Released a new podcast this morning!

WOOT! Had a hard time making my server work. It kept acting weird and not playing properly. Finally got it squared away!

A terrific episode Verbal Surgery -464- “Fresher Pressure!” We are constantly changing. Point your brain in the right direction! Just click on the title and GROOVE!

Link on Facebook.

Studied Portuguese. Working on verbs and adverbs.

This audio program has been a huge help to get my accent squared away properly. I spend about an hour or more practicing with it while I’m driving.

GREAT time with the teams singing!

My Savior’s gone to prepare me a place! I have ANOTHER world in view!

HEY!

Ashley and Penelope were their usual awesome selves!

Stern Raja!

And ONE more thing!

The Magnificent Baby always wants to get in on the act! Yeah, Penelope!

Buddhist!

GO Ashley!

The Doctor is IN. Way in. Like in your brain, JACK!

I took them on Safari to the Vietnamese grocery store. I always see something new!

I think someone needs to work on the name.

I prefer the original duck flavor.

Huh?


As opposed to soggy.

I thought this looked like a brain. One of the girls said she thought it resembled a butt. What?!

Lighten up!

This reminded me of Ashley!

Took the team to Penang for lunch. It was especially good today!


On Safari to China Town to practice calligraphy!


Always something interesting to see!

They’re serious about their sales.

They’ve been a great team.

Couldn’t believe we got completely rained out today! First time in 20 years I’ve had that happen!

I spy with my bulbous eye. . .

Cleaned tile for about an hour. I got tired of seeing the extra silicon gel that I put on it to prevent leaking. I scraped the excess off with a razor blade. My hands are tired!

Admin duties now.

Got up early to study Portuguese! Feed my brain!

Then met up with Ashley and Penelope to work with our new team from Clinch River Baptist Church in Tennessee!

Always fun! They are a team with great excitement!

Took them on Safari to the Buford Highway Farmers Market.

Demonstrating cow lips.

Somebody’s gotta do it.

Then to the missions! They did a great job in spite of rain at their second site!

Dangerous looking clouds!

Made some extra keys.

Just got off the phone with a friend in Brazil and another friend in Australia! This technology is AWESOME!

Admin duties now!

I wake up early and study Portuguese first thing in the morning.

I’ve been going at verb forms especially diligently lately.



I’m making astonishing progress. Adverbs rock!

It’s really helped my Spanish, too!

K and I went to Westside this morning.


Pastor Ben spoke on the importance of Fathers. Yeah, baby!

I’ll be leading the worship music next week. My Nigerian friend Fawobi will be preaching! I’ll be doing my version of music for the teams for our congregation. It’ll probably be the wildest thing they’ve ever heard at that church!

Went to Walmart to pick up some groceries. Eating healthy!

I’ve lost over 25 pounds. Incredible what diet and exercise will do for a body. I’ve been lifting light weights every morning, too. It’s been fun to see improvement. Jesse has been using my Total Gym as well. Good for both of us!

Came home to add my sermon notes to my Twitter feed.

Went for an 11.11 mile bike ride. Felt great to get out and ride. Haven’t been able to for the last few days due to the rain.

Recorded a new podcast, “Flags.” I have 13 episodes “in the can” waiting to be released. I’ve been very diligent in recording so I can continue Tu/Friday release dates during July when I don’t have time to record. I’ve really been careful about my voice and I haven’t been nearly as hoarse this year. Hope that trend continues!

Met up with Ashley at FBC Doraville. We set up for The Show. We did it all in 1:15 hours. I think that was a record. We were definitely going at it full speed!

Enjoyed a nice talk with Jesse this evening. Great to spend time with my kids on Father’s Day!

This surprised me.

Didn’t expect if from a Veteran.

Studied Portuguese. Working on verb forms. It’s all about finding the patterns and hearing the rhyme scheme.

Gassed up the truck.

Recorded a new edition of Verbal Surgery. Yeah, baby! I’ve really enjoyed this Sony PCM-M10 recorder. Terrific sound quality in a tiny package!

Mowed, edged and blew the front yard. Cleaned up with Nutech. Supposed to keep me from getting poison ivy rash. Hope so.

Looks better!



I’m sure I burned more calories than that! I was sweating like crazy!

Productive day!

Started out my morning studying Portuguese! Always fun!


Working on present tense verbs.

Recorded a new podcast: INprovement! I love hearing myself talk!

I stressed the importance of internal work, not just losing weight!

I also released a new podcast! Check out Verbal Surgery -463- “Trance Dance.” Your mind is always rewiring itself. Speed this process with this brain bopping edition! Just click on the title and GROOVE!

Uploaded to my server.

Link on Facebook.

I spent over an hour trying to get my bill straight with Rotech for Kathy’s Cpap and oxygen. I about drives my crazy dealing with these people. Finally, I got to a supervisor who actually could DO something about the problem!

I glued the bill back on this little duck. I have to really watch Penelope. She loves breakables!

Ashley brought Penelope over today. Always a blessing!

We enjoyed playing together, then went for pizza with Jesse and Kathy.

We had a nice nap.

I’m working on my schedule for my trip to the UK in November. I’m looking forward to being with many of my best friends!

This Safari will also include a trip up to Scotland. I hear the weather in November is less than awesome, but I know the fellowship will stellar!

This evening I went to a Meet up for Portuguese learners. There weren’t any native speakers there and one girl wouldn’t stop talking in English. Eventually, I left.

I’ve tried to dispel the myth that children learn languages faster than adults. The truth is adults spend WAY more time talking in English than the language they’re trying to learn! So it was a typical “language study.” Won’t be going back. Although I did learn a couple of things.

I’ve had WAY more fun conversing with Brazilians!

Admin duties now.

