travel day. Back when Northwest Airlines was around flying from Minneapolis to Portland was a quick direct flight. Since they disappeared it’s become a full day affair with a few hundred extra miles detour and stop in Denver. Again, back in our pre-kid days … Read More
November 2010
01-Nov-2010 our life. daily. 02-Nov-2010 our life. daily. Travel day. Up and on the road at 7:30 this morning we made our way through traffic, returned our car, shuttled to the terminal, got Ouest’s baby food through the bomb sniffing mutts, and loaded on time for leg one of our … Read More