Monthly Archives: November 2008

We had an absolutely great Thanksgiving.  We had a great dinner complete with quality time in the preparation.  We had a houseful of friends over for dessert (Thank you Lester and Esther for sharing your family with us.).  Grandma Sarah … Continue reading →

We have started preparing for Thanksgiving.  Everyone is in the kitchen except me (I might wreck or eat stuff so I am banned).  Updates will follow.Thanksgiving Prep CrewGrandpa’s Stuffing SausageThe new Thermador put to good useFlowers for the tableDad gets … Continue reading →

They’re here!  Christian and I are looking forward to a nice long weekend of cooking!  Grandpa brought Sunset magazine with him, and our Thanksgiving plans have been somewhat changed:Wine smoked turkey (instead of the regular, butter smothered, roast turkey)Italian Chard … Continue reading →

I picked up Grandpa Milo and Grandma Sarah yesterday evening right on schedule.  Lorena had stew and a nice salad waiting for us when we got home.  We are awful glad to have them here.  We have decided that we … Continue reading →

I went into work a couple of hours later than usual today because I have to pick up Grandpa Milo and Grandma Sarah at the airport a little before seven tonight.  Lorena is going to run to Costco after Kelly’s … Continue reading →

This weekend we went to a get together up in Charlotte.  Very fun! I saw a bunch of my friends that I hadn’t seen in a long time, which was nice.  We played Winkum, Mafia, Spoons, All of the Bears … Continue reading →

We drove to Charlotte for a big, weekend long get-together with a bunch or our friends from both the Raleigh-Durham area and Charlotte.  The kids played soccer, volley ball, and parlor games with their friends.  The stayed up half the … Continue reading →

We were going to do Rubix, too, but Lorena would not let us.  Lorena, Kelly, and Christian are going to drive to my work this afternoon, so we can leave from there to Charlotte for a get-together with a bunch … Continue reading →

We have several computers around the house, we use for a variety of different tasks.  None of them are particularly special and a couple of them are getting toward the end of their useful life.  Our plan to reorganize the … Continue reading →

Mom and I are planning a different sort of party for December!  We’re going to have Cookie Exchange for all the ladies in our meeting.  Each person will bring 3 dozen homemade cookies to the party, and we will trade … Continue reading →

Rubix corrects Christian’s mathI thought it was about time to take cat blogging as I had not done that for quite some times.  The tortoise shell twin cat sisters, Kiwi and Rubix, are alive and kicking.  They very much enjoy their … Continue reading →

Kevin Wilson interviewed Kelly about Betty Blonde for a very nice post he put up on his blog here. I hope he does more of that in the future as it seemed quite professional both in the questions he asked and … Continue reading →

Last Saturday I made some fudge and handed it out at meeting the next morning. It was scrumptious, but it did not look like it was supposed to and it was a bit too sweet. I think it was because I added … Continue reading →

We went for two walks around the neighborhood this weekend. We have walked one day on the weekend for the last little while and have decided that two is even better than one. We see the last fall colors. The air is crisp. This … Continue reading →

We are about half way through the book Explore Evolution. We are also about half way through The Trumpeter of Krakow. I had mentioned previously that we read a chapter from both a fiction book (from Kelly’s Sonlight series of books) and … Continue reading →

The company where I work sent out their holiday schedule for the coming year. I still have not figured out whether I am going to get any time off for this year’s holiday season and will probably not find out until … Continue reading →

Meet Mr. Bun, Mr. Bean, and Sweetiepie Lambiekins.  They are somewhat sloppy as I hand stitched them and they were my first attempt at making stuffed animals, but I love them anyway. I made them last weekend after some surfing … Continue reading →

Bryan sent us this great picture of his Dad and Mom, Walter and Arlis Joyce. He took the picture when Walter, who served in Korea, put on his uniform for Veterans Day. We have very fond memories of past Veterans Days as … Continue reading →

I went to a meeting with the North Carolina Department of Non-Public Education (DPNE) yesterday. The meeting was in a small, kind of shabby conference room on the floor right above the North Carolina Governor’s offices. There was a very nice, not … Continue reading →

Christian, Kelly, and I went to the Borders bookstore on Saturday morning while Lorena, shopped at CostCo. My plan was to find an introductory trigonometry book and a book on the writing part of the ACT test. I did pretty good on … Continue reading →