Saturday, Miles came over to pick up Penelope around lunch time. Sad to see her go! The other grandparents need her blessing, TOO!

Spent time working on my new book, Story Tim–Adventure Land. I’m figuring out how to format it for Kindle so I can sell it on Amazon. It’s a challenge!

Also attacked my back yard. Worked on the vines that are taking over the fence line.


Pull ’em up by the roots!

Then mowed more.

On the back fence, too!

Massive difference.

I liked this quote from Enlightenment Now.

I need to get rid of the old lawnmowers I’ve worn out over the years.

Good work out. Arms are tired.

Went to sleep early. Caught up on the admin duties this morning.

Friday I released a new episode of Verbal Surgery!


Check out VErbal Surgery -546- “Happy Go Lucky!”

Just click on the title and GROOVE!

Went live on Facebook.

Studied Spanish and Swahili!

We had Penelope come over to my house on Friday. She spent the night. What a blessing!

She’s a jumper!

We went on the train. WOOOOWOOOOOO!

Climbed rocks.


Saw dinosaurs!

“I’m NOT sleepy.”

Obligatory ice cream cone.

Painting!

Dollar Store exploration.


Fun stuff, cheap!

What a fun time!

I broke a tooth yesterday. I called the dentist’s office early this morning to verify that I could walk in. They called back and said that was fine. Got there at 9:00 am. I had been assessed and had that tooth cleaned out, crown prep and temporary crown put on in about 2.5 hours. I thought that was great.

Expensive work. Looking at estimates between $1,500 and $1,940.

He found a problem on one x-ray under a previous crown. Nothing hurts now. Better to get it fixed before the pain starts. I’ve had that happen.


While I waited for each procedure, I studied Spanish and Swahili.

Dr. Jeon has been the best dentist I’ve ever had.

Had lunch and got to hang out with the girls today. Always a blessing.

Deposited money. Also got a new bank card for Whirlwind. For some reason the chip on my card stopped working.

Set out the recycle. Lots of stuff after my cleaning project.

Captured and released squirrel #16.

Worked on the yard for about an hour. Super hard mowing. Beautiful flowers!


This one species of weed really tried to take over my yard.

Thick.

Lot of work.

Admin duties now.
My camera graveyard. I’ve take over a quarter of a million photographs in the last twenty years.

Studied Spanish and Swahili. I spend about twenty minutes each day.

I took one test and placed out of five sessions.

Recorded a new episode of Verbal Surgery called “Mind Vine.” Thoughts that can enter and ensnare. How to get rid of them!

Talked with the Radiology people. Turned out that where Kathy went was not in our network. Wish they would have been clearer with her.

Editing my book. Went through ten chapters or more.

Moved furniture around our house. Cleaning out the master bedroom. First was to move a desk and clean out the drawers.

These four bags are for Ashley. They have her creative stuff in them. Special pens and embossing things.

Lot was trash.

I organized the pillows, sheets and jackets. Put them in garbage bags and stacked them in the closet.



Also cleaned out the area near our laundry room. Big job!

Had my plumber come over to redo the pvc pipe under the sink.


He also tweaked my shower that he fixed last time and checked on one of my toilets that was running occasionally. Word is to repair that one. Not bad enough yet.

He was good enought to haul off two box springs and a mattress for me. Cheers!


Jesse and I tried to figure out the what plant had these blue flowers. They are beautiful!

Ate supper with Jesse. I broke piece of one of my incisors tonight. It had a small chip in the back of the tooth for about two weeks. I chewed on something hard it the front part broke off. I’ll check on the dentist tomorrow.
Makes me sad. It’ll all work out!
Admin duties now.
I saw these gold shoes outside the Dollar Tree.

Studied Spanish and Swahili this morning.

This wasn’t an easy lesson.

Learning more Swahili.

Released a new episode of Verbal Surgery -545- “INpact!”

Just click on the title and GROOVE!

Biggest news is that my podcast Verbal Surgery went over 100,000 downloads last month. Wowzers!

Uploaded “INpact!” to my server.

Link on Facebook.

LIVE on Facebook!

Had lunch with Jesse. Always interesting!

Finished mulching the leaves in my front yard.

Then watered it down to settle the dust.

Hauled all this bush to the compost area in my yard.

I carried most of the big ones, then stacked them on my wheelbarrow.

