My Second Father’s Day

My second Father’s Day happens to coincide with my good friend Jason Revill’s birthday.  I sent him a Facebook message, but maybe I’ll give him a call in a minute when I finish this.  And yes, today is my second Father’s Day; Milly was exactly a week old last Father’s Day.  I’ve had more than […]

Milly’s First Birthday Party

Milly’s first birthday is Monday, and so we celebrated today.  I was up mowing the lawn at 8:20 and followed that up with a bit of outdoor cleaning while Amanda and Karen took care of things inside.  We were pretty much finished by 1:00, which is when people started arriving.   Actually, most of the […]

Duke Shirts and Rougemont

Got some work out of the way.  A few good leads for hiring. Off to the Rouge in the afternoon.  Moved to backseat with Milly, who was getting fussy and didn’t nap the whole way there. Stopped at the Duck Store on Ninth Street in Durham, a place they sell Duke stuff.  I finally got […]

Amanda’s Birthday at Indochine

We got to Indochine at 4:45 this evening to get a spot for Amanda’s birthday.  I had called the restaurant Tuesday or so to see about reservations, but they said they don’t take those, but they do take call-aheads.  When I told them when I wanted to go, they told me that this Saturday (today) […]

Happy Birthday, Mom!

My dad called today to make sure I remembered that it was my mom’s birthday.  He had talked to her earlier and he asked if she’d heard from all of their kids yet, and she said she’d heard from everyone but me so far.  It was one of the first things I’d thought about this […]