On Sunday night we had big storms and the power went out. This is what happened on 6.25.23

Study better!

OYB!

Español!

Walked 2.29 miles.

Biked 16.09 miles.

Got stung by a yellow jacket as I was putting my bike up. Ouch.

Hot.

Produced my newsletter and did the labels except for the stamps.

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.

June 26, 2023

Kevin Kelly’s new book of advice.

OYB!

Got to the mission at 6:45 AM.

Came in #1 in Duolingo last week. Very tough competition this week. Wow.

Walked 2.62 miles.

Love my girls! Ashley still isn’t 100% but went to work anyway.

Everly got a new watch. I set it for her. It was good practice for her to read the numbers over 20.

Class.

Sprayed my little Pink Magnolia with fungicide again. C’mon, baby!

Headed downtown from the Doraville MARTA station.

Peachtree Center station. Whopping big escalator.

Fun and excitement! Our two words for Summer School.

Metro Cafe Diner for breakfast/lunch.

Topped off with Chocolate Suicide cake. So good.

Downtown Atlanta is beautiful.

Always challenging them.

We enjoyed the Central Library. Super tight security. Seemed like going through the airport! Wow. Nice art.

Penelope read us a book. She did great.

They got hot and tired. I try not to push them TOO much. Focus on staying in the shade as much as possible.

We got a nice breeze.

Checked out CNN Center. I used to work with CNN.

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.

Headed back to Chamblee.

Picked up the newsletters at FBC Doraville, then went to get stamps for the envelopes.

To the mission to collate, stuff, and stamp.

In the mail. A little bit early this month. Amen.

I got a micro SD card to expand the memory capacity of Penelope’s tablet. She was really happy about that.

Good chat with my Mom on the way home.

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.

Piled up sticks. I’ll haul them to my back recycling area soon.

Finished vacuuming the house.

I took the vacuum cleaner almost completely apart to clean it.

The rotor was horribly clogged up.

Put it all back together once it was clean.

Then cleaned out the container and the filters.

Went to Metro Cafe (the one in Stone Mountain this time!) to pick up some food for Jessi and Kathy. Seemed only fair.

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.