About a 1/4″ of rain last night. Kinda gross looking.

Worked hard this morning! Mowed our grass. At least the front yard. Had a hard time getting the silly thing started.

Before J, K and I went to Azalea I saw this Pileated Woodpecker near my suet feeder.

Yesterday, I saw a couple of owls sitting in the tree near my window.

If I see a hummingbird tomorrow that’s my three favorite birds in a row! Super cool!

Helped the kids with their homework today. Glad to have Kathy with us!

Wasn’t as manic as yesterday.

Here’s one of the kid’s “monkey look.”

J and I went to Walmart to pick up some supplies.

Admin duties now!

Mondays mean PODCASTS to me!

For over a year now, I’ve tried to record a couple of 20 minute podcasts every week. These are based on my Twitter updates. FYI, I have nearly 80,000 followers.

I am closely approaching 10,000 downloads of my material. Today I posted episodes 77 & 78.

I’m not sure if you even know what a podcast is. Basically, you click on the links below and hit PLAY.

They are motivational, inspirational and get with the program, baby” kind of stuff.

The first one this week is based on three of my favorite words: “Inspect, Detect, PROJECT!”

And another common theme in Verbal Surgery, “Start NOW!”

What better podcast to start on that that one?

And just in case you’re wondering, I produce, edit and upload both podcasts in less than an hour.

It’s the kind of forced creativity that I thrive on!

I took Kathy and Jesse out to eat lunch.

I had strawberry cheesecake that made my mouth feel like I’d gone to heaven. Beauty!

Jesse and I had a crazy time at Azalea today. Packed with kids. Everyone needing help right now!!

Sure do love ’em. And my sweet ol’ son.

Came home and watched “The Social Network” with Kathy today. I’ve been on Facebook for about a year or so now. A tremendous program. It’s been AWESOME to track down great friends. Facebook made that happen.

This weekend I talked with my best friend from Junior High at Nairobi International School, Mark Wiley. Nearly 40 years have passed and I FINALLY got back in touch with him. Thanks to Facebook!

Great movie!

Had a great day today with some of my best friends Carl and Pat Barrington and their daughter Michelle!

They’ve been such great supporters of ours over the year and have really kept us moving in the right direction!

I spoke at Carl’s Sunday School Class along with Ashley and Kathy! The girls did great!

Also gave a brief greeting to the congregation. AMEN!

These young men made me feel welcome in the congregation.

I liked this banner! He does!

The Barringtons took us out for Thai food after church. Yumbo.

Please pray for my brother Marco Solano who’s in the hospital. They think he had a stroke but not sure. He’s a great guy and a terrific missionary.

I had fun showing Michael Rogers around the International Village today!

He’s bringing a team in from Crestview, Florida in July.

We had a good time visiting the Buford Highway Farmers Market. Always different stuff to see like this cactus and sugar cane!


Then seeing the missions where they’ll be going.

On my way home, I stopped at Stone Mountain. I enjoy walking around the park.

What a beautiful day!

Kathy went to a wedding today. Glad we got to spend some time with her before she left.

She went with her sister, Ann!

Jesse and I had a good time together this evening. We went to Home Depot to get some dry erase boards. We actually cut up Tile Board into a bunch of pieces for the kids at the mission. GREAT idea from one of our volunteers.

Went to Office Depot to get dry erase markers.

Then to Walmart to pick up a few things. While we were leaving, a lady collapsed near us. I called 911, stayed on the phone with her and talked her through her asthma attack. Glad I was there to help!

Admin duties now. I get up early tomorrow to speak at Sunrise Baptist Church in Lawrenceville.

I liked this big ball.

Beautiful sunset!

Kathy and I just got back from a great few days up in Raccoon Mountain!

Fantastic time enjoying the beautiful scenery.

We especially enjoyed climbing to the top of the mountain. Quite a hike and a great view!

We hiked miles around Cloudland Canyon. Veddy, veddy beautiful!

Beautiful clouds around the canyon!

Can you see the opalescence in the cirrus clouds?

It’s caused by light refraction in the ice crystals.

We also went to Chattanooga Zoo. Super cool stuff! It’s smaller than our zoo in Atlanta, but everything they have is really cool.

I liked the jaguars the best!

I loved this chimpanzee. His name is Hank.

And the Tamarin monkeys.

Clouded leopard kitten was also super cool!

I wanted to ride this camel. They wouldn’t let me.

We have owls in our back yard. I love to hoot to them.

I saw these Macaws in the trees of Costa Rica.

We love zoos!

On our way home we saw this! Yow!

Made me want to jump out and shoot video like when I worked for CBS. Kathy thought I was crazy. Guess you never really get that stuff out of your blood.

Other things I found interesting:

Millions of Girls would disagree.

Who would disagree with this? Perhaps your doctor.

Rocking causes death? Hmmmm.

Final thought.

Kathy and I joined my team from Oakwood Baptist Church at Clarkston International Bible Church this morning.

Good time was had by all! I did miss hearing Pastor Phil preach.

Took the team over to one of my Food Favs–Madina! Had fun watching the gringos dive into plates of roast goat, tibis beef and chop chop chicken.

Groovy!

Then over to the missions this afternoon to help them on their second day of working with the kids at Highland Gardens, Azalea Place, Huntington Terraces and Huntington Creek.

They did a wonderful job!

They left amidst tears. Kind of choked me up too!

Back home now working on admin duties.

Kathy and I are off for a few days for some TK time. Sure have been looking forward to that!

Summer is coming soon and that will mean many, many days in a row of non-stop work.

I’ve learned that whenever the pace slows down some, take a break. . . those times don’t last!

The kids at the missions have the week off too! Everyone needs some rest!

Pray for our friend Selena. She’s from Bangladesh. She’s had some health problems. We’ve been worried about her.

Next job is to edit the video that I’ve taken.

Sure do love the beautiful flowers!

See you when I get back!

Friday night Jesse, Kathy and I went to the Fernbank observatory to enjoy looking through their big telescope.

WOW! We got to see Saturn and could clearly see the rings! What an amazing experience. Here’s the computer image of Saturn. Did you know that it has over 55 moons?

This morning I met up with my team from Oakwood Baptist Church from Chickamauga, GA.

They’re a great group!

I enjoyed doing my briefing with them.

Then taking them on a tour of the International Village.

Plenty of weird stuff to see!

Of course the best part is when we work with the kids. They were awesome!

Came home to spend time with Kathy and Jesse.

Fun day.

What incredible spring trees in Chamblee. The pink Dogwood are just awesome!

Had a fun day today with my sweet ol’ son, Jesse!

We went out to eat at Red Robin. I liked RR’s shoes!

We always enjoy hanging out at the book store. We love learning!

I liked this picture of Henry David Thoreau. We were both born on July 12th.

Groovy. He actually had people visit him all the time.

Beautiful spring flowers are everywhere!

J and I did the family shopping.

We like going to Walmart to do that since we can find everything we need from tools to eggs.

Came home to work on my financial report. Just got that finished up. Usually takes me about two hours or more. I do it twice a month so it doesn’t get too overwhelming.

Sure am glad to have some sun! Four days of clouds and rain was enough!

This was my favorite show when I was in working on my Master’s degree.

Thundercats, HO!