These clouds of chlorine gas have got to stop! Crazy that they’ve had multiple fires at that place.

OYB!

This is great news!

Called my car guys to take a look at K’s check engine light. Good timing, since I’m going out of town for six days and K can use my car.

Trying to set up a time with my health insurance guy.

I may try to get this going.

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Walked .65 miles.

One of my jobs is to shoot all the pages that I’ll be reading October 24-29th in the One Year Bible. I don’t really like to carry that much extra weight if I don’t have to.

Research on my trip includes figuring out the MARTA schedule and routes. I decided to get on at the Indian Creek entrance which is the station at the right of this map. That’s a lot less driving for K. I normally get on at the Chamblee station near the top.

Went to the bank to deposit checks. Thank you, Father!

Got a call from Pastor Stephen Peoples from Roopville Road BC this morning. He wants me to come to their Missions Conference the end of February. Another three days away from home. Not zesty.

K and I picked up the girls and took them to Dragon Wok.

Penelope had a soy sauce pack in her mouth. It wasn’t open.

Azalea to help the kids. Not much work.

Went to the church to pick up more checks, process them and deposited them soon after. Two trips to the bank in one day. Amen.

Kathy stayed at the girls’ house to help them with their homework and get some good hugs.

Ashley and I finally figured out the Venmo problem we’ve been having. With both of us working together, we were able to change the password and get logged in. It was quite an undertaking. I also called Stacy Hickle who had just sent us $200 dollars recently that we weren’t able to access. Now we have the money, plus another $100 that we didn’t know was even in there since 2023!

Looks like good weather for my Texas trip.

Keep going.

Are you kidding me?

I got many years of service out of this belt. It’s been with me to Jerusalem, Guatemala and the Amazon in Peru.

OYB!

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Sandwiches for J.

Went to Walmart to get a new belt. Not an easy task. Pretty random sizes and colors.

Gassed up my car and checked the oil.

Great to talk with my buddy Don Howard today. He’s a fellow NoZe Brother.

Fun chat with my buddy Anthony.

Picked ups the girls at the bus and took them to Cicis. I had already eaten Taco Veloz and I picked up Chic-fil-a for Everly.

Helped the kids with their homework. There wasn’t much.

Lot of traffic on the way home. Listening to Don Cheto always makes it more fun.

Got a text from my friend Andrew Toney. Hopefully, he’ll bring a team soon.

Came in #7 out of 30 people last week. Very competitive. This coming week looks the same.

I had a misunderstanding with the team last weekend. They got it straightened out for me. Still having problems getting it from Venmo.

OYB!

Walked .56 miles this morning while I was studying.

Called my friend Dan Perez in Houston today. He’s struggling with finances. Gave him some cheering up.

Talked with my buddy Anthony this morning briefly.

I put bags around the potted plants in the living room this morning. Keeps them from leaking onto the carpet. Pretty hard job. Awkward.

Vacuum the living room after I worked on the plants.

Heard from my health insurance agent today. He’s such a big help.

Saw these weird plants at the Buford Highway Farmers Market where Everly and I ate lunch. We got some dragon fruit while we were there. We weren’t impressed. These goblin fingers were cool. We didn’t try them.

E and I picked up Penelope at school. She has Drama Club on Mondays.

I took the girls home so P could eat the BHFM food. The chicken tenders get hard when we buy it so late. She didn’t like them very much.

Went to Azalea to help the kids with their projects. Gave them all gloves. Thank you Selma and Joey Blackmon for that!

One of my favorite kids told me he was going to make a zero on his cell project. I looked at his paper and it actually said it was due tomorrow! So we improvised a 3D cell structure.

Just keep going. There are some very serious students in this group. Doubt I’ll come in the top three. I’ve accomplished that goal over 100 times. I really don’t have anything to prove. I just try to make over 10,000 a week. Sometimes that’s the best, other times it’s #7.

We all have stress.

Edited and uploaded the video I shot of the team yesterday.

This was a studious group.

OYB!

Did my laundry.

Put the distilled water bottles up.

Cleaned and refilled the birdbaths and feeders.

I put my carnivorous plants outside. They need a dormant period. I bring them in if it looks like it’s going to freeze. Why take a chance?

Cleaned off my front porch and St. Francis.

Watered the indoors plants in my room.

I got the Fire Tablet for Penelope today. Got the screen protector and the cover installed. It’s on charge now. I’m going to let Ashley set it up so it’s ready to go with her wifi at home.

Set up for The Show.

Great to have my team from Deep Springs BC in town today!

We went on Safari to Al Madina, Kitab Bookstore, BAPS Temple, CD Tower, and Asian Square.

After going on Safari, I took them to Azalea to work with the kids. Went back to the church to strike the set and put the gear back up.

Then back to the mission. Great group of kids today.

Work on the prep for the NoZe Brotherhood weekend to come. It’s going to be epic.

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OYB!

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Beautiful weather today.

Thursday night the girls spent their third evening with us. They went to sleep about 9:45 PM. Woke me up at 5:00 AM with a big roach in their bed that I had to eliminate.

That’s a lot of storm damage. I keep thinking, “That could have been us.”

At the concert, The Hives said that Atlanta had been their favorite place to play in the USA.

I think this scene from Forbidden West is so beautiful.

