Definitely sponge-worthy

The nursery turns out OK. My relief is palpable. Bernard and I sponge painted the nursery this morning. It came out perhaps even better than expected given our relative inexperience with this type of work. I think it looks really good, and that seemed to be the...

Moore Oscar coverage

And the Oscar for biggest hypocrite goes to… More than a couple of you have figuratively arched your eyebrow at my castigation of Michael Moore for his tirade at the Oscars. I’d like to clear up any confusion. I don’t think that Moore’s wrong...

Happy Birthday, Baby!

Work, work, work. Party, party, party. Good times, good times. Baby’s now 35 weeks and Erin’s now 31 years. Both had a pretty good day today. Although Erin had to do a little grading of papers here and there, she also got a chance to do some gardening...

Baby’s nursery ahoy!

I’m not sure, but I think I see a completed room on the horizon. The Lillys joined us on Monday and will be helping us all week with the nursery remodel. We’ve got all the holes in the room patched, the molding removed, the walls taped, mudded, and...