Monthly Archives: August 2007

The last I heard from Bryan was that he was at -12 in our diet competition.  I was at about that at one time, too, but with the move, I did not take any time to think about dieting.  Now … Continue reading →

It looks like I kind of blew it.  I thought we were supposed to go to one of our annual church conventions this weekend, but it turns out that it is not until next weekend and then another one two … Continue reading →

We got up at a little before six this morning to see an eclipse of the moon.  It was very cool, but it went down behind a house before it started coming out of the eclipse, so we missed that.  … Continue reading →

I got stuck at the computer all weekend this weekend.  We are getting ready to start using the programs I have written since I started my job here in North Carolina, to replace what was there previously, so there is … Continue reading →

Now that we are getting up at 6:00 am to read the bible in the morning, Kelly and Christian are finishing all their school work by 12:30 or 1:00 in the afternoon.  I hope that means they will be able … Continue reading →

While hurricane Dean is having its way with the Yucatan peninsula, we were experiencing quite a little storm in North Carolina.  The large shade tree in our neighbors yard was split in half and blown over in the wind.  It … Continue reading →

We got off to a great start in homeschool today.  I think we are going to particularly enjoy the “reading aloud” parts of this years program which include Christian’s history books for his two year survey of world history and … Continue reading →

One of the first things I thought about this morning was that Jim and JoAnn will be back from Saginaw this morning getting ready to start the new year.  It was great to be able to start the new school … Continue reading →

Tonight, we were invited to dinner with Courtney and Caroline, our old friends from Florida.  Their son Corwin is going back to college in Michigan.  This will be our last chance to see him before he goes.  Their daughter Chevon … Continue reading →

Christian and I have been negotiating hard about how to make our hovercraft.  We want to do something inexpensive and not to difficult to see whether we like it.  At the same time, we want it to be cool.  I … Continue reading →

Last night we got to talking about what a waste it is to spend too much time browsing the internet or playing computer games.  The kids decided that wanted to really work on doing some other things.  Both of the … Continue reading →

Yesterday, Kelly and Christian both had friends over for most of the day.  Kelly’s friend Megan stayed the night.  Christian’s friend, Connor was gone by the time I got home from work, but Lorena is going to take Connor and … Continue reading →

I spent most of the weekend preparing to start homeschool next week.  I am pretty much done.  I will try to post a PDF file of the first or second week’s schedule tomorrow, so you can see how we do … Continue reading →

One of the main tools I use to do my job is Microsoft Visual Studio to develop C++ programs.  I am working on an Open Source project with some buddies.  It really kind of defeats the spirit of open source … Continue reading →

We have decided to run up to the workday to help get ready for our annual church convention at a little town called Shelby.  Shelby is a little over three hours from where we live, but an old friend who … Continue reading →

We had a wonderful evening last night.  Mostly we just sat around and talked.  We had no homeschool or anything else to worry about so we just relaxed and talked.  Christian and I got into a discussion about what might … Continue reading →

It is a funny deal.  Last night I was contacted by a large drug discovery company that is putting a new facility into Hillsboro, Oregon.  They are looking for a couple of Senior Vision Engineers.  I am very happy where … Continue reading →

I had a long and very interesting discussion on the telephone about homeschool Saturday night with a woman I have never met in person.  She is a friend of a friend who has pulled her two daughters from a “Classical … Continue reading →

We have all of our books.  We have teachers for guitar, piano, and tennis.  The computers are all up and running.  There is no excuse now not to start in on homeschool planning.  I need to get the lesson plan … Continue reading →

This weekend we have nothing big planned.  Lorena and I want to start an exercise program and we have a potluck between meetings on Sunday, but other than that, we do not have much to do.  The good part about … Continue reading →