Monthly Archives: March 2007

Mac vs. PC

At this rate, we are never going to get to fifty pounds weight loss.  I went backward a pound this week.  Bryan went backward a pound last week.  The only thing up in the air right now is how much … Continue reading →

Kelly and Christian are enjoying their Spring Break.  Yesterday they went swimming for an hour and a half at the pool in Corvallis, then went over to the Borders Bookstore there.  Kelly used some of her babysitting money to buy … Continue reading →

Yesterday afternoon, Lorena took Kelly down to mall.  While she was gone, our homeschooling friends from Texas called.  Lisa Paek and her kids Elliot and Eliana were visiting the the Larsons.  All of them got together to call so they … Continue reading →

Thirteen years ago today, we woke up in our condominium in Boynton Beach, Florida at about 7:30 in the morning.  Lorena let me know that she was ready to have our first baby.  We called the Eversley’s to let them … Continue reading →

Hey Bryan, does that mean you are now down only eight?  Are we tied? We went to an absolutely wonderful funeral on Saturday for my Aunt Alma.  I spoke about her in an earlier post.  A lot of our extended … Continue reading →

Radioactive Boy Scout – Star in a jar nuclear fusion.

Life can get pretty crazy.  Kelly is going to a 1950′s style sleepover tonight, we are having company for the weekend, spring break starts when school lets out today, we have our fourth funeral in three weeks tomorrow, and it … Continue reading →

So yesterday evening after Bible Study, Mr. Ramsdell gave us a riddle. It stumped me (but not Christian or Dad) and I wanted to post it up here. Mr. Ramsdell will give us the answer next Wednesday. Meanwhile Dad, could … Continue reading →

And it is a beautiful one…

Lorena finished her last calculus class.  She has one more applied math class and she will be finished forever unless she decides to change her major to particle physics or something like that.  I doubt whether she will do that.  … Continue reading →

We have a favorite aunt who died a couple of days ago.  She lived almost her entire life with the results of polio that she contracted when she was very young.  For years, she worked as a secretary.  When she … Continue reading →

A car that runs on pressurized air I saw two articles yesterday that I though were very cool and of general interest.  The first is a zero pollution/very low cost car that runs on compressed air.  It can go a … Continue reading →

Cousin Kylee will be playing in a girl’s rugby game this afternoon at the government middle school close to our house.  The kids are looking forward to it very much.  Both of the aunts will be there as well as … Continue reading →

I know that no one really wants to know the exclusive details of my illustrious birthday party, but so what? This is a blog. You can read whatever you want. It’s a free country. I can’t tell you what to … Continue reading →

Last night our friend Spencer and his dad, Mike, came over to mow the lawn.  He was going to come about a week ago, but right before he was supposed to get there, the fertilizer guys came, did their big … Continue reading →

Here is a poem that I wrote about what I learned in history today. “The Scramble” refers to a period in the late 1800s when most of the European countries were dashing to claim land in the mostly undiscovered continent … Continue reading →