Teehee.

I won’t forget this.

Huh.

Almost at the tipping point!

Contacted the Georgia Mission Board and the North American Mission Board today to find out about adding mission opportunities.

Little over 1″ of rain yesterday.

I brought these parts inside today. They weren’t drying out.

Español!

Dried out and got colder for the party this afternoon.

OYB!

Called my Mom, but didn’t connect. Soon I will!

I recorded a new episode of Verbal Surgery called, “IDK.” So good.

Contacted my good friend Randy Rainwater at Grace. We haven’t talked in years.

I was tasked to figure out QR codes and different ways to send money to our organization.

These were some of the ideas that my board had.

It was nice in the afternoon, but the wind made it feel like the lower 40s.

We had a fun time at our Christmas party! After setting up the tables and getting the supplies out, we decorated cookies.

I gave away over 150 gifts. I saved some for next week for the kids that weren’t there. Three of my biggest families were at other church events.

I was glad to see some dads involved.

It was great to have two of our board members there today, Pastor Bill Cordrey and Dr. Pat Barrington.

Went by my office to check the mail.

It was pretty cold by the time we left.

Released Verbal Surgery -906- “Seeffect.”

Downloaded the recording I made today onto my Mac.

My brain.

Funny.

Preach.

Cool.

Indeed.

Español!

OYB!

I made the right decision about the party. It drizzled a lot and had some pretty heavy rain.

Over 1″.

Keep going!

Cleaned the vacuum cleaner. Meta.

Rained hard while K and I were out for lunch.

Rested.

Watched Witcher.

Played Borderlands 3.

Went to the Dollar Tree in Snellville to pick up the cups and the knives/forks.

Dropped off a walker to Ann.

Funny and smart.

Preach.

Dig this. So true.

I got this drone for Christmas. Got one for Miles as well so he can shoot video of the tree cutting. It has 4K video!

I’m also studying the software.

I postponed the Christmas Outreach Event to Sunday because of this rain pattern.

Did some brain training. Ever since I’ve been working with the girls, I’ve dropped this and lifting weights.

I’ve really enjoyed “Spotting the Station.” I’ve seen it 73 times! I get text messages from NASA when I can see it.

Español!

OYB!

My girls!

Loved Everly’s dress today.

Kisses!

Deposited checks.

Adelante!

Meta.

She crashed in the car on the way to picking up her sister in Chamblee.

They pretty much have the whole lot cleared off across from Azalea. I heard that they will be building apartments over there.

After Penelope got home, we went to QT to get some slushies.

The sisters enjoy playing together.

Penelope was drawing a bird.

I bought some spare batteries for my drone. I will probably give Miles a couple.

Vacuumed the house.

I got this raccoon from Goodwill for $2.00.

Interesting!

I don’t agree with this.

I’m trying to get some good clippers that I can teach Everly how to use. Penelope chews all of her nails off.

OYB!

Very mild day.

Everly and I went to the Waffle House on Lawrenceville Hwy this morning.

She likes shiny stuff.

Here I was teaching her to “see with your hands.” She had to pick out the odd crystal out.

Girls! Fabulous!

Español!

Everly played on the rocks while I gassed up the car.

Worked on the prep for the Christmas Party. I had been planning on having it on Saturday, but decided to wait until Sunday when the weather will be much better. I’m getting almost all the gifts from the Dollar Tree and from Goodwill.

The stores weren’t open so we went for a walk. I asked her if she ever wanted to get a little shorter haircut. ALL the girls at Azalea have long hair.

I asked her what had happened here and why the letters were there. Eventually, she figured out the place had been closed for a long time and people were just slipping letters through the slot between the doors.

Once Dollar Tree was open I started loading up carts. Filled up two. Had around 185 items.

It took at least fifteen minutes to check out. It was a LOT of stuff.

Had a fun chat with Anthony.

We got a lot of “stuffies” at Goodwill.

I know what box I’d be in. But I wouldn’t want to be there either.

Deposited checks. Amen.

Un dia mas.

I studied while Everly took a nap.

We went to Cicis for our late lunch. I let them play the games. Of course they were way too hard for them.

They made quick work of that building. They were separating the insulation from the aluminum and steel today.

That building had been there a long time.

Helped the kids with their homework.

Transferred all the supplies to Ashley’s house.

Beauty.

Checked on the mail and my ficus at my office. I can’t believe that this plant hasn’t been watered in five weeks and is still moist. I always used to water it every week. This tree doesn’t like to be kept wet. And that was exactly what I had been doing. No wonder it dropped leaves before.

She has pretty much recovered from a sudden freeze she got last winter. I’m never putting her outside again.

For some reason, I don’t feel like this Omicron variant will be a big deal.

Teehee.

OYB!

Went from completely clear to completely overcast to completely clear again.

I enjoy Everly’s company so much.

Español.

Everly has gone days with her hair down which looks lovely but becomes a dense tangle. She was very patient with me to get it out.

