I stopped working on admin duties early last night. I was tired.

Got up and uploaded all the material from yesterday and finished the blog and social media.

I think “Ear Factor” is a great episode of Verbal Surgery!

I’ve been steadily burning DVDs.

I ripped 47 before I ran out. I have more coming. Good ol’ Amazon!

I also hooked up my new printer (also from Amazon!)

Went into Chamblee a little early today. I was hoping to eat a late lunch with Jesse. He was busy with another assignment.

Checked out a couple of antique stores before the mission started. Always something interesting to see.

Worked with the kids.

Hardly any homework. Usually we have a lot of little kids now. Haven’t seen many. It will probably pick up. It always does.

Fought my way through about an hour and a half of traffic with heavy rain. Good for the trees! That’s what I keep telling myself.

Mushrooms!

Working on admin duties now.

Jesse came over. He’s eating supper with Kathy. I was still full.

I saw a turtle crossing the road. Checked him out, then put him in the grass.

Evidence of my painting activities.

I thought this was funny!

Ashley bought me a present. Super cool!

Monday morning I had fun!

I always enjoy recording a new podcast. One of the most difficult things in life to do is to really listen. Check out “Ear Factor!” Just click on the title and GROOVE!

I’ve also continued to burn DVDs for the promotional packets we are giving to prospective clients.


After recording, I went into Chamblee to meet with two ladies from Covington, Linda and Cathy.

They represent a church and a school in that area.

I took them to Plaza Fiesta for lunch.

Cathy’s husband, Andy, just got back from a mission trip to Ethiopia. I took her to a local Ethiopian store to get some njera.

I liked the sign her son had drawn.

Over to Asian Square to see where the Buddhists buy their idols.

I also took them to Enigmas to see the life size Santa Muerta. Creepy as ever.

And to Buford Highway Farmers Market to get a taste of the world.

Dropped them off at the church and went to Office Depot to pick up some poster boards for the kids. Also got some printer ink for my new printer.

The old one stopped feeding paper.

Talked to the manager of Azalea about getting our doors and keys redone. Stupid door will hardly open.

Then to the mission to work with them. Not much homework.

I liked Darlene’s nails.

Enjoyed supper with Jesse. Never too much J! We also talked about our upcoming safari to Nashville to meet up with our friend Anthony Jacquin. I’ll also be talking to churches in the area about working with us during Spring Break and the Summer.

Home for admin duties.

Toupee fail.

Kathy and I went to Westside Baptist Church this morning.

Pastor Ben preached on the Gifts of the Holy Spirit.

K and I enjoyed lunch at Always Fresh. Then headed down to the Atlanta Zoo. Little did we know that it was the FREE day for Fulton County residents. Ay caramba! It was wall to wall peeps.

The Zoo is always good!









I particularly liked the plants at the Zoo. I was proud of Miles. The place looks great.






I especially liked the carnivorous Pitcher Plants. Fabulous variety!

I liked the new Reptile House, but there was SO many people, I just ran back out.

Beauty in Grant Park.

Refilled the hummingbird feeders. I rinse them out thoroughly first.

Interesting lichen in my back yard.

Glad to be back home to work on admin duties. Still burning DVDs for the promo project.

Just a reminder.

This morning I did the family shopping at Walmart.

I needed screws for the fan that I painted.

I liked the Yoda themed cereal box. I’ll add it to my Yoda collection.

I thought Yoda using the force on the candy parts was hilarious.

I bought four new succulents for my collection. Little beauties on the left.

Came home to finish painting and put the last fan together.

The Can Gun is indispensable.

Here’s the picture of Can Gun.

Here’s the LINK to Can Gun on Amazon. I’m a huge fan. One of my favorite tools.

Community development in a nutshell.

Yep.

This struck me as funny.

I don’t see how this kind of tire runs smooth.

I like these little pine cones.

This is an approach I use. “Available Materials.”

Friday, I dropped off my milage check to our Treasurer’s house.

Did the shopping at Walmart.

Then went to my favorite spot to record a podcast.

I think it’s beautiful.

This is a really useful episode of Verbal Surgery called “Rusty Trust.”

I posted the link up to FaceBook.

I enjoyed eating lunch with Kathy, then I went to see Man from UNCLE–a movie I really liked!

I bought the soundtrack to this movie. I rarely do that. I especially liked the Tom Ze song.

Came home to work on cleaning the fans in my house. We have 10. I cleaned 9 of them on Friday. Missed one by accident.

It’s about a 20 minute process per each fan.

Take it apart.

Vacuum it out.

Pretty gross.

Clean the blades.

Clean the grills with pressure wash.

Reassemble.

Put them back in the house.

Spray painted one of the fans. Looked a bit rusty.

I also spray painted the desk and file cabinet which looked awful. Good ol’ white spray paint!

Rainbows in my house.

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This morning I recorded a new podcast! Woot!

