Monthly Archives: May 2010

Kelly, Christian, and I took a short hiatus from our read of Jesus Under Fire to read through The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick).  We read half of it last night … Continue reading →

I got a nice new Dell e6500 laptop last month.  We got it all set up with a nice new screen and a docking station.  We use Carbonite, the service that unobtrusively and continuously backs up all the files on … Continue reading →

I remember the excitement of figuring out my own schedule for the first time when I was in high school in Klamath Falls.  There was central planning in junior high just like in the Soviet Union.  They told you where … Continue reading →

My participation in the day to day operation of the homeschool ground to a stop when we decided to graduate Kelly and Christian from homeschool at the end of the year to put them in college.  I did a bunch … Continue reading →

The advising staff has been very accommodating at Wake Tech, our local community college.  When we decided to put Kelly and Christian there for a couple of years instead of starting right in at Campbell University (mostly for budgetary reasons), … Continue reading →

Note: This post is one in a series on how we prepared our homeschooled children to take various College Level Examination?Program tests. The introductory post for this series explains why we take these tests, what parts of the preparation worked … Continue reading →

Our friend Troy graduated from NCSU with a Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering on Saturday.  We were privileged to attend about the best graduation I have ever attended.  All the speakers appeared to be grateful and humble.  Even more importantly, … Continue reading →

Over at Mother’s Journal, Lynn has a quote that reminded me of my mother. The only disability in life is a bad attitude. I would be rich if I had a nickel for every time I heard my mother say … Continue reading →

My buddy Andrew over at the GaugeCam project has gotten me addicted to Virtual Box.  I recently got a new computer (Dell Latitude e6500, 8Gig RAM, Core 2 Duo).  I have Windows 7 installed and I like it, but I … Continue reading →

We have a full, but short summer planned.  Swim team practice starts at the YMCA in late May.  We go to Oregon in June.  We swim and hang out at home in July.  It is all over in August when … Continue reading →

Lorena and I split a Whiskey River Burger at Red Robin to celebrate Mothers Day after meeting on Sunday.  We liked it so much we decided we are going to do the same thing again next year!  Christian and I … Continue reading →

Linux scarves!  I am seeing this as a huge positive trend not to mention leading edge fashion statement.  VERY impressive.  Lyle’s blog post is here.  I could not resist pointing to the image from my page.  You guys pretty much … Continue reading →

I hand carried Kelly and Christian’s high school transcripts into the Wake Tech Community College yesterday.  The government schools and I think even the private schools have a way to do all that electronically, but they like to have the … Continue reading →

Our transition from homeschool to college is happening fast now.  Kelly has one CLEP test this month and one in July.  That is the end of her homeschool.  We visited Campbell University, a wonderful little Christian school south of where … Continue reading →

Just when I was thinking I did not have much left to write, I get loaded up.  First, my cousin Trisha started a new blog and she is off to a STELLAR start.  She recently received her Masters Degree in … Continue reading →

We started the transition out of homeschool this month.  It really caught me by surprise.  We always had a plan, so I do not know how it snuck up on us so fast.  I will talk about all of that … Continue reading →