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Yearly Archives: 2007
Talking about vocation
We were reading our book together as a family last night when we got to talking about vocation. We are all very animated (and generally loud) when we have family discussions about things that interest us. We are working on … Continue reading
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Reading together as a family
Kelly, Christian, and I have read together for years. I did all of the reading until Kelly was old enough to share the task with me. Now when we read, all three of us pitch in. Last night, though, for … Continue reading
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Back to work
We had a great holiday. The following are the highlights:Kelly and Christian cooked strawberry crepes for breakfast on Christmas morning. They were awesome.Lorena, Kelly, and Christian cooked an amazing Christmas dinner that featured spiral cut ham, mashed potatoes and gravy, … Continue reading
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Life is good
In reflecting on the life of our little family as we go into the holiday season, I am struck by the goodness of God. We have every reason to be thankful. I never expected that I would ever live in … Continue reading
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House inspection last night
I went to the house inspection last night after work. There are a few things that need to be fixed, but everything really looks great. The new Thermador cooktop and hood are installed as well as the new microwave oven … Continue reading
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Very cool web site with course
I was reading at the FreeRepublic web site again this morning and found an excellent articles about a physics professors whose courses are available online for free. The web site is the following: Free Online Course Materials | MIT OpenCourseWare. … Continue reading
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Fasting one day per month may reduce the incidence of coronary artery disease
Wow is that ever interesting. Click here.
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Lots of paperwork with the new house
There are lots and lots of opportunities to fill out paperwork in the purchase of a new house. It is kind of interesting that many lists of the causes of stress include moving, going on vacation, and financial issues. We are … Continue reading
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Very interesting headline
I was cruising through Free Republic when I came upon an article titled World’s oldest person dies at 116 in Ukraine. It looked interesting, so I started reading some of the comments. I about lost it when I came to … Continue reading
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Dinner with Donnie and Rosemary
Last night we went to the home of a young couple for dinner with whom we meet with our church on Sunday mornings and Wednesday evening. What a great couple. We talked about the consequential and the inconsequential while they cooked a … Continue reading
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My open source contribution
I am writing a piece of open source software. It has been really fun so far. We have gotten to our first release. It does not do much, but it is the foundation for a lot of future stuff to follow. Click on … Continue reading
Oregon kicker tax law
The Oregon kicker tax law says that if the state legislature spends more than 2% over its estimate, it has to return the residual to the tax payers. That residual was HUGE this year, so we got a pretty good … Continue reading
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Monday night bible studies
On Monday nights we have been going for about a 45 minute drive out to a small town Southeast of where we live to a Spanish language bible study. The bible studies are nice, but the time spent in the … Continue reading
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Doing our annual puzzle
We always like to put a jigsaw puzzle together as a family this time of year. As the kids have gotten older, we have been able to put together more difficult puzzles. Working against that is the fact that there … Continue reading
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Vacation in Mexico is coming
We are going down to meet Lorena’s family in Puerto Vallarta in January. Grandpa Milo, Grandma Sarah, Uncle Doug, and Aunt Sheila will also be there. I found an old picture of when we took our first trip there. It … Continue reading
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Homeschool update – 2007 November
Homeschool has been going well, but we have really been in a little bit of a rut. I have decided to mix things up a little. The basic things we are doing will not change. Those things include Teaching Textbooks … Continue reading
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Machine vision software for fun
I have been working on a piece of machine vision software that a friend of mine and I are going to put out as open source. The purpose of the program is to allow people with web cams to measure … Continue reading
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A quiet homeschool night before a day of nailbiting at work
Last night, Lorena cooked us up a very nice dinner. Afterwards, Christian, Kelly, and I spent the evening working on math and other homeschool corrections. It was good to have a quiet night because life is going to get hectic … Continue reading
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Sadness: logging into work from the public library
We had a very nice weekend. The only sad part was when I was able log into to my computer at work from the Holly Springs public library. It was really quite trivial, but that is not what I want … Continue reading
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