OYB!

Español!

We went over to Ashley’s house for a birthday party for SugaMama. We took our family photo. I think we got a few good ones. I also did some shots of Everly and Ashley. They both know how to work a camera.

Ashley fixed a beautiful and delicious lunch. “Marry Me Tortalini.” GREAT to see Jimmy and Cheryl today too. Miles’ parents are great.

The girls put on a show.

K, J and I came home and rested.

I went to Stone Mountain to write my newsletter and record Verbal Surgery “For Better or Best.” Released it on Facebook.

Stopped by Lowes to cut an extra key for the mission and to get a couple of 10 foot 1/2″ PVC pipes.

Ordered a reduced size ping pong table for the mission.

I got a cable to use with my new wireless mics. Turned out to be too small, so I’ll return that one and get a coiled 6ft.

Ordered more address labels.

Wrote and produced the newsletter. Got the B/W copy ready to print. Printed the donor label.

Released Verbal Surgery “For Better or Best.”

This is my understanding as well.

I can see me taking the girls to this.

We’ve been dealing with K’s sister about going home, which we think is a really bad idea.

Kathy was invited, but going out at night really isn’t her thing.

Español!

OYB!

It’s Anthony’s 50th birthday this week. He always makes me laugh.

Don Howard made a documentary about Creole music in S. Louisiana that I watched last night. I sent him a song by Thomas Dolby that has that Cajon music influence.

My roses are happy.

The crepe paper from K’s flowers stained the counter top. Got it cleaned off with scrubbing.

OYB!

Español!

Hiked 1.53 miles.

WeedWhacked the front yard and side that I didn’t get to earlier this week.

Saw some poison ivy which I dug up the best I could.

Blew the garage and driveway.

Blew and rinsed off the deck.

Added some soil to one of the potted plants.

Picked up sticks and put them in the compost area in my back yard.

Hiked 1.73 miles doing yard work for 2:13 hours.

Kathy’s 64th birthday!

Interesting factoid.

Got a message from my friend Pat Barrington. I’ll be going over to interview the pastor of the Church at Main on May 7th.

OYB!

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I haven’t been to a concert in over four years. The Hives are currently my favorite band. I decided to get tickets for their show in the ATL in October. Should be fun.

Hilarious talk with my buddy Anthony.

Sent a picture from Apple Music about The Hives to Miles.

Don Cheto.

Gymnastics.

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Azalea to help the kids. I only stayed about an hour. Had to head home to take the birthday girl out.

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We celebrated K’s birthday at Provinos Italian in Snellville. They give the birthday person their meal for free. I was glad Karen LaFavre got to come to dinner. It made the night really special for K.

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Good talk with Anthony. He’s back in the UK now.

Hiked 2.53 miles. Eighteen hills.

K and I picked up the girls from the bus and took them to Waffle House.

Helped the kids with their homework.

Went by my office to check the mail.

Deposited checks.

K and I stopped by Tucker Rehab to take her sister Ann her mail and a Coke Zero. She was asleep, so we just left the stuff.

After my time with Don Howard yesterday, I decided to check out the Chinese lessons from Duolingo. His fiancé is Chinese. I’m encouraging him to start studying.

I invested in a set of wireless mics for my iPhone.

After playing four square at the mission, I went on line to see how big the official court is. HUGE!

OYB!

Got some new seat covers for my car. They fit pretty well.

Hiked 1.41 miles.

Beautiful weather.

Picked up sticks and weed whacked most of my front yard. Stopped to go pick up the girls.

Another 1.41 miles doing yard work.

Looks like after they busted the people sleeping on my street they made an arrest today of the guy at the top of our hill.

Got some ArmorAll for my car.

Gassed up my car.

Talked to my Mom.

Called John Weldon about a team coming. They’d didn’t show up last time.

Helped the kids with their homework.

I was cleaning up the mission when I got a call from a friend of my from Baylor and the NoZe Brotherhood. David Hill is from California and was helping take care of his aunt after heart surgery. We had fun talking and eating pizza.

Don Cheto.

Beautiful cooler weather.

Came in #6 last week.

OYB!

Got my Special Forces vanity plate for my car.

Español!

