OYB!

Español!

Jessi and I enjoy working with mushrooms.

Good lunch with my buddy Jon Paul. Always a blessing.

Listened to Don Cheto.

Left a message for my Mom.

I enjoyed taking the grandgirls to Arby’s. They have a big table with captain’s chairs, the tall kind. They had fun sitting on them.

Helped the kids at the mission with their homework. A couple of the boys like doing art projects. I thought the ones he did today were terrific.

The kids remarked on how beautiful the tree leaves were.

I picked up my groceries. Mainly it was the dry dog food.

Went by my office to check the mail.

I’m returning my new red Champion hoodie. The zipper didn’t work. They’re now made with these cheap plastic zippers. Gigantic downgrade. Sad.

Just keeping pushing.

This is crazy.

Interesting.

I thought that the #1 and #2 languages studied in the USA are Spanish and English!

Came in #3 this week in the leagues. I also got my year end report from Duolingo.

OYB!

Walked 2.99 miles.

Mortgage is looking good. Looks like I’ll have about $200 a month less to pay. That will go straight into credit card debt.

Bit cold but beautiful.

Figuring out the calendar with my Mom coming here soon, when the girls are in or out of school and when Ashley will be there on Thursdays or not.

Ordered groceries.

Took the girls over to the Buford Highway Farmers Market for lunch. They were both really hungry.

Deposited checks. Thank you, Jesus.

Listened to Don Cheto.

Helped the kids at the mission. Mainly second graders today and a high schooler.

Beautiful colors in the sky.

Picked up my groceries.

Got gas and checked the oil. Added a little.

Very tight group of the top four. It’s astonishing really how much I respond these numbers every week. Depending on the competition I could easily put in another three hours of studying in the week.

Hanukkah starts this evening!

OYB!

Español!

Short walk today. Wanted to record.

Swept the kitchen.

Trying to get my head straight as to when I’ll be watching the grandgirls over the Christmas break.

Checked my transmission fluid. Hard to tell exactly what the level is. I think I may need to add a little bit. Checked on the stick for the make and model of what I need.

Recorded and released a new episode of Verbal Surgery called, “What Makes Me Good, Makes Me Bad.” Excellent!

I should come in #3 this week. My goal is just to stay in the top three. That’s the main thing that Duolingo keep track of that the other students can see. When I get a couple of thousand ahead at the end of the week, I have a tendency not to study quite as hard, like today.

I got the cables in for the headphone project for my living room.

Español!

Foggy this morning.

Walked 1.70 miles.

Cloudy and damp with some drizzle.

I got the wiring hooked up so I can use my ear buds in the living room. I know the TV can keep J up. I’m missing one of the ear pieces. I need to figure out a good place to hang them.

I got Kathy’s health insurance website set up.

Medicare gives me $90 every three months to buy health stuff. I usually spend most of it on vitamins.

Keep going.

OYB!

Español!

Did some research on a camera for Penelope.

Little milder.

Fun chat with Anthony.

Walked .86 miles.

Made sandwiches for J.

Got the cables together to run ear buds when I’m watching TV. That way I won’t bother the rest of the family. I had some wireless headphones but they died this week.

OYB!

Garmon kept Kathy’s car in the shop last night. Everything checked out, but when we tried to start it to leave, it wouldn’t start. Perfect timing. The found a cell that was shorting out in the battery. We got that replaced.

Español!

It hurts me to see my banana plants like this. All part of the cycle, I hope.

I took Jessi to the doctor this morning. She’s doing a lot better, but had a cold today and wasn’t feeling great.

Cool.

I took Cristopher’s toy to UPS to send back to Amazon.

Listened to Don Cheto.

After seeing the doctor, we went to Publix to drop off the prescription.

Called my Mom. Didn’t get an answer today.

Picked the girls up at the Mission and took them to gymnastics for Everly’s class.

I was also teaching Penelope how to use my camera.

Helped the kids at the mission. Went to my office to check the mail.

Studied Español.

I’m looking forward to working hard tomorrow.

Still getting used to having to wait for things from Amazon. Not everything is Prime. That’s not zesty. K’s shirts will arrive pretty soon. We hope.

