{"id":17048,"date":"2023-02-28T22:11:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T02:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=17048"},"modified":"2023-02-28T22:13:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T02:13:26","slug":"tito-grandgirls-azalea-2-28-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=17048","title":{"rendered":"Tito! Grandgirls! Azalea! 2.28.23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was woken up this morning by a loud tapping on my window.  It was one of my favorite birds, the Pileated Woodpecker.  A real beauty! As big as a crow!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Tito-Grandgirls-Azalea-22823\/i-6gT5zhN\/0\/60881002\/S\/IMG_7052%202-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Tito-Grandgirls-Azalea-22823\/i-JBScqdt\/0\/118851c7\/S\/IMG_7053%202-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fantastic weather.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Tito-Grandgirls-Azalea-22823\/i-2zJDwh5\/0\/df5077ad\/S\/IMG_7054-S.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>OYB!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Tito-Grandgirls-Azalea-22823\/i-srQt8Pq\/0\/df369fe6\/S\/IMG_7056-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Tito-Grandgirls-Azalea-22823\/i-SXGkDN9\/0\/6aa1ff4d\/S\/IMG_7057-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Espa\u00f1ol!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Tito-Grandgirls-Azalea-22823\/i-d9Wsg9C\/0\/a016933b\/S\/IMG_7058-S.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Tito-Grandgirls-Azalea-22823\/i-fh5n4B2\/0\/61fd5b98\/S\/IMG_7062%202-S.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Walked 1.41 miles today.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Tito-Grandgirls-Azalea-22823\/i-dwPC5jw\/0\/e58040ff\/S\/IMG_7063-S.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I spent time talking to my dentist&#8217;s office.  They told me that it wasn&#8217;t a problem to wait until July when Medicare kicks in.  That will reduce the price of my implants drastically.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Tito-Grandgirls-Azalea-22823\/i-npzfkfR\/0\/5af179fb\/S\/IMG_7061-S.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Tito-Grandgirls-Azalea-22823\/i-tqh9Q4P\/0\/d8d76f05\/S\/IMG_7059-S.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Tito-Grandgirls-Azalea-22823\/i-QpS6CPN\/0\/405da053\/S\/IMG_7060-S.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Big limb fell in my yard.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Tito-Grandgirls-Azalea-22823\/i-8Vq3Qht\/0\/25742c81\/S\/IMG_9171%202-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I will very likely keep my carnivorous plants outside this year.  At least I&#8217;m thinking I might.  Normally, the outside situation is just too rough on plants.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Tito-Grandgirls-Azalea-22823\/i-J3LJ4Lm\/0\/c6343d00\/S\/IMG_9172-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Tito-Grandgirls-Azalea-22823\/i-N969dLG\/0\/8327e52a\/S\/IMG_9173-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Tito-Grandgirls-Azalea-22823\/i-nzd4vbR\/0\/bded14e0\/S\/IMG_9174-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Tito-Grandgirls-Azalea-22823\/i-5vdKLnp\/0\/8ada45ac\/S\/IMG_9175-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Scrubbed my shoes and my hat this morning.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Tito-Grandgirls-Azalea-22823\/i-FHvpbrb\/0\/7491f343\/S\/IMG_9176%203-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Tito-Grandgirls-Azalea-22823\/i-NXTw7CK\/0\/6f89000f\/S\/IMG_9177-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Got the newsletters in the mail.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Tito-Grandgirls-Azalea-22823\/i-ffKTj7L\/0\/378be45e\/S\/IMG_9179-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My brother Tito Ruiz was in the area today.  We got to hang out for a while.  What a blessing!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Tito-Grandgirls-Azalea-22823\/i-47fpmgJ\/0\/1e6924a2\/S\/IMG_7064-S.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Tito-Grandgirls-Azalea-22823\/i-DKL9x2v\/0\/113f7495\/S\/IMG_7065-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He waited for the grandgirls to arrive.  Hard to believe that Ashley was Penelope&#8217;s age when we first started working together!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Tito-Grandgirls-Azalea-22823\/i-HNJp66s\/0\/7625cbef\/S\/IMG_5330-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Little sweetheart!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Tito-Grandgirls-Azalea-22823\/i-J7MKPC6\/0\/e697288f\/S\/IMG_7066-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Helped the kids at the mission with their homework.<\/p>\n<p>Beautiful sunset!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Tito-Grandgirls-Azalea-22823\/i-sBqWxhq\/0\/ad042f02\/S\/IMG_9183-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Tito-Grandgirls-Azalea-22823\/i-hTbfDb4\/0\/0ca0f76a\/S\/IMG_9180-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Went by my office to check the mail.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Tito-Grandgirls-Azalea-22823\/i-ZkM6GDv\/0\/5ddc26ce\/S\/IMG_9186-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lovely evening.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Tito-Grandgirls-Azalea-22823\/i-9XzdNLc\/0\/038f90e5\/S\/IMG_7067-S.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Every week on Duolingo, we have a partner to work on a particular &#8220;quest.&#8221; We usually finish it in a day.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Tito-Grandgirls-Azalea-22823\/i-bbSmvZG\/0\/99ff7c53\/S\/IMG_7070-S.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Push every day. Learn more.  Get better.  I talked to Tito a lot about learning from his bilingual sermons.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Tito-Grandgirls-Azalea-22823\/i-vL9LZM2\/0\/e4537f95\/S\/2023022821302239-7218498300214867827--S.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was woken up this morning by a loud tapping on my window. It was one of my favorite birds, the Pileated Woodpecker. A real beauty! As big as a crow! Fantastic weather. OYB! Espa\u00f1ol! Walked 1.41 miles today. I spent time talking to my dentist&#8217;s office. They told me that it wasn&#8217;t a problem [&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\/17048"}],"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=17048"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17051,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17048\/revisions\/17051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}