November 19, 2008: New Basement Furniture

2 Days to Baby Day! (39 Weeks and Five Days Pregnant) One Laptop Per Child XO Linux laptop is available again, this year from Amazon.  The program is just like it was last your.  For $199 you can donate an XO to a child somewhere in the developing world or, for $399, you can donate …

November 18, 2008: Big Swimming Day

3 Days to Baby Day! (39 Weeks and Four Days Pregnant) On the ride home on the train last night I finished reading “Day of the Barbarians”.  This train riding is really giving me a chance to read a lot more than I was reading before.  That is my third book since Friday morning! We …

November 17, 2008: First Loss of Power in Peekskill

4 Days to Baby Day! (39 Weeks and Three Days Pregnant) Good Washington Post article about Martin Waldseemueller, the cartographer who named America and produced the first known map detailing the American Pacific coast – long before Europeans supposedly knew anything of the west coast. Alarm went off at 5:48 this morning.  I am trying …

November 16, 2008: Our First Fireplace

5 Days to Baby Day! (39 Weeks and Two Days Pregnant) Dominica and I really slept in the morning.  Only five days to go until the baby is due so all the sleep that we can get now the better.  Dad was already awake and reading when I finally came downstairs. I finished reading “Programming …

November 15, 2008: Finally My Final Grades Are In

6 Days to Baby Day! (39 Weeks and One Day Pregnant) Because I had no work scheduled for today we were all able to sleep in quite a bit this morning which was great.  With the baby coming so soon we are desperate to get any and all sleep that we can. My grades for …