Español!

I knew it was coming, but I still was sure sad to see it happen. The first real freeze of the winter. The banana plants did not like that. Sad face. I feel confident that they’ll survive and will come back strong in the Spring. I’ve got two big bags of mulch on top of their base.

I saw this from Hulu. I don’t really watch that much.

A team is coming in February from Roopville Road BC. They’ll be taking the Asian tour.

Kathy’s truck is not starting well sometimes. I’m pretty sure that that’s because of a weak battery. We took her to our new car guys: Garmon’s Auto Service.

I refilled the bird baths around my yard and added peanut butter to the tree where my feeders are. I found a couple of pieces of really hard peanut in that jar, so I didn’t eat any more from it. Give it to the animals.

Helped the kids at the mission. They had a push up competition.

Beautiful sky.

My Mom sent some bath bombs to the girls.

Checked the mail at my office and watered my ficus.

It’s cool how easy it is to track the status of what you’re getting.

It was a cold day. We don’t get that many really cold ones here in Atlanta.

Just got this information. Kathy will probably come with me on Thursday. Jessi came with me on Monday.

Just keep going.

I’ve found this to be true.

OYB!

Made PBJs for J.

Work hard. Get results.

Today is “Giving Tuesday.” People are supposed to help out ministries. I posted on Facebook about it.

Sewed up a hole in Everly’s pillow.

Walked 2.08 miles. Eleven hills.

Stuffed the newsletters into the envelopes. Put stamps on. Went to the Post Office yesterday to get stamps. The printer in the Self-Help machine could only print individual 4″ stamps, which I really didn’t want. I had to cut part of the label out and then stick on. There were only two thin strips of glue on each stamp. It didn’t stick at all. So I had to used a glue stick to make it seal properly. What a hassle.

Listened to Don Cheto.

Had a good chat with my Mom on the way to Chamblee to pick up the girls.

Went to the Post Office to mail the letters.

Always great to see the job done.

Love my girls!

I got the girls diaries. They liked the sequins on the cover.

Helped the kids with their homework. It was so cold.

Beautiful end to the day.

Came in #2 in the Duolingo leagues last week.

Walked 2.61 miles. Fifteen hills.

OYB!

Ordered groceries.

Cleaned one of our bath tubs. Gross on the outside corner is better now.

Listened to Don Cheto.

Went to the Post Office to get stamps.

Jessi came into Chamblee with me to pick up the girls. I got us pizza and an ice cream cake to celebrate Penelope’s birthday. We’d done it once last week, but we don’t need much of an excuse to get more ice cream cake!

Helped the kids with their homework. It was really cold outside. 41 wind chill.

I gave away more gloves.

Beautiful sunset.

I got everything I need to get the newsletters done. I’ll get them in the mail tomorrow.

Made the decision to hold our board meeting for Whirlwind Missions in January. The schedule is so crazy in December.

Got gas and picked up the groceries.

Beautiful moon this evening.

Studied a couple of sites about Nepal and Hinduism.

Ordered more tape from Amazon. I use this for many applications. Yesterday I used it to hold up the fender for a friend of mine’s car!

Got a new power supply for my microscope. It powers the light.

Ordered a new string of Christmas lights. We put them on the railing of our front porch. It’s not much, but it does look good.

Listened to Don Cheto. It’s a great show for practicing oral comprehension.

Ordered some bone conducting headphones for J.

OYB!

Jessi finally cleaned up our guest room. She had her tech stuff spread out everywhere. That clutter really bothers me. Thanks, J!

Studied Español!

Drizzly weather today.

Did some laundry.

Cleaned my sugar jar.

Walked .41 miles. Stopped because of the rain.

Ordered a couple of new shirts for K. She has really enjoyed the last one I got her. It’s made of the same material as my Hawaiian shirts.

Produced my newsletter and labeled envelopes. I’ll get stamps tomorrow and take the letter to be copied when I go by my office.

I called Bluehost tech support. We were having problems with a couple of our websites. They told me they fixed them. We’ll see. The changes are supposed to go into effect in a couple of hours.

I should come in #2 this week. For sure the top 3.