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Yearly Archives: 2005
Last post of the year
It is the end of another good year. It was actually a pretty eventful year and the very first year where I wrote something in my blog about every week. Our little business, Quality Corners grew again this year by over 40% … Continue reading
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Wednesday night in Wylie
We went out to Wylie, Texas for our bible study last night. Afterward, there was a birthday party for one of our friends. It turns out that a whole bunch of the people with whom we meet are either 50 or 51 … Continue reading
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A report on the cat sisters
This has been a really tough move for Kiwi and Rubix. As you can tell from the following picture, their lifestyle change has been dramatic. Dramatic lifestyle changes for the cat sisters Fortunately, the are getting plenty of exercise, just like … Continue reading
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Back to the routine (finally)!
It feels good to be getting back into a little bit of a routine. We are not there yet as our homeschool program will not kick back into gear until January 1, but I am starting to put the schedule together. I … Continue reading
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Atypical Navidad
We had the absolute smallest pile of wrapping paper yet for a Christmas morning, but one of the happiest events of our young family. We had our normal December 24, evening meal and present opening, but, for the first time … Continue reading
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Two shopping days until Christmas
I finished up with all of my Christmas shopping today at lunch time with the exception of the stocking stuffers. I think everyone will be quite happy. After work tonight, I think I will just hang out with the kids so that … Continue reading
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Starting in a new place
We went to Wednesday night meeting last night. I was glad there was a cute girl there in Kelly and Christian’s age bracket. Here name is Ethne and she seems to be quite a nice girl. It is hard to start out in … Continue reading
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Christian’s Christmas Poem
Christian wrote a Christmas poem specifically for his cousins. So in the spirit of the season, for the special benefit of Kylee, Julia, Charlie, and Amy, I post it here. Take special note of the illustrations. Christian’s Christmas Poem I could not … Continue reading
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DSL up and running, but Linux computer dies
We got our DSL (broadband) internet up and running last night. It is really great, but in the meantime, the hard drive on our Linux computer went gunnybag so I will have to go out and get another one in the … Continue reading
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Making the apartment usable
This weekend was very busy. We spent Saturday shopping and making the apartment ready for Jimmy and Laura Bryan’s visit with their four homeschooled kids, Josie, Joshua, Luke, and Bailey. It was a very nice evening. On Sunday morning, we got up early … Continue reading
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Moving into the new apartment
We went to Ikea last night after work. It is an amazing store with amazingly cheap, but quite serviceable furniture. We bought two tables that came with eight chairs to use for dining and homeschool work, a computer desk, and a cot … Continue reading
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Back in Texas after Mexico vacation
I was not able to make any blog posts while we were on vacation as I had originally planned. I think that is a good thing. We had a wonderful time in Puerto Vallarta and quite an interesting drive from Portland down … Continue reading
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Flying back to Oregon today
The day has finally arrived for me to fly back to Oregon. I will try to run down to CompUSA today at lunch time to buy a digital still camera to take pictures while we are in Puerto Vallarta. Yesterday, I went … Continue reading
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Investing and money management for homeschool
I have been thinking about how to teach Kelly and Christian about managing their money and investing for the future. We talk about money and its place in our life, but we have not yet put together a formal program. When I … Continue reading
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Two more days
I printed out all the itinerary items for our trip to Mexico and also sent copies off to Lorena and my brother Doug who is coordinating everything. I am very much looking forward to this trip. I need to do a little … Continue reading
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Together in a few more days
I just read a great article on homeschool in the Seattle Times. If articles like that start appearing in newspapers like the Times, homeschool just might make it into the mainstream. Just a few more days until I am back with … Continue reading
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Returning to technology posts
My new hope is that I can get back to making some technology posts. God willing, the family will be together again after a month of separation. The plan is to buy our new homeschool computer for Christmas this year and kick … Continue reading
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Back to more serious blogging
My plan is to return to some more serious blogging over the next week or so. All I have left to do for my family to arrive is to get the apartment rented. This Friday, I fly to Oregon and then on … Continue reading
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Lorena cleans up
Lorena has been doing a great job of getting rid of stuff so that we do not have to move it. She is giving away cabinets, beds, shelves, and tons of other stuff. It is a waste of time and money to … Continue reading
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A working weekend
I will be working through the weekend again this weekend. I think I might try to find some music to entertain me while I am programming. I wish I would have brought along my noise canceling headphones, but they can wait until … Continue reading
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