Fresh week!

Great to see my girls!

Cold this morning. It was the first time the girls had ever seen their breath. Didn’t show up on the picture, but still cute.

Penelope brought her bike, but not helmet. I decided to go to Goodwill (we call it God’s will) to get her one. While I was there, I bought another six jackets for them to wear. They’re growing so fast!

Of course we always have to get toys!

Everly loved this little bus.

Cute.

I couldn’t get over my azaleas flowering.

I took Penelope to ride her bike at the park. I enjoy getting them outside doing physical things. Amen.

I liked this shirt.

Always fun at the park!

Everly just turned three a few months ago. Today, she climbed to the top of the rope structure. It’s built for 8-12 year olds.

This was the highest that Penelope had ever gone. When she sees her little sister at the very top she goes, “Are you KIDDING ME?!”

Everly is utterly intrepid. She reminds me of me.

The family near the park has some fancy poultry.

Studied Spanish.

Helped the kids at the mission. It really felt cold. Their hands got really cold.

They had a LOT of homework, some of it quite challenging. Think you could pick out the relative adverbs and dependent clauses in a sentence? I didn’t think so. I’m a grammar/language nerd and it’s hard for me. I’m under pressure too, because the computer grades it right there so I know how many I got wrong. Fourth grade homework, and I have a Master’s Degree in Communication! Ay, caramba!

I always enjoy watching Miles with his girls.

Checked the mail at my office.

Ride home was pretty fast.

Released Verbal Surgery -822- “Jive Mind.”

It’s a fun one!

Read an article this morning and wasn’t sure of the meaning.

Studied Spanish. I’m going back to studying every lesson. There is a lot of vocabulary I need to work with more extensively. I usually can test out of the five lessons, but it’s not really benefiting me to do that.

Brain training. Did well today. Very focused.

Spot the Station!

I went by the library to drop off books. We’ll get new ones soon.

I went to my sister-in-law’s house to drive Jesse’s car. Fired straight up and ran great.

Also helped put some lightbulbs in around Ann’s house.

Also working on getting her garage door openers fixed.

While I was driving Jesse’s car, I stopped at Advance Auto Parts to pick up some Penzoil 5/30 and a convex mirror.

Kathy knocked Jesse’s mirror off one time when she was backing up. I put it back together with tape, but over time it doesn’t work very well. With that mirror, I can now see the blindspot.

A friend of mine needed to do some recording in her car and around the house. I helped her get a bendable tripod and a holder for her phone. I have absolutely loved this tripod.

Ann gave me a few of the old iPhones she had laying around. J and I are going to try and get them going. I’m specifically thinking about Everly. Get a really heavy duty OtterBox case to protect it. She can play some learning games on it.

Cleaned and refilled birdbaths and feeders.

Spent time with Jesse on the old iPhones. Also looked at some unemployment money paper work. This covid stuff has really hit businesses hard.

A friend has a new balloon.

Spanish.

Brain.

I recorded “Explosion and Erosion” yesterday. Copied it onto my Mac this morning.

I have about a month’s worth of material “in the can” ready to go.

Spent a lot of time on the phone today. Enjoyed talking with my Mom. It’s her 85 birthday today! January 17th was also Ben Franklin’s birthday, so TWO of my heroes born on the same day. Amen.

Good talk with my buddy Anthony.

Looking into this. I have a lot of stuff still in my library I haven’t listened to yet.

I saw the ISS for the 66th time this evening.

Studied Spanish.

As I’ve mentioned before, Duolingo continues to put out new lessons. Even though I’m working through Level 5, I still have to do the Level 1 lessons when they first appear on the course.

It’s easy for me, even though it would be pretty hard for most people.

I released an episode of Verbal Surgery called, “Seek Light.”/a>

Cold day that turned nice!

Always great to be with my girls!

We had fun playing restaurant and research facility. Everly created a vaccine for the infrovirus. Whatever that is.

Penelope helped me set up the squirrel trap. We use bird seed for bait.

Up the Sky Rail for our morning safari.

Beautiful clouds.

I couldn’t get over how circular this hole was on the mountain top.

