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Monthly Archives: January 2009
Revamp of the the websites and a fun weekend
The kids, in no uncertain terms, let me know that I was making a big mistake by changing the website colors. It seems that I am diluting my “brand” as was manifested by Bryan’s comment. So now that I have … Continue reading
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ACT Essay Numero 3
Here it is. After looking at it again, the writing really seems pretentious to me, and if there is one thing that I STRONGLY dislike, it’s pretentious writing. And I wasn’t sure if I should mention ‘meeting’ because the judges … Continue reading
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Official new web addresses for Betty Blonde and Nerd How
Here they are. Bookmark them. Kelly’s Betty Blonde: http://bettyblonde.netChristian’s Nerd How: http://nerdhow.com
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Healthy eating
We are on a big healthy eating kick in our household right now. Lorena has always cooked really great and healthy food, but now the rest of us are trying to get in on the action. Last night, Lorena made … Continue reading
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Projects – progress report
We have made a concerted effort to not add new projects until we finish old ones, but that is kind of hard when we find something interesting. I thought, since the holidays are now over and we back into a … Continue reading
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Screwtape Letters
I started this book today. It is very well written and witty, but the important part is that it made me think. Devils are very real and powerful beings, and if we had no stronger God to help us, then … Continue reading
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Living in the present
There are a lot of things happening in the world right now that seem to be of great consequence. Israel is at war with Hamas in Gaza. We are in the trough of what looks to be a world wide … Continue reading
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A very cool new tool for the weight loss death match
I talked to a lady (Stacy) at work yesterday about the Flat Belly Diet. She asked for a link to their website, then told me about the about.com calorie count website. It is an amazing site. The purpose of the … Continue reading
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Back to work
It’s back to work for Christian and I! Yesterday night I scheduled my entire day out. It was perfect. I had everything so neat and orderly. Every homework assignment and meal plan in it’s place. And then I woke up … Continue reading
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Back to work 2009
We had a great Christmas break. Here is some of what we did: Started the Flat Belly Diet Soldered a bunch of parts onto our NorCal 40A radio kit printed circuit board (finally) Finished reading Explore Evolution Got reinvigorated on … Continue reading
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New neighbors
We were pleasantly surprised yesterday when we saw that there was someone moving into the house next door. It is a new house that has been vacant since we got here. Kelly and I walked over to greet the new … Continue reading
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Homeschool update – 2008 December
Business as usual is the best way to describe homeschool for December. We shut down the homeschool on December 23rd for the holidays. With the exception of a few minor assignments Kelly worked on yesterday and should finished up today, … Continue reading
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New Year’s Party
We had a quiet little New Year’s party at our house last night with Troy and Youngin. We ate Lorena’s absolutely fabulous tamales and some really amazing dip Youngin put together with cream cheese and seven pepper jelly. Wow. I … Continue reading
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