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Monthly Archives: March 2006
Last day at Rudolph-August
This is my last day of work at Rudolph (ex-August Technology). I have about a week of vacation to go with this, but will have my exit interview today. I do not know how much posting I will be able … Continue reading
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Spanish special meeting
We went to our Spanish language special meeting last night at Geily and Ruby Gomez’ home. We had an absolutely wonderful time. We met and talked to Rhonda Stidolph for the first time. She gave us a great picture of … Continue reading
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Packing up
Lorena will get some boxes today and make arrangements to get all of our utilities turned off in Texas. I will start working on getting or utilities turned back on in Oregon. It is going to be a very busy … Continue reading
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San Francisco
I got back late last night from quite a nice trip to San Francisco to meet with a big pharmaceutical project they want my company to perform for them. It will be really nice to be going back to work … Continue reading
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More day camping at Lake Texhoma
Lorena and the kids stayed with the David and Rebekah Larson last night after the day at Lake Texhoma. They will go back to the lake again today. Everyone had a fabulous time. Lorena will come home tonight before it … Continue reading
Day camping in Texas
Lorena, Kelly, and Christian are all heading to Lake Texhoma with their friends for a couple of days. They will spend today and tomorrow at the lake, but they will come back to the Larson’s house to spend the night … Continue reading
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Today’s the Day!
Today Mom and Christian and I are going camping with some of the friends. We can’t wait. There’s a lake, a big screen television, pool tables, hiking trails, and cabins. Poor, poor Dad. He has to be all alone in … Continue reading
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Homeschool blues
It is hard for the kids to concentrate on homeschool when there is so much stuff going on. There is the day camping trip at Lake Texhoma with all the friends, Kelly’s birthday party at Craig and Rene Parish’s house, … Continue reading
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2 Strange Things and a Sorrowful Note
My 12th birthday is coming up. We are going to move to Oregon around that time so the friends here are going to have a little celebration for Pam Nerple and I. We have the exact same birthdays. A strange … Continue reading
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Where to live?
We have been having a little bit of a struggle deciding where we should live when we return to Albany. We can leave our current house on the market and buy something else when the house sells or take the … Continue reading
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Driving to Oregon
We are going to drive back to Oregon. I am going to have to buy an inexpensive camper shell for the pickup that we can use to keep our things out of the wind and the weather on the trip … Continue reading
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A time of decisions
Last night, Lorena, the kids, and I all talked about our time here in Texas and how great it has been. We also talked about what we ought to do in light of my work situation, Lorena’s family in Mexico, … Continue reading
Carlos and Vanessa
Lorena was very excited yesterday because she was able to call and talk to Vanessa Batista. Vanessa is her very dear Puerto Rican friend from our days in South Florida. Now that we all live in Texas, we are going … Continue reading
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Mathematics
There might be some people out there who have no trouble at all learning mathematics, but I am not one of them. Don’t get me wrong; I love math and spend a lot of time with it in in my … Continue reading
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Managing homeschool a little more closely
Lorena and I had a discussion last night about how the kids are doing with their homeschool. They understand the material very well and are learning a lot. One thing we thought might help improve both their enjoyment of homeschool … Continue reading
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A new cousin for Christian and Kelly
Uncle Lynn with Lynncito and Lynncitos new baby brother He does not have a name yet, but he is a substantial little guy. He weighed in at over nine pounds. Rosalinda told me that they think his first name will … Continue reading
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Working late
I worked late last night, so we had to work pretty hard to get all the homework corrected when I got home. The kids had gotten just about everything finished, so it was not, too bad. One of my buddies … Continue reading
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Joining the swim team and meeting up with other homeschoolers
Yesterday was the last day of swimming lessons for Christian and Kelly. The lessons really were not so great here, so we have decided to go ahead and put them on the swim team. It is only two days per … Continue reading
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El Chambelan!!!
Unas fotos nuevos del guapismo primo Lynncito! Gracias Tia Rosalinda. Lynncito El Guapisimo The kids worked hard yesterday and got everything done without a battle. Both Christian and Kelly are coming to the end of both their Easy Grammar and … Continue reading
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