Keep going.

OYB!

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Gassed up my car and checked the oil.

What’s not to like with a cotton candy machine?

Watered my plants.

I shared some African music that the girls and I listened to with Miles.

Total domination this week.

I had a great time with my team from Bethel. I did the Hindu and Buddhist briefing and then went to the service at FBC Doraville.

I took them on a whirlwind tour of Al Madina, Global Mall, and the BAPS Temple.

I got the team on site at Azalea and then took their youth director to check out China Town and Asian Square. Aaron had lived in China for six months, so I knew he’d really be into it. He was.

Then over to the Mission.

I’m still working on a solution for my car stereo dilemma. I tried the headset today. I wasn’t impressed. Not enough volume.

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Got up early so I could set up for The Show this morning.

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I ordered a new projector today. My old one kept turning off. Probably some fan issue. I looked a the modern version of the same model and it was marked down to $289 . THEN I noticed that you could apply a coupon and get another $110 off. So that made the total price of the brand new projector about $127! What?! I opted for the three year warranty which usually just springs for a new one if I have a problem. Another $36. Worth it.

Listened to Don Cheto.

Had a great morning with my team from Bethel Church in Moody, AL. We had fun with the kids at the Mission.

I have the iPhone 16 Pro Max. The best phone in the world. I find this hilarious. Look like it’s already obsolete.

I’ve been through Heathrow many times.

Pretty cold this morning.

Carter Vail is my new favorite musician.

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Ordered groceries.

Went to MJ’s this morning to pick up my tax return. They didn’t include my housing allowance in the W2. I talked to the main boss, Lamar Barden. He assured me he could get it sorted out.

I had planned on transplanting my carnivorous plants today. Too chilly for me to work outside with wet hands. It’ll wait.

Listened to Don Cheto while I played Battlefront 2.

Don’t stop. Won’t stop.

I put Jesus and the brain in my car for tomorrow.

Cold today. Windy.

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Had a good chat with my Mom. It’s hard when we start feeling depressed. Better to talk it out.

Azaleas are starting to pop!

Watered my indoor, upstairs plants.

Cleaned and refilled my bird baths and feeders. Hummingbird feeders as well.

Did my laundry and some of K’s.

Listened to Don Cheto.

So windy. Made it feel really cold!

Apparently, K had been using a bunch of bags for storage. I rolled at least thirty bags up and stored them to be used later. I had done a similar thing with the bags I used to mask off areas that I was painting.

Recorded and released a new episode of Verbal Surgery called, “Trap Door.”

I admit that I don’t push as hard when I’m so far ahead. I knew it was going to be like that this week.

Strong words from France!

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Went to UPS to drop of a return package to Amazon. I decided against the mag charger. I’m sending it back.

I thought these were interesting dash ornaments.

I watered my newly planted roses.

K was with me today. We went to see her sister Ann at the rehab center. K gave her a hair trim.

K and I went to Zam Zam to check out their restaurant. We thought the veggie samosas were excellent.

The Ramadan prayer calendar tells Muslims when then can take their first bite of food during the fasting time.

K and I met the girls at the bus. We tried out Pig n Chic. I hadn’t been there for years.

Helped the kids at the mission. They had already finished almost all their work. I like teaching smaller groups best.

Ashley will have Thursday off, so she’ll get the girls. I will probably stay in Stone Mountain tomorrow and Friday seeing that I have a team Saturday, Sunday and Monday. The kids are done with their work.

The other guys just don’t study as long as I do. And dare I say, they’re not as smart?

I’m working on setting up a date for the grandgirls to spend the night so we can go to Stone Mountain and see the new Dinosaur exhibit, which includes a new drone show. Cool!

Elon Musk sucks. I can’t believe what a fan boy I used to be of him.

I like my new mag ring for my phone, but I don’t keep it on all the time.

I wanted to get a new head for the stereo system in my car. Turned out to be too pricey. I decided to try a headset to make calls on my phone while I’m driving instead. We’ll see how that goes.

I have to pay attention to when I have teams in town.

I’m trying to help J get into her new office. Last night, I went through all the cables for her computer set up. I cleaned each cable, wrapped it in a loose coil and put them in separate ziplock bags. That should help her get it back together again. One of the keys is to leave the wires connected to their little chargers. It’s hard to figure out which cord goes to what. Just leave them connected!

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The case I got for K didn’t have the ridges like we are used to. I bought her a new one that’s easier to hang on to.

I decided against the mag charger for my car. I thought if I didn’t have to use a double adaptor for my phone, maybe I wouldn’t have the problem. I tried my phone with just the audio cable, it still didn’t work properly. In fact it worked better when used with the power/audio adapter.

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Gorgeous WX!

I’m trying to finalize the eight locations for the 120 person team coming May 27-31. Ian and Angela are two directors. I haven’t been to these apartment complexes in about five years. I just heard from my friend Virginia. She told me that the work that Angela was doing had stopped at Huntington Station. Sad.

Good talk with my buddy, Anthony.

I got in touch with Landon who is the leader of the group coming this weekend from Alabama.

Decided to take the charger back. That’s a tomorrow job.

I got K’s old phone to Everly today. I’m glad that we were able to get that going with the help of Ashley! She was thrilled. Penelope was pissed. Made me sad. She was better after we’d gone to the mission and she’d playing with friends. This was the wifi choices of the phone set up. Glad Miles got home to let us know the details.

Went to the mission to help the kids.

My brother in law Bill has really been concerned about getting me this check. Glad we got it taken care of.

Checked the mail at my office.

I deposited Bill’s check and another check from my office.

