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Warm and damp.

Did my laundry.

Cleaned, refilled and rehung the hummingbird feeders.

Had nearly 1″ of rain over the last few days.

Cleaned and refilled the birdbaths and feeders

Took my Mom to eat at BK and her hair washed at Nancy’s

Our power went out from around 6:30 PM till about 11:30 PM last night. That’s not zesty. PEK and I went out to get chocolate frosties to eat by candlelight.

I copied the information from my old AC Unit. I filled out a form about getting estimates on replacing a similar unit.

Watered my downstairs plants.

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Thunderstorms blew through. Heavy rain for a few minutes.

Got some new reading glasses.

Jessi and I put in a 10,000 BTU air conditioner for our living room. I had to get the window unstuck first. I used a whammy bar and got it to come loose.

I unpacked the AC unit. Took out the foam and sides first.

This window should work well.

Jessi is great at reading directions. I’m great at getting it done fast.

Instillation.

I reinstalled a couple of screws I took out getting the window unstuck.

I think we did a good job. We had to add a board under the unit to get it slightly higher. It’s important that the unit drains properly.

I learned some terms about windows.

Another day, another happy neuron.

Sent J a message about her meds.

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Not too hot today for our Safari to Six Flags.

Last night, we had gone through the plan of what rides were acceptable. They were able to change their minds if they saw something they thought they’d like. This spinning one they decided not to go on.

Six Flags is a big place. We covered more than three miles in the park.

Our first ride was this animatronic monster underground adventure. I think P was pretty scared. I was holding her pretty tightly. Making fun of the monsters, trying to take the scary stuff away. These weren’t the scary ones.

My favorite ride was the girls riding this one and me riding the bench.

I liked this merry go round.

I was shocked by this near life-size sculpture. Nip! I wonder how many of the hundreds of thousands of people who rode this noticed it.

About halfway into our trip, the girls decide they wanted to check out the water park. We had all our swim gear in the car, but we had to walk about half a mile to get it.

They really enjoyed the water park. Penelope added a new slide to the ones she likes. It made the journey to Six Flags way more worth it The swimming area doubled our time at the park. It took them a while to figure out what to ride.

We ate pizza at Primos on the way out. E wasn’t really hungry. P and I were.

Our best out of three trips there.

Quite a lot of exercise.

Just keep going.

Power cut off for about three hours this evening. Never good. Glad it came back on! Finished the blog.

Did research on a potential doctor for fibromyalgia treatment for J.

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Did research on my AC Unit to see what replacing it would cost. One estimate is $14,000. They want my business.

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Jimmy brought the girls over about 11:30 AM. Always great to see them!

Kat is a great friend.

I’m taking the girls to Six Flags tomorrow. Should be fun.

Jessi and the girls came with me to the Dollar Tree after we had El Torrero. I bought them all balloons and treats.

Cat mask project with the girls. Pretty hard actually.

More research.

Keep going.

I’ve been looking for new shirts. I got two in today. One of the shirt companies is near my office in Doraville.

Spanish movies I’ll watch in the future.

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I had a guy come look at my AC unit. He said it was over 20 years old and they didn’t make the freon to charge it any more. Installing a new unit would cost $14,000. We will go for window units for now.

I ordered this one.

Also looking for doctors to help J with her fibromyalgia.

Transplanted my Tallulah begonia.

Cleaned the fridge and freezer. Threw a lot of stuff out.

Talked with Jimmy about getting the girls. He’ll drop them off around noon.

Kathy and Nana had already talked to me about getting a window unit.

Called my car guys at Garmon to ask about the Check Tire Mobility Kit warning light. Turned out to be the expiration date for the tire inflator. I think I resent the warning properly. We’ll see. I have a compressor for pumping up my tires. If it has a blow out I have AAA.

Not sure whether J will be able to do this.

Got gas and checked fluids.

Went to Stone Mountain to record “REdefine.” Uploaded the file and put the episode on Facebook.

Back on top.

Vocabulario!

