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Meredith Andersen
Jul 8, 20192 min read
Worlds Colliding
When I was about 16 or 17 years old, I wrote a letter to my mentor about being confused and working through adolescence. It was about...
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Meredith Andersen
May 6, 20192 min read
Practice Makes Progress
One of my new role models, Brené Brown said, “Write what you need to read.” This is the first time I had heard that, and I really like it...
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Meredith Andersen
Nov 18, 20134 min read
Last Island Trip and Renaming our Boat
Sailing out to the islands on a cloudy day was nice. After squashing what we thought were all of our obstacles to getting out to the...
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Meredith Andersen
Oct 28, 20132 min read
Sailboats Belong in the Sea
As it turns out, we had to take care of a few more pressing items before getting in the water. Sailboats are funny like that, as soon as...
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Meredith Andersen
Oct 23, 20134 min read
Life in a Boat Yard
One week into round two of our Baja adventure, and we are happy it hasn’t been all work. We left our Denver home and dog with my aunt and...
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Meredith Andersen
Oct 9, 20134 min read
Big News — Back to Mexico
Big news – we are heading back down to La Paz, Mexico! We knew we needed to get back down and take care of our boat, but we were not sure...
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Meredith Andersen
Aug 6, 20131 min read
Well, now what?
Now that we have wrapped up most of the projects around the house, we are a little stir crazy while deciding what to do next. I have been...
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Meredith Andersen
Feb 12, 20134 min read
Major Progress
We have come pretty far now. Tim and I are living in our home finally. We moved in the week his parents arrived for a visit at the end of...
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Meredith Andersen
Dec 20, 20121 min read
Dreaming of White Textured Walls
Renovation update: we have made and repaired many holes in drywall, removed every little scrap of remaining wallpaper, demolished the...
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Meredith Andersen
Jun 9, 20123 min read
California, Here we Come
It was hard to see the Luckiest getting hauled out of the water. It was clear she didn’t belong on land, so my nerves were on edge as...
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Meredith Andersen
May 14, 20129 min read
Finally Exploring the Sea
This is what we came here for. Island hopping from one beautiful anchorage to the next, hiking, kayaking, snorkeling, combing the beaches...
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Meredith Andersen
Apr 5, 20123 min read
Happy Anniversary, I think
One of the questions I get most often about life on a boat is, “How can you stand each other that often in such a small space?” The...
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Meredith Andersen
Jan 25, 20123 min read
Across the Map
Welp, we made it to Galveston from La Paz by car. We drove all the way up the Baja peninsula and across Arizona, New Mexico and Texas…...
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Meredith Andersen
Jan 19, 20125 min read
Tim’s Parents’ Visit
Steve and Debbie were not quite sure what they had signed up for when they decided to visit us in La Paz, but I think they were very...
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Meredith Andersen
Dec 20, 20113 min read
Working, Kiteboarding, Christmas
When we got back to La Paz we had a distinct list of items we wanted to complete: change the engine oil, replace transmission hose, fix...
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Meredith Andersen
Dec 12, 20114 min read
The Islands
To get ourselves out of our little funk of thinking “What did we do?” we headed out to the nearby islands to regroup and do what we came...
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Meredith Andersen
Dec 9, 20112 min read
Well, the Sunsets are Nice
I’m catching up a bit because I had no internet access for nine days. This is from Nov. 30, 2011. So far, we are really enjoying the...
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Meredith Andersen
Nov 6, 20113 min read
In La Paz
As we walked around town trying to find the Dia de los Muertos celebration the day after we arrived, Tim kept saying, “We live in...
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Meredith Andersen
Nov 1, 20113 min read
Not Exactly Sailing
Well we are working our way slowly but surely down the Baja. We have had ZERO wind, so we are motoring the whole way. This is much less...
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Meredith Andersen
Sep 27, 20112 min read
To Do Lists
I often start my day or my week with a very detailed to do list to keep myself organized and focused on my tasks and goals at hand. With...
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