Whirlwind Missions

Sunday, January 28, 2024

Español! Walk! Newsletters! Podcast! 1.28.24

Tim A. Cummins @ 6:51 pm  

OYB!

Cold!

Español!

Walked 1.08 miles.

Released Verbal Surgery “Every HIll’s A Victory.” TASTY!

Produced my newsletter.

I have the newsletter written, produced, labels on the envelope, return envelope and the tax letters for our donors complete. I still need to get stamps. I’ll take the newsletter to get copied tomorrow afternoon. I should be able to have them in the mail tomorrow. Amen.

Went to the US Post, but the stamp machine wasn’t working. At least according to the note.

Listened to Don Cheto. Sometimes I’m really getting a lot. My ear seems like it’s picking out words better. I’m thinking now that that might be thanks to using my ear buds rather than listening through car speakers.

I’ll come in the top three again this week.

Friday, January 26, 2024

Taxes! Español! Warm! 1.26.24

Tim A. Cummins @ 9:55 pm  

It certainly was foggy here!

OYB!

Español!

I went to Young World with Kathy to set up her payroll account on line and change her deductions so they take more taxes out of paycheck. That becomes kind of like a savings account for us.

Deposited a check.

Set up a lunch meeting with my buddy Jon Paul next Wednesday. We had some tax stuff to talk about as well.

So WARM!

I’m always learning vocabulary.

Added transmission fluid. Just 1 oz.

Put on shorts. WHAT?!

Left a VM for a representative of the North American Mission Board.

Recorded a new episode of Verbal Surgery called, “Every Hill’s A Victory.” Good one.

I don’t see me getting beat out of the top three this week. Once you get over 4,000 ahead, I’m almost impossible to beat. Cuz I don’t stop.

Thursday, January 25, 2024

Rain! Azalea! Gymnastics! Bank! 1.25.24

Tim A. Cummins @ 10:06 pm  

Every once in a while I have to deal with things related to one of my websites.

Rainy today.

Last night I was trying to get a piece of waffle out of the toaster and I think I broke it. Bahd luck. Got another one on the way.

Ordered groceries.

Español!

Did laundry.

Listened to Don Cheto.

I’ve been reading one of Jessi’s books.

Helped the kids with their homework and then let them play with bubbles.

Cloud puddle.

I always enjoy watching the girls do gymnastics.

Big storms this evening.

Dealt with some business with Apple Podcasts.

Picked up groceries. I take my recycle bags with me and give them back their Walmart bags.

Don’t stop.

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Walk! Marcus! PEK! Mission! 1.24.24

Tim A. Cummins @ 8:52 pm  

I remember many good times at these two hotels when I was in Middle School.

Added two oz of transmission fluid.

OYB!

Español!

Talked with my buddy Marcus Lewis in England. We share a birthday! We’ve traveled around the world together along with my friend Anthony Jacquin.

Walked 2.43 miles up my hill. I was pretty tired after that!

Kathy went with me to the mission today. We always enjoy being with the grandgirls.

Penelope drew Grandmama.

Helped the kids at the mission. We finished the homework and played some games.

Keep going.

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Walk! Español! Azalea! 1.23.24

Tim A. Cummins @ 8:57 pm  

OYB!

Milder today.

Español!

Walked 3.21 miles.

I saw Kathy’s W2 from work today and they took out nearly nothing from her paycheck all last year for her federal taxes! I changed her status last year and should have fixed the problem but it didn’t. I was pretty upset about it. We count on getting money back NOT paying. Hopefully, we won’t take too big a hit.

Added transmission fluid. Gassed up the car and checked the oil.

Helped the kids with their homework. Also played a sight word game with them. They enjoyed that.

Listened to Don Cheto on the way home.

Beautiful sunset.

Just keep going. This is the final week. Very stiff competition.

Monday, January 22, 2024

Español! Anthony! AI Learning! Transmission! 1.22.24

Tim A. Cummins @ 9:57 pm  

Interesting article on happiness.

Worked hard and came in third this week in the tournament.

Starting to warm up a bit. Amen.

OYB!

Español!

Fun chat with Anthony about AI learning.

