January 11th, 2019 at 8:40 PM ^
Ice water. I'm just chilling with the newest commits of the 2037 class, my 4 day old twin rainbow babies.
January 11th, 2019 at 9:08 PM ^
Congrats
January 11th, 2019 at 9:42 PM ^
Congrats. My MGoTwin boys are about to turn 7. Go Blue
January 11th, 2019 at 9:44 PM ^
Congrats! Nothing like twins! We have twin grandsons and it’s the best! Best wishes to you & your family!
January 11th, 2019 at 9:44 PM ^
Congratulations! I hope they have your avatar's glorious hair.
January 11th, 2019 at 10:03 PM ^
Mazel tov! Glad they're already home. You can wait about 21 years to enjoy a Friday night drinking thread with them.
January 11th, 2019 at 10:06 PM ^
Thank you! But they're not home. NICU stay for at least a week, though no complaints here, after what my family had been through we are happy to have healthy, living babies. They only had mild hypoglycemia and the boy struggled with breathing because his lungs were under developed. But none of it was out of the ordinary or unexpected. Once they can eat from their mouths (as opposed to feeding tube) for 24 hours they can go home.
January 11th, 2019 at 10:08 PM ^
Congrats Brutus!!
January 11th, 2019 at 10:19 PM ^
Medical care for infants is amazing these days. Be thankful they were born now.
My niece was born with a heart condition, had surgery as an infant, and grew up to major in dance at Michigan and formed a professional dance company in Chicago with her classmates. If she'd been born a couple of decades earlier, she wouldn't have survived. Now she has given us a beautiful baby girl.
January 11th, 2019 at 10:23 PM ^
I'm guessing PDA? You're right, it's amazing how advanced and miraculous modern medicine is. We are very fortunate to have the resources that we have. I would very likely be a widowed father right now if it weren't for modern medicine.
January 11th, 2019 at 10:33 PM ^
congrats EYB! congrats to mrs. EYB! awesome news. twins. my avatar definitely approves.
January 11th, 2019 at 10:39 PM ^
I forgot you also have twins, XM! I keep hearing that I should just forget about sleep for the next year, here's hoping they get on a good schedule sooner than later.
January 11th, 2019 at 10:50 PM ^
pfff. don't sweat it. first, mama comes with a dairy bar, you don't, thus an inherent advantage and insurance about waking in the middle of the night. second, at least if you are like me/my mgowife, we are easily on different rhythms so that i am good-to-go most any day after about 0400 hrs and can be called into service when needed. wife is a late night person, so that leaves only a couple of hours a night we couldn't cover with ease. plus, make sure to involve your older child (children?) in the work. bonding, responsibility, and candidly, they really will help make things go well. so glad we had as many as we did, not the least of reasons is how much the older kids helped with their younger siblings.
January 11th, 2019 at 11:38 PM ^
That's all sound advice! I'm definitely more of an early rider like you and my wife has worked overnights in the medical field for years, so she's more than used to being up and alert at all hours of the night. We do have two older boys who are at ages where they should be able to help. The 7 year old has been very eager to learn everything about caring for babies but ironically it's the 9 year old who seems completely disinterested. I think he's just waiting until they're at an age that they can play video games with him before he gets involved.
January 12th, 2019 at 12:10 AM ^
if i could offer one other piece of advice in order to assist the family: remove all video games from the home. sports, books, chores, actual talking and/or playing games with real human beings, bonding with mom/dad/baby/little brother are all likely to yield a more interactive and productive son. fear the social damage that being lost in video games can cause in kids.
January 11th, 2019 at 8:43 PM ^
The Bourne Supremacy (again)
Haven't started drinking yet.
January 11th, 2019 at 8:45 PM ^
Hockey and Life Below Zero...laying on the floor with muh dogs...sipping some iced tea
January 11th, 2019 at 9:43 PM ^
Just found 'Life Below Zero' earlier this wk. Slightly addicted, but I'm toward the end of season 1 and the young kid seems to have been replaced? What gives?
