MS 150

Howdy folks!

I'm doing the MS 150 again this year. This time, Betsy's doing it also. For those who forgot, it's a 150 mile bike ride over two days. It raises money to fight MS, which is a devastating disease that affects many people.

I understand that everyone has many financial commitments, and so I don't intend for anyone to feel pressured.

However, if you have a little extra cash, I need to raise $250, and I'm hoping to do so by 10 $25 donations. Betsy is hoping to do the same.

I don't know her donation page, but mine is the link here.

Thanks for considering it.

Dan

Reunion photos

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Baby Jaya

Good news! If Jaya continues to do well tonight, we'll be able to bring her home tomorrow. Devon and I are both very excited (obviously). Now the real "fun" begins with a baby in the house!

Who's the cat that won't cop out...

The cat copped out.

Thanks for the good music, Isaac.

It's a shame Jaya will never get to meet the legend. Then again, I had almost 32 years to meet him, and never made any effort to do so.

+1 Day

I wish I could say that Jaya was already here, but she's officially 1 day late. Devon is DEFINITELY ready to have her, but Jaya seems content to stay indoors for now. At the last doctor's appointment on Wed, Devon wasn't dilated at all, so we may have a bit of waiting to do... We will be sure to post pictures and news when she makes her appearance. After all, doesn't Clare need a BLD playmate soon?

Is anyone out there?

I miss hearing from y'all.

Dan

P.S. Our French exchange student, Claire, is back for 3 weeks, so I probably won't have time to post anything until September.

Clare Elizabeth

She finally arrived five days late at 12:07am Saturday morning. Her early departure (a day earlier than Caleb and Reva) might account for why she's the smallest thus far at 8lb. 10oz. Jill's labor was remarkably quick and we were only in the room for about 20 minutes before Clare arrived. Thankfully the on-call physician from Jill's OB's practice showed up about 5 minutes before the birth. I think the poor family practice resident was happier about that than we were. She didn't look too excited about delivering the baby solo.

Everyone is doing well. You probably received an email from Jill with some pictures. If not, let us know and we'll get you some. And as always, stay tuned to ourhomeontherange.blogspot.com for the latest news and updates.

Exile

Alrighty, so I heard Kiss You All Over by Exile today on the radio. Awesome. It reminded me of Shan, Mo and my River apt (the Grays) and cleaning that apartment in high heels listening to that song. That got me to thinking of Tipsy, the rabbit, and I quickly shifted my thoughts on that to other things. For instance, did I make up that we once heard a lot of banging and clanging upstairs and went up to find out what the heck was going on that Jamie (last name escapes me) was only wearing tube socks and that he was "wrestling" with other football players? I really don't think that I would conjure something like that, because contrary to general public belief, that's not really my style...
That aside, I really miss playing Taboo. Don't get me wrong, peek a boo is cool and all, but Taboo and beer is, well, different. And, I miss when cooking basically just meant making brownies.

I'll just say it

Phelps and Hoff are pretty impressive (in Phelps' case read: hot).

And, I heard that Brown Chicken joke yesterday and immediately thought of Lincoln, even though I wasn't at reunion. I pretty much just knew that it was associated with Lincoln somehow.

Introducing Norah

Greetings everyone -- Happy to announce the birth of Honorah Anne Walsh ("Norah"), yesterday afternoon, weighing in at a healthy 9 lbs, 10 oz (1 oz more than Christian). Sent an email around yesterday so if you didn't get it there must be something wrong with how I have your address -- let me know if that is the case.

Brown Chicken Brown Cow

Dear Lincoln,

Ever since the reunion, we have heard your joke way too many times. It is spreading to Ohio.

Happy Reunion

Hey everyone,

Just wanted to wish all that are attending the big 10 year extravaganza a super fun weekend in Hanover!

Please blog us a full report of the highlights - I wish I could be there!

I'll Show you Real Shame

Real shame is analyzing the average number of spins required to complete the Chutes & Ladders game as a function of location on the board.

If someone can tell me how to post an excel spreadsheet to the Blog, I think I can demonstrate conclusively that you are actually closer to the end at space 74 than you are at spaces 75-87 (obviously excluding space 80).

My calculation is that it takes, on average, 40.38 turns to complete the game. It would take only 33.33 turns if there were no chutes or ladders.

That is real shame.

I feel shame

I don't have a good reason for my extended seclusion. I have many poor excuses, such as working too much and putting my computer into storage, but no valid ones.

Hopefully you remember who I am.

Dan, I sent Betsy an invitation to the blog.

Jon, thank you for your support. Losing to the Flyers was extremely frustrating (8 posts in 5 games!), but if your powerplay only scores 5% of the time, you don't deserve to win. I was very disappointed that Detroit won the Cup. They play the most boring, clutch-and-grab hockey I have seen in years. They got away with a lot of interference. Still, Pittsburgh just didn't play well enough.

We're going to reunion but we didn't register. It seemed like a lot of money for a lot activities we have no interest in.

New Year's might be tough for us this year.

< pause for effect >

Yes, go ahead and jump to that conclusion. Daughter #2 is due in late October.

That being said, if we ever manage to sell our condo, I'd be psyched to have New Year's in Boston.

Oh, and we just bought a Wii. It was Anne's idea, believe it or not. She has already beaten me soundly in tennis.

10 points if you know what movie the title of this post is from.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to tend my screaming daughter who refuses to go to sleep.

No Hiking for me

I can't go hiking during the reunion. I'll be on crutches due to a bit of a knee injury.

Still looking forward to the reunion!

Dan

PS. Happy late birthday Jill