Been working on the Christmas project.

We wrote and produced the newsletters and went to Staples and made the copies.

Took the kids out to eat and then we went to Walmart to get the fixins for Thanksgiving tomorrow. We have the Doverspike family coming to our house to eat lunch. Always fun!

We also got some pillows for Jesse. This is the one Ashley thought would be good for him!

Back to the project. . .

I thought these trees looked cool.

Still working on my Christmas project. Lots of stuff to make!

Went to Walmart to pick up supplies. Saw a whole herd of bikes!

To the Post Office for, you guessed it, stamps!

Lady at the Post Office didn’t give me quite enough. I have to go back and get eight more tomorrow.
Had Jesse AND Ashley with me today! Woot!

Went to the office to check mail. It’s the 60th anniversary of First Baptist Church Doraville this weekend. They took out the time capsule!

Over to Azalea to check on the kids. They also helped with the newsletters.

Had a new friend Bob Ashman stop by the mission today. He’s interested in getting his church involved in the missions around Roswell Road.

Enjoyed stopping at the book store for a few minutes. Can you tell what section I go to first?

Back home now, again, the project calls . . . .

I thought this pay phone was interesting. Only took cards, no change!

Been working all day long on my Christmas project. Burning CDs and getting everything I need for the calendar.

Always something!

Didn’t sleep that well last night. Back was hurting me. Not sure why.

Jesse and I went to Willow Branch to check on the kids.

No one was there! Guess they’re on the holiday schedule. We’ll have our session tomorrow afternoon at Azalea and that will be the last for us this week.

Went by the bus station to check on Bayo. He’s headed to see his family back in New Jersey tomorrow morning. He rides the Chinese bus! I’m glad he’s going to see his loved ones.

Still working on the archiving process.

Take a look at the button called “Tim’s Books” if you’re interested!

Just got back from three days in the mountains of Tennessee.

We normally stay at Budget Inn, but the room we normally stay is was full. So we tried a new place that we had scoped out on our last trip, Alpine Lodge.

It was super quiet and very beautiful.

It’s right on the slopes of Raccoon Mountain. They say it was built in 1935 and was one of the first constructed in the area.

We had fun there. Good, relaxing time. I sure did need that.

spent a day hiking through the Reflection Riding Arboretum.

Saw some unusual things. Never seen an armadillo killed like this before.

This mushroom was soft and furry.

How comfortable is a pig’s nose exactly?

This reminded me of a painting by Matisse.

Good to spend time with Kathy!

Foggy morning.

Worked at my home office most of today. Producing CDs for my Christmas mailout and archiving more of my stories.
Extremely time intensive. But a labor of love!

Jesse and I went to Chamblee to help the kids with their homework.

J went to a couple of family’s houses to help them with computer issues. I’m helping Maria learn to read, and Jhan to look for predicates. Jocelyn and Michael had math problems. Mikey had Language Arts.

Came home in the fog. Cool lighting effects.

I saw this sticker on a truck near our house.

I’m working on my Christmas project which includes a CD of my newest project BetaPrayer. Making sure I have enough ink, cds, labels et al. is a big job. Went to Staples this morning to get what I needed.

Jesse and I went to Cafe Istanbul where I had lunch with a buddy of mine from my TV days at WTOC-TV in Savannah. Blair Meeks worked here in Atlanta for years.

He’s with a PR firm now. He seems to be doing really well. Always fun to hang out with friends!

J and I went to the office to check on mail, then over to visit with Bayo. I’m trying to help him clarify his vision for the orphanage in Nigeria. It’s hard to think of everything.

Then over to Azalea to help the kids with their homework.

Back to work on admin and projects!

It’s a good life!

I thought this was an odd place for a cemetery.

I bought Jesse some pure gold!

Never too much Ashley!

This morning I went to pray at Stone Mountain. Fantastic!

After prayer, I went to Staples to buy materials we need for our Christmas gift project. We make a family calendar.

When I exited the store I saw this car.

Jesse and I ate lunch with Dr. Bill Blanchard, our pastor from FBC Mountain Park. Always enjoy spending time with him.

We bought the fish for Jesse’s tank today. GREAT! Two little convicts in a whole 50 gallon tank. They’ll be plenty of them in there before long.

Went to Willow Branch to help the kids with their homework and for Jesse to teach his guitar class.

Working on my financial report for my treasurer and the Scanning/Archival material. Interested? Go to the Tim’s Books section of Whirlwind Missions.org. Are you N the Loop?

Peaceful.

This morning I rested.

Listened to Dr. Stanley on TV. Went to Stone Mountain. Beautiful there! The trees are fantastic.

Ran 5 miles on the elliptical treadmill.

Went to the Zoo with Kathy. We went kind of late. Didn’t see very many animals, but it was still fun to go.

I’ve been looking forward to this day for weeks! Today I got to hang out with Pastor Museli Ngonga of Fountain of Life Church on Canton Road in Marietta.

Museli is from Kenya! In fact most of his church is Kenyan. So I got to speak some Swahili. Amen!

We had a good turnout at the Outreach Event at Concept 21 Delk in Marietta.

We served food, had a rap band, played with balloon animals.

Fun time!

My back is still sore from the digging and the lifting weights.

I’ve been reviving some of my old “lost” work. These documents were in a box somewhere and I recently found them. My book “Scribes” was in a neighbor’s attic for years. He bought the house two years ago.

I have some pretty cool stuff that I wrote while living in Kenya: N the Loop.

Plus my Master’s Dissertation, a novel called “Scribes–the Lord’s Dog.”

And on a more technical note, I found my document that I wrote in 1993 while working at WTOC-TV. It’s a field guide to shooting news. If any of you guys are interested in working in the news business it’d be worth your while to check it out.

So after my day of outreach, I come home to baby a scanner that is using OCR software to slowly get my old hard copy books into a digital format. It’s a huge project.

I know it sounds weird, but I’ve nearly been killed four times. I just have this feeling that my life will end suddenly. I feel an urgency to leave something behind.

Sent Ashley a text just after midnight. She’s a “grown up” now. Whatever that means.

Went to Stone Mountain this morning.

Ran four miles on the elliptical trainer.


Enjoyed a beautiful day.

My back’s a little sore from working out on weights yesterday.

Working on the BetaPrayer project. I’ll have details and downloads for you soon.

I reckon this is true.