Did my brain training.

Blood Moon.

OYB!

Shared contact info with a NoZe brother.

Español!

Warm.

After the dental cleaning yesterday, I did the whitening strips today.

I decided I’d like to get some fresh cool air in my room from time to time. Mosquitoes made opening my window impossible. So I got some black replacement screen mesh and covered my window. Before I did that I needed to cut the bushes away from the house. They looked like great candidates for rooting. Cut them all down to size and got them in water to root.

Then cleaned up and put away the table.

Covering my window with screen mesh was a challenge. Once I got the bush cleared out, I scrubbed all the surfaces with my leather gloves and made a careful measurement of the material and the window opening. Got a window planter off with window ledge and loaded the staple gun.

Staple guns are a really useful tool.

J’s new containers came in.

I moved a feeder from the back yard to the kitchen window. I’m trying to provide enough feeders that they can feed without too much fighting. He can’t fight what he can’t see.

Mixed up feeder solution and cleaned the feeders.

Getting more feeders and stands.

Went to the Post Office to measure and send Jim a priority mail letter with the $5K check in it.

Worked on getting K’s phone squared away with an e-sim. I went to Burger King for wifi and great cell signal. Spent over two hours this afternoon and another four hours this evening trying to make calls or expecting a call from Mint Mobile Tech. Ay caramba.

I changed the email on K’s phone.

I wrote Thank You cards while I waited on phone calls.

You can see Stone Mountain from this spot in Burger King.

Kept working on the Mint challenge.

Post Office to mail the letters I’d done and get more stamps.

Got more Thank You cards.

Charging K’s phone all the way up.

You know the drill.

OYB!

Storm rolled through. Blinked the lights. Had to reset clocks.

Español!

Called Tucker Family Dental this morning to ask about the ramp in front of their building. It’s a hurdle for my Mom. She made it fine.

Got news that K’s Rollator was NOT affected by the recall. That’s good news.

My Mom and I went to the dentist for our cleaning and x-rays today. We both got good reports.

Tropical storm Dolly! I was a big fan of hers.

Lunar eclipse this evening. Supposed to be cloudy.

Jessi is looking forward to get her stuff organized.

Apparently, there was some issue with the shipment of my shirts.

OYB!

Español!

Heating up again.

Ordered groceries.

Don Cheto while I was in the car.

I wrote and produced my newsletter last night. I also did all the labels. Today, I went to FBC Doraville to make copies and stuff the envelopes. I always want to leave the place like I found it.

Cleaned out the trash can in my office and put it in the dumpster. I’ve been in this office a long time.

Went to the Post Office to get the newsletters in the mail.

I went to my favorite Antiques place in Chamblee. Always something fun to see. I just had a few minutes and didn’t see anything I had to have.

Picked up Penelope at the bus and went to the BHFM for lunch. It was exceptionally good today.

Then went to Huntley Hills to pick up Everly at Flaggerrets. It’s her cheerleading team.

I opened up the Mission to the kids today. I hope they’re going to be careful.

I was outside helping with homework.

Part of my route home has been closed the last few days. This afternoon, I went to see the construction. Looks like they’re completely redoing the asphalt between the tracks. That’ll be a LOT better. I had to go over that crossing in the Lincoln at nearly a dead stop.

Picked up groceries on the way home. As I expected, they didn’t have the extra large boxes that J wanted in stock. I had to return these. Wasn’t too hard because I had a team leader helping me.

There’s been a possible recall on Kathy’s Rollator chair. I emailed the company back. They asked for a picture of the Ref and Lot numbers. I provided that in an email to them this evening.

Keep going.

Came in second place in the Duolingo leagues last week.

Practiced with my EEG headset.

Putting plans into motion for Homecoming this year.

I’m researching putting a fine mesh over my window to keep out bugs. It’s been cool outside in the evenings. Might be nice to have some fresh air. Still in the planning stages. I need to measure where the material will go.

OYB!

Cooler.

Ms. Thais is Penelope’s teacher. She’s been a great volunteer at the Mission.

Deposited checks. Thank you so much, Father!

Picked up the girls at the bus and went to Pho 24.

New picture from Penelope. Recognize the figure?

I got this email from Amazon about K’s collator. I followed up with an email this evening.

Penelope and Everly go up to Alexa’s house when we get to Azalea.

Very little homework. Most of the kids are doing MAP testing. That helps the teachers figure out which kids need to work together.

Don Cheto on the ride home.

It’ll be close this week.

Wrote my newsletter. Haven’t produced it yet. This is the first part.

I’m keeping everyone in our family up to date with medical stuff.

Practiced with my EEG headset.

Checked on my BP after doing the brain training.

Did research on my BP device.

OYB!

Ordered groceries.

Español.

Not too bad today.

From Jessi’s sleep doctor. Probably checking on whether she needs CPAP supplies.

