Monthly Archives: September 2009

Several things have happened in the past couple of weeks that merit serious thought and gravity.  In a way, the fact that these things happened is good. It is difficult to stress how easy it is for me to fall … Continue reading →

We are trying very hard at work to make some significant improvements to our product before mid-November.  My part of that includes the development of a bunch of C++ and C# programs.  Christian and I want to work on our … Continue reading →

We had a super fun, super busy weekend.  I had a great time visiting my old friend, Ed Kachnic, in Atlanta on Friday.  On Saturday, Lorena and I left the kids at home to work on their video blog, so … Continue reading →

Well Dad’s gone for the day so I’m taking over the blog for a bit. Christian and I are going to start our videocast up again now that we don’t have anything going on during the weekends.  The floodlights in … Continue reading →

My cousin, Tim Mecum, went into the hospital yesterday for emergency surgery for a clot in his lung.  He has had some additional complication and things are touch and go right now.  Tim is a few years younger than I.  … Continue reading →

Top 3 questions I get asked about Betty Blonde 3. How did you come up with the characters?Answer: A condensed version of this) 2. What’s the website address? Answer: H-t-t-p colon, slash, slash, w-w-w, dot, bettyblonde, dot, com 1. How … Continue reading →

After her workout last night, Lorena got it into her head that she wanted to make some quiche.  She is fairly notorious for going by the spirit of a recipe rather than the letter.  At any rate, whatever she did, … Continue reading →

There will be light blogging on my part for a few days.  I am going down to Atlanta on Friday to see an old friend, I need to concentrate on a ton of stuff at both work and homeschool, and … Continue reading →

We had a very good weekend with some old friends and some new ones at one of our church conventions in Shelby, NC this weekend.  We left right after work on Friday, then got back late in the afternoon on … Continue reading →

Last night, Christian and I sat down at the dining room table with the idea that we would start programming our little Arduino micro-controller.  After we got started, we thought it would be a good idea to write a console … Continue reading →

Since I administer the academic elements of our homeschool, I usually call the kids a couple of times per day to talk about their progress on the days assignments.  I usually make the calls during mid-morning and mid-afternoon walk breaks.  … Continue reading →

The other day I received a handwritten letter in the mail from one of my best friends in Oregon.  It wasn’t very long and it’s contents weren’t particularly exciting, but I loved it. I read it three times. I felt … Continue reading →

The Mexican “Grito de Dolores” that started the Mexican revolution occurred just before midnight on September 15, 1810.  That is 199 years ago yesterday.  Today, September 16, is the official Mexican Independence Day and also our very good friend Vanesa … Continue reading →

I did not get home until after five yesterday.  That really throws a wrench into our homeschool routine.  We did not finish our reading aloud until 6:30 or so.  After dinner, we started in on math corrections and the two … Continue reading →

World’s oldest person dies in Los Angeles at 115.  File under “The title is cursed”.

This week, Christian and I are going to start programming our new little robotic controller.  Our buddy, Jeff, is way ahead of us on that.  He needs a way to control some stuff from the internet and it is our … Continue reading →

We lived in Sherwood, Oregon on September 11, 2001.  Grandpa Lauro and Grandma Conchita had been visiting us for a couple of weeks and were scheduled to fly back to Monterrey from Portland very early that day.  We left the … Continue reading →

Kelly is currently at work preparing for the CLEP Western Civilization I Exam which covers the “Ancient Near East to 1648″. She has to read a lot of politically incorrect nonsense in preparation to take the test.  As an antidote … Continue reading →

I am sorry to say that I’m not a big fan of non-fiction.  I like it when Dad reads aloud non-fiction books and I will occasionally pick up a practical non-fiction book. But non-fiction just for fun? Never. Why read … Continue reading →

It is often difficult for us to describe how busy are our homeschool days.  The kids have a busy academic schedule that must accommodate a lot of interruptions.  Yesterday was one of those days with many interruptions.  The kids start … Continue reading →