She didn’t completely believe how messed up it was. I’d show her a picture and she’d go, “Oh.”

I put conditioner in it, got all the tangles out, and put it in braids. She said it looked perfect.

Ordered groceries.

Love my girls!

Adelante!

Deposited checks. What a blessing.

Everly and I went by an Antiques place today. It was pretty cool. It’s a cast. Not a real rhino skin. It’s huge.

The building got completely demolished today. We saw the last part of it come down. The girls were quite excited about it.

I had a wonderful time with Penelope this afternoon going over her sight words. She read all of Hop on Pop pretty much by herself. It was wonderful. I’m so proud of her hard work and brilliance.

Went outside to help the kids with their homework.

Started prepping my drone to get ready to fly. Charged up all the batteries and powered up the controller.

Beauty.

Harry!

Picked up the groceries.

Checked the mail at the office.

Released Verbal Surgery -903- “Candy Land.”

Sweet!

Downloaded the new episode of Verbal Surgery onto my Mac.

I was a little bit down after our Board Meeting last night. It was a productive time, but I’m expected to do everything. I feel worn out. I was praying about it this morning around 3:00 AM. Got on Facebook and this was the first thing I read. It was like a direct message to me.

Looks like we’ve got this coming to the right place, finally!

OYB!

Never too much Ashley!

Love me some Everly.

I don’t do this much any more.

I had a scare this morning. Woke up around 6:30 AM and my weather station said it was 32! Kind of freaked me out as I don’t like to leave my carnivorous plants outside under freezing temperatures. It had a little bit of frost on the lid but otherwise everything seemed just fine. Amen.

Everly lost her little crystal this morning. She was really crying. I told her we’d go by Goodwill and see what we could find. We hit the jackpot with nearly a hundred of them for .99. I had her separate the little stones from the pink crystals.

Then I counted out rows of tens. Her age. Penelope’s age. Some of her friend’s ages. Of course all the big stack is Pop Pop with 63. She counted all that we had, me helping her complete the number patterns. Turned out we had 95 pink ones.

I’m having some issues with ordering on my Walmart app.

I just restarted the app and got it to work. Amen.

Deposited checks. What a blessing!

I find it amazing how many views I have.

Penelope’s art from Spanish class. Zanahoria is carrot. Tomate, broccoli are self-explanatory. Pepino is pepper.

Everly and I were inside the house when we heard this big commotion. A gigantic excavator was demolishing the building across the street from the apartment complex. It used to be a carpet place.

Went to Taco Veloz. So good.

My sweet girl.

The demo continued for a few hours.

We got our sunglasses on.

Everly had a wiggly tooth. I told her to leave it alone. She’s only four.

Mas.

I helped the kids with math questions and English stuff.

Penelope is such a fun artist.

Harry!

Cool con trail. This photo doesn’t show exactly how it looked. In reality, there were two very thin parallel lines.

Beauty!

Another thing on my plate. I’ll be working on this soon.

How many raccoons do you see? There are four in the picture.

Español!

OYB!

Keep going!

Worked on what I needed to tell the Board this evening.

Recorded a new episode of Verbal Surgery called “Seeffect.” How we see things has a massive effect on us!

Watered my plants.

Harry!

I get this sort of stuff all the time.

We had our board meeting at FBC Doraville. It was completely blocked off! I talked with the fire department. Apparently, there was a gas leak. They said it was still safe to meet in our building. Amen .

Great to be with my friends again.

Sorry I didn’t get a shot of all of the board together.

Sunset!

I need to check this out!

Vroom.

Good one.

Español.

OYB!

Arriba!

Gassed up my car and checked the levels. I regularly get gas at Murphys/Walmart. I get a .10 discount about every four fillups.

Took my Mom to the airport. Couldn’t have gone more smoothly. Thank you, Lord!

When is there NOT a lot of people at Hartsfield, the busiest airport on the planet?

Harry!

Released Verbal Surgery -904- “Gold Plated.” Shiny!

Funny.

Español!

OYB!

Adelante!

Powerful thunderstorms blew through the ATL today.

Mas!

The Kendalls came over to celebrate Christmas with us while Nana was here. Amen.
Pizza and salad.

Got Nana confirmed and checked in for her flight tomorrow. We’ll head over there around noon. She leaves at 3:30pm but we need to get a wheel chair and get me a pass to take her.

Been great having her with us, but the time goes by so fast. I know Everly in particular will really miss her as will I. Thanks for everything, Nana!

Good one!

Overcast and drizzly day.

This sounds interesting.

Español!

OYB!

Girls!

Great to see them together.

Un dia mas.

Harry!

We went to Pho 24 for a late lunch.

Super foggy today.

I get a lot of this crap. Most of them I put a block caller on but they just keep swapping numbers.

This little boy is in Penelope’s class. I’m teaching him English.

Went by my office to check and put up the mail. Made sure my ficus plant was ok. It’s been five weeks without needing to water her. I have a hydrometer to make sure when I should water.