Great to have Penelope with us this morning. We put together the bubble machine and had fun with them.

I was glad that Kathy had the energy to hang out with us!

I have lots of options for bubbles.

We always have fun.


I wore her shoes on my big toes. It was hilarious us walking around the house.

We played with the little golf set.

Then painting!

Great to have J around!

Miles came by around noon to pick Penelope up. Sad to see her go.
Rested for about an hour.
Studied Swahili and Spanish.

Spent 1.5 hours cleaning the house and putting another layer of caulk in the shower.


Also blew and washed off the garage and back deck.


After washing it down and sweep most of the water down the hill and then repark the cars.
I try and clean all the surfaces. So much pollen in the air.


Worked a little over two hours. The caulking job takes a long time.

Catching up with admin duties from yesterday as well as today.

Friday, I studied Spanish and Swahili.



Released Verbal Surgery -556-
“MEgration.”
Get in motion to a new YOU!
Just click on the title and GROOVE!
File to server and link on Facebook.

Gassed up the car.

Dropped off the financial report that Ashley writes to our treasurer.

I always enjoy going LIVE on Facebook.

I’ve been throwing a lot of stuff away. I’m always glad to see when the garbage guys take it.

I love having time with Penelope. Kathy was able to hang out with us too, which made it a double blessing.





I’m teaching Penelope the letters and sounds. At the ball field at Mountain Park, they have really BIG letters! Fun. She knows, A, P, T, M. for sure.

We went to Chickfila for supper. She ate well and had an icecream and played. My goal is to give her so much physical activity that she conks out easily.

She still stayed up till around 10:30pm. It stays so light so long these days.
No admin duties when I have Penelope.

The Spring is one of the non-profits I support. Works on clean water for people.

I also support the Ocean Cleanup.

Studied Swahili and Spanish.


Recorded a new podcast! Woot!

I ran a little bit short of caulking last night. Had to go get more.

I want to get a razorblade handle now. I have one, just not a very good one.
The orchids at Lowes were incredible.

This was my favorite. I’m hard pressed not to go get it.

I had a great time with Penelope and Everly.


I take them on 4 wheel drive Safari in my Gorilla Cart.

I introduced the new bubble blowing machine. Looks like a leaf blower.

Everly likes the mirror.


She’s such a sweetheart.
She was super happy to see Mama back!

I cleaned up all the toys. I have three boxes that I’m rotating. Of course I always have new stuff, too.
Finished the back part of the shower.

I still need to take the excess off with a razor blade.

Took all the recycle and garbage to the street. It’s been about double what I usually put out there after the big Spring Cleaning that I did. Just about got rid of it all.
Admin duties now and work on my book.

I enjoy playing the videogame Battlefront 2. It’s a Star Wars themed game with all the main characters. You are actually able to play as Yoda or Luke or Han! Pretty cool. Last night I had some good games. It’s funny how you can get into flow states.

Studied Spanish and Swahili this morning.



Went to Lowes to pick up some silicon caulk to redo the bathroom shower.


Part of the job is getting all the supplies and tools you need.
Also got more suet. I like Lowe’s best.

Not sure what this means.

I liked this sign.

We had lunch with our friend Rob Martin today. Always a blessing. We took him to Pho 24. Then for some frozen yogurt.

After yogurt, I watched the girls while Ashley worked on the financial report. Stuff is hard. I got the best job for sure! Penelope crashed so I had Everly all to myself. She’s such a delight!

I swang her for a long time until the direct sun started to shine on her. Then I held her and sung and rocked. She eventually crashed out. Such a blessing these girls!


I came on home and worked on the bathroom shower. I got almost all of the old caulk off. These tools came in super handy.

One takes the caulk out. The other one smooths the new caulk on. Fabulous.
The caulk gun I have is a good one. Very precise. I also cut the hole in the tube pretty small for more control.

Looks a lot better. Tomorrow I’ll finish the last couple of feet left. Couldn’t believe I ran out right at the very end. Also need to clean the walls up with a razor blade, need to get the residue off.
Admin duties now.
I need to work on my book. Big projects keep me from working on it.

Worked on formatting my book again. Drastic action had to be taken to fix the other problem.



Released a new episode of Verbal Surgery -555- “Gloves Aren’t Boots.”
Uploaded to server.

Link on Facebook.

Studied Spanish and Swahili.

Deposited some checks for Whirlwind.

Went LIVE on Facebook with Verbal Surgery.

I have a few episodes saved up.
Miles needed a case. I went through my file cabinent and found one of my old ones. Still in great shape.

Worked on my shower this morning. I’m redoing the caulk.


Went for a 6.85 mile bike ride.

Came back to finish cleaning my shower. I sprayed it with bleach. I’ll do the silicon caulk tomorrow.

Went to the FBC Doraville to check on checks. See what I did there?

Went to the mission to work with the kids. Miles’ dad, Jimmy came over to see him.

Penelope got a little chocolate on her face.

Ashley is teaching a computer class.

Penelope and I went outside to splash in puddles.




She has lots of little friends. Penelope was especially happy to get to rid in the pink Barbie Jeep.

I leave you with this image.

Admin duties now.
Been having fun playing Battlefront 2.