Studied Spanish.

They’ve added a lot of new categories, so you start back at level zero. I’ve gone back to testing out of the level until it gets harder.

Sunset!

I took the grandgirls over to Miles’ parent’s house to spend the night. Miles and Ashley are working on Saturday.
We enjoyed watching Frozen 2 together before they left.

Picked up the groceries before I came home.

I liked this quote.

A friend sent me these from Hawaii.

I like this quote.

Mandatory masks on airplanes.

Stimulus package.

Interesting.

Cold.

Love my girls!

Ordered groceries.

Vacuumed the house.

Studied Spanish.

Duolingo is rapidly adding to their Spanish course. Recently, they added another three sets of 25 lessons. Each lesson has five levels. Hundreds more! But they always start back at Level 1. So I’m working through some of them more rapidly. It really is a lot of fun to struggle just enough to make progress.

Went to Azalea to take the girls home. None of the mission kids have homework right now. School is out for MLK day.

Next stop to my office to check for mail. Watered and sprayed my ficus. We’ve been together a long time. I almost killed her once by leaving her outside during a cold snap. I’ll never take her outside again.

On the way home there was a 18 wheeler accident.

Beautiful lighting.

Here’s a list of the consequences of Trump’s actions with the Capital riot.

Never heard of “freezing fog.”

Always great to see all my girls!

Got my W2 today. Step one.

We worked on writing Penelope’s name with upper and lower case letters. Plus her address.

We also pick one random page from our big book of exercises. She picked “Which one is shorter?”

I opened up Pop Pop’s Nail Salon today.

Studied Spanish.

Helped the kids at the mission. I go through the messages from the teachers to the parents so the kids can explain it to their moms and dads.

After we finished the homework, I took the girls to their friend’s house to play.

Went to my office to check the mail, process what came in and then deposit it at the bank.

Another old soldier goes to be with the Lord. She was helpful when we got married. Betty also supported our ministry financially.

Transported another squirrel. That’s six this week. Took this one to Azalea.

Gassed up the car. Checked and added oil.

Another cold day. It’s winter. What do you expect?

Great to see Ashley!

Penelope works a little every day.

Everly has such a fertile imagination. She’s definitely the more maternal of the two.

I liked this picture Penelope drew for me. Has a lot of energy.

We were playing with tape. My buddy, Anthony tapes his mouth shut at night to force nose breathing.

They like playing where they are a restaurant. Penelope and
I had a grand time using the blue tube as the intercom when I ordered. It was wonderful to see her deal with all the twists and turns I put in my order. Super funny.

Bird in a squirrel trap. He’s not heavy enough to spring the trap.

I thought this book was cute.

Studied Spanish.

Girls getting exercise. It was really muddy out there.

Penelope knocked Everly over by accident. She took a face plant right into the mud. Bahd luck. I took them both and got them straight into a warm bath. I scrubbed on their shoes and her sweater and put them in front of a fan.

It was cold for tutoring. May have been the record for holding it outside.

Checked the mail at my office.

Prepared all the checks for deposit and went to the bank.

Enjoyed watching John Wick 3 and Tenet last night.

Such never before seen history in the making.

Weather expected this evening.

Studied Spanish.

Brain training.

I spent a couple of hours talking to friends. Paul in Nigeria, Chris in Minnesota and Anthony in the UK.

Did more research on Health Savings Accounts. I asked our health insurance agent if it was ok to just have one account that more than one person could use. Like “Cummins Family.”

This is the fifth squirrel I’ve caught in the last three days. Normally, I don’t catch any during the winter. I don’t even have to put the trap out. Last week, I saw four at one time. That alarmed me, especially when I see them eating from the bird feeders.
I drop them off in different locations.

More consequences for Trump.

Sat/Sun I studied Spanish and did my brain training.

Beautiful day Sunday.

I recorded and dubbed off two podcasts this weekend.

Had a fun chat with my Mom yesterday and Anthony today.

Cold.

Light freeze on birdbath.

Transported one squirrel on Saturday and one today.

Big dog hanging almost outside the truck.