Day: August 12, 2008

Lorena wanted me to put up some pictures for her family to see. We like to read aloud together in the evening on the screen porch. Christian and Kelly usually work on their drawings. We look out onto the big trees behind the house. It is quite a nice view with both deciduous and evergreen trees. The weather is just perfect for eating and sitting on the back porch right now.

We know we have hit the big time now. Our buddy Troy sent us an image of his email. I am sharing it with you here. Please not that Betty Blonde is just over Dilbert in the hierarchy! Quite exciting, don’t you think, to be rubbing shoulders with such greatness? I would think that is worthy of a “woo-hoo!” I kind of blew it on the mailing this morning by sending an email that was not properly encoded to display the image, so I had to send out a second. I hope you will all forgive me for that. I am just getting the hang of using the email list manager.

On another note, I have final gotten my weight down over thirty pounds in the weight loss death match! Although Bryan is closing in on sixty pounds and that is where the match ends, I think I am only worth another twenty pounds or so. The really good news about this whole deal is that, mostly because of the silly chart that I know Lyle and Bryan are going to update, I have gotten back on the wagon whenever I fell off. That feels really good.

Lorena and I have been doing some talking and some introspecting about what we are going to do over the next few years. It has been very good for us. I really love my work here in North Carolina. I have always loved my work, but I do not know if I have ever either contributed as much or enjoyed my role more than in my current position. The really neat part about it is that they product we are making not only is groundbreaking, but it will have a positive impact on society by preventing problems from occur far more often than they should today. Still, we miss family and friends in other places and the kids will be needing to go to college before too long, maybe in someplace other than North Carolina. God has his hand in all of this. We think there is a way we can meet all of those needs that is both fun and exciting.

April 22, 2004 – Back home from South Carolina
April 23, 2004 – RealScience-4-Kids arrived