My buddy Anthony is learning to sail. I liked this note from Van Gogh.

It reminded me of learning to fly ultralight trikes. I gave up the endeavor after one of my teacher’s students died on the very landing strip I was practicing on.

I ordered this microwave and got it today. This is my third one of this type. First one lasted about two years. This one lasted just over one. This one randomly would keep running, even when the door was open!

Jesse has been low on iron. I got some new supplements to help.

I sent and received a good email to my music teacher Rick Beato. He has over 2.5 million subscribers on YouTube. We will be getting together soon if all goes well. We are both really busy.

I liked this article by the First Lady on teachers.

I woke up about 5:00 AM with the news that the dryer wasn’t working. Ashley reminded me that she had her old one in storage at the Kendalls house. The start of what turned out to be a really hard project.

My girls!

I called Jimmy to see if I could come get it. Later, I discovered that the trunk door of Kathy’s truck is now broken. Took it to T&G to verify that fact. Sadly, it’s messed up. So then I had to get back with Jimmy to see about borrowing his truck, which he let me do.

Beautiful clouds this morning. It was an absolutely fantastic sunrise, but I couldn’t pull over to take a shot. Hate it when that happens. It’s like it doesn’t really exist unless I shoot it.

I’m working on getting a new CPAP machine for Kathy. I wrote the letter yesterday, this morning Everly and I took it over to the UPS shop to fax to the doctor and to the CPAP machine place.

I also mailed the hard copy to the doctor as well from there. Always pays to have a Plan B. Although with the dryer, I was working on about Plan F by the time the day was through!

Interesting effects with the hazy sky.

I saw this on the ground. I operate by this idea.

Kept texting back and forth with Jimmy about the dryer situation.

Español!

I liked this vase at the Kendall’s house.

It was a challenge to move that dryer in and out of the Jimmy’s truck. Especially in. I’m not exactly sure how I’m going to be able to do it tomorrow by myself.
I’m good at figuring stuff out. I used a ladder as in incline plane.

Harry!

I used this old door to get the dryer up the steps into my house with the dolly.

I got the machine into the room and then realized that the dryer had a different type of plug.

This is on the new machine.

This is the receptacle in my house. It was like every single thing that could go wrong with the project did go wrong.

It fits this kind of plug on my old dryer.

I went by my appliance guys to ask them what they thought. They told me (the whole conversation was in Spanish!) that they would change the plug for $20 if I’d bring it in. Which meant I had to get that thing BACK in Jimmy’s truck. That’s not zesty. Fortunately, he said I could use his truck tomorrow to make that work. Wow. This has really been a hard job. But I’m making it one step at a time.

Everly liked this little bow I found for her.

Cool mushroom over where we were waiting for Penelope.

Gorgeous.

I gave Penelope a little envelope. She spelled out Tiger Bucks (their school money that they give kids when they do something well), and drew a picture of a bunny and tiger paws plus some flowers. Super proud of her!

I didn’t get started studying Spanish until later this afternoon. Too busy with working with that dryer.

I liked how Everly put her doll to bed then went to sleep herself. So sweet.

It was rainy today. I set the table up under the front porch to help the kids with their homework.

The new microwave came in. I got it unboxed and plugged in.

Old one went into the garbage. Too many different types of material to recycle. Especially glass.

Released a new episode of Verbal Surgery called “Measurement.” So good.