Cooler today. Rain on the way.

OYB!

Español.

My mortgage payments were being handled by a third party with PNC. Had to go this morning and make sure it was straightened out.

Called T&G about my car.

They have some parts coming, but looks like they won’t get here to next week. My sister Ann is letting me use her car for now. That’s a blessing. I talked to them in person about Ann’s side mirror. We’re trying to get that squared away as well.

Who would go down this?

Went by the Post Office to get stamps for the newsletters.

Watered my plants.

Produced and printed my newsletter and the labels. I’ll take it to the church tomorrow to get printed for distribution. Also labeled all the envelopes.

Enjoying watching Barry.

I’m a big William Blake fan. I liked the idea of him inventing new ways to publish his own art.

I liked this article about children’s art being sent into space.

And this about two of my heroes meeting: Thoreau (my July 12th birthday buddy) and Orwell.

OYB!

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My neighbor ran over one of my Pink Magnolia trees. It killed several limbs. I cut the dying ones off this morning. I made sure all the tree is on my property.

Cleaned and refilled my hummingbird feeders. I only have a couple that come.

I made an appointment to see an advisor at the PNC bank Monday morning. I need to make sure my mortgage payments are being sent correctly. They changed the company that was taking care of that. It was unclear to me what to do.

I went to my sister Ann’s house this evening to clean and organize. It was a hard and frankly nasty job.

Her fridge was a nightmare. I made it look clean again.

Put the shelves back in.

Fixed her ice maker.

Swept and swiffered the floors.

Threw away a giant amount of hideous garbage.

Put her case back on her phone.

Tired. Glad I got that job done. Place still stinks like dogs. Oh, well.

Played some Horizon Forbidden West and watched an episode of Barry.

Went to the bank to deposit checks. Entered them into our spreadsheet on Google Drive.

Español!

Less time because of working with the team.

OYB!

Interesting clouds. Very high level moisture. We are expecting rain next week.

Much cooler this week.

Recorded a new podcast called “Normalized.”

Put the bag of birdseed into my storage container.

Watered my outside plants.

Cleaned the deck off.

Cleaned my shoes and my hat.

Took a squirrel away.

Put the new tax sticker on Kathy’s truck. Mine is still at the mechanic’s.

Watched a movie called “The Protege.”

Picked up the groceries.

Español!

OYB!

Breakfast with the girls at the park.

We had our Dedication Day today! Here I gave Andrew the “Golden Egg of EGGcellence.”

Passing the baton. “It’s up to ME!”

Signing the Landing Pad!

Went on Safari to Plaza Fiesta! Always a good time.

Struck the set for The Show. Set up the tables like I found them. The team helped me a LOT!

The team worked really hard in what was the hottest week of the year.

Ordered groceries.

Released a new episode of Verbal Surgery called,
“Steel Myself.” So good!

Edited the video of Immanuel BC and uploaded it to YouTube.

Sent the team THANK YOU email. Once that’s done, I consider the team assignment complete. It includes a list of all the photo galleries I shot, the video I edited and promo for the different social media sites I host.

It’s been hard week with my car going dead, gas fumes making me sick and unbelievably hot. Still fun! The grandgirls always make it better! I wish I had more teams coming!

It’s HOT!

Español!

OYB!

Took the girls to Waffle House this morning.

Enjoyed our briefing on Judaism, Christianity and Islam this morning.

I used my sister Ann’s car this morning. She had a doughnut tire on after a blowout. I took it took Chamblee to have my tire guy put a new one on it for her. It was a real answer to prayer after my fumigation ride yesterday. They still haven’t fixed my car. No telling how long that will take.

Took the team to Al Madina to get a taste of the Middle East.

Then to Global Mall to see the Hindu temple.

So hot.

Love the butterflies!

Such a cool place.

The girls and I walked to the tire place to pick up Ann’s car. Great price for the tire. Included mounting, balancing and disposal of the old one.

Went to the missions to check on the teams, but missed them in their transition. They went back to their hotel to pick up a team member.

Came back home to check on my car which wasn’t done. I’ll be using Ann’s car for the next few days probably.

Español!

Another red hot day.

Picked my girls up at their house.

They have fun with their shadows.

Had a good lunch at Pho 24.

Went on Safari to China Town and Asian Square.

To the missions! I didn’t get to visit them much because I helped take medicine to one of the kids that wasn’t feeling well.

I took the bus driver around in my car to show her the routes. My car started to smell like gas again. It gave Penelope and I headaches and I started feeling dizzy. Terrible. Dropped the girls off at home with their Dad and went straight back to my mechanics to look at it again.

I was feeling pretty bad so decided to walk to get more fresh air.

Kathy picked me up and we went back to my car to get the car seats, my computer and other essentials for tomorrow.

