Very cold weekend. Hummingbird Popsicle.

On Friday I worked on errands around the house. Also took my car over to my mechanic.

My car has nearly 250,000 miles on it. The compression is getting old and needs a thicker oil. They put a 40 weight instead of the 30. Runs better.

Super cold outside. K and I stayed in most of the day.

Enjoyed watching the last of the Upstairs/Downstairs series with K.

I’ve had fun playing Far Cry 4 on my PS4. Absolutely gorgeous landscape set in the Himalayas.

There are lots of wild animals in the world they’ve created. I especially like the elephants.

Saturday I met up with Jesse for lunch. We went to Repticon to check out the Poison Dart Frogs and other interesting animals.

Hard to believe the colors of these Poison Dart frogs.


And speaking of color!

I even got to pet an Ring Tailed Lemur and a baby armadillo. Groovy.

Who doesn’t love a piglet?

We stopped at Barnes and Noble for a brief visit. I thought this was mature reading.

K and I watched and episode of Emma, a Jane Austen novel. Also watched an episode of Call the Midwife. Not super into either of them.

Admin duties now.

I thought this article in Wired was interesting.

Beautiful clouds and contrails.

WOW! It got really cold last night!

Lots of things froze.

I have all my plants inside. I was glad that my new gardenias seemed to be just fine.
We had a wonderful lunch with Ann and Katie.

Wonderful to see baby Meredith.

Had fun working with the kids at the mission. I had a big group of them that I was teaching long division. It’s very gratifying when you see a child suddenly get it.

We stopped by a friend’s house to see their baby, Daniel Jesus. Nice to have Jesus in the neighborhood.

Good supper with Kathy and Jesse. They both were a great help at the mission today.

Looking forward to more of Upstairs/Downstairs with K.

Admin duties now.

I signed up for another year of AAA. With our cars having nearly 250,000 miles each, it’s pretty much mandatory.

Paid off some credit card debt this morning. It was due mainly to car repairs and dental bills. I’ve made great progress this month.

One of my favorite things this morning: podcast!

I really like this episode of Verbal Surgery. It’s easy to get our minds stuck on a one way road. Sometimes it’s good to try “Channel Surfing!” Some really practical tips that can change your life in simple yet profound ways.

Enjoyed lunch with Kathy.

My first completed book in 2015.
It’s about a family from Afghanistan. It jumps around in time over a period of 70 years. Gritty stories with few happy endings. Welcome to the real world.

Enjoyed working with the kids at the mission.

We have some real artists!

It was great to have Kathy help today. She organized the gifts we were given to be distributed to our other missions.

I took the baby supplies to my friends at the Pregnancy Resource of Doraville. I’ve worked with them for over a decade.

Dropped off the CDs at the library. I almost always use Audible.com. Kathy went to the library and got these. We listened to most of the book in the car on the Texas trip.

I’m thinking about getting some hubcaps like this.

Dropped the financial report to our treasurer.

Ashley and I enjoyed our time with Pastor Paul Mallarc today!

He’s the pastor of Briarcliff Baptist Church. We’ve enjoyed a long term partnership with them.

We had a fun lunch at Plaza Fiesta.

Visited four of the missions.

Then over to the Buford Highway Farmers Market.

After Paul went back to the church, Ashley and I rearranged the gear in our office. We start hosting teams soon. We’ll need to have all our presentation equipment together.

Had a great time working with the kids at the mission.

Ate supper with Jesse before going home. Always something interesting to see.


I thought the Bruce Lee images were different.

K and I watched the start of the second season of Upstairs/Downstairs. We’ve liked this series.

Admin duties now.

One of my favorite things: Podcast!

When you are driving home in the car, and your mind wanders to that time at the beach, are you in the car or at the beach? How often do we pay attention to what’s happening right now? It’s always best to have “Present Presence, NOW!”
Just click on the title and groove!
I brought my Venus Flytraps inside for the next few days. It’s supposed to get down to 14 degrees. Ouch.

K and I had lunch together.

This afternoon Kathy and I met up with Ashley and Jesse at Azalea. We rounded up the kids for a Christmas party.


Our new friends at SOAR ministries brought over some clothes and back packs.


We sang songs.



Told the difference between Santa and Jesus.

They made a thank you craft for their parents.

Then gave out the presents.

After the party, Kathy and I joined Ashley and Jesse for supper. Great fellowship with the family.

Part of the menu at Taco Veloz. I thought their translation of “spy shrimp” was interesting.

Kathy and I enjoyed watching Upstairs Downstairs this evening.

Admin duties now.

I thought the sunset was marvelous this evening. I liked the progression of colors.

I lined up the kids. Reminded me of a pose that the Beatles did.

Jesse showing the kids a new scrambler face app on his phone.

Nearly 1 1/2″ of rain last night.

K and I enjoyed going to Westside Baptist Church this morning.

Pastor Ben spoke on tithing. It was his 25th anniversary today. Wow.

Came home to rest.

Went for a 5.09 mile run.

Always something interesting to see!

I thought this was interesting. Looked like some type of egg sack.

Beautiful clouds this afternoon.

K and I started watching Upstairs Downstairs. Since Ashley and Jesse gave us the PS4, we’ve enjoyed watching streaming movies on Amazon and Netflix. We finished watching the last of Season 4 of Downton Abbey.

Admin duties now.

Dreary weather. Good for mushrooms!

Ate a sandwich for lunch. Enjoyed reading the December issue of Wired. I liked the phrase “eye-hiking.”

Did some shopping.

Walmart had some big poinsettias for $2.80. I got four of them. Beauty color during the winter.

Organized my vitamins.

Paid some bills.

Enjoyed watching Downton Abbey with K this evening.

K is feeling better today. Her voice is a lot better.

Sad day. A friend of mine from my childhood days in Kenya was buried this afternoon. The Jones family are some wonderful people and I’m praying for them after Andy’s death. K wasn’t feeling well, so we didn’t make the trip to the funeral. I didn’t see the point of getting other people sick.

Admin duties now.

Drizzly weather today in the 40s.

Went out for a 5.01 mile run when I thought the rain was letting up. Got about a half mile into the run and continued a steady drizzle. Not the best conditions for a run. I didn’t even take a camera.

Paid for the car maintenance. Oil change and headlight was out. Also cleared some codes on the engine light. T & G has taken good care of us.

Rested. Played some video games. Watched an episode of Downton Abbey with K. Later this evening watched the UK series Sherlock with K. She’s been running a low fever and coughing up green phlegm. Doctor put her on antibiotics this afternoon. She’s been resting a lot.

Admin duties now.

Wednesday was a great time for an end of the year run. I went 5.08 miles. Always something interesting to see.


I love mushrooms.



Beautiful clouds.

These are called cloud “streets.”

I thought these stems looked like fish bones.

Kathy and I enjoyed Mexican food with Jesse. K and I had a quiet evening watching old episodes of Lie to Me.

Then we watched the ball drop in NYC. HAP . . . . . PY new year!

One of my favorite things in the new year: Recording!

I like Verbal Surgery -302- on what does it take to change.

Listen to “New You!”

Met up with the Dovespike family for lunch at Golden Corral!

Restful afternoon.

K and I are enjoying watching Season 4 of Downton Abbey.