Category: Board Games

Christmas Undecoration »

Amanda and I started out the day discussing names for our little girl.  We’re wanting to name her after grandmothers, and we were workin with the following names:
Lilian — Isabelle — Maggie — Jane — Jewel — Rose — Melia — May
For a long time our front runner was Lilian Isabelle or Lilian Isabella, and [...]

New Year’s Eve 2008 »

Nolan Smith injured in Dukes win over Loyola

Duke played Loyola at 4:00 and continued the nation-wide record of non-conference home wins (65 games) with a 92-51 win.  Nolan Smith injured his knee early in the game, which is some cause for concern, but from what I’ve read afterwards it was just bruised and it shouldn’t [...]

The Office at the Warkentiens’ »

Lately I’ve been getting up when Amanda’s alarm goes off to let the dogs out and feed them.  Amanda likes to sit in bed for a while after it goes off, whereas about 90% of the time (probably more) when the alarm goes off I get up right away.  The problem is that Harvey now [...]

Epic Catan Win »

Amanda and I went to Port City Community Church this morning, where we finished off a series called Perfect on Paper, which dealt with how life is so often seen as a resume, but how the focus should be more on serving God through our families.  Basically.
I felt like having pancakes for breakfast this morning [...]

Michael Mercer’s Washer and Dryer »

Amanda and I slept in until about 10:00 today, which was a nice little change.  My plan was to get up and mow the yard, but it was drizzling out, which is how it stayed pretty much all day today.  On the subject of needing to mow the lawn, the good thing, I noticed today, [...]

Terrible Wife »

I woke up in the office last night with the TV and the light on and I decided to head upstairs to get in bed.  As I walked down the hall I realized I’d left the living room light on as well, and as I turned the corner to walk towards the stairs I realized [...]

Nick’s Rendition »

Hurricane Hanna who?  I stayed up pretty late last night and the power blinked a couple times, but that was about it.  I found three or so shingles on the ground this morning and there were a few small limbs down, but I don’t think anybody around here had any serious damage.
We called up Nick [...]