Also focused on edging today.

Blowing is generally the last job.

I needed to dig a small trench to channel water away from the driveway. No hoe.

Rinsed off the driveway. The red colored water reminded me of Kenya days.

The red clay here in Georgia is identical to Kenya’s.
Good work out and a lot accomplished.

Took K out for supper.
Admin duties now.

Recorded a new episode of Verbal Surgery! Always fun!

Took the Financial Report to my Treasurer’s house.

Did the grocery shopping.


Can you hear me now?

Had fun with Penelope for about an hour. Always a blessing!

I took her to the park. We have THREE within two miles of my house. What a blessing.

Took my plants outside. Only the bigger ones. The little ones I’m not taking outside any more.



I cut this stump out. I kept crashing into it with my lawnmower. Rack city.

This vine had taken over several of the azalea bushes. Got most of it out by the roots.

The azaleas in the north part of my yard look a lot better, too. I trimmed out all the little shrubs trying to take over the area.




Mighty hard to push.

I worked on eliminating all the vines and any dead wood out of the azaleas. Mucho trabajo!

Add more bush to the pit. It’s astonishing how fast these things break down.

Hardest job by far was mulching the leaves. I ran out of gas. I’ll have to finish tomorrow.

Then I’ll have to start on the back yard. Looks challenging.

I am astonished how hard I can push that lawnmower. All that lifting weights in the morning has really made a difference. And the biking! My legs just don’t really get tired.
I hauled a lot of bush with stickers.

Productive and sweaty day.

Also blew the driveway and part of the street.

Mulching those leaves makes a huge difference.




Cleaned and filled the bird baths.

In all, I worked out over three hours.


Admin duties now.
I’ll work on Story Tim. I shoot for five chapters a day.

I edited another five chapters of my book Story Tim.

Mileage day.

Went to Westside BC this morning.


The bulletin cover looked like the inside of the Garden Tomb. He is risen!

Pastor Ben spoke on the resurrection.
One of the girls became a Christian!

Dropped off a terrarium to our local clothes closet.
Went for a 12.92 mile bike ride.


This is the second cell phone I’ve found on the side of the ride in the last couple of weeks.

Came home to wash the pollen off the front of our house and the garage.

Cleaned and hang out fresh hummingbird feeders.

I’ve yet to see one, but something’s drinking the nectar. A year ago today they showed up.
Admin duties now.

Studied Spanish and Swahili.


Put all my plants outside.


I thought this was generically humorous.

Vaccumed the carpets. Lots of spots.


Deep scrub after I vacuum.

After scrubbing the carpet problem areas, I blew and washed off the deck.

Carpet cleaning after lunch with Kathy.

Fresh!



Cleaned the machine and took it back to Lowes.

Admin duties now.

Studied Spanish and Swahili this morning. Placed out of five more sections.

Released Verbal Surgery -544- “Blind Typing.”

Improve your skill set with these practical ideas!

Uploaded to my server and link on Facebook.

Wrote the “Thank You!” email to our team from Shirley Hills. It includes the four photo galleries and the link to the video I shot on YouTube. Lots of links to blogs and instagram and other social media.

GREAT to have the girls come over!


Penelope had fun wearing the cereal box like a hat.


We spent most of the time in my room. Or swinging!


After Ashley picked the girls up, I vacuumed the house.

I had fun shooting the azaleas in my yard.


Jesse and I really enjoyed Ready Player One. Fun VR movie. Not nearly as good as the book, though. That book was written for guys like me of my age. All those games and movies I grew up with.

Beautiful Moon Flower this evening.

Studied Swahili and Spanish!

Ashley and I had a great Dedication Day with our team from Warner Robbins.







Signing the Landing Pad!

Plaza Fiesta!





After the Plaza Fiesta Safari, the girls and I went back to the church to strike the set.
Once everything was put up, I sent them home and I swept, mopped and put some chairs around tables and put some tables up.


On the way home I picked up the newsletters and went to Walmart to get more envelopes. I almost had enough, but not quite.

Got stamps for the newsletters.

Looking forward to this movie!

Comparison of the pixelation in our newsletter.
My new New Balance walking shoes came in tonight!

Put the labels on the envelopes and stuffed them with the newsletters. Then dropped them in the mail.


Admin duties now and edit video of the team I shot last week.