Monthly Archives: September 2009

Priorities, time, and chance

Our weekend was interesting.  We spent two days at one of our churches conventions.  Between meetings we talked to lots of old friends and made a few new ones, too.  A lot of people seem to be struggling financially right … Continue reading

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Christian’s birthday on a three day weekend

As often happens, Christian’s birthday falls on the three day Labor day weekend.  We are off to see friends and get recharged at a church convention for a couple of those days.  We hope to have some birthday pictures and … Continue reading

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Homeschool update – 2009 September: Starting the year

This is the first homeschool update of the 2009/2010 school year.  We finished our first week on Tuesday and are off to a good start.  There were big changes for both of the kids this year that are a continuation … Continue reading

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A Project Unveiled!!

Christian and I are doing weekly video-casts now! Here is the first one. It’s about the origins of Betty Blonde: We will definitely be working on the professionalism and quality of the videocasts. We’re very excited to see how this, … Continue reading

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Christian’s Bulgarian made guitar

Christian’s birthday is on Saturday.  Yesterday, he went for his normal guitar lesson with Alex Gorodezky and got an early birthday present.  The Orpheus Valley Fiesta FC guitar was hand crafted in Bulgaria.  Alex recommended the guitar and, after having … Continue reading

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OR vs. NC

Some differences (and some similarities) noted while vacationing on the west coast. 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. … Continue reading

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Fish barrels and water research

I have been trying to figure out how to combine our fish barrel project with the GaugeCam project on which Christian and I work with NCSU.  The object of that project is to measure the level of water in rivers, … Continue reading

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