January 11th, 2019 at 10:07 PM ^
The Last Alaskans is a good show too! New season started about a month ago.
January 11th, 2019 at 10:53 PM ^
Will check it ty!
January 11th, 2019 at 10:52 PM ^
A few come and go but man it gets better every season...I watch via FX app on RokuTV
January 11th, 2019 at 8:52 PM ^
Watching IU/Maryland and just finshed a Rye Hipster Brunch Stout followed up by a Nightmare Fuel.
January 11th, 2019 at 8:53 PM ^
Indiana/Maryland, ugly ass game
January 11th, 2019 at 8:54 PM ^
Hopslam and watching Indiana screw the pooch @ Maryland.
January 11th, 2019 at 8:57 PM ^
James Yoder’s tears.
January 11th, 2019 at 9:00 PM ^
Thinking bout trying some meth
January 11th, 2019 at 9:27 PM ^
Highly recommend. What's to think about?
January 11th, 2019 at 9:41 PM ^
How to pay for the dental work due to meth mouth
January 11th, 2019 at 9:45 PM ^
Real men cook their own.
(Yes, I am an ex-chemistry teacher. Yes, I could cook my own meth. Yes, I have been drinking.)
January 11th, 2019 at 9:58 PM ^
Found the found the one who knocks.
January 11th, 2019 at 10:36 PM ^
i/you/we could make meth in almost any mgoblogger's house with what is in their cabinets. easier than you think gang, but don't try it. best meth making video i ever saw was one we seized serving search warrants for a biker gang homicide back in the day. most professional marketing video you could imagine: guy suited up in a haz mat suit, detailed production shots, cleaning, drying, everything. too bad they kill people.
January 11th, 2019 at 9:04 PM ^
Nothing too impressive over here.
We've got a bottle of Dow's Port being passed around and "Hanging With The Hendersons", a new vet show on Animal Planet, just started.
January 11th, 2019 at 10:47 PM ^
Don't undervalue Dow's. There are many worse things that you could be drinking.
January 11th, 2019 at 9:05 PM ^
Now over to Gold Rush!
January 11th, 2019 at 9:05 PM ^
High school hoops. Oldest son just had a beautiful reverse pivot basket in the post
January 11th, 2019 at 9:07 PM ^
Hopslam
My wife is watching some Korean drama that I'm not paying attention to.
January 11th, 2019 at 9:12 PM ^
Watching whatever the remote finds for me. Drinking Butchers Cut Bourbon from Detroit Distillery.. I like it.
January 11th, 2019 at 9:15 PM ^
Nice. That’s some good stuff.
January 11th, 2019 at 9:22 PM ^
Gotta try that! Hopefully they have it somewhere over here in GR!
January 11th, 2019 at 9:30 PM ^
Try the Meijer in Rockford. Huge liquor Dept after the remodel. If not in stock they will try to order it for you.
January 11th, 2019 at 9:31 PM ^
Bluenin, I got it at Kroger. Thats the only place I have seen it.
January 11th, 2019 at 10:06 PM ^
Nice!! We are a few miles west of Rockford, I’ll check Bridge Street Market too, they have a massive liquor shelf there too!
January 11th, 2019 at 9:44 PM ^
They have a map on their page that lists where they sell it, there are some GR locations. Scroll down:
January 11th, 2019 at 10:02 PM ^
Good info NRK. Looks like Meijer Knapp's Corner & Jenison have it.?
January 11th, 2019 at 9:27 PM ^
Woah. Sounds fancy. Sure got my attention.
January 11th, 2019 at 9:37 PM ^
Its good, 100 proof. If you like bourbon this will not disappoint. Close to 50 a bottle I think. I got it from my secret santa, which is me lol.
January 11th, 2019 at 9:45 PM ^
Their tasting room is a fun experience if you have not checked it out yet. Fun night when we visited.
January 11th, 2019 at 10:49 PM ^
Agree.
January 11th, 2019 at 9:15 PM ^
Hopslam and some Big Ten basketball. Wisconsin PhD Candidate Ethan Happ vs Carson Edwards