Whirlwind Missions

Sunday, May 14, 2023

Walk! Mother’s Day! Kendalls! Nana! Podcast! 5.14.23

Tim A. Cummins @ 8:14 pm  

Interesting.

I got to fly one of these once when I worked in news in Savannah.

The little loop by the healing hands graphic is where we got stuck on the highway yesterday and I drove across the median to go another direction.

I’ve been looking into suitcases. My old one is broken.

OYB!

Español!

Walked 1.77 miles. Penelope and Everly came with me. Pretty long walk for those little sweethearts.

The girls helped me clean the doors.

Miles and Ashley came and got them this morning. They enjoyed showing their Mom the things they’d made for her.

Such a sweet family!

I had a good talk with my Mom. Happy Mother’s Day, Nana!

The Kendalls had a fun celebration too!

Worked on one of my map jackets. The sleeve had torn away from the cuff.

Sewed a pocket.

Checked out some chargers and cords for my sister-in-law. All the cords were dead.

Charger was . . . you guessed it.

I rested after lunch and was planning to ride my bike, but it rained and I couldn’t. I was pretty tired anyway.

I watched a video by a Spanish teacher. He talked about using a lot of media for your target language AND the area that you’re going to. I usually listen to just Spanish from Spain. I’ve got another podcast that I’ll be listening to which is from a Mexican podcaster.

This one is super popular.

I’ll come in #2 this week, exactly what I said would happen on Tuesday.

Released Verbal Surgery -1016- “Turn Lane.” Excellent!

Saturday, May 13, 2023

PEK! Pool! German Bakery! 5.13.23

Tim A. Cummins @ 9:36 pm  

Just keep going.

OYB!

Mas palabras.

Foggy morning.

Walked 1.77 miles with Everly. I was amazed she kept up so well.

Español!

Goodwill is always fun.

Went to Evergreen to swim. The girls have fun on the treadmills.

German bakery was good. Service was really slow.

Bad wreck on the access road to 78. Three fire trucks and an ambulance. Car was on fire. I drove across the median to get around it. First time I’ve ever done that. We just happened to be a good place for it.

Post swim job.

Friday, May 12, 2023

Jon! PE! Pool! 5.12.23

Tim A. Cummins @ 10:12 pm  

Always learning new words.

OYB!

Mild. Not much rain.

Español!

I was afraid to get rained on so I “just” walked up and down my hill. I think around 15 times. And my hill is STEEP. So good exercise. I actually jogged up the hill the last time because it started raining.

I finally got together with my buddy Jon Paul today. We usually have lunch about once a month. He’s had some physical challenges and it’s been about three months or so. We had a great time yakking.

I like this one too. It’s not really just one guy but a whole team that does stuff.
Plus a lot of call in folks.

So many meanings with some of these words.


It kept missing us.

We enjoyed the pool at the park. The inside pool was warmer today. It was way easier for me to watch the girls inside. The shape of the outside pool is hard to tell where it gets too deep for them.

I took the girls to Metro Cafe after the swim. K met us there. Perfect timing.

Limbo.

Death by Chocolate cake.

This was a gigantic bite. HUGE.

Chipmunk look.

So sweet.

Took them home. Bathed. Brush teeth. Tell some stories. Wait till they crash.

Did my homework. Consistent effort is the key.

Thursday, May 11, 2023

Español! Walk! PKE! Phone! 5.11.23

Tim A. Cummins @ 8:07 pm  

If all goes well weather wise, I’ll climb this in October.

Interesting.

I was listening to an interview of an expat in Guatemala. He mentioned this phrase.

OYB!

Español.

My view on my walk.

Over 1.25 miles more than I regularly do.

Kathy told me that her sister’s phone wasn’t charging. She went over to Ann’s house and brought it back for me to look at along with the cable and charger. Cleaned everything with alcohol. Took the phone case apart. Cleaned all the insides. Charged the phone up with one of a chargers and cords. Put a new screen protector on it. K will take it back to her tomorrow along with one of my cables and chargers that I know work.

The Mountain Park Aquatic Center opens up on May 27th. That’ll be fun for the girls. I’ll probably get another set of annual passes for them as well. I already have mine.

I found this interesting. I almost always use aqui. The interview I listened to last night pretty much only used acá.

I like this podcast the best.

This one talks about sports. That doesn’t interest me very much, but there are a lot of people that talk on the show so it’s good for picking out words from different accents.

K and I had a fun time with PE at their house today. Everly had a friend over. P hung out with K. I went to Walmart to pick up some supplies for one of the kids.

This is how I think the end of the week will look. I’ll probably end up with about 14,000.

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Pools! Kendalls! K! 5.10.23

Tim A. Cummins @ 8:24 pm  

OYB!

Español!

Went to Depilex Asethetics in Lawrenceville this morning for J’s laser hair removal.
It was her last one.

I had a fun chat with my buddy Anthony. He’s one of J’s good friends too.

I was supposed to have lunch with my buddy Jon today, but the wifi installation crew were late and took forever. Moved to Friday.

Sometimes the Ser app doesn’t work and I can’t listen to podcasts from Spain. I usually go to Radio Garden and use the live internet radio app.

My pink magnolia tree at Azalea was hit with a fungus. I got the dawa for it and carefully applied the fungicide to every leaf surface. It has worked great for the plants at my house.

It was probably pretty stupid to rub it in with my bare hands, but I washed my hands over and over again afterwards for safety.

