Monthly Archives: January 2008

More dolphins

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com ….and some rare footage of Quinn waxing philosophical. Please folks, ignore my amazingly high pitched, annoying voice. Lord, do I really sound like that?

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Red sails

…and a very curious dolphin.

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Just me

My son took this photo of me. It is a rare instance when I am in a picture, as I am always the one behind the lens. Bill doesn’t like to take photos. He lives in the moment, as it … Continue reading

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A little captain in training

Little Miss Mimi is not one for heading below deck when out sailing. She wants to be right where the action is. She frequently tries to take the helm from Bill, and does not appear to be afraid of hanging … Continue reading

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A very tall mast, in a very blue sky

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Always wear clean underwear

In a mad rush we loaded the car, as we do every weekday morning, to drop off the big kids at school. Mia was still in her pink satin nightgown, no shoes, wrapped in a warm blanket. Honey was in … Continue reading

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To sail on a dream

My life is never boring. Well, sometimes it is, but Bill always comes in and shakes things up a bit. I had in my head the numbers 2009 as the year we would sail offshore and expand our exploration of … Continue reading

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Fog soup

This is the time of year that brings fog to the coast regularly. The water is cool, and the air tries to heat up, and all hell breaks loose. It usually burns off midday, but the chill that it brings … Continue reading

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If boats could cry

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Dreaming of summer

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All that I am, All that I ever was

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‘Sup, homie?

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On the 12th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…

One Garmin 440 GPS Chartplotter The man is in heaven. Now our navigation station is essentially complete. We can find our way through any waters in the US, Virgin Island, Bahamas, Alaska and Hawaii. Mia, our onboard navigator, thinks it … Continue reading

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A day of relaxing and casting

The little Diva fishing. Love the mouth action here as Bill tries to set a hook. You would think he landed a shark or somthing. The poor, transparent, nervous bait. And guess who caught the best fish of the day??? … Continue reading

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His soft spot

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Sufferfest

20 minutes on one of these is just brutal. Brutal and addicting.

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Can you find the circle while mom soaks up some rays?

We went on a “field trip” today.Cuando un jugador de everest poker diferente del mano de o tome naipes por error, la jugada se mantendra en el caso de que ya se haya pronunciado, y en la jugada siguiente se … Continue reading

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I am a convert

We are simply devouring books here at our house. I cannot recommend Sonlight high enough. We are doing Core 1&2, and it is a blast. I am learning as much as my kids! We are using Saxon Math 2 (which … Continue reading

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Homeschooling

We’ll call this PE, s’ok?

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Going low-tech

This morning I tried to call my husband on his cell phone, only to discover that he had left it on his bedside table along with his pager. I called him at work and asked if he needed me to … Continue reading

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I am home

Did you miss me? I’m back from freezing my tail end off in Ft. Worth for a week. Sheesh, how do you northern people do it? I mean, the temps were in the 20′s-30′s for most of the trip, and … Continue reading

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