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The tire I got yesterday is making a noise and slight vibration. I’m going back to my tire guy tomorrow to get a new one.

Went by T&G to pay for the repair to the gas vent. It was about $450. More than I was expecting. They put a new gas cap on, but I’m still smelling gas outside the car. Good news is no fumes come inside!

Ordered groceries.

Found K’s driver’s license. It was in her Bible in the car.

Picked up the girls at the bus!

Everly showed me the puzzle she and her family had put together.

Helped kids with their homework. This graphing stuff is hard. Have to figure it out all over again.

After they finished, I let a couple of the guys do some art.

I contacted my friend Rick about helping one of the kids I work with with her music theory assignments.

Lovely day.

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Packed my car with things I was taking to Good Will, in particular the high chairs and a lamp.

The gas cap is still smelling strong. I went to T&G to pay my bill and get the new cap, but they didn’t have it. I’ll go by tomorrow.

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Took the box for my new TV and put it upstairs in the attic.

Vacuumed the house.

Cleaned and refilled the hummingbird feeders. I try to do that about once a week.

Cleaned birdbaths.

Watered outside plants.

Took trash to the street. Super heavy due to the TV stand being in there.

Cleaned vacuum cleaner.

Raked my outside carpet.

Worked on St. Francis shrine.

Better.

Talked to my tire guy.

Took the stuff to Goodwill.

Talked to my Mom while I was driving to Chamblee.

Tried to explain to her how to do screen shots. Then sent her screen shots of how to do screen shots from the Apple website.

Got a good quality used tire to replace my front right for $48.

Looks good.

Tried to go to El Torerro to eat and found it closed. Not enough workers!

Went to my office to pick up mail. Processed it. That involves: opening envelope, signing check, alphabetizing them, taking pictures, and putting them in a big envelope in preparation for depositing them at the bank.

Harry! Just finished the first book. It wasn’t very long, only about five hours. Some of the later books are TWENTY-five hours!

Reading “Barking up the Wrong Tree” by Eric Barker.

I’m still working on the transition between Earn Up and PNC bank.

Bank to deposit checks.

Spent a little time looking at antiques. Didn’t find anything particularly riveting.

The scene continues to change across the street from Azalea.

Picked up the girls from the bus.

She’s official once she has her folder!

Had a LOT of homework today.

Didn’t leave the mission till around 7:00 PM. Had a good talk with Ashley before I left. Big changes on the horizon for her! All good!

Gassed up the car and added oil. Checked fluids.

Released a new episode of Verbal Surgery called “Sharing is Daring.”

I actually recorded this over two years ago!

I did well in the Spanish leagues last week.

Research for a new front tire.

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Worked on getting the TV/Cable box working today. The living room looks a lot better.

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Took the boards I use of ramps back downstairs. The door bust in half trying to bear the load of that old TV.

After studying Spanish, I went to the Xfinity store to get a new cable box. This one is ready for 4K or at least HD TV.

Listening practice with Harry. I’ve also started watching Money Heist again is Spanish.

I went to the Snellville Walmart. The one near my house was out of distilled water. We need that for my plants and for K’s CPAP machine.

Had a good talk with my Mom this morning. Had to cut it short because I needed to concentrate on getting the new system working.

The remote control wasn’t pairing with the cable box. Had to get Comcast to walk me through the process. Fixed it! And now Kathy only needs one remote control. PTL.

Cleaned up the room where I had put the extra stuff that was in or on the old TV stand.

Set up an appointment with an ENT doctor for Jessi for next week.

Enjoyed playing Horizon Forbidden West on my new TV! Looks incredible. Such a beautiful game.

I liked this raccoon.

New word this morning.

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Cooler.

Great to see the family!

We used my Gorilla Cart to move my Sony TV upstairs.

My front left tire has the wear bar showing. Sent this picture to my tire guy so I’ll get a new one next week. (Actually, I’ll probably get a used one. About 1/3 the price and a lot of miles still left on it.)

I set up the Sony upstairs. Unfortunately, the cable box wasn’t putting out a HD signal. I was able to get it to work using RCA with an analog signal. Kathy can’t tell any difference. I’m going to Xfinity tomorrow to pick up a new cable box so I can get the best signal quality.

Had to call and text Xfinity to try and get it to work.

Stayed in the top 10.

Recorded an episode of Verbal Surgery called “Hinges and Levers.”

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Nice weather!

Miles sent a text to our family about how trees can grow together. I gave him some examples from my yard.

This pair didn’t completely merge at the trunk because they’re different species.

Recorded a new episode of Verbal Surgery called “Jets and Submarines.” Woosh!

Today’s big job was getting the place ready for my new TV and getting the room upstairs set up for my old TV. I took shots of all the connections. Really, it’s going to be super simple, just one HDMI cable. That’s it! The old days I had lots of RCA cables sending video and audio separately. HDMI will do way better when I’ve moved to my new Pioneer Ultra HD 4K TV. I still can’t get over getting this TV for $199!

