OYB!

Beauty day!

Got to Global Mall early.

Español!

Gorgeous sunrise.

My girls!

Useful word.

Not sure what this is. It was on the roof of the Dennys painted to match the color.It looks electrical. Perhaps they had a sign that was lit up there.

I’m finally sending the dog bed on to my Mom.

Took it to the UPS store after I’d put a label on it.

I liked this image.

I had just shaved about about five days. She’s feeling my smooth face. It starts burning my face like fiberglass in my skin so I never let it grow very long.

Adelante!

Everly and I took Jessi to the dentist.

I got chocolate bunnies for the girls.

Helped the kids at the mission.

Harry!

Someone had taken a dump on the side of the church under the front entrance. I saw it and detested it for weeks. Today, I had the mental preparation to clean it. Turned out to be pretty easy because it was completely dried out. The brush got almost all of it away with hardly any effort.

After I got everything off, I scrubbed the area with soapy water and then rinsed everything off. That’s the kind of guy I am. I’ll do stuff that normal people would never do. It’s mainly because it bothered ME.

Took the newsletter originals to the office to be copied.

Checked on the mail.

Picked up the groceries.

Deposited a check.

Ordered envelopes. I thought I had some. Now I’ll have to swing by Walmart to pick some up. I need stamps from the PO, too.

Blew the leaves out of the garage. They seemed to be almost entirely beech leaves. They only drop their leaves when spring hits.

Got a new clock. Set it and fired up the battery.

Sunday night is the end of the weekly round of Duolingo. Out of 30 I came in 3rd. It was a real battle between me and the #2 guy most of the week, but he came through strong at the end. Battle of the language nerds.

It was such a competition that I actually scored over 10,000 points. That’s a lot of right answers really fast.

Beautiful day.

OYB!

Español.

I had a good chat with my Mom. She’d broken a cup. I let her know what I thought would work best.

Deposited checks.

Went by the UPS store to drop off my new shoes headed back to Amazon.

Recorded at Stone Mountain. This time of the month I do a talk-to-text version of our newsletter. Then I get home and produce the pictures and the style of the edition.

Also tracked Verbal Surgery “Inposture” at the mountain.

Got in touch with Jon Paul about getting together next week.

Azaleas!

Produced my newsletter.

Printed off the label to send the dog bed to my Mom. My buddy in England finally figured out how to make it work.

Downloaded my episode of Verbal Surgery that I recorded this morning onto my Mac Air.

Enjoyed playing Horizon Forbidden West.

Interesting.

I’ve been studying vocabulary and wondering how many words I’d need to get along.

Horizon Forbidden West is such a beautiful game. No telling what it’d look like on a PS5 UHD screen!

The kids at the mission and I were just wondering about this word this week.

I need this word.

OYB!

Español! I’m in a tight race this week for #2 or #3. Definitely motivates me to spend just a bit more time.

Working on getting some new shoes for K.

The shoes I just got from Amazon didn’t fit properly. Sending them back for a refund.

Recorded a new episode of Verbal Surgery called, “Sophisticated Savage.” I looked up the word to see if there were any other ideas that I hadn’t thought of.

Watered my plants.

Downloaded the episode of Verbal Surgery “Sophisticated Savage” onto my Mac.

Published the Verbal Surgery “Name Game” today. So good!

I’m working on getting a group of NoZe Brothers to make ComeHoming this year.

Español!

OYB!

Vacuumed the house.

Cleaned out the parts.

Deep scrubbed the carpets where the traffic patterns were. Mixed up the solution with Oxyclean.

I apply the product with a big cup, then scrub it in.

Then to Lowes to pick up the carpet cleaner.

Azaleas are blooming!

Scrubbed the carpets. A lot of dirt comes out. The machines look new.

After cleaning the carpets, I washed down the sides of the front of my house, blew the driveway and rinsed it off.

