Monthly Archives: October 2006

Homeschool day 47 of 180 Government school day 37 of 170 Halloween is such an irritating triffle of a holiday. Pumpkin carving is virtually the only thing I like about it. I guess when kids are very little it is … Continue reading →

Homeschool day 46 of 180 Government school day 36 of 170 I was sick at home all weekend. I made it to the meetings on Sunday, but was completely out of the loop for a couple of days. Lorena, took … Continue reading →

Homeschool day 45 of 180 Government school day 35 of 170 ***students not in class today*** Yesterday evening was one of those evenings that we all have every now and that you just wish you could do over. I got … Continue reading →

Homeschool day 44 of 180Government school day 35 of 170 ***students not in class today*** Edgy Eft, the new version 6.10 of Ubuntu Linux came out today. It sounds great and I would like to make the leap, but really … Continue reading →

Homeschool day 43 of 180 Government school day 35 of 170 Lorena did her workout and studied hard for her calculus class last night. She is really keeping up the pressure. When I got home, she had just finished her … Continue reading →

Dad ordered a cool hair book for me a couple of weeks ago and it arrived on Saturday. Since then I have been experimenting with several different braids and buns! I’m so happy! This book isn’t just for me, Mom … Continue reading →

Homeschool day 42 of 180 Government school day 34 of 175½ Kelly and I spent yesterday evening together designing t-shirts. Lorena and Christian went to cubscouts, so we had the house to ourselves. Tios Jorge and Lauro are planning to … Continue reading →

Homeschool day 41 of 180 Government school day 33 of 175½ There is an article in World Magazine’s Blog about a well designed, statistically significant study from the University of Connecticut’s Department of Public Policy that shows college freshman and … Continue reading →

Homeschool day 40 of 180Government school day 32 of 175½ As suspected, I had to spend most of the evening fixing the homeschool computer after I got home yesterday afternoon. I got rid of all the games (except Civilization IV), … Continue reading →

Homeschool day 39 of 180 Government school day 31 of 175½ When I got home last night, I found that Kelly could not do her Spanish because she could not get the Rosetta Stone program to run. I checked it … Continue reading →

Homeschool day 38 of 180 Government school day 30 of 175½ Yesterday afternoon after work the whole family went to see a friend from work (Jeremy Young) fly his model airplane at a local park that is specifically set up … Continue reading →

Homeschool day 37 of 180 The study of mathematics can be difficult. Right now, Lorena, Kelly, and Christian are all studying math. Lorena is taking calculus. Kelly is studying algebra. Christian is studying pre-algebra. Maybe there are people who can … Continue reading →

Homeschool day 36 of 180 Christian and I spent the day, Saturday, at a camp owned by the Boy Scouts named Camp Morrison. We enjoyed our time together very much. Christian worked on his BB gun and archery skills. He … Continue reading →

Here is another of my great fabled blockbuster films.

Homeschool day 35 of 180 Yesterday was a day to get excited about music lessons. Christian had his guitar lesson yesterday. Lorena is studying for her first big calculus midterm on Monday, so she sat in the music store and … Continue reading →

I don’t like to be the first one to point out mistakes but I guess since no one else is willing to it’ll have to be me. First of all, someone in this household forgot to take the camera to … Continue reading →

Homeschool day 34 of 180 There is not really much new to report here today. Either that, or I cannot get my brain moving this morning to think of something worthy to write. Homeschool continues quite smoothly–more smoothly than in … Continue reading →

Homeschool day 33 of 180 Yesterday, Lorena came home with about 17 rolls worth of photographs from when Christian and Kelly were very little. They were almost all from when we lived in McMinnville and Cornelius. We are enjoying them … Continue reading →

Homeschool day 32 of 180 Fourteen years ago today, Lorena and I got married at a wedding salon called “El Tio” on Avenida Garza Sada close to ITESM in Monterrey. It was a grand wedding. That Lorena and I found … Continue reading →