Monthly Archives: October 2005

I am at Jeff and Crissy Nelson’s house in Carrollton, Texas today. Crissy is Ron and Carol Voorhees’ daughter. They have invited me to stay with them while we are waiting for the house to sell in Oregon. They have … Continue reading →

Yesterday was my last day of work here in Oregon. I leave for Texas on Thursday morning very early. We have switched over to our new, less onerous homeschool schedule and it looks like it is going to work out … Continue reading →

It is always very hard for me to leave a Sunday morning meeting. While we were attending Jim and Joann Waldo’s meeting, Christian professed and Kelly really started to get established in her faith. Those are huge milestones in our … Continue reading →

Today is the last “regular” day of homeschool before we move to the reduced schedule so we can get ready to move. We plan to spend most of the weekend sorting stuff and getting ready to move. Dad and Mom … Continue reading →

Dellis Waldo was in our gospel meeting last night. He came to Albany to replace Jay Wicks who went over to Bend to be with Harold Bennett. It was a very nice meeting. Tony and Martha were back from Texas, … Continue reading →

I am getting short-timer’s disease at work right now. There is too much to complete before I leave, but I will give it the old college try. I very much enjoy working for ATS, so the change to August Technology … Continue reading →

The sign for our house is supposed to go up today. Candice, our sales lady is coming over after work to get the last of the papers and take pictures for the flyers and the web site. I surely hope … Continue reading →

Joe Layman and Jay Wicks came to our house on Friday night and stayed through until Sunday. It was absolutely great to have them! We got to have some great discussions, mostly on spiritual topics over the three days. Joe … Continue reading →

We met with a real estate lady last night named Candice Orange. She owns a John L. Scott real estate franchise in Corvallis and sells a lot of houses in our area. We will sign the papers to put our … Continue reading →

We bought a new Toyota Tundras pickup yesterday. The agency drove it up from Grants Pass last night and will put aftermarket cruise control into it around noon today, so we will not be able to get our hands on … Continue reading →

I received an offer letter from August Technology yesterday for a position as a Senior Software Engineer at their Plano, Texas research and development facility. I accepted the offer and turned in my resignation at ATS Oregon. I have to … Continue reading →

I received an email last night from my future potential boss. He said that an offer for a job in Dallas should come today as soon as the corporate office decides what kind of housing change package to provide. Of … Continue reading →

This weekend was absolutely packed. On Friday afternoon, I flew out from Eugene to Dallas, Texas, arriving at my hotel a little after midnight. My potential new boss, picked me up at 9:30 on Saturday morning for a four hour … Continue reading →

I fly at noon to Dallas, Texas. Lorena, Kelly, and Christian will drive up to Portland to stay with Grandpa Milo and Grandma Sarah on both Friday and Saturday nights. They will drive back down on Sunday morning to go … Continue reading →

I missed our gospel meeting last night. I think I am coming down with either a bad cold or the flu. Lorena and the kids went to the meeting as usual. When the returned, I was already a sleep so … Continue reading →

An era is over. Grandpa Milo and Grandma Sarah have moved off of their farm in Newberg to a beautiful two bedroom apartment in Lake Oswego. It is a little bit hard to imagine, but we are all happy for … Continue reading →

Lorena went to her accounting class last night so Christian, Kelly, and I were home alone together all evening. The kids are both doing great on their homeschool programs. The Sonlight literature and history programs are absolutely stellar as is … Continue reading →

I worked all day Saturday, but we had a nice day on Sunday. We went to Conrad Tull’s house for Sunday morning meeting, then to Tangent for gospel meeting at 6:00 in the evening. We were a little bit sad … Continue reading →