Deepstash!

As part of the storm prep, I watched videos of using candles for heat in a room. I bought a lot more candles and some terracotta pots to help heat up rooms when the power fails. Also bought a few more loaves of bread.

OYB!

Español!

Is it safe to use propane heaters in your house? Only with ventilation.

I’m concerned out the wildlife in my area. Cleaned and refilled the bird baths. Added more seed and suet to my feeding areas. I know it’s appreciated!

Here it comes. Ay caramba. Blow south winds, blow!

Everything is sales in the end.

Took K’s window unit out of the window and put in storage. Sealed up the window with a blanket.

Wavey clouds. I’ve only seen that a few times.

I enjoy researching the weapons I use in Arc Raiders.

Just keep going.

Kathy has a hard time breathing and uses a CPAP. I figured out a way to use our car to generate electricity and then an inverter to be able to run her machine.

OYB!

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Deepstash!

Contacted by a team leader coming in March.

As part of my storm prep, I went through all my flashlights. Sadly, every one was messed up. I reckon that’s because I always use my phone as a flashlight now. I ordered three new ones from Amazon.

This looks exciting.

That super cold air is blasting towards us.

I took my Mom to get her hair washed and dried.

I love our Scarlet Woods community.

So far our Devoted Health care plan seems pretty good.

I’m a little concerned that if our power goes out my streak might break in Duolingo.

Seems appropriate seeing what the storm may do.

Ordered groceries. There were a lot of the basics that were out.

OYB!

Confirmed a doctor’s appointment for my Mom.

I like these quotes.

I had a great time with Matthew, Lizette and her team from FBA. I took them on Safari to Plaza Fiesta, Buford Highway Farmers Market, China Town and Azalea.

Always something fun to see at Plaza Fiesta.

Picked up the girls at the bus and took them out to eat at Cicis.

Listened to Don Cheto on the way home.

Walmart order was late because of the crowds I reckon.

Interesting.

Don’t stop.

Scary winter storm headed our way. Yow!

What it’s like now.

OYB!

Español!

I’m enjoying my subscription to Deepstash. I have it on my homepage now. Better than just social media. I’m actually learning things!

K and I took the grandgirls to Taco Veloz. We picked up the newsletters at FBC Doraville and stuffed the envelopes while we waited for our food. They helped me get the stamps on as well and got them in the mail!

Everly bought a tiny teacher’s class room set. She had fun showing it to me.

We found out that the bus did finally let the kids off at Azalea at around 6:30 PM yesterday. They were really scared. They thought they were being kidnapped. K and I helped them with their homework.

Processed and deposited checks. Thank you, Father!

Beautiful sunset.

Released a new episode of Verbal Surgery called “Heaven.” Powerful!

Keep going.

Cold!

OYB!

Sorry to hear that our church secretary is quitting. I’m grateful for her ministry to me.

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Fun talk with my buddy Anthony.

Working on J’s insurance.

I like this.

Helped K get her doctor’s appointment confirmed. I let the family know when we may not be able to get the girls.

I took a survey to help Duolingo.

K and I picked up the girls and went for Vietnamese.

Went by my office to check the mail.

Helped the kids at the mission. Very cold. Three of the kids had trouble getting home from school. Bus had an issue with their tutor time.

Brisk! Especially with the wind.

I liked this.

Had a good talk with Bailey about the team he’s bringing in March.

Don’t stop. Won’t stop.

Super cold night. I put on two extra blankets. That makes four blankets and a comforter. Slept well!

OYB!

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Ordered groceries!

I took PE to Walmart to walk around and have some fun. Too cold to play outside.

Then enjoyed eating at Hot and Cold.

Set up a call with a team leader for tomorrow.

Watered my upstairs plants.

The girls enjoyed hanging out around the house. I put up the air mattress and blankets to free up the living room.

Took out garbage. I do that nearly every day.

Gassed up my car and checked the oil.

Picked up groceries and put them away.

Keep going. I should be in the top three pretty easily this week.

Great to have my brother Jim come visit with his daughter Katie! I took them to the airport this morning. Wish they could have stayed longer!

One of my favorite books.

OYB!

Español! I was outside studying. The wind made it mighty brisk!

I’ve enjoyed my new app Deepstash. I like the quotes that go along with the book synopses.

