Monthly Archives: July 2007

There are a couple of fun new hardware offerings that I find very interesting.  The first is a $199 Linux Laptop from Asus featuring an Intel microprocessor.  The second is a Linux based smart phone.  Both of them would be … Continue reading →

Lorena thinks she has found the neighborhood where she wants to live.  It is in Holly Springs.  Yes, that is in the town with the small, but very cool library.  It is quite a ways from work, but not so … Continue reading →

The title of this post says it all.  How much better does it get than this?  The chair is a stuffed easy chair on rollers with a shelf for books below the seat and a small table for setting your … Continue reading →

I am an Oregonian.  It feels a little odd, but quite a little good to have burnt our bridges.  We now have no home to which we can go back in Oregon.  My family and many friends are there, but … Continue reading →

Working for a technology startup can have its challenges.  There are lots of insecurities associated with the business aspects of a startup, but it is certainly invigorating to work at the edge of what is possible in your chosen professional … Continue reading →

Last night, Kelly and I made great progress on her math.  We are currently two-thirds of the way through elementary algebra.  We are going a little faster than would normal in a government school because of the efficiencies inherent in … Continue reading →

We have a lot of people to thank for helping us get our house in Oregon sold after our move to North Carolina.  Janet and Norm, Rhonda, Mike and Spencer, Ryan and Jeannie, Jim and JoAnn, Mark P., and others.  … Continue reading →

Well, we have been having discussion after discussion about how Kelly, Christian, and I are going to do our homeschool thing while Lorena gets back into the community college.  We have pretty much decided that Lorena will wait until winter … Continue reading →

Man, is Ubuntu cool.  This morning we went down to Holly Springs to go to the public library there.  Right after I got on line with my trusty Dell Inspiron 1300 running Ubuntu Feisty Fawn.  I cost $449 brand new.  … Continue reading →

Over the last couple of days, we did some hard core drawing, so we are a little burnt out on that.  We have a new special drawing  project on which we are going to work (thanks to Trisha) that might … Continue reading →

Just for posterity.Dayanita by Dad

Christian did such a great job on his Grandpa Lauro drawing yesterday, that I thought I would go ahead and put mine up today.  Kelly promised she would finish hers by tonight so that we can post it tomorrow.  I … Continue reading →

Here is Christian’s latest efforts in our class on how to draw lifelike faces.  This is our fourth drawing, so we are not so good yet.  Still we are making progress.  See if you can guess who this is.  I … Continue reading →

I read Psalm 98 today.  I liked it a lot.  It talks about making joyful music before the Lord:Psa 98:4  Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. Psa … Continue reading →

The 2007/2008 school year will be our fifth year of homeschool and our fourth year in a row.  It is still very exciting to get ready for the year even though we know the routine.  Kelly’s eighth grade history, literature, … Continue reading →

Now that we are settling into our new house, I have no excuse but to go back to work on my diet.  I am quite sad to have to admit that I am now down only five pounds to Bryan’s … Continue reading →

The title just about says it all.  Kelly and here friend Kasey (with some help from Mom and Christian) made puff pastries with blueberries and strawberries for our company picnic today.  In addition to that, Kelly has her first piano … Continue reading →

Well, we are getting very close to selling the house!  We have accepted an offer that includes a July 26 close date.  We are very thankful that we can start looking for a house of our own now.  I hope … Continue reading →

Well it looks like we have a good offer on the house.  If everything goes well, we should have the sale completed by the end of the month.  Now our only (non-meeting) connection to the area will be one or … Continue reading →