Then we went to K’s sister’s house to borrow her car. She currently has a doughnut as one of the front tires. I’ll take it into Chamblee tomorrow morning and get that fixed. That way I’ll have some transportation and so will Kathy. I just have to get up early so I can drive the maximum of 50 mph on that tire.

Sent the measurements of the tire to my tire guy.

Gassed up her car and checked the levels before I drive it into town tomorrow morning.

It’s a nice Nissan.

Got all the girl’s seats in the car and my stuff in. Cleaned it out. Put her documents in the trunk for safety.

I still don’t feel well. Those fumes are really toxic.

Español!

They sent me another bag of birdseed, but haven’t picked up the wrong bag.

OYB!

Took the grandgirls to the Church Park before the team arrived.

I found this on the ground by the pool near the Church Park.

Picked up my car from T&G! Glad they figured out how to make it work. Took some real engineering on their part.

I drove Kathy’s car all day which doesn’t have AC and the passenger window doesn’t roll down. She normally only drives about ten minutes a day so it’s not too horrible. The girls and I were in it all day long on the hottest day of the summer. It was pretty bad.

Gassed up my car and added some oil.

Filled up my quart from my gallon size oil can.

Ashley got a package in.

A great “dirty money” day. .58 for me with .02 for Everly.

Released a new episode of Verbal Surgery “Direct Suggestion.” Powerful!

Our team from Immanuel Baptist Church in Savannah, Georgia did a fantastic job at Shallowford Arms, Shallowford Pines, Azalea Place and New Peachtree! I took them on Safari to the Buford Highway Farmers Market.

Came in #1 in the Duolingo leagues last week. Excellent.

OYB!

Español!

Watered the plants on the deck.

Cleaned my outdoor carpet.

Straightened the St. Francis shrine.

Cleaned and refilled the hummingbird feeders.

Cooler day today. It’s getting ready to be a really hot week.

Full sun moon.

K and I took the grandgirls around the Doggie Park this morning. We enjoyed having them spend the night last night. Ashley had a big interview for another doctor’s office. They REALLY want her to come on board. If had had enough money, I’d want her back too!

Beautiful circuit around the park.

We did double this distance.

Ashley and I set up for The Show tomorrow morning with our team from Savannah.

I also set up our new microphone system. It sounds super good. This year I’ve upgraded our PA, mics and projector. They old gear was pretty beat up and barely worked. It served us well for about a decade! I got a new Mac Air two years ago so I should be doing well for quite a while!

I got the new equipment registered this evening.

Called and went by T&G to check on my car. It’s been a slow process. They’ve had to do a lot of research on how to fix it. The Mercury is 25 years old. It’s still my favorite car to drive in the 25 years I’ve been working in the ATL.

I miss working with Ashley so much. I’m so proud of what she’s accomplishing. I’m glad she’s still involved with the ministry helping with the Admin duties.

With my car in the shop, we’ve had to use Kathy’s truck to drive into town. She doesn’t have AC, which normally is not that big a deal since her work is about five minutes away. But me using it in this heat in Chamblee is pretty rough. I used to drive cars with no AC for years, but that was when I was a lot younger. Fact of the matter is, I’m just not as tough as I used to be.

Gassed up the Expedition and checked all the fluids. Cost nearly $100 to fill up, and we still had a 1/4 of a tank left.

Walmart delivered the wrong size of the wrong kind of bird seed for me today. Don’t like that.

Deposited checks.

Picked up groceries.

I miss my Dad. He made me what I am today.

OYB!

Español!

Transported a squirrel.

MUCH cooler today.

From Eric Barker’s book “Plays Well with Others.”

Great talk with my buddy, Anthony.

Love my plants. Such a blessing to me.

Grandgirls will come over to spend the night tonight. Always a blessing.

My buddy Anthony is in the Lake District of England where Wordsworth spent most of his life. I did some research on him this morning.

Coleridge was also his friend and lived nearby.

Did this transformation so my buddies in Europe could get a feel for how hot it is. Very.

Español!

I enjoyed working with Unreal Engine 5 last night in their Metahuman program.

Going to be really hot next week when the team is in town.

OYB!

I released a new episode of Verbal Surgery called “Under-Distanced.”

So good.

Ordered groceries.

Beautiful spider web.

Went to the bank to deposit some cash and checks into my checking account. I made a large payment towards our credit card debt.

My car is at the mechanics. Tried to gas up Kathy’s car, but the pumps were out of gas at Walmart.

I forgot that Kathy’s car didn’t have a Stone Mountain sticker, so I recorded an episode of Verbal Surgery in a back lot of Walmart. It was shady and not too hot.

It’s called, “When’sday.”