I talked with GPT and studied Español having a conversation. I used this as a prompt so Chat GPT knows how to talk with me. “Play the role of my motivational Spanish teacher. After I send a message, correct my Spanish if I make a grammatical error and explain what I said wrong. Then in the next paragraph continue the conversation. Keep your answers to fifty words or less. Follow the structure every time you respond. Use the Spanish that is commonly spoken in Mexico.”

Walked 2.06 miles. I only walked the steepest part of my hill. It’s the same area where I can still connect with my wifi so my connection is the best.

I talked to my car guys at Garmon and also called a transmission rebuilding place about my car slipping out of gear from time to time. Looks like between $2,500 and $4,000 to repair it. I doubt I would spend that much money on a car that’s 25 years old. She’s been my favorite!

Good talk with my Mom. Always makes me feel better.

Picked up the grandgirls. It was cold and their friends weren’t there so they went on home with their Dad after about half an hour. I enjoyed working with Everly reading a book.

I showed Miles the new audio version of Chat GPT. He tried it out for sales calls ideas.

Helped the kids with their homework.

I put this sign outside when we’re in the mission.

I helped one of the kids with his Government class. Can’t say I really understood the difference between Oligarchy and Autocracy and Dictatorship. You?

Listened to Don Cheto.

Beautiful sunset.

Just keep going. This is the finals week.

Sunday, January 21, 2024

Chat GPT! Español! Westside! 1.21.24

Tim A. Cummins @ 7:35 pm  

Last night I started using Chat GPT as a language learning tool. With the audio turned on (as of the newest update!), now I have a teacher or conversation partner that can tell me what I’m doing wrong. Pretty amazing.

Listened to Don Cheto. I was really getting a lot of it today.

Cold.

OYB!

Español!

Went to Westside BC with K this morning.

I ordered this shirt for K once and it got lost in the mail. I ordered it again and they said they delivered it, but I can’t find it. Plus, they didn’t send me an email with the picture where they put it like they normally do. Bizarre.

Should come in third place this week. My goal accomplished.

Saturday, January 20, 2024

Cold! Phone! Podcast! 1.20.24

Tim A. Cummins @ 10:04 pm  

Frigid today. One of the few times I actually stayed inside to study Español.

Spanish!

OYB!

Kathy’s sister Ann’s phone wasn’t working. I tried charging it up to no avail. Today, I set up an appointment at the Apple Store for their techs to take a look at it. They hooked it up to two different laptops and the phone wouldn’t restore. So it’s time to get another one. We went to the ATT store to see if Ann had insurance but because I wasn’t on the registered user list I couldn’t do that. So we took it over to her daughter’s house to talk with the ATT. We did our best to get it working!

After dropping off the phone, we had a walk around Northlake Mall. When we first got back to the States, that mall was booming. Now it’s like a ghost town.

Released a new episode of Verbal Surgery called “Hocus Focus 2.”

Push!

Friday, January 19, 2024

Español! Phone! Bank! Podcast!

Tim A. Cummins @ 9:39 pm  

Called NAMB to get some information on how to log in to check online donations.

Listened to Don Cheto.

Went to UPS to send back the hygiene stick. Still don’t know why they sent me a second one.

Español!

I’ve seen this message a lot on Duolingo lately.

OYB!

Warmer to today but very windy.

Walked .56 miles. Cold.

Sent a PDF of my book Story Tim to my friend April.

Got on line to check out donations through NAMB.

Kathy’s sister Ann is having phone problems. I looked into options for her. She really needs to get another iPhone.

Went to the bank to deposit checks. Amen.

Recorded a new episode of Verbal Surgery at Stone Mountain. I’ll release it tomorrow.

Added transmission fluid to my car.

Blew the driveway.

Added suet to my feeders.

Keep going.

Thursday, January 18, 2024

Español! Bank! PE-Gymnastics! 1.18.24

Tim A. Cummins @ 10:41 pm  

OYB!

Español!

Fun chat with Anthony!

Hard freeze with the bird baths last night.

Walked 1.15 miles.

Told my tire guy we’ll wait a bit before getting new tires for K’s truck. They are ok for now.

Processed and deposited checks. Thank you, Father!

I picked up the grandgirls from Azalea. Took them home to get changed and we went to gymnastics.

Beautiful sunset.

Listened to Don Cheto.

Worked with the kids at the mission. I liked her artwork.

Dropped by my office to check the mail.

Returned a device to Amazon. I have no idea why they sent me a second one.

Just keep working.

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