Monthly Archives: August 2009

This weekend, we did not do much.  After a wildly eventful summer, it was very nice to just hang out with the family for a whole weekend.  We went to the Holly Springs Library on Saturday morning and bought some … Continue reading →

Today my schedule was very vague on what I should write in the blog. It said: Craft, Fashion, or Girl Stuff. I get the feeling that Dad thinks that those three words sum up all of my extracurricular activities. He … Continue reading →

Aunt Jean, as much as she hates to admit it, is one of those rare nerds with finely honed people skills.  An electrical engineer with an MBA, she manages a group of support engineers for a company that makes very … Continue reading →

Kelly and Christian got off to a good start in their school yesterday.  As always, there were a few hiccups.  The Rosetta Stone French program did not get completely installed, Christian spent several hours doing Geometry corrections from last spring, … Continue reading →

Yesterday morning we got up very, very early and went to the Portland airport to get on a plane back to Houston and Raleigh. The plane ride was uneventful, except for the awesome little breakfast they gave out and the … Continue reading →

The big news today, is that Lyle is back in the game with his first post on the Weight Loss Death Match chart in several weeks.  With Christian and Kelly (and even Dad) training to run in a 10K this … Continue reading →

Lorena, Kelly, and Christian will arrive home from Oregon this afternoon.  They are getting on the airplane in Portland as I write this email.  Now, maybe I will have something a little more interesting about which to write.  We have … Continue reading →

It is really not much fun to be stuck at home without the family.  They spent the last four days at one of our church conventions in Oregon.  They saw a lot of old friends, made a bunch of new … Continue reading →

With Lorena and the Kids gone, I have been stuck at home alone by myself for the last few days.  Jeff called me earlier in the week and asked if I could help him a little on the program his … Continue reading →

There is an amazing article in the August 15, 2009 issue of the Dubois County (Indiana) Herald about some of our friends.  We used to get together with them when we lived in Oregon.  On our way out to North … Continue reading →

Lorena took the kids over to visit Aunt Julia and their cousins last night while I was stuck at home scanning in the rest of this week’s Betty Blonde comic strips and working on the GaugeCam program.  The house is … Continue reading →

We have been to Boston’s Pub and Grill in Wilsonville at least a half a dozen times with our friends David and Gladys.  Dave was Grandpa Milo’s business partner for several decades in the doll house business and a long … Continue reading →

Here are a few pictures of our time here in Oregon (so far) There are descriptions below the pictures if you click on them!

I was very happy to see Rubix and Kiwi, the twin cat sisters were fine when I arrived home from Oregon last night.  It was a great time.  My buddies Vernon and Bryan Joyce ran me to the airport yesterday … Continue reading →

Lorena and the kids were amazed that beside Grandpa Milo and Grandma Sarah, Bryan showed up at the airport to meet them and he brought along Kendall, Megan, McKenzie, and Abigail (ALL of Gary and Brenda’s kids)!  Please note that … Continue reading →

Today is the big day for Lorena, Kelly, and Christian to head out to Oregon.  I will drop them all off at the airport this afternoon after work.  They are all very excited to get out there to see Grandpa … Continue reading →

A synopsis of the results of a study to answer that question was posted on the HSLDA website today.  Click here to read the report.

Yesterday, our friend Jeff came over and we played with our new little Arduino Duemilanove microcontroller board.  It is very cool.  It has all the things one needs to make all kinds of cool robotic projects.  With the cat tower … Continue reading →

North Carolina lacks sidewalks, soda can eating machines, gas station attendants and Douglas Fir trees. Oregon lacks sweet tea at convention, accents and y’alls, churches, and square rocks. North Carolina has BoJangles, Biscuitville and Chick-Fil-A. Oregon has Baja Fresh, Burgerville, … Continue reading →

We have picked the winner of the first monthly Betty Blonde t-shirt giveaway!  We will tell you who the winner is as soon as she or he responds to our e-mail.  If we don’t get a response within a week … Continue reading →