Yearly Archives: 2009

Kelly made an interesting observation last night.  She said something to the effect that she was just like me, pretty normal most of the time, but very manic when she got in a crowd of her peers.  I reflected on … Continue reading →

Our weekend was quite fruitful in terms of the work we accomplished.  Kelly had a makeup piano lesson on Saturday, so Christian and I hung out there while Lorena did some shopping and Kelly went to Mrs. Bruce’s house.  There … Continue reading →

We have gotten a little behind in our homeschool (a day or so) and have been so busy we have not been able to find the time to get caught up.  This is the weekend.  If we do not do … Continue reading →

Autumn is such a beautiful season. Here in North Carolina the leaves haven’t fallen yet, but they are beginning to develop just a tinge of color and brittleness. The sky is blue and the wind is blowing. It’s not cold … Continue reading →

We have gotten off to a fairly disorganized start this year with lots of interruptions to go places and see things. In addition to that, both of the Kelly and Christian are doing more of their own time management this … Continue reading →

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”.