Had a great time with my friend Don Howard from Baylor and the NoZe brotherhood today. We used to hang out in Austin back in the 80s. He moved to the ATL last year. I had a blast showing him the Buford Highway Farmers Market and the Asian side of the International Village.

Picked up the girls and took them to eat at Pho 24. So good.

Helped the kids at the mission.

The kids are enjoying foosball and Super Mario brothers on the Nintendo 64.

I found some nice balls in my storage area at the church last week. I pumped up the four square balls and taught the kids how to play.

My Mom took a tumble last weekend. I had a good talk with her. Glad she’s feeling better and no broken bones. Thank you, Jesus.

The tax documents I sent on March 3rd to my tax people got there yesterday! I was glad I’d made copies of all my files!

I’m sending the adaptor for my iPhone back to Amazon. I couldn’t talk over the phone to another person through it. Useless. There is only one company that works and that’s Belkin. Unfortunately, they did’t have that adaptor for my phone in black so I tried another third party company. Didn’t work out. I’d tried four or five other companies before I finally found Belkin which works.

Got a disturbing text when I woke up around 7:00 AM. I eventually got in touch with the bank, Bluehost and Ashley and squared everything away.

Folded my laundry that I washed and dried yesterday.

OYB!

Passover starts tonight.

Español.

Lots of homeless.

K and I went to Rockbridge BC this morning. I read in Español. Pastor Greg spoke on radical discipleship.

Rainy day.

Picked up medicine for Jessi.

Released a new episode of Verbal Surgery called, “Wait Lifting.” Excellent.

Looks like I can finally mark this off my list.

Español!

OYB!

Short chat with Anthony. He’s visiting friends of ours in Brazil.

Walked .33 miles.

Didn’t know this word.

Went to UPS to send an adaptor back to Amazon. Also to Kroger to pick up a glass scraper.

Went to Ann’s house to take the Stone Mountain sticker off my old car and put it on my new one.

Ordered an audio cable for my car. I thought I had already done that. I’ve gotten a few things to set up my new car correctly.

I look up words when I’m listening to Don Cheto.

Lovely weather, especially for a bike ride.

Biked 12.52 miles. Felt great.

K and I went to the Tucker Nursing and Rehab Center today. We took Ann some clothes that she asked us to find. She seemed in good spirits. I also brought her some new reading glasses and some scissors.

I went to Stone Mountain (with my transferred sticker!) to record “Wait Lifting.” Downloaded it from my recorder to my Mac Air.

I added Buch Burch, Jimmy Baughcum and Steve Parr to my newsletter list. They are all missions directors that I’ve been in contact with lately.

I made a reservation with the Gwinnett Tag Office last night.

OYB!

I got over to the tag office about 9:30 AM.

I found out a lot of information there, including that I needed to get a copy of my 501 (c) 3 accreditation, as well as proof that the emission passed. They told me that I needed to go to a DMV in Dekalb County where Whirlwind Missions is located.

I went by an emission station. They gave me a print out saying that my car had been done within the last 90 days.

I found the location and got all the documents that I needed.

Went to the central office. They helped me immediately. Super smooth. Got everything I needed in less than thirty minutes.

Ordered some new underwear.

We still needed K’s SS card in order to get the $500 scholarship. I went through every document in my whole drawer and finally found it. Took about 1.5 hours. It was good to get everything sorted. I got a new expanding folder to handle all the overflow.

Did my laundry.

Swept the kitchen and living room.

Got my bike ready to ride. Both my girls look good!

Rode my bike 12.49 miles. Gorgeous.

I replaced the temporary tag with the Dekalb one. I’ll swap it out with the permanent Gwinnett County tag once I get the title back. I need to put the title in my name rather than Whirlwind Missions.

I’m still getting my car tweaked like I like it. Getting a bigger clock.

I got a jumbo hide a key. The magnets were loose so I hot glued them before I put it under the car.

I fixed the name on the website to get K’s scholarship.

Rained about .5″.

Cleaned and refilled the hummingbird feeders. I haven’t seem the birds yet. Hope they’re on the way!

Cleaned and refilled the birdbaths.

K and I went to Metro Diner to celebrate the new car and the scholarship money on the way. Love their cheesecake.

Magnificent sunset on the way back to the house.

Got an adaptor for my iPhone for the car. I’m sending it back. Not the right size.