My friend Bob Burns, who lives in Scotland, has created a protocol called the Swan. I thought of him when I saw this.

I always work on my Duolingo first thing when I wake up. I liked this one.

Spent time this morning adding material to my Twitter feed.

I have enough material to continue running until mid August. I usually write nearly 100 proverbs during a 30 minute sermon!

My version of Sermon Notes. Over 80,000 followers!

Took Penelope to Stone Mountain!

I’d forgotten they’re covering their hearts with their hats.

We had a great time together. She’s such a cool kid!

She liked the train. TOOOOOTOOOOO!

We had fun drinking a cherry/blueberry icee!

I love this shot!

She especially liked standing in the Splash Zone sprinklers!

She did NOT like the moving dinosaur! Scary!

Fantastic time with the Magnificent Baby.

Came home to continue to de-ice my mini fridge. It’s take two days so far!

Recorded a new podcast this evening! A terrific episode called “FOF–Fear of Failure.” It’ll release sometime in July. I try to record every day when I have time.

POURED down rain this evening. Big thunderstorm!

I’m looking forward to this Portuguese Meet Up tomorrow!

Admin duties now.

Studied Portuguese.

I’ve enjoyed chatting with people in Brazil.

Recorded a new podcast this morning! WOOT!

Love this edition about how our speed affects your life! I have ten episodes “in the can” to be released later this month and next month when I’m too busy to record.

Also had a fun talk with my buddy, Anthony Jacquin in the UK. Always a good time!

Jesse helped me move my mini fridge from my office at FBC Doraville home. Hard to put in the car.

The door is actually frozen shut! It’ll melt over time.

We had his tires checked out. They said everything was ok!

Sorted a month’s worth of Kathy’s meds.

I’ve had to develop a system to make sure I get it right. Numbering all the bottles and sorting them on a big towel helps. It’s all about patterns.

Came home to work on packets of Power Prayer to give to Team Leaders coming into town.

Also printed out and labeled envelopes for our donors. We are sending these out to every adult team leader who works with us this year.

Sprayed the kitchen for bugs. Fumes were horrible. I got this pro grade stuff. Kind of scary.

Admin duties now.

Dinosaurs are a new exhibit at Stone Mountain!

Beautiful rock!

Yeah, baby!

If this thing was lit up, I doubt anyone is going to run for that fire extinguisher!

Still studying!

I’ve added the Tandem app to my learning approach. Nothing better than direct contact with native speakers!

Released a new edition of Verbal Surgery and recorded a new show, too!

Uploaded to server.

T

Link on Facebook.

This is a very powerful edition of Verbal Surgery -462- “MElax” to help you sleep, NOW!

Just click on the title and SLEEP!

I’m on target for releases on Tues/Friday. The research said those were the best two days.

Worked on getting bug spray for the house. This stuff is pro grade!

Got new spray bottles from Lowes. One is supposed to be good for chemicals like bleach. We’ll see.

Made some new pill bottles for Kathy’s Meds.

Cleaned them out and dried them.

Used Audicity to combine two recordings into one.

Biked 10.65 miles.

Added email and snail mail addresses from last week’s teams. Lots of prayer cards!

Added over 80 email addresses and about 30 snail mail. Many were from our home church Rockbridge BC. They collected a big offering to help us through the tight times!

Started copying my book onto USB drives as a gift for team leaders. Productive day
!

I’m telling my new Brazilian friends where I live. I think most people know Florida. Georgia, not so much.

Fun conversations. They are really helping me speed up my learning.

Since I’m teaching myself, it’s not easy to figure out why the language does certain things. I’ve picked up a couple of really good teachers.

Here’s a sample of a conversation. I probably talked to at least ten people today! Soon, I’ll get up the nerve to actually talk and not just text!

Funny to think of me being shy. Ha! The Brazilians say kkkk, instead of lol. The letters are supposed to sound like laughing. I think it’s funny.

Penelope spent the night with me last night.

She’s always a blessing.

I had fun chatting with people in Brazil.

Best way to get to practice Portuguese. I’m just doing texting so far. Soon, I’ll get up the guts to call these folks and actually talk! Little at a time!

I plan on going to this Meetup on Friday.

Went to Stone Mountain to chill for a bit. Soaked up some rays and swam.

I liked these flowers there.

Moved some mattresses around in our house.

Organized the cards that our teams turned in last week. I’ll start adding them to the lists soon.

Saw Wonder Woman this afternoon. Liked it!

Came home and biked 11.20 miles.

Spotted the International Space Station for the 27th time this evening. Cool to see it!

Admin duties now.

This morning I followed my normal routine and studied Portuguese on Duolingo.

I stayed up past midnight searching out new ways to communicate. There are a couple of good websites and apps on my phone that are dedicated to practicing other languages with native speakers. Of course speaking American English is always popular! Tandem seems the best so far.

It’s a site ONLY for language learning.

Went to Westside BC this morning.

Kathy’s leg was really bothering her so she stayed in bed.

It was our music director’s last day with us at Westside after 16 years as our music director. Impressive longevity. I’m over 20 years now!

Pastor Ben spoke on the importance of using our gifts.

Came home to cook lunch and edit videos. I did four today!

I’m getting better at using Videoshop all the time.

My new mouse came in! My old one lasted about seven years. The battery just stopped taking a charge properly.

Ashley brought Penelope over around 5:30pm. I always love having her!

We went to Walmart and did the shopping together. Never seen these before!

I found these odd.

I fixed us some chicken with cauliflower and a banana. She seemed to like the chicken and banana the best.

Got her cleaned up and ready for bed. She went to sleep around 10:00pm. I’ve been working on admin duties since.

I like that Mother Nature is covering up these ugly Trump signs. This neighbor has six huge signs posted on his fence.