Penelope is excited about getting her new tablet!

She promised she’d teach her sister how to play games on the computer.

OYB!

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I sewed up a big hole in one of our blankets.

Looks like perfect weather in Waco for ComeHoming! Satch!

Took the girls to Waffle House. Penelope hasn’t been eating well, but she did a lot better today!

There was a Goodwill right next to WH, so we went looking for leggings, hoodies, jackets and long shirts. I think we had a lot of success!

I spent around $100 over the last three days on clothes for the girls for Winter. We got lucky to have so much to choose from at Goodwill. Soon, all that stuff would have been extremely picked over. I’ll keep some clothes in my car in case they need something when they’re with me.

Gassed up my car and checked the oil. One of the things I don’t like about my new car is the fuel gauge is tiny. I get caught out unaware sometimes.

Got Pad Thai for J.

We put all the girl’s stuff in my trunk to be ready for their Dad to get them.

Went to the Library Park.

Then to the Library itself!

Kathy was having problems at the library. I got the situation resolved.

I need to talk with my Health Insurance agent soon.

Miles got to my house around 4PM.

Blew the driveway and deck.

Picked up my groceries. Went inside Walmart to pick up some other supplies.

The girls enjoyed making thermoplastic toys with J yesterday.

Girls went to sleep around 9:30 PM last night.

OYB!

I ordered Penelope’s Fire 10 Tablet and all the accessories she needs for it today.

Jessi did some fun crafts with the girls. They did braiding of para cord and also playing with low temperature melt plastic.

We went to Evergreen to swim. The pool is heated so it wasn’t too cold. We hung out in the jacuzzi the most. It’s a hot tub!

We played some corn hole. None of us were very good.

Dried off and got changed. Hung out in the gym for a while.

Washed and dried the clothes we bought from Goodwill yesterday.

Ordered groceries to pick up tomorrow.

Ashley asked me a question about Nosy Be in Madagascar today.

Lots of good students in this week’s group.

I replaced another screen protector today. That’s three in less than two months. Crazy.

OYB!

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Everly read her book for about thirty minutes with me outside on the front porch. Finally got too cold for her.

I talked with Jimmy Kendall (Miles’ Dad) about Penelope’s birthday present. She wants a HD Fire 10 tablet. With a cover and 2 year warranty it’s about $200.

Took the vacuum cleaner back that Jessi ordered.

Took the girls to Goodwill to look for jackets, coats, long sleeve shirts and long pants. We got some good buys.

They picked out these ten and seven of them fit. That’s pretty good! Little over $30 for all of them.

K, J, the girls and I went to the Mountain Park Aquatic Center to do early voting. Great to have made our voice be counted!

Tell me what they really think.

We went out to LT to celebrate.

The girls enjoyed playing my favorite game Horizon Forbidden West. They got to fly on dinosaurs and swim under the ocean.

K and I watched Everly at the park while J played games with P.

K got some stretching in.

We met a man with a doberman puppy. He had sharp little teeth!

I helped the girls call Miles and Ashley.

Did my laundry.

OYB!

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Brutal traffic into Chamblee today.

Picked up the girls around 8 AM. Great to see everyone together!

Didn’t know this word.

I like Ashley’s halloween decorations. Even in the bathroom!

We did some math and reading with the kids at the mission.

Went by the antique store called “My Favorite Place” this morning. The lady in charge said the girls could have any of the glass eggs that they wanted. She’d recently gotten this gigantic lot of 100 boxes full of glass stuff from this guy’s barn. The girls were delighted. I also got a cool black globe and Dali mask.

I like having my plants inside, especially the banana plants. I was heartbroken last year when the cold killed two out of three plants.

After we ate at Hot and Cold, we went to the Doggie Park to play.

Penelope and I are still a bit sick. P has a cough. My throat still feels rough. We came on home to rest.

Soon they took a bath and we got the pallet set up. They’re enjoying watching a silly show about dachshunds.

I came in #1 in the Duolingo leagues last week.

Way to go Kenya, way to go!

How best to handle anger.

Looking forward to seeing my NoZe Brotherhood friends soon.

Powerful cold front blew through today. The temperatures are really going to drop.

OYB!

Penelope has a part in the play!

Everly wrote this.

I told the girls this morning when I was picking them up that “You know Pop Pop always make us do this,” I expected them to say “school work.” Instead, Everly shouts out “Spend money!” Then Penelope make a fold out joke about it at Waffle House.

Love my girls!

Everly did this one.

We ate at Waffle House and then practiced balancing on the tops of these curbs.

Took the things back to my storage area that I’d used at Peachtree Corners BC yesterday.

We went to Azalea to work on practice sheets. I have study books for Pre-K, K, 1st, 2nd and 3rd grades.

The kids used sidewalk chalk to make the blue water. Paola added the fish.

Took the girls to Goodwill to look for pants and jackets. Found some good stuff.

Pet Smart is always a fun stop.

Moved some things from one room to my main room at the church.

Connected with one of the current NoZe Brothers today. Satch!

I brought some supplies back to the Mission from the storage area at the church.

Went to the Buford Highway Farmers Market to buy things for gifts in Texas.

Good chat with my Mom.

Pretty hard competition this week. Not sure I’ll make the top three.