Came in #4 last week in the Duolingo Leagues. That’s out of 30 of the top people. Duolingo is the largest language learning group in the world!
Yeah, right.
Weird to me. I need to call Bluehost.
Watered my plants.
OYB!
Good talk with Nana on the way to the girl’s house.
Art!
MARTA station before going to Dragon Con.
Biggest escalator in Atlanta. Going up or down?
The girls and I know this part of downtown Atlanta really well. We come down here regularly. This time it was special with lots of people dressed up as super heroes.
We had a good lunch. Everly picked out strawberry cheesecake for our dessert. It’s her birthday soon.
Lots of cool stuff to see, although we should have come on the weekend when even more people were there.
I wore them out.
Don Cheto on the way home.
Checked the mail at my office.
Cleaned the bird feeders. Looks like my hose is getting ready to burst. I have a lifetime guarantee on it.
Worked on my financial report. Mileage went up a bit.
I figured out how to use Google sheets to add up the monthly mileage. Way faster.
On Mondays, I research the previous scores of the people I’m competing with. Looks like if all goes as planned I’ll probably come in third place this week. My goal is to be in the top three every week if possible.
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K was invited to a family party of Afghanis last night. They were celebrating the engagement of their eldest son. Great fun and a interesting get together.
OYB!
Español!
Recorded a new episode of Verbal Surgery called, “Hot/Cold Bed.” Great stories in this one.
Came in #4 this week. Very tough competition.
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I’ve been enjoying playing the sequel to Horizon Zero Dawn which is Forbidden West. It’s a huge game.
Español!
OYB!
K and I went to the Lazy River pool today. My arm is still bothering me, so I spent most of my time just floating around in the shallow end. After we were done, I went to the bathroom to dry off and put on my clothes and I slept and fell. I only sprained my big toe. Could have been really bad. Whoosh.
Good chat with my buddy Anthony. We often talk while he’s cooking.
Man, it was hot today. My car said it was 100 degrees.
Did my laundry.
Called Jon about a paycheck that Ashley was missing from the end of February.
The city of Chamblee is working on part of the road in front of Azalea.
Picked up my girls at the bus. I took Penelope to get Vietnamese food then we ate it at Taco Veloz where Everly and I wanted to go. This is becoming a regular thing these days. Two different locations. Hard to get everyone to match up. No big deal for me.
I liked this license plate.
Bunch of kids at the mission.
Cleaned the mission before I left. Took out the trash. Won’t be back there till after Labor Day.
Sprayed my pink magnolia with fungicide and watered her.
Gassed up my car.
Went to my office to check the mail and water my ficus.
Processed the checks and deposited them at the bank.
Don Cheto.
Mileage.
I dropped my car off at Garmon’s Auto Service on the way home. Kathy came over to pick me up. I’m getting the oil changed.
Normally, my score would be in the top three for sure. Sometimes there are a lot of serious students. I don’t get uptight about it. Let some other people win.
K and I went to Perimeter Mall for lunch. I also went to the Apple Store to pick up my Mac Air which needed a new display.
Great to hear from my buddy, Fred Sorrels. He’s in Paris working with the Niger team at the Paralympics.
Hot today.
K and I picked up the the girls and took them to Waffle House.
I had never seen the yellow wrench warning light in my Honda CR-V. Wasn’t sure what it meant. I called Garmon Auto who are my new car guys. They told me that it meant there was maintenance due, which is what I thought it was. Time for an oil change. I asked them if it would be good to do it on Friday, which they said it was. I’ll drop it off over there on Thursday evening.
I dropped K and the girls at their house and went on to the mission to work with the kids. There weren’t too many today, which is a blessing. I do my best work when I’m not completely overwhelmed.
I worked on getting the resolution on my Mac to look right with my TV. Took me a while. Not particularly easy.
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I had a good talk with Anthony this morning. We discussed some issues with the book that I thought could make it better.
Cleaned and refilled all the bird feeders.
Xfinity came by yesterday and put the wire back up. Looks OK.
Watered the rosebushes and the cherry tree by the street.
Ordered groceries.
Went to Chamblee and ate Vietnamese. Picked up the girls at the bus and took them to the Beaufort Highway farmers market. Worked with the kids at the Mission.
Picked up groceries on the way home.
Got a message from Apple that my Mac display is repaired. Kathy will go with me to Chamblee tomorrow to be with the girls. We will pick up the Mac at the Apple store and probably eat at the food court at Perimeter mall.
Apple Store! Newsletters! Pastor Bill! Lonnie! PE and their rooms! Azalea! October 26, 2024
I signed up for the Apple Store and went over there early this morning. The Apple tech said that it was a bad display and that they could get it fixed five days. Went from there to First Baptist Church Dorville to turn in my newsletter. Had a good talk with Pastor Bill about his music Director leaving. Just general issues working with churches. Went to talk with below for lunch and to fold and stuff the newsletters. Most of the job already been done before hand. Went to the Post office to get stamps and put them on the newsletters and put them in the mail. Talked with Lonnie about doing workshops at Azalea. I told her I think she needed to do a survey first because I didn’t think anybody would really turn out for anything. Picked up the girls and took Everly to Chick-fil-A and Penelope to CC pizza. After we ate, went over to their house to see the girls rooms. They had moved the furniture around and looked really cute. Took the girls over to Azalea with me to help the kids at the Mission.I’ve gotten away from giving out drinks and snacks because it’s just such a mess. I don’t think I’m sick but I sure do feel tired. I’m my arm is bothering me.
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The screen on my computer suddenly went dark today while I was working on my newsletter. It had what looked to be a dead area on it last night. I’ll be taking it in to the Apple Store tomorrow morning. I’m not sure what they’ll do or when I’ll get my computer back. Therefore, this may the last post on my blog until it gets fixed or replaced. Oh, well. I’m glad I have insurance on it.
I liked this and have found it to be true.
I’ve been enjoying playing Horizon Forbidden West.
WX!
Had to deposit a check this morning.
OYB!
Español!
PBJs for J.
Recorded a new episode of Verbal Surgery called “Price Is Nice.”
Produced my newsletter and printed a copy to photocopy tomorrow. I have all the labels on the envelopes done, just need stamps.
Screen went dark. Made a reservation to take it in tomorrow morning.
Pray that the guys at Apple can get my computer running tomorrow. Amen.