Monthly Archives: April 2009

Since my ability to dedicate sufficient time to the blog has been restricted for a bit, Kelly and I have taken some time (mostly in the car going from place to place) to discuss some of the things we want … Continue reading →

I got home at a normal hour last night after all the company left.  It had been great to have them and we are looking forward to more visits.  Still, it was very nice to spend a “normal” evening at … Continue reading →

Christian found this video.  We loved it.  (H.T. Gizmodo)

We had a group of our ministers over for lunch (I had to work yesterday).  A couple of them spent the night with us on Sunday night and a couple more on Monday.  They are here for a round of … Continue reading →

Kelly makes all the final editorial decisions about the Betty Blonde comic strip, but she is amazingly collegial about it.  She gets lots of input from Christian on artwork, gag and storyline ideas, narrative, character development, and just about everything … Continue reading →

Last night, in our bible study, we studied Exodus 33 and 34.  It talks about how Moses spoke to God face to face.  There are a good number of people who contribute to this blog we have never met, but … Continue reading →

Lorena cooked mole for lunch yesterday because that was what Aunt Julia wanted.  Lorena does not really need much of an excuse to cook mole, so when she has an enthusiastic audience, it is a double joy for her.  While … Continue reading →

We all love it when Aunt Julia comes.  I get kind of manic because she is my sister and we do not get to see her often enough.  She talked about the books, Outliers and Three Cups of Tea (she … Continue reading →

On my way into work this morning, Kim Komando had a radio spot that talked about this study.  It basically says that the more one uses Facebook, the lower their grades.  Her conclusion seemed to be that, if you are … Continue reading →

We have been on a reading aloud hiatus for the last couple of weeks because of a bunch test preparation we needed to do.  We wanted to wait until Aunt Julia got here because she is bringing us Outliers which … Continue reading →

Last weekend I forgot my purse at the Chick-Fil-A. Second or third time this year that that has happened. I don’t know why I even bother carrying one around with me anymore. I always lose it somewhere!!! But carrying a … Continue reading →

Last night Christian and I got set up to program together.  He is going to continue on his daily C++ lesson, but we are also going to program some other stuff together.  We kind of had a cool project fall … Continue reading →

Trouble:  Yesterday, Lorena and the kids ran down to Johnston Community College in Smithfield so Kelly could take her US History II CLEP test.  They got there just fine, but about halfway through the test, the fire alarm went off.  … Continue reading →

We confront competing interests all the time in terms of the way our homeschool time is spent.  It is particularly difficult this time of year.  That is particularly true for Kelly right now.  She has a very difficult CLEP test … Continue reading →

Last Friday I received this in the mail. If you can’t tell, it is a princess sticker. Given to me for my valor and bravery in the harrowing halls of the doctor’s office. I felt SO embarrassed when I opened … Continue reading →

We had what could have been one of our top five weekends since we got to North Carolina.  I had Friday off so I we all ran down to Lowes to pick up materials so I could build another raised … Continue reading →

I have a three day weekend coming up, lots of work to do, and not enough time to right a thoughtful post so I thought I would just write about a few disconnected things I want to get recorded so … Continue reading →