Category Archives: General

Some you all may have heard about the difficult situation in Mexico these days.  Monterrey has generally been immune to some of the kinds of corruption that is endemic in Mexico, but it is visiting them with a vengeance now.  … Continue reading →

Yesterday was a busy day full of new things for all of us.  Of course, just to make things more interesting, the battery in the car died and we had to have AAA come to bring us a new battery … Continue reading →

Friday was my last day of work at Centice.  It was one of my best work experiences ever.  The people there are absolutely stellar people in every way.  Their technology portfolio is formidable.  I am looking forward to what I … Continue reading →

Well, I am very proud of Kelly and Christian with all the work they have done in getting Betty Blonde out every day without ever missing a day.  They will both be starting college full time in mid-August, so we have decided … Continue reading →

My boss, Andrew, brought in a book last week titled Getting Things Done.  I wrote about the The Dip a little earlier.  Between the two books and with college starting for Kelly and Christian, we have been on a big … Continue reading →

There is a crazy flood caused by Hurricane Alex occurring in Monterrey, Mexico, Lorena’s home town.  No one goes to work, virtually every sector of the city is flooded, people are stranded–some drowned.

I grew up with David Joyce, the guy that hired one of the Russian spies.  I feel SO famous!!!!  It is the third story in the following video.  Click here.

Night before last, there was a bad car wreck at about 3:00 AM on the main road that runs past our subdivision.  Four people died.  I was able to show the skid marks and crash site to Lorena and the … Continue reading →

Christian surprised us and did well enough on the COMPASS math placement test, he will join Kelly in Calculus I (Differential Calculus) this year.  That should make life very interesting for him.  He will take Biology I with Lorena and … Continue reading →

Christian is scheduled to take the COMPASS test today at Wake Tech community college.  It is a test from the same company that makes the ACT college entrance exam.  The purpose of the test is to evaluate the level of … Continue reading →

Well, this is our last homeschool update for this year and maybe forever.  As I have written previously, the kids will both start taking classes at the community college this fall.  We will continue with some CLEP testing, reading, volunteer … Continue reading →

We identified classes at our local community college and got them entered into the system so that all we will have to do is push a button on the morning registration is available to new students.  It is all pretty … Continue reading →

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 “Attitude is … Continue reading →