Monthly Archives: June 2004

I took a nap after I made my phone calls last night. I was planning to mow the lawn, but it was very hot and I was not that motivated. After my nap, I read a little, then Kelly, Christian, … Continue reading →

We had a couple of big events yesterday. Probably the most important was that Kelly, Christian, and I went out and played catch for awhile together with a baseball and some mitts. I really need to teach them how to … Continue reading →

The highlight of the weekend was the going-away potluck at Jim and Joann Waldo’s house that our Sunday morning meeting gave us. Most of the Ramsdell meeting showed up, too. We had a super time just talking to people. Cal … Continue reading →

We just put up a “For Sale by Owner” sign in front of our house. We are planning to leave it there until shortly after the Fourth of July with the hope of selling the house without paying a big … Continue reading →

Kelly are well into their swimming lessons now. Both of them are performing excellently. I think they will probably both need only three or four more sessions before they can stop taking lessons to wait until they are old enough … Continue reading →

Last night Lorena spoke with our next door neighbor, Tina who lives behind us. Tina is a very nice lady and an artist who runs the LaSalles Stewart Center at Oregon State University. Tina said that she is trying to … Continue reading →

It is gettting harder and harder to find a reason to stay in Corvallis. My probable new boss up in Washington came through with a great offer and plenty of help to move up to Washington. David and Diane Joyce … Continue reading →

We had a great time in our visit to Washington state. I interviewed Micro Encoder and met a lot of nice people there. Lorena and the kids stayed in the brand new Marriott (opened just last week) in downtown Redmond. … Continue reading →

he thought of moving to Washington has taken the whole family on a little bit of an emotional roller coaster ride. I guess we probably should reserve judgment until after we return from the interview and our chance to look … Continue reading →

Lorena had a pickup load of dirt waiting for me when I got home last night. It was the last load we needed to fill in the area between the street curb and the sidewalk. It looks nice. Now all … Continue reading →

Kelly stayed over night at her friend Skyler’s house last night. It is really the first time we have ever let her do that. Lorena is supposed to go and pick her up at 11:30 this morning. We really do … Continue reading →

Well, we had a very nice day at the Chapman/Duerst family reunion on Saturday. Virtually all of Grandma Sarah and Aunt Janet’s kids except Craig showed up for the party. Craig was out doing what he loves, driving a tractor … Continue reading →

The family will be visiting Kirkland next weekend. On Thursday night we will be driving up to stay at a brand new Marriot Hotel near where I would be working. I will interview for four hours on Friday and then … Continue reading →

I had an interview last night with a man named Michael Nahum. Michael is looking for a person to manage a group of Ph.D.’s to do machine vision research for a large privately held Japanese company. I have agreed to … Continue reading →

Last night our remote camera arrived from X10 and we got it all hooked up so that we can view who is at the front door from our computer upstairs. It is very cool. After I did my exercises, I … Continue reading →

Kelly and Christian had their last piano lesson of the year. Lorena and I have really enjoyed taking the kids to the piano lesson in Jefferson, because after we drop the kids off, we go out for dinner, go for … Continue reading →

We had a quiet weekend, but I got a couple of pictures. Martha is here visiting Tony from Houston. Martha stayed with us a couple of nights and should be staying at least one more before she leaves. Tony, Martha, … Continue reading →

We are goig through a very ugly hayfever season this year. Kelly, Christian, and Lorena are all suffering pretty bad right now. Through all that, we had Tony and Martha over for dinner last night. Lorena put together a beautiful … Continue reading →

Maybe I am going to need to start looking into homeschool rules in Seattle. A few months back, the research arm of a large Japanese gauging company offered me a position as a researcher in their Washington state office. It … Continue reading →

Kelly and Christian are up to their eyeballs in the events celebrating the end of the school year, so we have not been doing much other than final projects, work around the house and yard, and the reading of Around … Continue reading →