Later the Ser app worked. I listened to this podcast.

Picked the girls up at the bus. Took them swimming at Stone Mountain.

Came home to spend some time with K.

Post pool dry out. First time they didn’t use the floaties.

Mother’s Day party!

Keep pushing.

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

PE! Church & Village Parks! 5.9.23

Tim A. Cummins @ 8:49 pm  

I have the iPhone 11 Pro Max. It was interesting to see how highly rated my phone still is. These graphs show user satisfaction levels. Notice how low the iPhone 14 is.

Interesting.

OYB!

Español!

Walked 1.76 miles. I read Spanish sentences out loud as fast as I can on Duolingo. My view looks like this.

Podcast!

Amen. Hope he got some new books for his new Kindle. I gave him a couple of ideas that I really liked, or will like!

The exterior keeps moving along.

The pink magnolia I planted at Azalea has some kind of fungus attacking it. I thoroughly drenched it today and scrubbed each leaf. I’ll probably do it again over the next couple of days.

I got a pizza for the girls then we went to the Church & Village Parks. At the last park, we met up with a bunch of the Azalea kids. That made it extra fun.

Beautiful day. It rained at my house but not at Chamblee, which is unusual.


Went to the church for skating and checking the mail.

Listened to live radio from Madrid on the way home.

I gave my hat a good scrubbing.

Keep pushing. My guess is I’ll come in #2 again this week.

Monday, May 8, 2023

Español! Walk! PE! Park! Skate! 5.8.23

Tim A. Cummins @ 7:45 pm  

Studied hard last week. Finished #2.


Anthony did well too!

Bradley is leading a team here this Summer. Confirming with him.

I had trouble getting into one of my email accounts. Reset the password to make it work.

OYB!

Español!

Walked 1.72 miles.

Called T&G to ask about how long I needed to wait until I come back in for an oil change. Around the end of September according to the miles I usually rack up. About the same time I head for Guatemala.

Had a nice chat with my Mom.

I get this all the time. I talked to the treasurer for my board. He thought it was probably a scam too.

Always like adding people to the donor list.

Only fourteen more days of school till the Summer. It’ll change my schedule drastically. Looking forward to it!

Took the girls for a picnic in the park.

To the church for skating.

Spanish podcasts!


Picked up the mail at my office and checked my ficus.

Went to the bank to deposit checks. Amen.

Checked on my Pink Magnolia at Azalea. Looks like it’s being attacked by some kind of fungus. Got my supplies from home to treat it tomorrow.

Sunday, May 7, 2023

Español! Walk! Bike! Yard! Podcast! 5.7.23

Tim A. Cummins @ 4:37 pm  

I dropped my new sunglasses. Of course the scratch had to be directly in the spot I look through. Ordered my free replacement pair.

I haven’t been to one of these in a while. I doubt I’ll go to Marietta to see it.

OYB!

Español!

I saw this.

And studied this.

Walked 1.71 miles. I got passed by a lady today that had to have been pushing 80. She passed me like a rabbit. I didn’t hurry any harder.

Really enjoyed riding my bike today.

While I was riding, I saw this styrofoam that was broken up in a guy’s yard. There happened to be a bag, so I picked it all up.

That’s not zesty.

I saw another dead squirrel near by.

Rode my bike 10.29 miles.

Cleaned and refilled the hummingbird feeders.

Worked on the yard near my back door. Cleaned the carpet.

Trimmed branches.

Whacked the weeds.

Released a new episode of Verbal Surgery called “Pocket Change.” Excellent.

Top three again. Amen.

Saturday, May 6, 2023

Español! Anthony! Walk! Podcast! 5.6.23

Tim A. Cummins @ 8:12 pm  

Cadena Ser just did a massive upgrade on their website making it possible to scrub through the podcast. Still can’t save your spot as far as I can tell.

Español!

Lovely.

I’m interested in weather in places where I’ve visited or in this case where I’m going.

Walked 1.75 miles. Lots of branches broken from the wind.

OYB!

My new mic came in. It works with the iPhone. Although it makes me adjust my thinking from getting the iPhone 15 which comes with USB-C output. I may very well get the iPhone 14 Pro Max instead.

Had a fun chat with my buddy Anthony.

K and I ate Indian for lunch. Afterwards, we stopped at Dollar Tree and I picked up some reading glasses for my sister-in-law, Ann.

Heard this word on a podcast. Looked it up.

My guess is I’ll come in #2 this week. That was my prediction on Tuesday. It’s easy to compare what a person did last week and their overall score and dedication to get an idea what they’ll do this week.

Recorded a new episode of Verbal Surgery called “The Code.” It’s a good one. Downloaded it onto my Mac Air.

Friday, May 5, 2023

Equipment! Español! Doctor! 5.5.23

Tim A. Cummins @ 4:10 pm  

Ordered more weed eater string. I looked up the user manual for my machine. I think I know how to do the string automatically without having to take it apart the next time. Sure hope it works!

I’m having a nice chat with my buddy Fred Sorrells about gear to use to shoot video with an iPhone. Here’s some of the stuff.

Español!

OYB!

T&G finished the oil change fast!

Drippy.

Went to the Arthritis doctor for J to see if we can get some help for her fibromyalgia. A new med I hope will help.

Flushing phones or water bottles? What kind of brutes are these people?

Went by Quest to get some blood work done.

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