Monthly Archives: May 2004

Last night, before and after our bible study, I spent the time to get our Linux computer up and running. It was amazingly easy. I installed the Fedora Core 2 version of linux and setup up a dialup connection to the internet. I … Continue reading →

Christian, Lorena, and Kelly all had miserable hay fever yesterday. Christian had it the worst. They all went to the doctor and got medicine, but Christian especially did not look that much better this morning. All three of them are going back into … Continue reading →

As we move into the summer, I have started reading Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days to the kids. I had forgotten what a fun book it is. The kids are getting to the end of their school year, Lorena … Continue reading →

For a weekend when we were not going to do much, a lot of stuff happened and most of it was good. We started off by working on the lawn Saturday morning. Later on Saturday morning we went to the Humane Society … Continue reading →

The yard is really starting to look a little different and I am down a total of eight pounds to 192. I really have not had much time to do anything other than talk to Ron about Quality Corners, do my … Continue reading →

The rain that came yesterday and the continued work in the yard is starting to pay off. It appears that we will be getting seven trees from Grandpa Milo to plant between the street and the sidewalk this Saturday. I will take … Continue reading →

Usually Lorena and I drop the kids off at their piano lesson on Monday nights and then go out to dinner together so we can have a chance to be alone together and talk about what is going on in … Continue reading →

My brother-in-law, Rigoberto and his bride of less than a year, Minerva (Minita) have both been working for 7-Eleven in Mexico for the last few years. Rigo was recently laid off and was thinking of immediately getting a new job near … Continue reading →

We are making progress on lots of things, most of which do not have much to do with homeschool. The yard, the robot, and the pinhole camera projects are moving right along, but the Sonlight catalog has still not arrived, so … Continue reading →

Yard work looks like it is going to be my lot in life for the next month or so. I have to get everything into shape around the house while the weather is good before I can spend too much more … Continue reading →

When I got home yesterday and told Kelly to guess what book I bought her, her first guess was Flatland. I had talked to Kelly and Christian about Edwin A. Abbott’s Flatland and how it was considered to be a very … Continue reading →

PlanningLast night Christian found a website that shows how to make a pinhole camera out of an oatmeal box. Today at lunch time, I went to Safeway and bought a box so we can try and do that together. The thing that … Continue reading →

We had a very nice weekend at Depoe Bay. We stayed in the WorldMark resort at Depoe Bay with Grandpa Milo and Grandma Sarah in a time share that Doug put together for the whole family. THANKS DOUG! We were there on Friday … Continue reading →

It looks like it will be a rainy day on the coast this weekend, but it should still be fun. We are staying at the WorldMark Resort at Depoe bay which is a very nice facility. We will take Kelly’s Yamaha keyboard … Continue reading →

We are still waiting for the Sonlight catalog and I do not know whether there is much hope of it arriving by the weekend. I probably will not get a chance to look at it anyway as we will be spending … Continue reading →

Dr. Chapman, Kelly’s orthodontist in Sherwood, took Kelly’s braces off yesterday. She looks great and we have a couple of before and after pictures today. I also have a picture of some neighbor kids who are staying with their grandparents across the … Continue reading →

We are waiting for the Sonlight catalog and the StepperControl.com controller and stepper motors. I will be very busy because of work for the next few weeks, so posting might be a little light.Just a couple of non-school items for today. Kelly … Continue reading →