Years ago (years? Jeez...), we were sailing in South Puget Sound, coming back up towards Gig Harbor. Kristen was down below home schooling with the kids, leaving me to sail the boat on my lonesome....
Me: "Crash Tack! Crash Tack! Chris, quick, haul in on the port sheet. Haul in!"
Chris: "Yep! OK, left. Or.. wait, right?"
Eric: "Yes, left. No... left."
Chris, concentrating: "Right... Scott, ho...
Surfing a sailing forum this morning, I stumbled upon a catamaran that both Kristen and I have admired from the comforts of our couch. Naturally I had to look to see if any were for sale, there alw...
Last year, by which I mean Spring of 2017, maybe March or April, my parents and sister’s family agreed to meet in Mexico for a week during December, 2017. A house was booked in Bucerias, the next t...
This morning, early at about 3:30am, our little rat dog woke me with a whine. Instead of needing to go out, which I found only after going out, it was made clear to me that she simply wanted to pla...
Prior to buying our boat and heading out, I would read blogs of families who were out cruising, and one of the big advantages that stood out to me was having more family time. People waxed on about...
I wrote this about a month ago in July, so some of the references are a little off.
"Ha-ha, it bugs you, doesn't it?"
Kristen just chuckled. She hadn't been in the shower for more than half a min...
Here it the short version, as short as I could make it, which is not terribly short, of our housing situation since arriving in Seattle.
First, primo, we lived in a long term hotel. It was only tw...
Raise your hands, who likes searching for a job?
Yeah, me too. I find it boring, mindless, intimidating, frustrating, and it makes me want to aimlessly wander around in circles. So how can we ma...
"I will destroy you!", says Annie.
"I have to poop! I will destroy you!"
"You! Yes you, five hundred feet away! i have to poop and I WILL destroy you! And poop!"
Or so we think that is what she i...
