I thought this was interesting.

Studying subjunctive tense in past imperfect.

OYB!

Español!

I liked these quotes by Karl Jung.

Never seen an oak like this.

I pumped up a couple of the boy’s soccer balls.

Beautiful weather.

Had a short chat with my buddy, Anthony.

Got some puzzles for Miles for his birthday.

Rode my bike 13.01 miles. I forgot to start tracking my mileage until I got to my two mile marker.

Blew the driveway when I got home.

Cleaned my outdoor carpet and the St. Francis shrine.

I helped the kids with their homework till about 7:30 PM. It was really hard. I’m not really up on percentage word problems. Most of the time I can figure them out, but others not so much. For example: What percentage of 8 is 6?

Español! I had a great race at the end of the evening last night. I think my competitor deserved the number one place. He ended up making more than 6,000 points in one day in order to topple me. I really only care about being in the top three which is what Duolingo records.

Just keep going . . .

This matching pairs lesson is the one I’m the best at.

Gorgeous weather today!

OYB!

Cleaned and refilled my hummingbird feeders. I think the male has already left to back south.

Rode my bike 12.41 miles after pumping the tires up. Perfect weather for a bike ride!

Penelope was sick today. Ashley stayed home to take care of her. Everly stayed home as well because she was afraid to get on the bus to home by herself. Ashley takes them to school in the mornings on her way to work.

Everly went over to Taco Veloz for Huevos Rancheros, beans and rice with me before I worked with the kids.

Listened to radio from Spain. Studied some new words including for hummingbird!

I do my part to make Duolingo better.

HUGE group of kids needing help. I’ve had to set up a second table most days. Most are camera shy.

I’m having great success with a particular exercise in Duolingo which is basically flash cards.

I don’t always understand why the verbal conjugations are used. This morning I figured out I was using a simple preterite in the subjunctive tense which as far as I know was never explained. I just finally figured out that was what was happening and I looked it up on my verb app and I was right.

Happy, Rosh Hashana!

Listened to radio from Spain.

OYB!

Went to Stone Mountain to record an episode of Verbal Surgery called “Strategic Synergy.”

Started to drizzle while I was recording. I was planning on riding my bike today. I didn’t go because the roads were slick.

Watered my plants.

Downloaded the podcast file onto my Mac Air.

My iPhone from time to time will dim itself, like it’s in a dark room where the screen shouldn’t be so bright. Did research on it. Could be a feature when the iPhone thinks it’s not actually being used and goes into a power conservation mode. Still not sure if I’ve fixed it.

Last night, our power went out for over two hours. I called Walton Power to report it. Some transformer was switched off probably by some animal getting electrocuted.

It was REALLY dark.

Español!

OYB!

Ordered groceries.

Listened to Spanish radio.

Everly had a super, fun party.

I got us an Oreo ice cream cake from DQ!

Lots of presents!

I bought a bunch of stuff from the Dollar tree so the other kids could have some presents too.

Warm day!

I rested and then went for a bike ride.

Studied Spanish after I got showered from my ride.

Picked up groceries and put them up.

Blew the driveway.

I enjoyed looking at Anthony’s AI art creations with my new TV. Fantastic!

I’m still on the wait list to get the program.

Doing well in the Spanish leagues. I’m bouncing from first and second.

OYB!

Español!

Took Jessi to the CT scan place to see how bad the deviated septum she has is.

K,J and I went to LT.

Went to the Dollar Tree to get little gifts for the rest of the party participants. Also got balloons and decorations.

Cool morning. Warmed up.

I’m collecting empty water jugs for my neighbor who is building an igloo with the kids in her class.

Repotted three African violets. I have two more, but ran out of potting soil for them. I may mix some regular soil and some perlite instead.

I got a lot of presents from the Dollar Tree. I wrapped the three big presents for Everly’s party tomorrow. I decided to just put the presents on the table and let them pick what they want.

After repotting my orchids, I’d read that I need to start fertilizing them regularly. Sounds like a plan.

This doesn’t sound like it’ll make Putin very popular.

I hear this a lot in conjunction with the former president.

She will nail him.

OYB!

Another warm day.

Español!

My favorite exercise.

Great talk with my buddy Anthony.

It was fun seeing his online art show.

Getting everything ready for repotting my African violets.

