Tim A. Cummins @ 10:08 pm
On Sunday night we had big storms and the power went out. This is what happened on 6.25.23
Study better!
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OYB!
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Español!
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Walked 2.29 miles.
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Biked 16.09 miles.
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Got stung by a yellow jacket as I was putting my bike up. Ouch.
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Hot.
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Produced my newsletter and did the labels except for the stamps.
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Big storm blew through. Lots of limbs fell. Called Walton Power to let them know about the situation. Power was out for over three hours.
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June 26, 2023
Kevin Kelly’s new book of advice.
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OYB!
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Got to the mission at 6:45 AM.
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Came in #1 in Duolingo last week. Very tough competition this week. Wow.
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Walked 2.62 miles.
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Love my girls! Ashley still isn’t 100% but went to work anyway.
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Everly got a new watch. I set it for her. It was good practice for her to read the numbers over 20.
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Class.
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Sprayed my little Pink Magnolia with fungicide again. C’mon, baby!
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Headed downtown from the Doraville MARTA station.
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Peachtree Center station. Whopping big escalator.
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Fun and excitement! Our two words for Summer School.
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Metro Cafe Diner for breakfast/lunch.
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Topped off with Chocolate Suicide cake. So good.
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Downtown Atlanta is beautiful.
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Always challenging them.
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We enjoyed the Central Library. Super tight security. Seemed like going through the airport! Wow. Nice art.
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Penelope read us a book. She did great.
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They got hot and tired. I try not to push them TOO much. Focus on staying in the shade as much as possible.
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We got a nice breeze.
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Checked out CNN Center. I used to work with CNN.
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We checked out the Baptist Tabernacle. Kathy’s Dad used to pastor this church. Now it’s a music venue. How the times have changed.
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Headed back to Chamblee.
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Picked up the newsletters at FBC Doraville, then went to get stamps for the envelopes.
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To the mission to collate, stuff, and stamp.
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In the mail. A little bit early this month. Amen.
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I got a micro SD card to expand the memory capacity of Penelope’s tablet. She was really happy about that.
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Good chat with my Mom on the way home.
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After the big storm yesterday, I needed to blow the driveway, pick up limbs and clean up. I also noticed some of my nemesis: poison ivy, which I immediately dug up and chopped up. Hate it.
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Piled up sticks. I’ll haul them to my back recycling area soon.
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Finished vacuuming the house.
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I took the vacuum cleaner almost completely apart to clean it.
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The rotor was horribly clogged up.
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Put it all back together once it was clean.
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Then cleaned out the container and the filters.
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Went to Metro Cafe (the one in Stone Mountain this time!) to pick up some food for Jessi and Kathy. Seemed only fair.
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Two of the people in the top four made nearly 30,000 points last week. I normally run around 20,000 which is still a lot when compared to most people. I figure I’ll come in #3 this week. Unless the DVB guy really turns up the heat. Last week he made substantially less than me. We’ll see. I don’t get too up tight about it but I still enjoy the competition. It makes me work harder.
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