This is a new favorite which focuses on the ladies: “Sheroes!” GREAT episode for making relationships even better!

I’ve enjoyed practicing my crow calls at the house. Crows are the smartest birds and it’s been fun having them answering me. I’m actually a little hoarse because of my enthusiastic attempts!

Took some hardware to the church.

Had a great time with the kids at the mission.

We didn’t have many kids because it poured down rain.

I like Mehia’s art.

I cleaned the mission before I left.

The kids showed me their muscle pose.

I created a hologram display for the kids to check out using plastic and my iPhone. It was cool.

Enjoyed eating supper with Jesse.

Watched the Waltons and Key and Peele with K this evening.

Admin duties now.

I liked this sign.

Beautiful cloud.

Big sun.

This morning I took my friend Jhoan over to the Homeland Security office.

He’s applying for his green card and driver’s license. Everything is more complicated when you are not born in the country.

While I waited for him to get the application started, I went to get a sandwich. They had wifi and I was able to call my friend Anthony in England over FaceBook Messenger. It’s amazing that I can have a video chat with someone in the UK for free! Jesse and I are looking forward to meeting him in Tennessee. He’s coming to teach a class.

I picked up Jhoan, took him home to get his books, then to Chamblee High School.

I enjoyed looking around the antique stores for a while while I waited for Jesse to get ready.


I took him to lunch and we went over to Barnes and Noble to look at books for a while. I liked this map of Peru.

Then to the mission to work with the kids. Always fun. I’m teaching one of the kids how to memorize the answers to math facts.

End of Summer flip flop tan. I call them my “chevrons.”

Came home to watch some Andy Griffith with K.

Went for a 2.66 mile run this evening. It wasn’t too bad outside. Always something beautiful to see.





Ate supper with K.

Admin duties now.

I plan to go to Stone Mountain later this evening to see the Pleiades meteor shower. Hope the sky clears off some more.

I saw three nice meteors. Too cloudy for great viewing but the weather was perfect. The last meteor shower I saw, the Geminids, it was super cold.

Rained over 1/2″ yesterday!

I had my yard guy come over and haul the small tree that had fallen out of my front yard. So long little dogwood.

Put gas in my car. The cheapest gas I’ve seen in Atlanta is at my QT. Amen!

Cleaned my fish tank.

Recorded a new podcast! One of my favorite things!

You are of “Royal Blood!”Just click on the title and groove!

This morning I worked on repairing my bag and my hat. Both had developed splits and tears. Hot glue!

I take pieces of denim and hot glue them to the inside of my shoulder bag.

I just glue the tears together in my hat.

Enjoyed working with the kids at the mission!

Ate supper with Jesse.

Admin duties now. GREAT to be back in the swing of things.

Now if only it’d cool off!

I didn’t sleep well last night. I tweaked my back and kept waking up.

Met up with Ashley this morning. We had a meeting with our CPA to work on how the books should be kept for the ministry.

Got a lot accomplished. I feel good about the direction we’re moving.

We deposited checks at the bank.

Went to the mission to drop off some supplies. Left a note to tell the kids that we’ll be starting the after school program tomorrow.

Ate lunch with Kathy and Ashley. GREAT to have both my girls together.

Did some shopping at Walmart.

Came home to work on admin duties and rest.

I got a call from my friend Anthony Jacquin this afternoon. Always great to hang out with him.

Ashley liked my stand up Jesus. Anything I can do to help make Jesus real to people I think is a great idea.

We’ve had some good rain this weekend!

Saturday, I worked on the household duties. Vacuumed the downstairs.

Wrote checks.

Went to Lowes to pick up some screws to fix a door knob. Figured I’d better repair it or else Jesse can’t get out.

Enjoyed Jamaican food with K. I love maps. Where would you like to go?

Then went to see the new Mission Impossible movie “Rogue Nation.” I liked it a lot. I can’t get over Tom Cruise doing those stunts!

Had a restful evening. K and I watched “Back to the Future.” Small things have big results!

Went to sleep early.

Sunday morning I got up and went to Greater Love Outreach Mission.

The kids helped me organize the supplies we were given.

I spoke on how to do missions at apartment complexes.

Pastor Ed Jumper preached about the Fiery Furnace, one of my favorite stories.

Then I took the church over to Norcross to work at Bradford Gwinnett apartments. We had great success over there this Summer.

I took over the school supplies that Perimeter Church had given me. We also cooked hot dogs with chips, cookies and a drink.

Great day with some solid relationships being built.

Came home to rest and read.

My hummingbird feeders were almost dry, so I got some sugar and mixed up some new juice for them. I saw two this week. I miss the days from years ago when I would regularly see ten or twelve! I always think that perhaps they ran into some bad weather on their migration to Mexico over the gulf.

Admin duties now.

My friend Steve Adams sent me some money from Zimbabwe. I’m RICH!