Studied Spanish.

Rainy.

Slow traffic this morning, including a train.

OYB. One Year Bible.

Nothing will be impossible. Preach!
Picked up the girls under the overhang at Global Mall.

Still trying to set up an appointment with Bank of America. I want to make sure all the HSA stuff gets done correctly.

It’s that time of the month (newsletters!) and the girls helped me label the envelopes.

Cleaned off the run outside my door.

I always find this lighting beautiful.

I got Everly an old iPhone 6 that was Ann’s. I got a new heavy duty case and a screen protector. She preferred the pink case.

Cleaned all the birdbaths and filled feeders.

Brought my carnivorous plants inside. The temperatures are supposed to plummet this evening.

Most popular names 100 years ago.

Visitor in my garage.

Transported a squirrel. Dropped it off at Azalea.

We worked extra hard yesterday because a couple of my core students said they had other assignments today. With it being rainy, I didn’t expect anyone to need help.

Went to my office to check the mail and drop off the newsletter to be copied.

Not an exact color match, but close enough I reckon.

One Year Bible.

Unbelievably warm today.

New work week with the girls. Always a blessing.

Studied Spanish.

Foggy morning. I always find it cool.

Cloud beauty.

Girls!

Everly and I did some coloring.

Then outside for bubbles!

I washed the driveway after using the bubble solution. I thought it was cool.

Everly helped.

Rained 1″ yesterday.

Homework at the mission.

Went to the Post Office to get stamps and send a friend a package.

Went to my office to check the mail.

Released a new episode of Verbal Surgery called, “Transition Position.”

Produced the newsletter and printed it out.

I enjoyed looking for these Elon Musk satellites. I once saw 48 satellites in a row!

Studied Spanish.

Brain Training.

One Year Bible.

I wrote my newsletter at Stone Mountain.

Recorded Verbal Surgery.

Good talk with my buddy Anthony.

Went to Ingels to pick up distilled water. Walmart has been out lately.

Then got my groceries at Walmart Pick Up.

Gassed up my car and checked the oil. It was drizzling so I blew off cleaning the windshield.

I enjoy reading articles about the brain.

From Biden’s inauguration speech.

Covid restrictions.

Interesting article about finding happiness based on activities that generate neurotransmitters.

Studied Spanish.

One Year Bible.

Brain training.

Ordered groceries.

Scrubbed my shoes.

Refilled feeders and birdbaths.

I thought this was interesting.

Went to Stone Mountain to make calls and record Verbal Surgery.

Talked to my Mom and to Anthony.

Research on the HSA at Bank of America. I want to get that set up tomorrow.

Beautiful day.

In my podcast I talked about getting things done. I put it into practice! Got all the equipment I needed to paint the primed boards on my roof.

I was glad I had a tarp I could use. I just unfolded it one level.

Depending on how it looks, I may need to go back and put a second coat, or paint the entire board the one exact color.

Copied the edition of Verbal Surgery onto my Mac.

That’s a lot of money for a $1 lottery ticket.

Studied Spanish.

My One Year Bible study this morning from Genesis and Matthew.

Brain training.

Had a good talk with my buddy Anthony.

Recorded a new episode of Verbal Surgery called, “Tunnel Light.”

Beautiful day at Stone Mountain.

Good lunch!

Pared may nails.

Dropped off squirrel #151.

Biden’s early work.

Love my girls!

Studied Spanish.

I always enjoy watching the girls be creative.

Vacuumed the house while they were working with blocks.

I dropped off squirrel #150 today! That’s a lot of squirrels. Never seems to make that much of a difference, but I know that it must have some impact.

We went for ice cream. Yeah, baby.

Penelope was so precise.

Took the girls home, then over to my office to check on the mail. No donations today.

Watered my ficus.

Uploaded a new episode of Verbal Surgery called, “Tiny Signage.”

Audio excellence incarnate.

I got a notice from Google that an account had been hacked. Netflix had been compromised, apparently. So changed the password and notified all the users.

Night visitor. I see this raccoon pretty much every night. I have several more that come by as well as opossums.

I read a few articles about the inauguration and came across a couple of words I wasn’t sure about.

Studied Spanish.

One Year Bible reading.

Cold and wet.

Always great to pick up the girls.