Went back to Lowes to return the carpet cleaner. I liked these flowers.

VERY windy!

K and I went to LT for dinner.

My buddy Anthony is in Thailand right now. Phuket is similar to places I’ve visited including Port Antonio,Jamaica and Malindi, Kenya.

Español!

OYB!

Cooler weather, but still gorgeous.

Always great to see my girls! It’s been a really fun week with Everly.

We went by Publix this morning to get some strawberries. They are her favorite fruit. She was kissing the box.

Deposited checks.

Got some new shoes. They no longer make the kind I’ve gotten the last five years. These are cross trainers and are tighter on the top of my foot, which I’m not crazy about.

I just spent about thirty minutes going through Google to find the kind that I had before. Cost me about $20 more, but if I don’t like them, I usually don’t eventually like them. Better to get what I’ve really enjoyed over the years.

Everly and I got some Easter eggs today. We filled them with Jelly Belly jelly beans. Forty different flavors. She was so excited to give them to her friends and family. She’s so sweet.

I repotted my little poinsettia. It was in a tiny little pot before.

I worked with Everly on states of matter and in particular dry ice. We had a fun time with all the bubbling.

I explained Oxygen, Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide. How they work together with our breathing and making water.

Blooming!

I found this interesting. It was the wrapping of a toy that Everly had.

Here is my Easter egg.

Love her so much.

It’s been so windy lately.

Took the girls to Plaza Fiesta. They had fun playing. Penelope wasn’t particularly impressed with the icing.

Clone Mexicans.

One of the mission kid’s impression of me.

Helped the kids study.

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

Picked up groceries on the way home.

Refilled the food for my wild friends.

OYB!

Beautiful moon this morning.

Español!

Love my girls!

Fun at the Doggie Park!

Gassed up car. Glad prices have dropped! This includes a .10 discount.

Checked fluids.

She likes to climb on the rocks while I’m working on the car.

Managed to get the kitchen window shut. It had come open somehow and a lot of air was blowing in.

She had a good nap. Still pretty stopped up and coughing.

Beautiful day, but still windy for working with the kids.

Helped the kids with their homework. Pretty much got everything done today. It’s due tomorrow.

I had a big group of kids but most of them are camera shy.

Harry on the way home.

Talk about a step in the wrong direction.

I’ve been learning a lot of weather related words recently.

Rained for a lot of the day.

OYB!

I like this one.

Love my girls!

Helped Ann with some problems she was having. Changed several light bulbs out. It was really dark in most of the house.

Took out all the trash. There were a lot of bags.

She was having issues with charging her phone. She is prone to falling and with a dead phone no one knew to come help. I went through all the cables and charging bricks, threw out the bad ones and set up two complete charging stations for her to use. Hopefully, she can be contacted now.

Washed and cleaned up her kitchen. Fed and put water out for the dogs. Cleaned up her office and most of the downstairs. It was a big job, but I’m glad I was able to help her. It’s really a sad situation.

Adelante!

Took the girls for Vietnamese this afternoon.It’s one of our favorites. Penelope cracks me up.

Helped the kids at the mission. It was super windy so we set the table up between the apartments like we used to last year. It was much calmer there.

I liked this Christmas picture that Penelope drew.

Everly’s snow man.

I thought Genesis did a good job on this one.

Harry!

Kathy got a bonus from work for doing on line courses. We sent the money to help with our credit card bill.

A button in my shirt kept coming undone. I sewed the hole together.

I also washed a load of my clothes this afternoon. When I’m exercising regularly, I get a lot more clothes dirty.

Refilled my tap water jugs. I use them to water some of my plants and to clean out the water bowl that the raccoons use. It gets really dirty because they use it to make the dog food I leave out for them soft. I can clean out the bowl and refill it with exactly one gallon of water. I do that every couple of days. It’s a lot easier than having to drag out the water hose.

Ways to cut carbon emissions.

OYB!

