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This is not zesty.

I feel like this many times.

She looks tired.

Preach.

So true.

My lawnmower was running super rough. First thing to try is a new spark plug. We’ll see what happens.

OYB!

Español!

My neighbor is making an igloo from gallon jugs. I took my distilled water containers to her house and dropped them off.

Till practicing ear training. It’s hard, but I’m getting better.

Hot today.

Went to Stone Mountain to record an episode of Verbal Surgery. I actually redid an edition from yesterday that I wasn’t satisfied with.

One of my goals for today was to help Ann, Kathy’s sister.

Palabras!

I love my banana plants.

I went into Walmart today to pick up some supplies. Normally, I do everything curbside. I liked this sign.

Got more plates.

Harry, cada dia.

Went to the bank to deposit checks.

Had to get the serial and model numbers off my lawnmower to get the spark plug I needed.

I went to Ann’s house to help her with a number of things. Started off by making PDFs of documents. Had to figure out the software of the printer. Wasn’t too hard. She needs the email address which she should be able to type in and just hit sent.

She’s still recovering from knee surgery. I took out all her garbage and recycle and put it at the street. It was heavy.

Found some folders so she can do some organizing of her files.

Her upstairs and downstairs TVs were having issues. Fixed both. Not a big deal for me, but for most people it would’ve been pretty hard to figure out. Problems with clickers, wiring and inputs.

I enjoyed the Brain Pickings newsletter this morning on Albert Schweitzer and Bach.

Cool drawing.

My buddy Anthony is going to Cornwall with his family. I was surprised by how similar the beach he is going to is to Tybee Island.

OYB!

Little over 1.0″ of rain yesterday.

My San Pedro cactus is starting a new growing tip nearer the light.

Español!

With the rain comes mushroom fruiting bodies.

Gassed up my car and checked fluids.

Made calls to my Mom, Anthony and Amit.

I went to Lenox Mall in Buckhead to get the money back from the hat I ordered on line which was too big. I was hoping to exchange for one that fits. They were all out. Drove through heavy weather. One idiot nearly side swiped me. Honked and he missed me by inches. Wow.

The place was PACKED! Huge difference from Northlake Mall that Everly and I visited last week.

This sign kind of weirded me out.

Harry!

Watered my plants.

Uploaded my recording of Verbal Surgery from this morning to my MacBook Air.

Picked up groceries.

I find this fascinating.

These are Penelope’s sight words for the week.

Anthony invited me to participate with this. I live to hear myself talk.

Español!

OYB!

Palabras!

I’ll work on this some more this evening.

Cool and rainy. I made the right choice to start with working at the mission.

Went by my office to check the mail.

Loved this art by Penelope.

Spent about 20 minutes brushing and braiding Penelope’s hair. I try to do it as soon as I see a problem so it never takes too long. Ashley does a good job keeping it straight, but she worked this morning.

So sweet.

GREAT to have my team from N. Gwinnett Church here today!

Pho 24 for lunch.

Also visited Asian Square and China Town.

Want to eat this?

Harry!

Released a new episode of Verbal Surgery called, “Whatever It Takes.” My overwhelming humility keeps me from going on and on about how good it is.

Worked on getting the refund for my hat going. I plan on taking it to Lenox Square mall to get a replacement or get my money back.

It won’t take long to get to the mall.

Edited the video I shot of the team and uploaded all the pictures I shot. Then sent the “Thank You” email with all the links to the team leader. That means the team is completed in my mind.

Ordered groceries.

I have my team from N. Gwinnett Church coming Saturday morning. I decided to change the schedule around because of all the rain we’ve been having in the afternoons.

Español.

This reminded me of the situation with my sister-in-law’s garage door

Cooler today.

Great to see my girls!

Everly and I went to Lilburn City Park to ride the bike trail. Well, I walked and she rode.

Weird looking mushroom.

Palabras.

OYB!

Deposited checks.

Went to Northlake Mall with Everly to eat and to pick up some 50 cent pieces.

Out of the whole mall, there were only about ten active stores. I remember when that place was booming twenty years ago!

The chairman of our board, Bill Cordrey, came to help me with the ESL class at Azalea today. It was great to have help!

I got my new hat in. It’s too big and the brim is too wide. Disappointing. I’ll be returning it to see if I can get it right. I’ve about given up on trying to get a hat on line. I really need to see it and try it on to really be satisfied.

Penelope had a great day at school! I brought her a hamburger back from American Deli. She really enjoyed it.

Helped the kids with their homework and worked with the ladies with English.

Checked the mail at my office and watered my ficus.

Harry!

Seems about right.

I don’t understand people’s reticence to get vaccinated. Stupid.

I guess this is why.

Preach.

Love these shots of Penelope at school.

Don’t see me doing this.

Español.

My girls!

I took Everly to the Lilburn Bike Trail today.

I love her so much.

I’m pretty sure this is mycelium from mushrooms.

Wow.

We had a nice walk.

OYB!

Palabras!

Second day in a row that Everly went to sleep around 11:00 AM. I reckon that getting up early to get Penelope to school takes its toll. Glad she has the chance to get the rest she needs.