I basically play everything through my PS4 and my Mac Air. I have a switch near my bed that I can change from one source to the other.

I moved everything off the area around the TV and put it on another table.

Cleaned all the cables before I use them upstairs. Actually, I won’t need any of the RCA cables. I’ll just use two HDMI cables.

The next big move was getting the old CRT TV and the stand that it’s in out of the house and move the furniture on the side to the middle. That’ll be the stand for the my old TV which is coming upstairs.

All this stuff got moved out. The TV was super heavy.

I threw one of the old VHS machines away. Who was going to need that?

Moved the TV and cabinet outside with my dolly. Indispensable really.

Once I got it outside, I was able to unscrew it and break it all apart.

I vacuumed after I moved all the stuff out.

Heavy work.

Watched a really weird but cool movie last night called “Everything, Everywhere, All At Once.”

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Went by my office to check the mail. Processed checks and got them ready to deposit.

One of the kids at the mission has me order books for him from time to time.

Miles was home early and picked the kids up with me.

I always enjoy Everly’s art.

Helped the kids at the mission with their homework. Then we played a round of hangman. I try to just speak in Spanish when we’re playing.

I had two coolers and a water cooler at Azalea. Took them to FBC Doraville to clean them properly and put them back in my storage area.

I always make sure to secure the door to the Fellowship Hall before I leave.

Went to Kroger Pharmacy to pick up some meds for Jessi.

Deposited the checks I processed.

Scrubbed my hat. I have to do that regularly. Keep it looking good!

Released Verbal Surgery “Pound of Heroes.” It’s really good!

First week of school complete! I was amazed by how much homework they had!

About a month or so ago, my neighbor had some tree guys work on his yard. On their exit, they drove over my pink magnolia tree. I’m still dealing with the damage. I cut off another big branch that was dying last night.

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Mild day.

Español! One of my kids told me “Your Spanish is getting much better, Mr. Tim.” That made me feel good.

I had lunch with my buddy Jon Paul this afternoon. Jessi and Kathy also came.

K and I met the girls at the bus.

Went to McD to get the girls some food.

Rain storms missed us today!

Helped the kids at the mission. Super busy which surprised me being the first week at school. 7th graders had some really hard homework on density, mass and volume. Always tricky.

Everly did some art. Good for practicing her pen holding skills.

As a gift to myself for completion of the grandgirls watching job, I’m getting a new 4K TV! I’ve been doing research on the situation and was shocked to see that I could get a great Pioneer 50″ TV for $199! Wow! I’ll be moviing my old TV which I got back in 2008 to our living room.

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Had a great talk with my buddy Anthony in England this morning. Always fun to chat with him.

Rained hard in Chamblee today. Whole day was cloudy.

Recorded “The Desire to Let Go” this morning at Stone Mountain.

Then went to lunch at the German Bakery. I get the veggie burger which was absolutely delicious. Best ever, really!

I liked this picture in the restaurant. Germany is a beautiful place!

I’m enjoying the book “Barking up the Wrong Tree” by Eric Barker.

Ordered groceries. I’ll pick them up this evening.

Went by the church to check the mail. Lots of checks. PTL! Signed and processed all of them.

Picked up the grandgirls at the bus. Interesting reflection.

I gave them the money that they had made from their little store we have during The Show with the teams. Big pile of $1 bills is fun!

They are a hoot!

Took them to Chick Fil A. Poured down on us when we got home.

The kids don’t have any homework yet, so after Miles got home I hit the road.

Deposited checks.

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Nice weather today.

I recorded a new episode of Verbal Surgery called, “Illegitimate Limitations” this morning.

Then took Jessi to the doctor for a wellness check. She’s doing great!

I liked the plants at the doctor’s office.

J and I called View Point Health to check on getting some legal help for disability for her.

We met the grandgirls at the bus. They had a fun day.

I always find these polypores interesting. They’re a type of mushroom.

I started the after-school program back up! Had a good crowd of kids. They didn’t have any home work, we practiced multiplication tables.

Big thunderstorms surrounded us.

Penelope and Everly started school today! Awesome!

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Jessi and I went to the PNC bank today. I had to square away some details on the mortgage payment. Got it all figured out but it wasn’t easy, even for the bankers. I had to pay all of August today and near the end of the month I’ll pay for all of September THEN it should start working correctly with bi-weekly bank drafts.

I thought their lirope was lovely.

Dropped Jessi back home then went to Stone Mountain to record “A Pound of Heroes.”

Then to Tucker Family Dental to deal with the crown that kept falling off. Turned out I had to get fully numbed up and Dr. Jeon had to completely redo the base for the new crown. He said that I didn’t have to pay for this work. PTL!

They took my blood pressure which was a little high on the top end.

I had a good talk with my Mom this morning. Always fun!

Looks to be rainy for a while. Fantastic clouds this morning. Couldn’t find a good place to pull over in my car to shoot it.

Transported a squirrel.

Came home, made myself a sandwich and rested. The morning was pretty stressful. Glad to have it behind me. I have to go back in two weeks to get the permanent crown put on.