Monthly Archives: October 2006

A day at the beach

Homeschool day 31 of 180 The family went to the aquarium at Newport on Saturday. It was, as usual, just great. After the aquarium, hung out on Nye Beach for an hour or so, then had lunch and made it … Continue reading

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Math questions

Anyway, here’s my question: With one of my math problems, I had to use a protractor tofind 50* to make the angled part of a rhombus, but I did not have one, so I made a 0* angle from the … Continue reading

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A productive day

Homeschool day 30 or 180 Yesterday was an amazingly productive day. The kids did almost all of their homeschool on time with few errors. Lorena did some stellar work on the bonus room and studied her calculas. I made two … Continue reading

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Our friends are great!

Homeschool day 29 of 180 Mondays and Wednesdays are very busy in the Chapman household this term. In the morning, the kids go to swimming lessons, in the afternoon, Lorena goes to her calculas class, then on Monday evenings Lorena … Continue reading

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The Waldos go to Washington

Homeschool day 28 of 180 Jim and JoAnn just got back from visiting Washington D.C. with Dean and Phyllis Sartain. It sounds like they had a great time. Our whole family is quite envious because they actually got to see … Continue reading

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I love World Magazine: Confirmation that homeschooling is good

Everytime I start having doubts about our homeschool, I get confirmation that we are doing the right thing. This time it is a blog post at World Magazine‘s website.

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Competing with China in Low Tech Manufacturing

Homeschool day 27 of 180 I am a part owner in a small wood parts manufacturing business in Idaho called Quality Corners. Mostly, we manufacture small wood millwork parts such as rosettes, plinth blocks, and round base corners for houses. … Continue reading

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Another Bible Question

I was reading in Matthew 24 today and I was wondering whether Jesus was referring to 70 AD or the coming of Christ in the future? Today we go to piano lessons and tommorow there is meeting, swimming, and Mom’s … Continue reading

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Living in the present

Homeschool day 26 of 180 One thing I love and envy very much about my wife is that she is much better at living in the present than I. I am always focusing on some goal that is some place … Continue reading

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