I thought these mosquito traps sounded interesting. I made three last night. I used a gallon distilled water jug. Cut the top off and inverted it. Mixed up four cups of hot water with a couple of tablespoons of brown sugar, 2 tsp of dry yeast, and a tsp dishwashing soap. Apparently, the yeast produces CO2 and the soap makes the mosquitos drown when they land on the water.

We’ve been having AC issues. I usually ask our community first who they would recommend.

From Eric Barker’s blog.

Figured out some charges from Apple on my Mom’s credit card.

This looks interesting.

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I put this picture by my Aunt Jane Holloway back on the wall over the drier.

Keep going.

Two weeks left before school starts.

Tried to set up an appointment with a psychiatrist that J had had in the past. Didn’t work out. Sad.

Ordered more string for my weed trimmer.

It was pretty thick. The trimmer is way more peaceful than the gas mower ever was. I use it like a scythe.

Pretty hot out there.

A big part of the job was picking up sticks. There were a lot after the last series of storms.

Stack it up, haul it off.

Drop it off at the recycle area.

I moved the way the Wisteria was growing. I looped it back clockwise on the tree.

Looks good.

Cleaned the SE part of mai yard with the banana trees and pineapple.

My legs got pretty grassy.

I cleaned all this up out of the street.

Winding up the cords is one of the last jobs.

I worked over three hours. I forgot to turn the app off when I came in to get cleaned up.

Push.

Ordered groceries.

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Rained nearly 2.5″ this week.

Filled up the seed and suet feeders.

My roses are blooming.

Organized my cords.

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I got contractor trash bags and more paper towels for the bathrooms at FBCD.

Put some ibuprofen in my medicine jar in my room.

Did my laundry. Over a week’s worth.

Repaired a hole in the laundry room ceiling.

Mixed up hummingbird feeder solution. Cleaned, refilled and rehung the feeders.

I’ve been looking at new shirts.

Collected limbs and trimmed the yard. I had to add more string to my trimmer.

I stopped because it started sprinkling. Lots of thunder and lightning nearby.

Picked up groceries.

I’ll come in the top five this week.

Spain beat Argentina in the World Cup final. I was pulling for Messi & Argentina.

I ordered the meal last night for the Farmer’s Market.

Uploading files to YouTube has been really slow lately. I got the final Thank You note to Tyler at FBC Canton. That marks the team complete.

Calculations on how much money was made this week from two teams serving over six days.

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The big globe I use for The Show started to leak yesterday. I brought my hot glue gun to reinforce my previous repair. It seemed a lot better. I kind of lost it late this morning when during a break a bunch of kids were punching it. Freaked me out.

Held pretty well under pressure.

Checked the mail.

Cleaned up the Fellowship Hall. I decided to leave my chairs and tables in presentation mode. I’m tired of moving a bunch of tables and chairs around when people aren’t even using them.

It was kind of sad to turn out the lights on the Summer Team schedule. It’s weird how I keep thinking how it could be the last time I do it. The Father told me, “You still have gas in the tank.”

Don Cheto on the drive home.

Keep going.

Had a fun time with my team from Restoration Church. I love that age group. They’re so enthusiastic.

Rough night. No power. No internet. Hot and still. K didn’t gave a Cpap. I tried to use the Honda with an inverter to power the machine but it didn’t work. I also had a fan on the circuit. Not sure what would work.

Fun time with my team from Restoration Church with my friend Cindy Hunnicut. She’s pretty much the dean of middle school youth work. She did a fantastic job at the mission in Roswell.

Took them to Hibachi Grill for lunch. The Kitab bookstore was closed today. Friday off. Makes sense. We still saw Al Madina.

Massive thunderstorms on the way back to Chamblee. Just too much. Didn’t go to the Mission.

Uploading the video I shot to YouTube.

Just keep going with Español. Also listened to Don Cheto.

Thursday evening we had powerful thunderstorms. Power was out from 6:25 PM to about 6:30 AM. I was able to edit the video that I shot this week, but I had to wait till Friday the 17th to start uploading it.

Had a great D-Day with my team from Canton! Took them to eat at Fuji and on Safari to Plaza Fiesta.

I always enjoy going to Artisenal.

They signed the Landing Pad. It was first introduced thirteen years ago today.

The team had fun playing tag with the Mission kids.