Game Night with Michael and Jenn

Michael and Jenn came over for dinner tonight, and after Milly went to bed we played two games of Carcassonne (Amanda beat Jenn by one point in the first one, I won the second) and one of Dominion (in which I murdered everyone else).  Jenn seemed to like Carcassonne but she was a little iffy on […]

Milly’s Morning Lights

When Amanda brought Milly downstairs this morning, the Christmas tree lights weren’t on.  Milly signed and said “more,” so Amanda plugged in the lights, eliciting a “Yay!” from Milly.  After that, she played with a couple of toys that she got last Christmas, a ball that has lights and sings and rolls itself and, mostly, […]

Coach K: Third Winningest Coach (But Not for Long)

Coach K has now won more games in his career than all but two other coaches: Dean Smith and Bob Knight.  One of those will definitely be passed this season.  He passed Adolph Rupp with tonight’s 877th win, only needs three more to pass Dean Smith and only needs 26 more to to pass his […]

Daddy-Daughter Day at Hugh MacRae Park

Amanda and I headed downstairs to finish our sleep early this morning because Milly was fussing.  I think it was around 5:00, thought she’d been up since about 4:00.  Amanda got up and changed her diaper.  I normally do that, but I’d been getting up as early as Amanda all week and I was planning […]

Active Saturday

Looking back on it, I had a very active Saturday.  Mowing, cleaning up outside, P90X, surfing.  That’s quite a day. Milly was gracious enough to let us sleep in until 9:00 this morning.  I got up and mowed, and after that Amanda helped me clean all the pine straw off the patio.  I also moved […]