We had a fun day yesterday with the whole family! We went to Marietta to check out the coin show! I bought a few old coins for $10. Over 2,000 years old!

Went for Brazilian for lunch. I love that place! But my stomach didn’t. Had bad cramping for the rest of the day and evening. Bahd luck.

Went to the mall to pick up some new pants for Jesse. He’s looking good!

Rested in Chamblee before going to Roswell for a family get together for Chili. Not exactly what the doctor ordered for my sickish stomach! I felt fine today!

Enjoyed a fun morning today with my new friend Richard. We talked about neurology and hypnosis.

Went to the mission this afternoon to work with the kids. They didn’t have much homework because they’re testing. We gave a couple of our older kids some new computers. They loved them!

Got home and went on a 5 mile run. Felt good in the cool air.

Had fun watching TV with K this evening.

This has been a fun and productive Friday!

I worked on a new podcast this morning.

Check out “Shine!” You’ll feel enlightened!

As I may have mentioned, I’m quite popular on social media. I have over 80,000 followers on Twitter!

Every week I practice some creative writing and then I post it on an automated server that spreads it out over 5 times a day. Today I posted up until mid December! So I’m pretty far ahead!

Went to eat Greek food with K and J. Delicious Greek salad for me!

Then I took Kathy’s bike over to the bike shop to work on her brakes.

Our neighborhood is WAY to hilly to go without excellent brakes! They got it done while I waited.

Came home to do some more writing. Love being creative! Added some more material to the www.VerbalSurgery.com site.

Worked out on weights this afternoon. I feel pumped up!

I heard back from Ian today. He ran over 16 miles! I think that’s amazing. He’s a Tiger Tank!

Working on admin duties now. Yeah, baby!

Had a restful morning today!

Then ran and biked for about 2 1/2 hours! Biked about 6.5 miles and then ran another 6.2 miles. Yow!

After running, I weighed in at my goal weight of 168 lbs. Groovy, baby! I’ll be losing a bit more than that still just to make sure I stay under that level. I’m looking forward to doing my blood work again to verify that everything in my body is back in order. ; )

It was a new trail I worked up. Beautiful!

I liked this lion.

And these flowers!

And this squashed snake.

Ate lunch with J and K at Zaxbys.

Ian North came over for some coaching time with me. We worked on some visualization techniques for his big race tomorrow. He’ll be going 31 miles! I’m proud of him.

Enjoyed watching Memorial Day with Kathy this evening.

Admin duties now.

This reminded me of me.

Had a wonderful time at Providence Christian Academy today with Ashley!

We spoke at the Ethics, Missions & Evangelism class of our dear friend Dr. Carl Barrington!


Had some terrific students.

Ashley and I brought our A game!

Went to the church to check on office duties and take a short rest before going to the mission to help the kids.

They’re doing a lot of testing now so not really much homework. They’re happy about that!


Came home with Jesse to spend the weekend with us. Always good!

Enjoyed family time this evening.

Worked on admin duties including deleting hundreds of pictures and videos off my iPhone that were taking up way too much room. I have duplicates that I shot with my Canon.

Looking forward to spending some time with Ian North tomorrow.

Had fun this morning recording a new podcast!

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Met up for lunch with Doug Allison, Ashley and Jesse!

We went to Plaza Fiesta for lunch and to show Doug around.

Also picked up the holster for my iPhone. I got it modified to fit the longer iPhone 5.

Went to the mission to drop off some computers that Doug had brought for us. GREAT!

Ashley and I went by FedX to do some copies for the mission. She’s redecorating the computer room. Lookin’ good!

Also picked up some super glue for some projects I’m working on.

We also got flu shots. Ouch! Actually, they didn’t hurt bad at all.

I bought a skeleton when I was at Walgreens. I put in the back seat of my car. Funny!

Then to work with the kids. Always fun.

Gave some of the girls some popcycles!

Came home and ran 2.75 miles in the dark. Needed the exercise to burn off stress.

Enjoying spending time with K this evening.

Ashley and I will be speaking to Carl Barrington’s Bible class at Providence Christian Academy in the morning. Looking forward to that!