Gorgeous weather! Super windy this afternoon.

Español!

Got to Global Mall at dawn. Smelled like curry in the parking lot. MMMMMMM.

Beauty!

Love my girls!

Ordered groceries this morning. Picked them up this evening.

Studied hard today.

Everly and I went for our first bike ride together this morning. We had a great time.

Helped the kids with their homework.

Hard to hold on to the papers. So windy!

Miles had fun playing basketball with the kids.

Went by my office to check the mail.

Harry!

Groceries on the way home. Also went by Kroger to pick up J’s meds.

Deposited checks. Amen.

I order new shoes almost exactly once a year.

Printed Ashley’s newsletter.

Redid the donor list.

Printed labels for newsletters.

Updated the donation list for this month.

I spend a lot of daily effort studying Spanish. It is the second most studied language on Duolingo after English. There are over 34 million users of Duolingo in the world. I am currently in the highest level possible in Spanish. Every week there is a competition of people studying Spanish set up in groups of thirty. This is only the second time that I’ve finished this high out of the group. It’s kind of a big deal for me.

I preordered a book on Amazon this morning called “Plays Well With Others.” I’m on Eric Barker’s email list. His stuff is always interesting, funny and worth reading. I’m looking forward to reading this book.

I’ll also get a couple of bonuses because of my preorder and it helps Eric with his sales.

This is the second item I’ve preordered recently. The other is the DVD set of a documentary on Benjamin Franklin by Ken Burns which I’m expecting to be incredible.

Español!

I like the sound of “Electric Storm” or “tormenta electrica.”

OYB!

Beautiful day!

Great chat with my buddy Anthony!

Also talked with my Mom. I was glad to have Jessi engage with us too!

I recorded a new podcast called, “Initial Finale.” Excellent!

Harry!

I was talking to Anthony about how my Mom found another Maasai spear when she was cleaning out stuff. Can’t wait to get that!

I’m part of the Carbon Almanac project. I post ideas about how to reduce our carbon footprint on my social media feeds. Today I talked about making sure your tire pressure was set correctly. Had to do some research on that. Turns out pretty much all my tires were low, one of them really low. I just don’t check them. My old car had sensors to tell me when they were low. Pretty hard to just eyeball that.

I also pumped up my bike tires before I went for a ride this afternoon.

Rode 11.37 miles. I’m steadily pushing my mileage back up. I’ve been taking it really easy and not doing too much, too fast.

I liked the way these branches fell on the sidewalk. It looked Japanese to me for some reason.

With Spring finally here, I decided it was time to bring my carnivorous plants back in. I kept them outside during the Fall and Winter because they need to go through a dormant stage. I still brought them back inside when the temperature was close to freezing.

First day of Spring! Wonderful weather!

Loved these passages by John Burroughs.

Perhaps my favorite picture of one of my favorite heroes: Benjamin Franklin!

I like this one.

Español!

OYB

Adelante!

I took some bags of clothes to Goodwill today. Also went in to look for a bike for Penelope. No luck yet.

Harry!

We had a dog attack in our neighborhood this morning. I heard terrible fighting sounds. That’s one of the few things I don’t get involved with.

My buddy, Anthony Jacquin, did a great job with his Self-Hypnosis workshop today. Very powerful.

Beautiful weather, but very windy.

Had 1.75″ of rain this Friday.

Rode my bike 8.05 miles this afternoon. Started getting chilly towards the end. My goal was to exercise for about an hour. Mission complete!

With the first day of Spring, it’s time to get my hummingbird feeders out! I reattached some wires for them to hang on.

Cleaned out the birdbaths and filled the feeders.

Also straightened out the windmills. I like to use them as a wind gauge.

Watered my plants. Always a delight to spend time with them. I’m just about ready to take the big ones back outside.

Released an episode of Verbal Surgery called, “Stay Focused.” So good.

Enjoyed playing Horizon Forbidden West.