Took care of a bunch of admin duties, check writing in particular.

Always plenty of bills!

Got the labels in we ordered.

Went up Stone Mountain.

Beautiful clouds!

Cirrus looks like horse’s manes.

I love sitting on these big chunks of granite!

My shadow enjoyed his walk.

I love the reflection of the Sun off the face of the mountain. Looks like liquid magma!

Fun!

Watched the Alamo Bowl. An amazing game which I’m glad to see BAYLOR won! Some incredible stats including most TD ever in a single bowl game!

Enjoyed a walk through the neighborhood.

I like this typewriter. Don’t miss those good ol’ days!

Got back to the ATL last night around 9pm!

It’s right at 1,000 miles one way to my parent’s house in Georgetown, Texas. That’s a long way any way you cut it!

We enjoyed the beauty of Texas.

And Kitok’s in Waco!

And our sweet family there!

I love the historic buildings in Georgetown!

And the old tractors at Mr. Miller’s place.


I always look forward to searching for fossils and arrowheads. I mostly find hand axes and scraper tools.

I spend a lot of time looking down at stuff like this.

I also enjoy looking for bones. That’s osteology for you scientists!


Check out this fossil femur I found. Groovy.

Had a great time and glad to be back!

Beautiful sunsets!

I liked this picture of Jesse.

And this trash can.

We had a fun party for my dear brother Bill Doverspike today.

Groovy!

Most of the families turned up.

Always good to see friends. And birthday pie!

Worked on cleaning out the car in preparation for our trip to Texas starting tomorrow.

Fun day!

J and I had a fun day!

We had a delicious country lunch at Green Tomato.

Then to Ally’s Attic, a consignment antique place.

I dig Superman.

I’m not sure this is a good idea.

I love my new large, ceramic hand!

Jesse said this Santa has “weary eyes.”

I bought this for $5. This was my first camera! Good ol’ Kodak Instamatic 104s! I remember shooting pictures with this camera of the flamingos in Nakuru, Kenya when I was 6.

I don’t think I need a dish when I’m chafing.

Anyone need a Johnny Mathis 8 Track tape?

Hi-Fi, baby!

Creepy baby face.

Another reason I love Atlanta.

Do you use straws?

For a second I thought I had X-Ray vision.

Reflection of the clouds from the hood of a white car.

A different temperature of air flow.

Wasn’t sure about whether Sugar Dog needs her own Bible.

And I certainly don’t want a cheese Jesus.

One of my favorite Escher images.

I like the look of these gas prices.

I found these two objects on one truck ironic.

We worked on producing the newsletters today.

Ashley printed her copy out and worked on our Financial Report that we do every two weeks.

I went to Staples to print out my copies.

Got some bad news while I was over there. Our Staples is going out of business. Sad to see people lose their jobs right before Christmas.

Went to the mission with Ashley and Jesse!

We finished folding up the newsletters, and worked on homework. I couldn’t believe that some of the kids actually had homework!

Deanne Waldrop from First Baptist Atlanta brought us some stockings and candy for the kids.

I told all the kids the story of Christmas. They were pretty attentive.

Then we gave numbers to all the kids–there were over 70 that showed up.

We let the kids come in four at a time to pick out a little gift from our store.



All the kid about three gifts each.

Special thanks to my friend Doug Allison who made it possible to purchase so many presents for the kids!

Everyone seemed happy!







It was about as stress free as we could make it for having a bunch of kids clamoring for presents.

Kathy and I have enjoyed watching the second disk of the Mentalist first season . What a great show.

Couldn’t believe how mild it was today!

Love it!

Worked on the January edition of the newsletter. I decided it was better to get it done early, then have Miles mail it right after Christmas.

We don’t want to carry a big box along with us to Texas.

Went to the Post Office to get stamps.

Walmart for groceries.

I like these little cars. It’s always parked at Walmart near the Auto department.

Ate at Cicis.

Somebody likes pizza.

J and I went to Azalea to help the kids with their homework.

We worked on labeling for the newsletter.


We enjoy giving the kids doughnuts for helping with the labeling. Actually, we give them to all the kids whether they helped or not.

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Then off to buy Christmas gifts for the kids at the mission.

K and I enjoyed watching the Mentalist Season One on DVD. My favorite show.

Beautiful sunset!

Ever wonder what the inside of the Earth is like?

Are you smarter than a 4th grader?

Gave myself a haircut this morning.

Dapper Dan.

Had a great meeting and time of prayer with my friend Eduardo Zamora.

His son Samuel had an accident with his hand and severed part of his little finger. Please pray for the surgery which will be Tuesday morning!

Then went to Azalea to help with the kids!

Ashley and Miles both were there today, so that helped out a lot.

I liked Rashawn’s device to see how the little dipper rotates on it’s base star.

Kathy and I just watched The Help on Netflix. Powerful stuff.

I liked this sticker I saw today.

I thought this fireplace scene was cool.

Had a fun day with Jesse!

This is how I see him.

Enjoyed some good East African food then over to Barnes and Noble to hang out in the book store for a while.

We dropped off some for Ashley and Miles.

Groovy, baby.

Ashley joined at at Azalea to work with the kids! Good group!

We had visitors today from the North American Mission Board: Tobin and Aslam.

We gave out recordings of the Christmas story to all our Bengali friends. The DVDs were in 16 Asian languages, including Bengali.

All my friends seemed to really appreciate the gift.

Came home and watched Super 8 with Kathy. I liked it.

Admin duties now. Yeah!

J and I both took a picture of this. It’s a display for a reducing sensitivity tooth paste.

Are you smarter than a 6th grader?

I’ve been looking forward to today for a long time!

It’s the annual Mammoth Mineral, Fossil and Gem show! Groovy, baby!

I really enjoy touching and lifting the big meteors and fossils.

And the minerals are so beautiful!

Fossils are groovy, baby!

I got my own little meteorite.

Estimated 4.5 billion years old, from the asteroid belt.

Fantastic minerals!

And oddities!

We enjoyed looking at the fossils the most.

Fun day with a great son!

I liked this pump.

Positive.

The cars at the rock show had some really different bumper stickers.

Finished up the yard work today.

Raked leaves.

Blew the roof and gutters clean.

Glad to have Jesse to help me.

After I got cleaned up, I recorded a new podcast!

One of my favorite things to do. Everything runs in “Cycles.”

Admin duties!

Looking forward to seeing fossils with Jesse tomorrow!