Don Cheto on the way home. I just downloaded more episodes.

Called my Mom on the way home. I hope that earpiece I ordered works. It was rated really highly. $37 seems pretty cheap. I had to hold the phone with the speaker to my ear. Crazy talk.

I found a cable that J was missing. I thought I had bought it for K. I don’t always notice how every package is addressed. Especially if I have a lot of packages at one time.

Keep going.

Colder today.

I came in #3 last week.

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I had a long chat with my friend Spencer Jones who is bringing 120 people the end of May. Lots of logistics such as places to eat and number of locations.

I chatted with my friend Danou in Namibia about the website. I gave him access to all the accounts. He should be able to make any changes that he wants.

After some thought, I came up with a schedule for the Trussville team. We’ll be eliminating half of the eating out. I don’t blame them. It’s a major expense.

I’m setting up eight locations around the International Village for the Trussville, AL team. Pearl Lane is one of the locations. I talked with Adriane Wagner who is the new director of Cross Cultural Ministries. She has ministry at that apartment complex. Wanted to make sure we weren’t interfering with something else that might be happening.

I returned an adaptor to Amazon via UPS.

Picked up Everly at the bus. We went to Taco Veloz.

Went to the Mission. The girls helped me write thank you notes. They love stuff like that. When I tell her, “Yeah, Dan is a great friend of mine. He lives in Dallas, Texas. That’s 1,000 miles away” They think that’s amazing.

Got them in the mail.

Got the trash out of my car and threw it away at the Post Office garbage can.

I called my Mom, but I couldn’t get my new phone to work well. Audio problems. It works fine with music but not with the phone. I had to stick my phone in my pocket. Ridiculous.

I came to the conclusion that what I need is a new head for the sound system in my car. My new phone doesn’t like the old tech. And I have to be able to talk to people in my car. I’ve been using Chat GPT to help me figure out what to do. A true virtual assistant.

I talked with Caroline Harden who works with my tax people. She’ll have my return ready to give me in Snellville around 11:00AM. I’ll pick it up at MJs on Friday. I’ll also give them their check for filing my return.

I got a new magnetic phone grip. Groovy, baby.

I don’t have any competition this week.

I’m interested in seeing this art exhibition at the High. Checked to make sure that the first weekend of the month is free if you’re with Bank of America. It is. I think I saw the Andy Warhol exhibit on one of those weekends.

Watered my indoor garden.

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Moved a few things around in J’s new office. Cleaned out the filing cabinet drawers.

I got the new USB-c to USB-c/ 3.5 mm adaptor. I redid the old wiring with the new adaptor and one new cord. Now I can talk to text as well was hear when another person is calling.

Cleaned my car with Armor All.

Blew the driveway.

Cleaned the vacuum cleaner. How meta.

Gassed up my car and checked the oil. About 1/2 now.

Ordered some new frying pans.

I’ve been listening to Carter Vale. I think he’s really good. Very creative.

I planted the five little peppermint rosebushes this afternoon. Digging holes is always work.

Cleared out the leaves from my azaleas in the back yard. I use a rake and whip the branches back and forth fast. The leaves flutter down.

Listened to Don Cheto while I worked.

I got a new pair of gloves and the leather ripped around the thumb within fifteen minutes. Unbelievable. I tried to find another pair of work gloves and found three left gloves. Weird. Later, I did find another right glove in my construction stuff downstairs.

Rained over 1.20″ last night.

I think this area gets the most sun in my yard. I hope the roses will do ok there.

I’ll come in top three this week. For a moment on my profile page it said that I had been in the top three 132 times. That’s a lot. Normally it just says, “130” which is my score in Spanish. That’s the highest score you can achieve. I’ve gone through the whole course.

I’ve never used a ring holder. We’ll see how I like it. Sounds useful.

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Spring seems to have sprung.

I gave my charger to J and am sending back the new one.

Blew the deck.

Love my pink magnolias.

Took some toys and a backpack to Goodwill.

For some reason I couldn’t get the podcast to work. I think it was trying to download something else.

I finally called Apple Support to figure out why my talk to text wasn’t working in my car. This adaptor and in particular the USB-C and the 3.5mm cord seemed to be at the heart of the problem. I have what I hope will be the solution coming from Amazon. Jessi came up with the only permutation that we hadn’t thought of which is 3.5 mm to a 3.5 mm cord/adaptor to the iPhone. We’ll see. She did figure out the charging problem. It was my error. I was trying to charge from the receiving a charge port on the external battery. Silly mistake.

I did give her a very good grade for the help.

Hopefully, this will fix the problem. We’ll see.

Cleaned the front door.

Swept and mopped the kitchen.

Went to Stone Mountain to record, “Twist Beginning.” Got it online this evening.

Keep going.

Set my alarm for 2:00 AM to check out the lunar eclipse. Wasn’t a red color when I saw it. Big clouds were moving in and I could tell that further viewing wasn’t going to work out.

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Kathy is still getting used to her phone. It’s pretty frustrating for her.

Tried to call my Mom. No luck.

Fun chat with my buddy Anthony. He was still feeling sick. I cheered him up.

Called Xfinity/Comcast to pay a bill and set up my account to auto pay. Also got another package with them. Still costs about the same but I’m supposed to be getting better internet.

I should be coming in #3 this week.

I had a hell of a time getting a pickle jar open this evening. Not much better luck opening a peanut container. Decided to get some literal leverage.

Here’s a sample of the first few pages of the website for the Food Forest Namibia.com. That was some work.

https://www.thefoodforestnamibia.com