{"id":14201,"date":"2021-03-20T20:09:57","date_gmt":"2021-03-21T00:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=14201"},"modified":"2021-03-20T20:15:15","modified_gmt":"2021-03-21T00:15:15","slug":"grandgirls-septic-sleep-over-stone-mountain-3-19-20-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=14201","title":{"rendered":"Grandgirls! Septic! Sleep Over! Stone Mountain! 3.19-20.21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How to have more creative children.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-xkmTDPV\/0\/3ce1b874\/L\/IMG_7076-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nWho&#8217;s the happiest in the world?<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-pSsfFFK\/0\/377a58cb\/L\/IMG_7077-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Funny.  Seeing that I just dealt with a septic tank issue!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-cvqQBtH\/0\/974c2279\/M\/IMG_7078-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Proof positive!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-b5dtNgc\/0\/b29049f6\/M\/IMG_7088-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The grandgirls spent the night Friday night, so the blog contains both days!<\/p>\n<p>Beautiful sunrise on Friday.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-hxHsjWx\/0\/891f7f96\/M\/IMG_0499-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Spanish!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-bJHTFCd\/0\/93fba96e\/L\/IMG_7081-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-HSNsfJ4\/0\/79b5d08c\/L\/IMG_7089-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-x3BGHC9\/0\/ff915cc5\/L\/IMG_7092-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-QQ2SHDs\/0\/653a23c2\/L\/IMG_7111-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back to cold weather.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-SR8kzGW\/0\/9fec79b9\/L\/IMG_7082-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nLove my girls!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-4RK8LTr\/0\/6c965a38\/L\/IMG_0500-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Septic guys came over to clean out my tank.  What I thought was going to be a $300 charge turned out to be $1,500!  They had to completely drain the tank and septic field to get everything back in order.  Life is more important than toilets.  But toilets are pretty damn critical.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-dxjvfjF\/0\/4a84402e\/M\/IMG_0505-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-cWkTdXS\/0\/52dd0604\/M\/IMG_0506-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-d3DVbmS\/0\/f37457a8\/M\/IMG_0507-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-KRL7VcZ\/0\/95f175c2\/M\/IMG_0508-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-9LbV5VX\/0\/a642780f\/M\/IMG_0509-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I was astonished and grossed out that he just stuck his hand down into that fecal matter WITH NO GLOVES ON!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-g57ThX5\/0\/aa508616\/L\/IMG_0511-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Covered it back up.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-kf2FJ2t\/0\/8fe1a485\/M\/IMG_0512-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The glass on our table outside cracked.  I broke it up into smaller pieces so I could carry it to the garbage.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-77jWQfb\/0\/fb15edc8\/M\/IMG_0515-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-PCSph2J\/0\/a27aacef\/M\/IMG_0514-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nSpent a long time cleaning up the tiny shards of glass.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-jJLBdLQ\/0\/3f61e627\/M\/IMG_0516-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cleaned the driveway after the septic truck was there.  It leaked some oil.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-HPsWQvg\/0\/1fa1ed4d\/M\/IMG_0517-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-CbxDX9D\/0\/656cd0f1\/M\/IMG_0518-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-rWjdv4h\/0\/fdfa7c86\/L\/IMG_0519-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nearly .5&#8243; of rain.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-qMfnVXG\/0\/9f59ecce\/M\/IMG_0520-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cleaned the front door glass.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-DTnfJvM\/0\/5363647d\/L\/IMG_0521-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cleaned and refilled my hummingbird feeders for the first time this year.  Looking forward to having my little friends back soon. I hope!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-bxSckMP\/0\/39d05c58\/M\/IMG_0522-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-Ftxn5h2\/0\/70b52ca7\/L\/IMG_0523-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nI bought this little blue guitar for Penelope several years ago.  It was really getting beat up which made me sad because it sounds great.  I cleaned it, worked on the tuning pegs, and put new strings on it.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-TwjbG3S\/0\/c88964c0\/L\/IMG_0524-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I played some songs for them from what we listen to during our drives. They were dancing and having so much fun!  I look forward to teaching them how to play if they take an interest in it.  I only have six guitars at my house.<\/p>\n<p>Azaleas have started to bloom!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-CwxPfRZ\/0\/beceb5c0\/L\/IMG_0525-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We had a fun day and a pretty good night&#8217;s sleep.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-PjcwFvs\/0\/59c9b41c\/L\/IMG_7085-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-FkQNTvL\/0\/bebf676f\/L\/IMG_7086-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-wqnvQD8\/0\/a99b641b\/L\/IMG_7087-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cold morning!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-VwBdxMD\/0\/4ca687db\/L\/IMG_7090-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>OYB!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-HjJ9MH7\/0\/cd9b6003\/L\/IMG_7093-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-kGGzr8k\/0\/3e3d3341\/L\/63794370588__CE0F0195-20E3-48A8-A4D7-334092D41B3C-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s different!  I sure understand why.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-6DkhRRj\/0\/0eaab776\/L\/IMG_7095-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The girls and I had a fun time at Stone Mountain today.  We have an annual pass so we get to do everything!  Most of the stuff is only open on the weekend.<br \/>\nMini-golf!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-VC522Dq\/0\/d2c69894\/L\/IMG_7096-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-SjvLwX9\/0\/638a9a67\/L\/IMG_7097-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-sw3m3x6\/0\/efe94e71\/L\/IMG_7098-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-VQbKwDZ\/0\/bb9ffec4\/L\/IMG_0528-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-zkq2dzt\/0\/4bfac22d\/L\/IMG_0529-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We pretty much played by our own rules.  Didn&#8217;t do the course in order, just went to whatever one wasn&#8217;t being used.  Kicked, threw or whatever to the ball to get it in the hole. It was pretty funny.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-LvhGRJw\/0\/2e14347f\/L\/IMG_7102-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They liked the movie, but it kind of scared Everly. She sat on my lap most of the time.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-CmcD88d\/0\/a9d1089b\/M\/IMG_7103-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-qrnLhKK\/0\/164c7c60\/L\/63794989181__CB991019-F23E-49AD-BD0F-3E25B546C6EE-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nTrain ride is always fun.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-fzDH6cv\/0\/2bd36783\/L\/IMG_7105-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-63cCgpN\/0\/6e666886\/L\/IMG_7106-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-HVscCzz\/0\/9ada03be\/L\/IMG_0532-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nWe are so lucky to live so close to this!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-JWMSQKJ\/0\/891565a4\/M\/IMG_7109-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-GSxDwzT\/0\/0f219ebc\/M\/IMG_0534-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-F9SwFqw\/0\/a4f1bb60\/M\/IMG_0535-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nDinosaurs!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Grandgirls-Septic-Sleep-Over-Stone-Mtn-319-2021\/i-xRWWSbc\/0\/54cc8ec4\/M\/IMG_0536-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Released a new episode of Verbal Surgery <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/verbalsurgery\/Keep_the_Change_2_MP3.mp3\"> &#8220;Keep the Change&#8221; 2 <\/a> today!<\/p>\n<p>Took the girls to the other grandparents around 5:30 PM.  I took a nap before taking them over.  I was exhausted.  But happy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to have more creative children. Who&#8217;s the happiest in the world? Funny. Seeing that I just dealt with a septic tank issue! Proof positive! The grandgirls spent the night Friday night, so the blog contains both days! Beautiful sunrise on Friday. Spanish! Back to cold weather. Love my girls! Septic guys came over to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14201"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14201"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14204,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14201\/revisions\/14204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}