We got rice and beans with eggs for supper.

Absolutely poured down rain.

Alaska plate.

Cada dia un poco mas.

I have really found this to be true! The latest changes I’ve made to the house (like the faucet in the kitchen) which cost hundreds of dollars have only lasted a few years before they start having problems.

I love this picture of Penelope in class.

This is what the vaccines are going through now.

This has gotten wildly out of hand. Spending their (our!) money on their little space travels is crazy.

This was a very interesting and sad article. There was never a good time to leave this place.

Everly and I were going through old pictures. I thought there were some similarities through the generations.

Español!

Everly enjoys riding her bike in the mornings.

One of my banana plants got hit with a falling limb. I taped the leaves back in the proper positions. Hopefully, they’ll grow back ok.

Yo pensé que esta palabra es interesante.

Although I took a lot of her stuff to Goodwill this weekend, I kept her favorites and she really enjoyed playing with them today.

OYB!

Little sweetheart fell asleep early.

This fills me with great joy.

Cleaned and refilled my hummingbird feeders.

I had to take a shower after that outside work. Super sweaty.

Everly and I picked up Penelope and we had pizza together.

Penelope introduced me to ranch dressing with the pizza. Tasty! We are the two messiest eaters I know. Not a particularly great claim to fame.

They rode bikes outside before I started the tutoring and ESL classes.

Mas!

The days are long but satisfying.

It was great to see Miles helping Penelope with her homework. She really needs one-on-one attention, as do most of the kids.

My phone is my external memory source.

What treasures!

It’s still hard for me to process this.

This particular pattern is challenging for me. I’m getting it with practice.

I love seeing shots of Penelope in action. Her teacher sent this to Ash and Miles.

In one of my calls today, I talked with a dear friend who is an anti-vaxer. It filled me with great sadness. The knowledge that she is SO sure that her “research” is correct that talking with her about it is just a massive waste of time.

Rained pretty much all day. Miles had off because his crew can’t cut trees in this weather. So he watched the girls.

Massive system coming up from the gulf.

Over 2.5″ of rain today.

Wired had my computer in an article.

OYB!

Went over to help my sister-in-law today with her phone and her garage door that wasn’t working. The phone turned out OK but the garage door will take a pro to figure out.

Working on vowel sounds.

Had a great talk with my buddy Caruso in Italy.

My new hat is getting closer!

Glad to talk with my buddy, Anthony! He’s been super busy. Having today off helped us reconnect.

Gas prices jumped back up. I reckon because of the storms. Or oil companies’ greed.

I recorded a new episode of Verbal Surgery today called “Ripple Effect.” Uploaded it to my Mac this evening.

I’ve had a bit of a cold. I call it “sickish.” Not super groovy.

Español!

OYB!

Recorded a new podcast called “Jimmy Jackpot.” I liked it!

Ordered groceries.

Watered my plants.

Been watching a UFO show by JJ Abrams on Showtime.

Resting. Trying to heal up. Week starts over with the grandgirls and Azalea.

Filled out a form for an invitation to a missions conference at FBC Prattville, AL. They’ve been big supporters of ours over the years, although I’m not sure what the Covid situation will be then.

Uploaded the recording of my podcast to my Mac.

Studied Spanish this morning. Kept finding grammatical issues to clarify.

Tru dat.

OYB!

My study spot.

My banana plants are thriving.

Cooler today.

Recorded a new episode of Verbal Surgery called “Stand Back.”

Had a great talk with my Mom.

Mas Harry!

I got a new hat about two weeks ago and never was really satisfied with it because the brim was too big. I decided that I’d go on line and get one from J Crew which is where I got my last three. I should have done that in the beginning.

Studying music intervals. Still hard, but I seem to be making progress. I expect things to be easy for me. Not always the case!

Rained late this afternoon.

I released a new episode of Verbal Surgery called, “More Storage.”

Enjoying watching a documentary of UFOs on Showtime. I always find that an interesting subject.

That is our reality now. Dumb ass to the max.

I love Dali’s work.

Palabras nuevas!

Studied hard this week.

OYB!

Muchos dias.

I got in touch with the president of our board today.

I ordered some new razor scrapers this week. It’s the best thing to use to clean off the surface of the stove.

I recorded a new episode of Verbal Surgery called, “Whatever It Takes.” So good.

Thai for lunch.

Harry!

HOT! I took three showers today.

Even with all the heat our electric bill was about $70 cheaper than last year because I invested in a window unit for Kathy’s room rather than using the central AC.

One of my goals for this weekend was to take a lot of the toys that the girls don’t really play with back to Goodwill for some other kids to use. I made a couple of trips!

Also getting rid of some big boxes they played with.

These are Everly’s favorites. We’re keeping them. I also have a couple of kitchen sets downstairs that I’ll bring up some weeks.

Blew the deck.

Cleaned and filled up my water bottles.

Downloaded the new episode from my Sony PCM-M10 to my MacBook Air.

Enjoyed playing some Horizon Zero Dawn this afternoon.