Enjoyed eating Thai food with Jesse and Kathy.


J and I went to the Fossil Show in Norcross.

I had a lot of fun going through the fossils and rocks again.

Fun day with J!

Admin duties now. Watched Elementary with K.

I thought the Hindu temple was beautiful tonight.

I enjoyed going to the Fossil and Gem show in Norcross today with Ashley. Always something cool to see.

I liked the charts on dinosaurs. Most of the fossils were about 65 million years old.


This is the thigh bone from a triceratops.

It was dug up in S. Dakota.

Never too many meteorites.

When’s the last time you touched mammoth teeth?

How about a vertebra?

Wow.

My prize is a Kingfisher from Indonesia.

Admin duties now.

I loved the clouds today.

This is called an ice bow.

A car in the parking lot of the rock show had a number of stickers I found intriguing.

I had my car checked out yesterday.

They told me that the compression was really low and no telling how much longer the car would last. I was shocked by that because it’s actually been running really well. Then I talked to my other mechanic who deals with the engine and he said that the lower compression is pretty normal and don’t worry about it. I think I’ll side with the mechanic who thinks it’s going to be ok!

Picked up supplies.

Printed up the labels for the newsletter.

Picked up stamps.

Tried to repair a kitchen drawer. Lowes didn’t have what I need.

The kids at the mission helped us with the newsletters. They like the labels.

This is all that was left of the doughnuts.

Helped the kids with their homework.

The kids like to play with the Perplexus puzzles. Me, too!

Admin duties now.

Watched the Christmas special for Duck Dynasty. Hilarious.

Cold again tonight. Already down to 28.

Anyone else see what’s wrong with this sign?

I like this.

Tiny pine cone. Although I don’t think it was a pine tree.

Recorded a new podcast this morning! Always one of my favorite things!

This one is called “Maximum LIFT!” Need motivation to help you lose weight? This episode will help! Click on the title and groove!

Ate lunch with Jesse and Kathy. Always good.

J and I went shopping for a few things at Walmart.

Dropped my car off at T&G. It has had the oil light come on every once in a while. Checking that out and changing the oil.

Ashley picked me up at 3pm. We went to Best Buy together to pick up a new stereo for her car. It’s my way of saying “Thank You” for using her car to drive to Texas. We need the Aux in on the stereo in order to listen to things on our iPhones.

Then to the mission to help the kids with their homework. Not many kids today.

I got a microscope for the kids at the mission.


Still makes me wonder about their cold toes.

Wrote my newsletter this evening and sent it to my friends at the Atlanta Metro Baptist Association.

Admin duties now.

How can ANYTHING make a claim like this?

I reckon there’s a market for this.

Wow! Tell me what you really think.

From France.

Still very cold and damp here. I’m trying to stay inside as much as possible. I’m glad it started clearing off! Sure was beautiful this evening.

Enjoyed working with the kids at the mission.

They like my Perpleus puzzle. I’m still stuck at obstacle 20. The total puzzle has 125 steps. Nearly got 20 twice today.

Are you smarter than a second grader?

Many of my Bengali kids are still wearing flipflops. It was in the low 40s.

Admin duties now. Spent over an hour uninstalling programs and deleting add ons in my browser to stop the problem I was having uploading pictures. Sure does take time to figure stuff out.

Enjoying reading Smarter Than We Think” by Clive Thompson.

A very up beat book about how technology is improving our lives. I totally agree. I like his term “infinite memory.” Relates to how we can look anything up in a matter of seconds and how people are so archiving their lives that their memory approaches the infinite. Fascinating stuff.

Also liked Bill Gates’ editorial article in Wired magazine this month.

I’m trying to figure out what causes this zipper formation on con trail clouds.

These are from two different planes. Only certain areas get this pattern. I think it has to do with the engines in the plane synching up momentarily which produces a more concentrated section. Like oscillations on a pendulum.

High level ice crystals give the moon a halo.

About 1 1/2″ of rain Monday.

Having trouble with my photo server tonight. Been dealing with malware on my computer that keeps giving me popups. Aargh. (Twenty four hours later I fixed it and laid in pictures. Took me another hour tonight too. Yow!)

Rainy cold day today.

Worked on some creative writing and posted that to my twitter account. Over 80,000 followers.

Recorded a new podcast.

Always fun!

This one is a great edition called “Pieces and Patterns.”

Ate lunch with Jesse. Good times!

We went to the ATT store to see when we’re able to upgrade to the new iPhone.

Came home to work on admin duties.

Off to the mission to help the kids.

I liked the new rugs.

Back home now after terrible traffic on 285. Rainy weather always causes that.

Admin duties now. Frustrated with my photo server. Hopefully, it’ll work right tomorrow. (I fixed it.)

I liked how these oil stains looked.

Rainy day. Beautiful lights.

Saturday I had a fun lunch with Ashley, Miles and my sweet Kathy. Missed Jesse!

Most of my afternoon was spent watching Baylor win the Big 12 conference title in 25 degree weather in Waco.

Glad to say we beat Univ. Texas in our final game at Floyd Casey stadium.

Went to Clarkston International Bible Church this morning. We had the Lord’s Supper.

I liked the tree.

The choir did music from the Cantata.

Pastor Phil spoke on the meaning of Immanuel, “God with us.” Good stuff.

One reason why I love my church is because of signs like this.

Swahili!

Resting and enjoying being inside of a cold, rainy day.

I love this shirt.

And these bells.

Enjoyed time with my family today. Always great to have K and J around! Missed Ashley!

Went for a 2.64 mile run.

Always something interesting to see.





I liked this pine cone.

And mushrooms!

Damp day today.

Cleaned the house. Lots of vacuuming.

Admin duties now.

Reminded me of musical notes.

Nice.

Good question.

Not sure I want this.

Violence with a girlish twist.

Recorded a new podcast Wednesday morning!

Always fun!

Letting go of the past and taking care of how you act in the present is the topic of “Mail Bag.” Click on the title and groove!

Then I drove to Birmingham, Alabama to speak at Meadow Brook Baptist Church.

Had a lot of fun with the youth there.

We are encouraging them to come on a mission trip to Atlanta for Spring Break in 2014.

It was great to see my friend Ben Birdsong there.

I enjoyed a nice night at Candle Wood Suites.

Drove home this morning. Had a meeting with a group of volunteers from Sunrise Baptist Church in Lawrenceville who want to help work in apartment ministry.

I took them to the Olde Salem apartments.

Introduced them to the manager and the director of that mission, Jon Lewis.

I got to Lawrenceville from Birmingham a little early. Stopped by one of my favorite antique places. Picked up this Royal Navy telescope from 1915.

I think it’s super cool.

Admin duties now and rest.

Beauty!

You’ve been warned.

Like driving in a cloud. That’s because it is.

Had a good lunch with the family today!

Ashley, Jesse and I went grocery shopping and picked up some rugs for the mission.

Cool bottle.

Also bought a tape deck. Old school, yo.

Worked on the carpet in Jesse’s room.

Helped the kids! Several of them worked on creating an Olympic medal for the 2016 games.

Jesse can use his shower again.

Ate at 5 Guys tonight with J. It was tasty.

Admin duties now.

This truck was lit up!

My dog won’t eat anything else.

Is this a good thing? Ash said it smelled pretty good.

A friend of mine made this. Super cool.