Worked in the yard today. Mowed our property which is about a half acre. Just looks brown now.

I did several hours. My yard is almost exactly 1/2 acre.

Picked up a lot of sticks. Jesse and I are going to try a mushroom kit project with the cut up tree.

Here’s what the gate looks like after getting hit by a tree.

Did my front yard too.

Enjoyed lunch with Jesse. A new place we found on Yelp. Really good.

Painted my shoes white.

Admin duties and rest now.

I think St. Francis likes my flowers.

Scary!

I like this.

Cool license plate. Gandhi was driving pretty fast.

Took care of paying bills.

Enjoyed a Red Robin hamburger with J!

Always fun to hang out with Jesse.

Also went by Barnes and Noble. I enjoyed reading more about the Machu Pichu area in Peru.

I’m figuring out how much it’ll cost to get there (I think around $600.) and cost per night (Lonely Planet guide said $55-100/day should cover food and lodging.) A lot of the fun for me is thinking about the logistics and planning out the days, at least in broad strokes.

Downloaded the second part of Enders Game on audi

Came home to just beautiful weather. Went for a 4.27 mile run. Felt good!

I ran, listened to a Jack Reacher novel and bounced a Lacrosse ball from one hand to the other.

Beautiful flowers all around!

Interesting rain effects.

Came home to clean up and work on admin duties.

Still disappointed I couldn’t get the washing machine working before the girls got home. He may be able to fix it Monday morning. That could still work.

I think this big bone for Sugar is funny.

Woke up to a dark, rainy day. Cooler too! Mid 50s!

Our girls are on the road again! Kathy and Ashley are speaking at a conference in Nashville, TN. GROOVY! But we miss them!

Worked on a podcast!

Check out “Weather Faith!”

J and I ate lunch at Waffle House.

Also picked up some dog food and a little treat for Sugar!

She was scared of it at first!


Went to see Oblivion with J. I liked it ok. Little slow at parts. Interesting twist.

Admin duties now.

I liked the clouds.

Beautiful clouds this morning! High cirrus like that means rain soon!

Had a great lunch with the whole family!

Ashley and I spent time working on the Health Savings Account plan for Whirlwind Missions. Basically, you set up an account and put money into it as a type of savings account. Then when you spend money on your health bills you take money out from that special HSA account. The money that’s put into the account is tax free up to $5,000.

Not the easiest thing in the world to set up, but certainly not THAT hard.

Also called back on guys that had wanted more information about bringing teams to our area in the International Village. Always glad to do that. Ashley handles almost all of it now!

Went to the office to check on the mail.


Ashley, Jesse and I worked at the mission with the kids. I still ended helping a few kids for the whole time. It’s a joy!

Are you smarter than a 2nd grader?

Sweetheart little girls!

Home now to work on admin duties and rest. I have the weekend off. Sadly, Kathy and Ashley are going to Tennessee and will be gone for 5 days. : ( The boys will miss them!

Sugar’s always glad to see Ashley!

This morning I worked on admin duties. Checking email, making sure everything is still on task.

Went for a 3.59 mile run. Beautiful weather. I listened to one the newest Lee Child books on audio. I run, listen, throw, bounce and catch a ball. Fun! Certainly takes more concentration.

Worked on updating my website: http://verbalsurgery.com/podcasts“Verbal Surgery Podcasts!”

I added the last six podcasts to the webpage. I also came up with a TOP 10 PODCASTS list.

It occurred to me that having 208 podcasts to choose from, the choice becomes almost overwhelming. So I thought a list might be helpful.

Ate a salad a McDonalds. It was actually pretty good. Ranch & Bacon.

Came home to rest for an hour and then back to the mission with Jesse. We had a full room of kids, so that was good.

Silly girls with stickers.

The girls had some projects.

We weren’t sure if any kids would be around.

Came home for admin duties. Looking forward to time with K! ; )

I feel like I’m in this business with people!

This surprised me.

I’m enjoying playing Bioshock Infinite. The art is amazing. I thought this fountain/statue crying tears was an amazing image.

Didn’t sleep well last night. Kept waking up. Can’t say I was worried about anything. That’s good!

This pollen season has been outrageous! Over 8,000 on the pollen scale last week. I’ve been glad that I haven’t been plagued with headaches. But it’s really hit my voice. Feeling pretty hoarse.

Worked on my email and phone calls this morning.

Decided it’s best to rest today. Not much homework with the kids at the mission because of the CRCT test next week. Just the 1st and 2nd graders have work. Kathy said I should “take a break.” She and J will cover for the few kids we have there today. Smiles to my team!

Admin duties now and try to rest some more.

Met up with the team from FBC Hattiesberg today!

Ashley and I had a good time taking them around the International Village and showing them some of the mission work.

We took them to Plaza Fiesta and the Buford Highway Farmers Market. Always interesting!

They enjoyed the crepes!

We shot a couple of promo videos.

Then over to the mission!

The kids are getting ready for their big evaluation test tomorrow: the CRCT.

I was surprised to see this paper come home with the kids.

Had fun recording a new podcast! Check out “Blue Light!” Groovy!

Admin duties now.

Sure am glad for the rain!

We had family time this morning. Always good to see all the kids!

One of my favorite things to do! PODCAST! Here’s my newest effort “Super Human Resource Manager!” Just click on the title and LISTEN.

Lots of pollen in the air. Check it out for Thursday. . . .over 8,000!

I beat Tomb Raider last night. Best game EVER! I actually feel smarter from having played that game.

Started a new one today called Bioshock Infinite. It’s been pretty cool so far. I like that it has Franklin as a
leader.

The game has hummingbirds that flit around the flowers near you.

Went to go see Jurassic Park in 3D. Groovy! It was amazing how three dimensional the scenes really looked.

And officially, Velociraptors are still scary.

I liked the stuff on the walls at Zaxby’s.

K and I enjoyed watching an interesting documentary called Kumare. Different.

Admin duties now.

Rained about 1 1/2″ yesterday.

Good rest day!
Jesse has gone camping with Ashley, Miles and a group of their friends. Just K and I around the house.

Ashley and Miles came over to pick up the camping gear and get Jesse.

I ran 2.59 miles with the Sugar Dawg. I liked these flowers on the run.

The dogwoods are beautiful too!

It was lovely outside today!

Ashley put this on the door for Father’s Day two years ago now. She was still living at home then.

Enjoyed playing the end of Tomb Raider, perhaps the best game ever!

Looking forward to watching movies with K. Sugar just jumped up on my bed. The joys of family time. 🙂

We watched an Israeli movie in Hebrew called the Human Resources Manager. It was different. We liked the scenes in Jerusalem the most.

Here are some shots around my room.

Had a fun rest day today!

I caught up on my admin duties from last night.

Edited video of Ashley’s horseback practice. Groovy. K did a nice job shooting.

I’ll upload that asap.

The azaleas are so beautiful this year.

I thought the pollen pattern at the edge of the window was interesting.

Went to lunch with K and J. Treated ourselves to Red Lobster. They looked so beautiful today.

Home to rest. Enjoying non-pressure days.

Admin duties.