Grandpa Schulte

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Grandpa is here. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen my dad and Ouest hasn’t seen him since she had just started walking, so now that she’s potty trained it seemed like a good time to get reacquainted. He and his wife lugged down that big compressor/pipe bomb for … Read More

Conversations With Cruisers

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Back aboard to normal life. Feels good having us all back in our little home tripping over each other and tiptoeing around during all the different nap times throughout the day. Today Ouest was taking pictures with her little pretend camera while Ali jumped up and down for her. Then … Read More

Work. Work. Work.

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Day three of condo living and I’ve managed to spend more time on the boat than ever. So much time in fact that I haven’t had a condo shower or a shave all the while. I’ve managed a couple of swims which is basically the same thing as a shower … Read More

Getting It Done

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Last night was Ouest’s first night in a real bed. Not that she doesn’t have a full size bed on the boat, but there she has the lee cloth to keep her in. Here we just threw the mattress in a corner and pushed the dresser up against the side … Read More

No Kids = Boat Work

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Work commences. We moved the whole crew off the boat and into a condo this morning, leaving me to get a long list of work done. And today was a success. Eight hours of work with tools all over the floor, engine lids left wide open, water shut off all … Read More

Lolo Faces

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I’ve decided to just leave the toilet in the cockpit and dump it overboard when full. Babies. It sometimes feels like all they do is sprout teeth. Painfully. These are the many faces of Lowe as number four drives him nuts. In the last pic you can see the little … Read More

A Day

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All right Ali was right again. I didn’t get a thing done today. Our cockpit still contains a toilet. And every time Ouest walks by it she yells out, “Pee!” I guess it could be worse, she could be yelling, “Poop!” The Oscars are on tonight. We haven’t seen a … Read More

Agua Stink

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Ouest and I took the bus to town today to visit the marine store. Basically what I do there, according to Ali, is buy stuff for projects that never get started, much less finished. And while there is some truth to that I’m determined to finish this project. If for … Read More

Another Day

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Just another day spent entirely within three hundred yards of the boat. Ouest has started to put letters together with certain words. Points to L, says, “Lowe.” M, “Mama.” P, “Papa.” B, “Boat.” D, “Dog” O, “Me.” She has also randomly started doing somersaults. Perfect straight over the head somersaults. … Read More

Days Gone

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Okay, seriously this time, the davits are done. Done done. The guys came by today to add a couple more hooks and a cleat on each one, as well as clean up the caulk. They are done and they are awesome. Even Ali likes them and she was not into … Read More

Not All Kisses

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The boy is a kisser. He grabs Ali’s face and lays that slobbering open mouth right on top of her. This morning play time went from fun and games to this. Ouest has taken a shining to all of Lowe’s baby toys lately. To be fair she has been pretty … Read More

Daunting

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As seems to happen around here I ran into the refrigeration guy at the store today and he told me he has another shop that might do a better job of troubleshooting what the problem is. So he took the compressor and is off with it until who knows when. … Read More