Monthly Archives: November 2006

When our worker Kent Williston was staying at our house a couple of months ago he showed us a really cool newsletter made by these kids in Arizona. It was called the R Desert Times. We showed him our Kaktus … Continue reading →

Kelly and I had a great discussion yesterday about change while Lorena and Christian were off at their cub scout meeting. I remember when I was young that I was often sad that time was passing so quickly. I was … Continue reading →

Lorena and I both generally drink a cola drink every day. Lorena drinks regular Coke and I drink Caffeine Free Diet Coke.  As I was driving in to work this morning, I heard a commentary about cola drinks. It seems … Continue reading →

Literally EVERYONE showed up for our Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday.  It was ball, but we were running HARD for three days to make it all happen and then to clean up afterwards.  This is really the first time we used … Continue reading →

The FreshMeat website features a list of newly released, open source software.  I periodically browse through the site to see if there is anything new and interesting.  Earlier today, I found a link to a piece of software named Notalon.  … Continue reading →

It’s wonderful!  It’s terrific! It’s spectacular!  It’s astounding!  94.5 FM already has Christmas songs!  ‘Tis the season!  Hurrah!  Have a wonderful day and don’t forget to turn on the radio for great classic Christmas songs!  Boy this just about made … Continue reading →

Christian and I cannot wait for Thanksgiving (even though this is probably the third time we have cleaned up the bonus room). We are making special little books for our cousins. These books are traditions now. This is Julia’s third … Continue reading →

I found a couple of very interesting articles yesterday. They pretty much speak for themselves. The first one, I found in an article by J.P. Holding responding to a silly, but widely read little book titled Letter to a Christian … Continue reading →

Homeschool day 62 of 180 Government school day 51 of 170 We are having around 25 people over for Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday. Lorena is working really hard and has done a stellar job of getting ready (Thank goodness for … Continue reading →

On Friday I went to a little sleepover at my friend Skyler’s house.  It was… interesting, but I had fun.  I brought my special hair book and we all went into the living room to do hair.  We were talking … Continue reading →

Yesterday night we went to the pool for another day of swim team practice. I was doing all right (though a little bit slow) nearly the whole time but then we came to the diving practice. You all know that … Continue reading →

Homeschool day 60 of 180 (One third of the way done. WOO-HOO!) Government school day 49 of 170 We are going to have the family Thanksgiving at our house this year. There will be lots of aunts, uncles, cousins, and … Continue reading →

It’s cloudy, it looks like rain, and it’s a beautiful Oregon November morning. I hope that everyone is happy today because November 16, 2006 is a special day. It must be someone’s birthday today, it’s extra special because I wrote … Continue reading →

Homeschool day 59 of 180 Government school day 48 of 170 My sister Julia tells a story about when she was 12 or 13 years old. There was a neighbor that was about Julia’s age. She was a bright and … Continue reading →

(Forgive me, I do not know how to spell Burgoyne.  The historical accuracy might also not be perfectly historically accurate also ) The French RevolutionBy Kelly Jean Chapman France! France! The people began to dance! dance!To dance and to sing … Continue reading →

Last night, Christian was working on a program that Dad downloaded.  Dad said that Mr. Harris from meeting (who also is a mechanical engineer that goes to Dad’s work) had a more complex version of the program that Christian was … Continue reading →

Homeschool day 58 of 180 Government school day 47 of 170 It was a fairly typical homeschool evening last night. I thought I would write down what happened to give a sense for our normal evening schedule. Lorena passed me … Continue reading →