I discovered a plant in Jessi’s office that I hadn’t been watering. Can you see how the extreme light was turning it red?I made sure to give her a thorough drenching today. And not such direct light.

K and I took the girls to Cheeseburger Bobby’s.

I always get P to do some art for me.

They really enjoyed their sundaes! P got Reeses and E got Oreo.

Went to Azalea to help the kids.

Got gas and checked the oil on the way home.

Kathy is getting her new iPhone 15 Plus on line soon. I ordered more USBC to USBA cords. I got 4 x 3ft, 2 x 6ft & 1 x 10ft. I’m just glad the EU forced iPhone to go with USBC. That’s what most other devices use. So these cables work with our phones as well as the grandgirl’s phones and tablets.

Got some gum for J. It’s the little things.

Picked up groceries.

Ordered more Thank You notes.

Keep keeping on.

Chat GPT gave me more info about the glyphs on Stone Mountain.

Trying to take my BP more regularly.

Still no feedback on where my two new shirts are.

Jessi decided to let me keep her plant. She doesn’t have much room on her desk.

OYB!

Español!

More comfortable today.

I was up to date on yard and housework so I rode my bike. I have a lot of hills on my route.

Went to Stone Mountain to record Verbal Surgery “Stack.” It’s a good one. I listened to all of this one.

I’ll probably come in second place this week.

Ever since I discovered this odd set of carvings on Stone Mountain, I’ve been trying to find out who wrote them and when. Yesterday, as I was looking at videos on ancient carvings in India, they had pictures of their writing, which I thought looked a lot like what I had found on Stone Mountain.

Here’s what’s on SM.

From the Barabar caves in India.

I don’t think these are related but still interesting.

Español!

OYB!

Cooler.

Cleaned and refilled my hummingbird feeders.

Cleaned and refilled the birdbaths.

I transplanted a cutting Jessi had been growing into a pot with soil.

Filled feeders with seed and suet.

Took Nana to get her hair cut. Ate BK for lunch to go.

Folded rags and dish cloths.

Trying to track down when I’ll get my shirts.

Worked with my EEG headset.

Keep going.

I’ve enjoyed using the EEG headband.

OYB!

Comfortable.

Español!

Did laundry.

Sure was glad the girls got to spend the night. I had a fun day planned, but Miles came over at 1:30 PM to pick them up. I sure understand beating traffic!

Vocabulario!

This will be close.

EEG work.

Don Cheto! Vocabulario! Came in second place this week. Normally, the weeks run Monday through Sunday. Last week it ended on Friday. This week it ended today. Not sure what Duolingo is up to.

K spilled some ginger ale in the kitchen. Cleaned it up.

Recently, I learned that hummingbirds eat small flies as a significant part of their diet. I’m putting out some fruit to see if they’ll go for fruit flies. My guess is they will. I found the plastic rose buried nearby. I cleaned it up and put it by the banana. I thought that red color would attract them. They like yellow too. I saw a hummingbird snatch a tiny fly out of the air right in front of me recently. The light has to be just right to see something like that.

I watched a documentary on common symbols in ice age man cave art in Europe.. I always compare stuff like that to the mysterious carvings on Stone Mountain.

Confirmed a dentist appointment.

K and I picked Penelope from the bus. Everly was at Flaggette training.

We went to Ponko Chicken.

Got some meds for J.

Went to Huntley Hills to watch a little bit of Flagette practice and pick up Everly.

Helped the kids at Azalea.

Looking at bikes with Jacinto. I just texted my buddy Ian North seeing if he had any good suggestions for where to get one. There used to be a bike ministry in Clarkston.

I’m glad the girls are spending the night.

Keep going.

Feedback from my EEG last night.

I like this elderly British gentleman who makes videos of pixies.

Working on scheduling the trip to Toccoa with K.

Vocabulario!

OYB!

Not as hot today.

Español!

Deposited checks. Thank you so much, Father!

Went to the Dollar Tree to get four sets of sunglasses. I like to have spares because they get scratched pretty easily.

Post Office to get stamps for the newsletter.

Someone bought the property next to the entrance to our subdivision. Looks kind of bare there now.

Refurbished the headlights on K’s car. Four separate grinding and buffing procedures. Came out looking great.

I taped all around the lights to protect the paint. Tearing it off was way more fun.

I did all the work in the garage to stay out of the sun. It was kind of dark. I was glad I had a headlamp.

I cleaned off my drill before putting it up. It got splattered while cleaning the head lights.

Cleaned the hood and windshield in K’s car.

Looks new.

Blew the driveway and porch.

Blew the deck.

Mixed up some fertilizer for the outside plants.

I gave each of the banana plants two gallons. Doubt I’ll do that for the indoor plants because of the smell.

I worked on the car at least thirty minutes before I started this timing. That grinding was hard.

I love our little flamingo family.

The magnolias are doing well.

Miniature rose bushes.

Driveway looks way better.

Keep going.