Sent an email to my health insurance agent to help me set up the Medicare account for Kathy.

Did some social media research on my buddy Danou.

The changes I made on my AAA account went into effect.

OYB!

Mild and rainy day.

Español!

Walked 1.4 miles.

Got a call from a film logistics person. We offer the space for parking regularly. I forwarded the text on to the Pastor and the facilities manager.

Mileage.

Laundry.

Recorded a new podcast called “Elixir of Life.”

Ordered groceries.

I followed up with Landon about his team this morning. I looked his church up on the web and left him a message with the church secretary.

Mild.

My credit card is new. AAA alerted me that I needed to update the payment method. I tried to do it on line and it wouldn’t let me enter any new numbers: just call a customer service center instead. So I did. Got it set up and took J off of that policy.

OYB!

Español!

Working on getting the tax documents together.

Walked 1.79 miles. That’s 16 hills.

Unbelievable how nice it was this afternoon. Nakuru weather.

Good talk with my Mom.

Alerted the church secretary of a dripping faucet situation.

Checked the mail at my office.

Picked up the grandgirls and took them to the park for a picnic.

Helped the kids at the mission with their homework.

They have fun drawing with the dry erase markers.

Don Cheto. I was really getting a lot of it today.

Watered my upstairs plants.

Keep going. It’s a way of life.

Year of the Snake.

I’m helping a new friend in Namibia. I’m getting him some essential equipment for shooting in the field on a phone.

I wrote him this email. It has some of my background in it.

OYB!

Español!

I’m learning a few Afrikaans words. Danou ven Rensberg who is my friend in Namibia speaks Afrikaans as well as the local dialect.

Went to the dentist today. I got a good bill of health. Had one “tiny cavity” that we could take care of six months from now.

Gassed up my car and checked the fluids.

Called one of Jessi’s doctors to cancel an upcoming appointment.

Kathy was having an issue with enabling MMS on her iPhone. I figured it out from an article on the web.

K and I picked up the grandgirls and took them to the Downwind Restaurant at the PDK airport.

Went by my office to check the mail.

Pretty good repair job.

The grandgirls had a great time with their little store at Azalea. I brought out some drinks to give it a party atmosphere. Everly said, “Everything is free for 8 and under.” How politically correct.

Helped three of my fifth graders with homework.

Don’t stop. Won’t stop.

I haven’t seen this big line up. I think you have to be in a pretty open area.

Beauty!

OYB!

I put my carnivorous plants back outside for their dormancy period. I bring them in when it could freeze.

Español!

What a scam.

Hiked 1.13 miles up and down my hill.

Went by my office to check the mail.

Worked with Penelope on her six times tables.

Everly had to make a 100 item poster.

I went with Ashley to Northside hospital. Miles hasn’t been feeling well. He’s at the hospital being looked after. I’m glad he’s in good hands.

Helped the kids at the mission.

The girls made an ice cream store.

My buddy Mustak came by to visit with me this evening. We’ve known each other about twenty years.

Champion Jason.

Called Fred Wilson about a missing check. Mail in this city is SO bad.

I’ve been shooting these trees at sunset for nearly thirty years.

Good talk with my Mom on the way home.

Just keep going.

We will see how all this anti-immigrant rhetoric turns out. Not well is my guess.

This Deep Seek AI model is a big deal. WAY less expensive/labor intensive/power hog.

Teacher talking about the difference in school work before/after COVID.

Came in #4 in the Duolingo leagues last week.

Didn’t drop below freezing last night. First time in over a week.

I was glad the Chiefs won. It’s been a long time since I had a favorite football team.

Sorry to hear that Joyce Barrington had passed away. Glad I went to see her when I did.

OYB!

Español!

Called my dentist office about my appointment on Wednesday.

Fun talk with my buddy, Anthony.

I was glad that the hard freezing weather didn’t affect the monkey grass I planted. It’s liking the moist soil.

Ashley picked up the grandgirls. I helped the kids with their homework early.

Checked the mail at my office.

I love the effect of oil on water.

Good talk with my Mom on the way home, although cell signal kept dropping out.

Step into the unknown!

It still astonishes me that we don’t see or hear the same things inside our heads.

Love this.

I enjoyed reading about Hildgard of Bingen.

Teeth cleaning this Wednesday.

I’m playing Spiderman 2 now. I still need to learn all the buttons and what they do in combination.