I saw a squirrel at my feeders. I immediately brought the food inside. I’ve learned that if I don’t always keep them full, the squirrels stop coming. It takes them a lot more work to get to the feeders than it does for the birds.

BIG crowd to help with homework. It’s all pretty hard. I don’t think there are many volunteers that could do it.

OYB!

Español!

Listened to radio from Spain.

My fifth time to go to PNC bank to get this mortgage payment figured out. I think we have it done now. I will have to go back to give a full month’s payment the middle of next month and a full payment at the end of next month. After that it’ll be a bi-weekly auto debit. I hope.

I sewed up a dress of Penelope’s.

I moved all my orchids to one table of my garden. That’ll help with the watering. I have to water them more often because of the change of medium that they’re now in, that’s to say wood bark rather than sphagnum moss.

Yard looks way better when I look out the windows now. Amen.

Went to my office to check the mail and put up the supplies I used this Sunday at Peachtree Corners BC.

Felt hot today.

The men were working on the road in front of Azalea today. It was completely blocked. I called Huntley Hills Elementary to give the bus driver a heads up.

Processed and deposited checks.

Everly made a new friend! Her name is Perla. I went to her house to help Everly meet the family and introduce ourselves to the parents.

Helped the kids with their homework. They like to ride down the hill on one of the parent’s truck.

Released a new episode of Verbal Surgery “You Turn 2.”

Get your life on the right path!

Español!

OYB!

Sending a couple of Covid tests to my Mom.

Helped her pick out a present for Everly.

Warmed up!

I uploaded this file a few days ago but the server didn’t receive the whole file. Sent it again today.

Mowed about 2/3s of my back yard. Pretty heavy.

I start getting worried about snakes!

Had to quit because I ran out of gas.

Listened to radio from Spain.

I ate and got food for the girls at the Buford Highway Farmers Market. They were out of the chocolate that they like, I looked around and found our favorite cookies from Turkey. They are SO good.

Went by my office to check the mail.

Helped the kids at the mission. BIG group! Only a couple will let me take their picture.

The girls had fun making a little castle.

Filled up my car and also the gas can I use for my mower.

I’m still having issues with setting up the auto debit for my mortgage with PNC. I have to go back tomorrow to try and get it squared away. This will make the fifth time!

Came in #1 in the league this week. Lots of right answers really fast to do that.

Went to the bank. Deposited checks and put the results on our Drive online.

Sometimes it amazes me how long I’ve been blogging. When I started, people didn’t even know what a “blog” was! I had to explain to them, “Well, it’s a web log. So they call it a blog. Get it?” More than a quarter of my life has a detailed account of each day including pictures. Just like this! It really is a big part of my life every evening. It’s good to really think through what has happened. Makes me realize just how productive I am.

OYB!

Español! It’s amazing to me how much Duolingo talks about lasagna.

I used K’s truck today which is a 1998 Expedition. She had slow leaks in both front tires. Got gas and a new oil cap. The old one was missing.

Walmart didn’t have the oil cap I needed. Neither did Advance Auto. But Auto Zone did. Amen.

Went by my office to check the mail and water my ficus.

Getting K’s tires plugged so they don’t leak air gave me a good reason to learn some new vocabulary.

Rolling!

Picked up the girls from the bus. Penelope wasn’t hungry and just wanted to watch a show. I like to have Everly time. She really is my best friend.

Penelope was pretty excited when we got home. We brought her two cheeseburgers and fries. She did a dance for us.

Helped the kids with their homework.

OYB!

It was good to hear that the tech work I did for my sister Ann worked.

Español! Today Duolingo didn’t give me a day count. Weird. The streak is still there, just not that splash page.

I spoke at the K-5th grade departments this morning. The kids did well for that age group.

They had a game and a music time before I spoke.

Gorgeous weather.

Listened to radio from A Coruña, Spain on my way home from PCBC. I enjoyed going to Cici’s pizza, which is one of my favorites. I just hardly ever go there because it’s kind of out of the way.

Studied some Spanish conjugations besides my normal work.

Checked on the status of the printer cartridge for Ann.

The weather has been dry for a while so I wanted to get the roof and especially the gutters cleaned out. It’s a WAY easier job if you keep up with it and don’t let it pile up deep and get wet. Then it because a real JOB. Today was pretty easy. I need to start thinking about doing it mid and first of month.

Blew off the deck and the driveway.

Take it out, Put it up!