They are so much fun.

Brush teeth time.

“Flat and in the back.” What and where I tell them to focus on.

They were having a lot of fun with their new kitchen.

We made banana muffins today. Lots of math involved.

Results.

They both fell asleep on the way home.

I rolled the windows down some and left them in their car seats. I put the after school area right by the car so I could watch and listen for them.

Helped the kids with their homework. I make charts to help them learn the material.

I collected all the smaller jackets that the grandgirls had outgrown and gave them to a couple of families at the mission.

It was cold helping the kids today.

Went by my office to check the mail.

I liked this from Seth Godin’s blog this morning.

Another cool day.

From my One Year Bible this morning.

Studied Spanish.

Always great to be with my girls.

Gassed up my car, checked oil and cleaned windshield.

The girls had a blast playing with this big kitchen set. Cost me $2.99.

Big limb in my back yard.

We went to a new little park. I think I’ll call it the Lake Park. Not much there. I don’t see us going there much.

I watched the inauguration on YouTube on my phone while we were at the park. I heard most of Biden’s speech which I thought was pretty good.

Came home to eat pizza and rest. We watched a show, but the girls never fell asleep.

We got banana splits on the way to Chamblee.

Helped the kids with their homework.

The girls looked so cute this evening after their baths.

Beautiful sunset.

Went by my office to pick up checks and process them. Then to the bank to deposit them.

Fresh week!

Great to see my girls!

Cold this morning. It was the first time the girls had ever seen their breath. Didn’t show up on the picture, but still cute.

Penelope brought her bike, but not helmet. I decided to go to Goodwill (we call it God’s will) to get her one. While I was there, I bought another six jackets for them to wear. They’re growing so fast!

Of course we always have to get toys!

Everly loved this little bus.

Cute.

I couldn’t get over my azaleas flowering.

I took Penelope to ride her bike at the park. I enjoy getting them outside doing physical things. Amen.

I liked this shirt.

Always fun at the park!

Everly just turned three a few months ago. Today, she climbed to the top of the rope structure. It’s built for 8-12 year olds.

This was the highest that Penelope had ever gone. When she sees her little sister at the very top she goes, “Are you KIDDING ME?!”

Everly is utterly intrepid. She reminds me of me.

The family near the park has some fancy poultry.

Studied Spanish.

Helped the kids at the mission. It really felt cold. Their hands got really cold.

They had a LOT of homework, some of it quite challenging. Think you could pick out the relative adverbs and dependent clauses in a sentence? I didn’t think so. I’m a grammar/language nerd and it’s hard for me. I’m under pressure too, because the computer grades it right there so I know how many I got wrong. Fourth grade homework, and I have a Master’s Degree in Communication! Ay, caramba!

I always enjoy watching Miles with his girls.

Checked the mail at my office.

Ride home was pretty fast.

Released Verbal Surgery -822- “Jive Mind.”

It’s a fun one!

Read an article this morning and wasn’t sure of the meaning.

Studied Spanish. I’m going back to studying every lesson. There is a lot of vocabulary I need to work with more extensively. I usually can test out of the five lessons, but it’s not really benefiting me to do that.

Brain training. Did well today. Very focused.

Spot the Station!

I went by the library to drop off books. We’ll get new ones soon.

I went to my sister-in-law’s house to drive Jesse’s car. Fired straight up and ran great.

Also helped put some lightbulbs in around Ann’s house.

Also working on getting her garage door openers fixed.

While I was driving Jesse’s car, I stopped at Advance Auto Parts to pick up some Penzoil 5/30 and a convex mirror.

Kathy knocked Jesse’s mirror off one time when she was backing up. I put it back together with tape, but over time it doesn’t work very well. With that mirror, I can now see the blindspot.

A friend of mine needed to do some recording in her car and around the house. I helped her get a bendable tripod and a holder for her phone. I have absolutely loved this tripod.

Ann gave me a few of the old iPhones she had laying around. J and I are going to try and get them going. I’m specifically thinking about Everly. Get a really heavy duty OtterBox case to protect it. She can play some learning games on it.

Cleaned and refilled birdbaths and feeders.

Spent time with Jesse on the old iPhones. Also looked at some unemployment money paper work. This covid stuff has really hit businesses hard.