I like the sound of this. “I’m not old, I’m ripe.” Just right. Maybe I’m like a mango.

OYB!

WX!

Español!

Walked for 15 minutes. About half a mile. Went up my hill four times. My Runkeeper app didn’t work properly.

Took K out for Indian food at Masala. Tried to explain how the internet, cell towers and wifi work. Not sure I was successful.

Watered the plants in my green room, except for the succulents.

I’ll come in #4 in the leagues this week. Smart competition!

I was NOT impressed with the iPhone 18 email system. I was glad to just go back to one chronological list. All that sorting stuff was just a lot more work to decipher.

I went over 2,500,000 points today. Hard to count how many hours that represents.

Notified that one of the handle bars for the shower project was in.

Still really cold at night.

OYB!

Español!

Walked up and down my hill and in my driveway. Best to start off slow. It’s very steep. .5 miles.

Picked up the handle at Home Depot. Also got a tube and gun for caulk. The one I used last time was terrible.

Went to Dollar Tree to get some cleaning supplies and gloves for doing the silicon caulk project in my hall shower.

Released a new episode of Verbal Surgery called “Wear Wolf.”

I parked next to a Home Depot van. There was still some ice next to it. I liked how the ice patterns remind me of cloud formations.

I’m supporting a new friend in Namibia. I’m trying to help him with shooting video.

Redid the caulk in the hall bathroom. It was still leaking a tiny bit. Trying to stop a leak is one of the hardest tasks in construction.

As well he should.

I think Seinfeld makes a good point.

Not quite as cold last night.

I like the work Danou is doing in Namibia. I’m trying to help him with his videos

It’s like a frozen hurricane hit the UK.

I’ve heard this word, but wasn’t sure what it was.

OYB!

Español!

Fun chat with my buddy, Anthony.

Did my laundry.

Good talk with Nana. Excited thinking about her being up here.

Roopa is a friend of ours. She thinks of my Mom as her mom too. She wants to drive Nana from Texas to here in March.

Went to Sunrise Senior Living to visit my friend Joyce Barrington who is not doing well at all. She was asleep while I prayed for her. She seemed comfortable, but was not aware of me being there. I think she’s in her last hours of life.

Pat Barrington let me know what was going on with Joyce.

Motivated students this week.

Worked on clearing out the data base for donations.

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I sure am glad our power stayed on! It would have REALLY been cold without that!

OYB!

Español!

Good talk with a new partner from Christ Church in Birmingham, AL. Cade sounds like a great guy! Looking foward to working with him.

The girls spent the night with us last night because their school was closed again today. They did most of their homework with Jessi and helped me with the newsletters.

We enjoyed a fun lunch together at Pho 24.

Deposited checks. Always a blessing. Thank you, Father!

Don Cheto on the way home.

Picked up groceries when I got back to Stone Mountain.

Incredible clouds.

Keep going. Not sure I’ll make the top three or not this week. Seeing that I’ve done that over 125 times I’m not too uptight about it.

Another cold night. Got down to 58 degrees last night in my room with the new “Blue Wall.” Definitely helps!

We got about .5″ of snow yesterday. Most of it melted today. I’m not so sure about the “once in a generation” thing.

Wikipedia is a project I support. I also help the Ocean Cleanup, the Water Project and permaculture projects in W. Texas and Namibia.

Español!

It’s been getting really cold here. My room doesn’t have central air/heat. So I use a single oil heater set on medium. If it’s on high, it throws the breaker. So I decided to build a wall with sheets and barriers in my room, effectively cutting the area heated by half. I can tell it’s already warmer than the other half of my room. I usually run a fan at night. I’ve stopped that in order to keep the warm air in place. Substituted that for the sound of a running air conditioner. I have a sleep app with a lot of different sound effects. When I travel, I usually use white noise with ear buds turned way up. I also moved my weather station to my half of the room.

OYB!

I was supposed to pick up my groceries from Walmart today. Glad they didn’t make their guys come to work.

I like to see the patterns of melting snow.

Opossum, raccoon tracks and some type of bird.

Scraped off the snow and refilled the bird bath.

Filled feeders.

I’ve been working on my donor data base, culling the people that never give.

Added stamps to the newsletters. If all goes well, I’ll get the newsletters printed and into the mail tomorrow. Depends on the roads.