Life changing quotes from movies.

I’m enjoying Arc Raiders.

Interesting. I’m sure my senator will vote no.

J helped me with an accessibility issue on my iPhone.

Ashley and Miles came over for the 90th birthday party for my Mom. The best present was the girls coming to spend the night.

The girls gave us a show.

In touch with a team coming in March.

I’ll probably come in third this week.

Watered my plants.

Wrote and produced my newsletter. Dropped it off at FBC Doraville.

OYB!

Studied outside even though it was freezing.

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Worked on repairing the towel rack. It’s a little better.

Tracked Jim and Katie’s plane from Austin. They were over 2.5 hours late. Not a big fan of SW Airlines.

This is not all my exercise, just what I track with Runkeeper.

Got my money back from Oscar health insurance.

Short chat with Anthony.

Deepstash.

Checked the mail at my office.

Processed and deposited checks.

Went by to see Ashley and the girls at her house. Everly came with me to the airport to pick up my brother Jim and his daughter Katie.

We met them at the airport when them came up the big escalator. They have a huge screen to see who’s coming. We rode MARTA back to Chamblee.

Sweet reunion!

Keep going.

January 17th is Nana’s birthday.

OYB!

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Much warmer today.

We took them for Curry at Masala in Decatur. After eating, we visited some of the Indian food shops, Al Madina, and the BAPS temple. The folks at Masala gave Nana a little birthday dessert.

Super cold.

OYB!

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I’ve enjoyed reading highlights and synopses from books. Deepstash is a fun app.

I took Nana to get her hair done.

I updated my iPhone 16 Pro Max to the latest iOS. I noticed this UC after the 5G today. Wasn’t sure what that meant. Do you?

Transferred some money around in my different accounts

I had a fun lunch with my buddy Jon Paul. He’s the treasurer for Whirlwind Missions.

Talked with Georgia Access about K’s health insurance. I think we got it almost figured out. There’s still a matter of getting reimbursed for the money that Oscar Health Insurance took without our permission. I took some notes.

I put some little velcro connectors on my Mom’s jacket. It needed to close in the front.

I added another neodymium magnet to the hide a key to keep it in place. I tried to make the job more comfortable. Those magnets are supposed to hold up over 100 lbs. What?!

My brother’s coming into town tomorrow. Looking forward to meeting him at the airport. I had a good talk with him to describe what to do after he gets off the plane and where I’ll meet him.

I checked with Chat GPT to make sure that the instructions were correct for the South West airline gate. I’ve traveled with Delta a lot. Just a few times with SW.

I wrote my newsletter. Still need to produce and print out the BW copy for the photocopier.

Paid a hospital bill.

J is moving her computer into her bedroom now that she has space for it. I cleaned and organized the wires in preparation for putting it back together.

Kathy got her new health insurance card in.

Don’t stop.

Worked on the schedule for the teams I have coming. I need to make sure who, when and how many people are coming!

Got a text from Ashley last night that Penelope had fallen. They took her to urgent care and those guys told her to take her to the Emergency Room. Sure enough she had a compound fracture of her forearm. They put a huge cast on her. She was in good spirits the whole time.

OYB!

I got under K’s car to put the hide a key back. I had one of them fall off a couple of years ago, so I put the new one inside of a nylon sock with neodymium magnets on each side. That won’t fall off, but it’s hard to get to since it’s under the car. It’s especially problematic when it’s raining, like it was last week when K forgot the car keys in the car. She couldn’t get under the car so I came to do it for her.

I’m enjoying Deepstash.

K and I went to Azalea to check on the girls and the Mission. Too cold to do it outside today. Wind was blowing and felt like freezing!

Ash took Everly home with her and K and I took P to Cici’s Pizza. We also went to the pet store and Dick’s to check out sporting goods. She had a good Face Time with J.

Went to Publix to get big 90 balloons and treats for the party on Sunday. Looking forward to having my brother in town for the festivities!

I have nine teams coming to work with me so far and just had a tenth team confirm today.

I’ll work on this soon.

While I was at Cici’s, I heard Doves Cry and it reminded me of being in Kenya when I first heard it. Sent a text to my buddy Joe who had sent me a tape recording of it. I also forwarded him a list of some music I’ve listened to recently.

Keep learning.