Day: February 6, 2008

There is a small exercise room in the office complex where I work.  I worked out there today at lunchtime.  It was my first workout in a long time, so I took it slow.  I needed to take it slow.  It feels good to get started again, but right now it does not feel so good physically.  When I got to the gym, a television was blaring with some “entertainment” programming about movie stars and the like.  It was pretty irritating, but a couple of guys showed up, found the remote and changed the channel to something even more irritating–ESPN.  Bobby Knight was self importantly explaining that basketball was only a game while clips of him choking a kid and screaming at people was playing in the background.  I wonder less now than before why I am not a fan.

I did 291 calories in 20 minutes.  That is not so much, but it is a start.

I hesitated to even write a homeschool update for this month because I have been talking about is so much over the last several weeks.  But, for the sake of posterity, the synopsis is that, after the big move and the trip to Puerto Vallarta, we are just getting caught back up on all our work.  The highlights are the following:

• We are getting close to the halfway mark in math, Kelly in Algebra II and Christian in Algebra I.
• We should be complete finished with Rosetta Stone Spanish I within a few days (Christian is already done) so we can move on to Rosetta Stone Spanish II.
• Kelly is getting close to being ready for her first CLEP test, Freshman English Composition w/Essay.
• We continue to read through Financial Peace.
• History and Literature are still great and right on schedule (Kelly-American History, Christian-Year 1of 2-World History)
• Music is going well for both of the kids.  Kelly is getting along way better than we ever would have imagined with her new teacher and Christian is enjoying his new guitar.
• We continue to work through our Logical Fallacies book.
• Jay Wile’s science programs are still amazing.

We will be starting several new things within the next month or two.  These include:

• Develop a family budget together (as opposed to just Lorena and I) and starting the kids Roth-IRA 401K investments.
• Start taking the radio theory class and start building the radio.
• Rosetta Stone Spanish II.
• A Dad and kids read-aloud of a new book on world views.