Over the last week or so I’ve been working on my new website: www.VerbalSurgery.com. I’ve been fascinated by how the mind can heal the body. Many times that happens through the power of prayer. Others by the power of our minds to focus our attention and harness our ability to visualize. I’ve enjoyed studying neurology, hypnosis, meditation and brain science for over thirty years. This new website illustrates that part of me as well as being home to my proverbs and my podcast Verbal Surgery.

Had an early lunch with one of my favorite youth directors, Ben Birdsong from FBC Pelham!

We had fun eating at Ashiana and seeing my Hindu priest friend, Tek. It’s always great to have the whole family together!

I also got a new Kurta, a formal Indian attire for a wedding.

I’m looking forward to the big festival with my friend Amit Badiani in England in less than a month. He’s like a brother to me!

Came home to exercise. Had a 5 mile run today.

Cleaned up, then on to Azalea to help the kids with their homework. Our biggest group, the 5th graders, were testing so they didn’t have much homework.


Went to Plaza Fiesta to get my friend to rework my holster for my new iPhone 5 which is longer than my iPhone 4s. He seemed confident he could do it!

Also went shopping for fruits and vegetables while I was there. My diet has been pretty successful. So far I’ve lost about 14 pounds.

Jesse has been staying with us on the weekends. It’s always nice when he’s here! And I enjoy having Kathy all to myself when he’s not. So I reckon it’s a win-win!

We enjoyed watching Castle and Dancing with the Stars. I can’t believe I said that.

Jesse, Kathy and I had fun at the zoo today!

Always something fun to see!

I liked the Orangs!

They are doing research there!

Beautiful birds reminded me of Kenya!


Never too much giraffe!


The star of the show today for me was the gorilla baby!

Rock on!

He didn’t seem impressed!

Simba!

Meercats!

Working on the new VerbalSurgery.com website.

Admin duties now.

Who would buy boots like these?

Kathy, Jesse and I went to Clarkston International Bible Church this morning.

This is the program that Kathy works in.

Pastor Phil spoke about the importance of Israel.

We enjoyed Indian food at Kathmandu grill before coming home.

Had a nice rest, then went out for exercise.

I biked 7.15 miles to Stone Mountain, then ran 4.12 miles at the Bird Sanctuary and to the lake, then rode 7.11 miles back home. Took about 2.5 hours to do that. Yow! It’s beautiful out there!

I thought this mushroom was huge!

I liked these leaves.

Couldn’t believe an azalea was blooming!

Came home and trimmed the bushes in the yard and fixed a gate. We need to keep Sugar penned up more. Silly dog has been running around the neighborhood too far lately.

K and I enjoyed watching TV.

Admin duties now!

Can’t believe they’re putting up Christmas stuff already!

Yes, we do!

Our family had a GREAT time working with the team from 12 Stone Church in Lawrenceville!

We had fun briefing the five teams.



Then over to the Buford Highway Farmers Market!



High point was working with the families at Azalea Place, Huntington Terraces, Pearl Lane, Cumberland Court and Highland Knoll!










Everyone loves popcycles!

Back home to rest, edit video and finish admin duties.

Had fun with my family today! Ashley came over to look for some software she needed. Always great to spend time with the fam!

Kathy worked on blowing off the leaves from the roof.

Got ready for some maximum exercise today. Got my bike out, flat tire. : (

Called my bike guys, they told me to bring it on over. Got it fixed fast.

Jesse rode the first 5 miles with me.

I kept going on to Stone Mountain to run in the Bird Sanctuary area.

Biked 7.17 miles.

Then ran 4.43 miles. Had some beautiful trails!

I liked these lichen.

Then biked back home 6.79 miles.

I have an app on my iPhone called RunKeeper. It tracks your route, how many calories your burn, the time you run and exactly how far you run. Free! Lot of fun to know the correct distance!

I was pretty tired when I got home!

Enjoyed a rest, then ate and watched some TV with K and J. Also enjoyed playing some video games with Jesse. Fun!

Rest and admin duties now.

Looking forward to the 5 Outreach Events we’re hosting tomorrow!

I feel the same way!