Yearly Archives: 2007

We all had a lot of fun making bread a couple of weeks ago.  Now Christian has the video all edited and up on YouTube. 

We have been working very hard getting ready for the second trial run with a big customer at work.  The algorithms I am developing are critical to the success of the product.  I have been at my new company for … Continue reading →

Today, Lorena and I are going to meet at the DMV to get our vehicles registered.  I have this theory that the culture of the DMV is the most monolithic culture, certainly in the United States, but probably in the … Continue reading →

Kelly had a little bit of a sore throat last night so we stayed home together while Lorena went to work out at the gym with Christian.  We had a great time.  Kelly chatted with a couple of her friends … Continue reading →

We were supposed to go to the Spanish language bible study last night, but we had so many things going on we missed it.  I always feel bad about that.  The studies have really been great.  I met with Über … Continue reading →

We received a great old photo from my old travel partner, Bryan along with some Thanksgiving wishes.  It is of Kelly and Grandpa Milo with one of Aunt Julia’s products. Kelly and Grandpa Milo We had an absolutely fabulous Thanksgiving … Continue reading →

My friend, Warren spends Thanksgiving with us every year.  He will really be the first person beside Mom and Dad to visit us here in North Carolina.  We are going to pick up him up at the airport right after … Continue reading →

As part of the deal to get our new house, we were able to get the builder to change the appliances out for exactly the ones Lorena wants.  The number one thing she wants is a Thermador cook top with … Continue reading →

Yesterday, we got a phone call from Über Real Estate agent, Joe telling us that the builder had signed off on everything.  All I have to do is put my initials on the paperwork and we have a house.  We … Continue reading →

I will post a link here, later today of the how-to video as soon as Christian finishes it. Kelly and Christian eat the homemade bread

This weekend, Kelly and I have decided we are going to do a trial run on our braided bread.  We are going to try to get Christian to record it all on video, edit it together into a video with … Continue reading →

Well we got most of the problems worked out in trying to move into a new house.  There are a couple of sticking points left, but we have to have them worked out in the next couple of days.  We … Continue reading →

We went out and looked at some other houses last night.  It helped us confirm that we really like the one that is by the community college.  We made more progress toward getting the purchase worked out.  In the meantime, … Continue reading →

Well, well, well.  We were quite surprised yesterday evening to get a phone call from our Über Real Estate agent, Joe.  He said, that after a lot of posturing, the builder of our new house wanted to sell us the … Continue reading →

We had a fairly odd weekend.  We spent most of it running around looking at houses.  We picked one out that we liked, made a good offer on it, happened to run into the builder when we were looking at … Continue reading →

Unbelievable. I rarely get the chance to see the kids swim anymore. Right now, I am sitting at the health club to which we belong watching the kids swim laps. It is truly amazing. It seemed just like yesterday that … Continue reading →

Even though the builder has not yet accepted our offer, we are very excited about the idea of getting into a new house.  Right now I am at the Holly Springs Public Library drinking coffee (of course) and writing in … Continue reading →

We are going out with Joe one last time to look at the house we want and to look at two or three others just to be sure that we are picking the right one.  If our offer is accepted, … Continue reading →

We have pretty much decided where we want to buy a house.  We even know which one we want.  Still, there are a lot of nice houses in that same neighborhood that would be fabulous for us.  We were going … Continue reading →

Last night, Lorena, Kelly, Christian, and I all went out looking at houses.  We saw seven or eight of them of which there were two that we really liked.  The one Lorena liked best was really only a single story … Continue reading →