Truer Words - A JournalThe online journal of Seth Dillingham: faith, family, code, cycling, joy, and pain.Happy Birthday Michelle & Isaiah Drake- May 28, 2008 Corinne, Lauren and I went to Isaiah Drake's birthday party on Monday. He's one year old. Monday was actually his mom's (Michelle's) birthday, his is today, but we were mostly celebrating his because it was his first. I took 134 pictures (good grief), and managed to whittle that down to only 104 before uploading them all to Facebook. The flickr set contains a more manageable 55 pictures: I recommend the slideshow. The party (cookout) was held at Ben & Mandi Isbell's house on the...http://www.truerwords.net/6199 The Noisy Fox Has Babies- May 16, 2008 Remember the noisy fox I wrote about last year It's still out there, making its calls a few nights per week. I rather like it. Well, someone answered the call, because now there's at least one baby. This is only the second time I've seen the kit, but it's the first time that it stayed put long enough for me to get a picture. Update May 21: The mother brought at least two kits into the back yard for a little playtime yesterday. Couldn't get a shot of the babies, as she called them back into.http://www.truerwords.net/6193 Ride 29: The Full "Birthday Loop" HIll Ride- May 8, 2008 (This ride was on Sunday. I've also ridden Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, but this was the only one worth writing about. Stats for those days are on May's page.) After a couple days of rain, I decided it was time to do the full, hilly, half-century ride that I've been describing here for years. One thing you need to understand about this area: South-Eastern Connecticut is flat. Not Kansas-flat, but still very flat. This area is know for its sea-side scenery, not its mountains. There are no...http://www.truerwords.net/6192 Lauren's Dancing Debut- May 5, 2008 This movie of Lauren dancing is almost a month old, but I just got around to uploading it. The description on YouTube says: Lauren was dancing like this months before she could walk. Now that she's been walking for a while, the dancing has gotten more involved: she spins circles, and puts her hand on her hand and revolves, and sometimes even puts one hand on a hip like she's doing a cha cha. Girl's got moves. This one is her dancing debut, though. ;-)http://www.truerwords.net/6189 Familial Update, and Grumpy Seth's Advice on Raising a Baby- May 3, 2008 We're still moving, probably in October. The landlord is still planning to sell this place. It's a little stressful as we've lived here over 9 years (will be ten years in October) and I really like the neighborhood. Still, if we leave the house for more than a few minutes, then we're probably headed for Westerly. Moving over there will save us five or six gallons of gas and many hours of driving every week. Corinne seems to be looking forward to it. I don't think it's entirely because the...http://www.truerwords.net/6188 |