Greenville Thanksgiving

We did not sleep well last night, which is pretty usual at Amanda’s parents’ house.  Bruce kept wanting to go out of the room and Harvey kept scratching himself, which made a lot of noise with his collar.  On top of that, just as I was over one cold I seem to have gotten another, […]

To Rougemont for Thanksgiving

Milly didn’t seem at all tired until about 11:30 this morning so she only got to nap for about an hour, since we packed everything up once Amanda got home and left for Rougemont to celebrate Thanksgiving tomorrow with my family.  Amanda and I worried that the lack of sleep would make for a cranky […]

Small Group Thanksgiving

It’s halftime for the Duke and Kansas State game.  Duke is ranked #1 and K-State is ranked #4 (though they were #3 last week and got bumped down without a loss).  It’s going well so far, with Duke leading by eight.  The refs seem to want to insert themselves into the game a bit. It’s […]

Mason Plumlee’s Party

Duke played Marquette tonight.  Marquette was a good test for Duke and their first real competition.  Duke was up nine at the half and ended up winning 82-77.  They were up a bit more than that, but Seth Curry, Kyrie Irving and Nolan Smith all missed the front end of one-and-ones while Marquette fouled late […]

A Great Night of Basketball

Duke blew out the Colgate Raiders to the tune of 110-58.  (Yeah, it was Colgate, but it was still good to see.)  While that was going on, Carolina lost 72-67 to the Minnesota Gophers.  To top it off, Harrison Barnes, the “best freshman ever” according to Sports Illustrated, an unheard of freshman on the pre-season […]