Michael Mercer’s 28th Birthday Party

Michael wanted to eat at Outback for his birthday, so we did.  We had a nice time there at our local Wilmington Outback Steakhouse.  Good food, good service.  It was a decent-sized group: me, Amanda and Milly; his parents, Karen and Phil; his grandparents Peggy and Earl Lemons; uncle/aunt/cousins Barry, Anna, Hannah and Kirsten Frazelle; then […]

A Day of Win

Wins for me today: Duke over Virginia, a game of San Juan and two games of Dominion.  There was also a game of Carcassonne, but I got second in that.  That’s a lot of win. Amanda told me this morning that she wished she had the waffle maker she got for Christmas then promptly forgot […]

Mini Zoo

Amanda thought it would be a fun idea to take Milly to Petsmart this morning after a pancake breakfast, and she was right.  Milly had fun looking at the puppies, kitties, birds, lizards, gerbils and fish.  It was like a mini zoo.  We did get some dog food, so at least we contributed something. After […]

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 […]

Christmas 2010

I woke up around 7:00 and Amanda woke up around 7:30.  I think this will probably be the last Christmas in a very long time where Amanda and I are the first people awake on Christmas morning. When we got Milly up, our plan was to have her open the presents under the tree, then […]