I heard that this is in the top 10 waterfalls in the USA!

Watered my plants.





Studied Spanish and Swahili.




Washed down the garage.

Swept the water off. Otherwise it’s super slippery.

Recorded a new podcast! Love to hear myself talk.
Did the shopping at Walmart.

Once I got home, I loaded up my Gorilla Cart with all the stuff for my room. Mainly bird food and distilled water for my plants.

I love my cart. Can’t believe I messed around with a stupid wheelbarrow that was falling apart for this many years. I’m pretty sure I picked it up off the side of the road. I still have it.
There’s some long grass near my dojo. I used a thin piece of bamboo and whacked it all down with super fast strokes. Worked great!

I’m keeping most of my cacti on the ground. I added another light for them. I’m trying to keep the tops of the tables less cluttered.

I left suet on the ground and a few shiny things for my crow friends.

This actually smells pretty good. I’m sure I’ll never be able to find it again. But at least I know what it is.


And just in case you’re wondering.

Rode my bike 13.00 miles today.

So beautiful.

But what really got me was riding through areas of fantastic fragrances.

Honeysuckle in particular.
Stopped by the church on the way to the mission to pick up checks.


Hardly any homework so we do art projects or Ashley helps them with the computer.

While I was at the mission, Kathy texted me that her car wouldn’t start. I jumped it off when I got home.

I finally got to use my new jumper cables which worked great!
Then drove her car around to charge the battery back up.

Admin duties now.

Penelope was all dressed up for her train ride today! Would have liked to have gone on that one!

Groovy, baby!

Studied Spanish and Swahili.



Went to Westside BC this morning. I always enjoy that.
Pastor Ben preached on “Stretching yourself.”
All the kids got to grow, Grow, GROW!

Came home to do some work.
Cleaned hummingbird feeders.

I couldn’t see what was in the box. Print was too tiny.

Ironic, eh?
Vacuumed the house.

Completely cleaned it out. It’s air drying now.

Blew out the garage.

And the deck.

Then swept and Swiffered the kitchen and laundry area.

Took my knife and scraped off these heel marks.

Cleaned my whole area.
Swept.

Also swept outside.

Cleaned off my zebra skin and all the rugs downstairs. There are seven.

Then Swiffered the downstairs. I really like that system. Wipe up dirt and throw it away.

Then I dry the floor with a towel. Too dangerous when it’s wet.

Rugs are the last thing to go down.

Took nearly two hours to clean the upstairs and downstairs.

Admin duties now.

Studied Spanish and Swahili this morning.


We took our family picture today! Always a challenge with little ones!
I think this is the one we like the most.

Penelope likes their new car with the sun roof. Windy!

Enjoyed Greek food with Kathy and Jesse. Took them to see the new Avengers movie. As I got ready to pay for the movie, I realized that I had left my card at Golden Corral the previous day. Left KJ and went to get it. I was tired after all that stress and just took a nap since I was nearly home.

Enjoyed playing games.

Admin duties now.

Studied Spanish and Swahili this morning.

Released a new edition of Verbal Surgery -554- “Fight the Edge!”
Just click on the title and GROOVE!
Link on Facebook.

LIVE on Facebook!

Ashley brought the girls over for the afternoon. Always a blessing. Everly continues to get better every time I keep her.

Never too much Jesse.

The girls had fun tearing paper and chewing it. I didn’t let them swallow!

We had a great time together.
Fixed the dryer vent.

Still having to piecemeal out the recycling and trash from the Spring Clean. Sometimes it gets too much for the recycling guys and they don’t touch any of it. They’re kind of picky. What they won’t take goes into landfill.

I don’t like to leave anything at the curb.

Beautiful sunset.

Kathy has been doing SO much better since we got the CPAP working properly. Wow. Big difference. All really came down to a clogged filter.
Admin duties now.

I love this picture of me and Jesse.

Studied Spanish and Swahili.


Recorded a new podcast!

Deposited money into the Whirlwind account.

I met up with Ashley and the girls at Global Mall. We had a fun lunch together. Absolutely astonished that I didn’t take any pictures of them. Miles was also able to break away and have lunch with us. Curry!

Interesting sign a Global Mall for spiritual services available.

Did a recon of Bradford Gwinnett apartments.

I’ve had a number of events over there over the years. Got a very warm reception. Always great to be loved!

Interesting signage from another church.

Ms. Joy was very helpful.

We will set up a meeting with the management and our friend Pastor Chester from One Heart Church in a couple of weeks.

Rode my bike 10.97 miles.

Absolutely beautiful outside.


I still have quite a lot of stuff that I cleared out during my Spring Clean. I stomped all the cardboard stuff down and put it in one big box.

Lots to be thrown away or recycled.

Maximum capacity is the ticket.

Lot of recycle. I don’t think it’s too much. Hard to know what they might not take.

A significantly smaller pile. I cover it up with the brown tarp to make it look less visible and to keep it dry.

Ashley sent me this picture of Penelope looking at the bird book I gave her. I love her so much.

I measure the hauling around garbage as exercise, too.

Admin duties now. Jesse worked on my book’s formatting. There were some image files I needed his help to get rid of.