{"id":17297,"date":"2023-04-24T20:18:42","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T00:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=17297"},"modified":"2023-04-24T20:22:38","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T00:22:38","slug":"rob-grandgirls-4-24-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=17297","title":{"rendered":"Rob! Grandgirls! 4.24.23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As expected, I came in third.  As I&#8217;ve mentioned before, Duolingo only counts how many times you&#8217;ve been in the top three.  There&#8217;s not much motivation to push myself that hard.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Rob-Grandgirls-42423\/i-KvVSSBV\/0\/e5aa5008\/L\/IMG_0840%202-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Rob-Grandgirls-42423\/i-4ztSPL2\/0\/f7489366\/L\/IMG_0841%202-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is one of my goals for my Guatemala trip. Climbing this will be quite an adventure.  If the weather isn&#8217;t good, I doubt I&#8217;ll even try. <\/p>\n<p>I bought my tickets today! Woot.  September 29 &#8211; October 12. About five months to prepare.  It will be very physical. Backpack trip.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Rob-Grandgirls-42423\/i-pHGvbnQ\/0\/eab95abb\/L\/IMG_0848%202-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Rob-Grandgirls-42423\/i-pn2tc7g\/0\/16dc55f7\/L\/IMG_0838%202-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Rob-Grandgirls-42423\/i-XSFqXk6\/0\/ee5796ea\/L\/IMG_0839%202-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>OYB!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Rob-Grandgirls-42423\/i-QfMVMTw\/0\/dc95312c\/L\/IMG_0842-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Rob-Grandgirls-42423\/i-HgxVdnK\/0\/247dc220\/L\/IMG_0843-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Espa\u00f1ol!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Rob-Grandgirls-42423\/i-7CZNjwP\/0\/e50e9349\/L\/IMG_0844-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Rob-Grandgirls-42423\/i-mMqr2zn\/0\/3204d1e8\/L\/IMG_0845-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is weird to me.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Rob-Grandgirls-42423\/i-q8b6PjT\/0\/bb6ee11a\/M\/IMG_0948%202-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Walked 1.44 miles.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Rob-Grandgirls-42423\/i-T3VpMxx\/0\/69c8c1ce\/L\/IMG_0846-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Rob-Grandgirls-42423\/i-9TQBmdh\/0\/d4329796\/L\/IMG_0949-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A little chilly this morning.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Rob-Grandgirls-42423\/i-mHgXM88\/0\/cb215b4c\/L\/IMG_0847-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Does this hold any sway any more?<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Rob-Grandgirls-42423\/i-7HVJD6r\/0\/993fa931\/M\/IMG_0950-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Good chat with my Mom.  Always a blessing.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Rob-Grandgirls-42423\/i-6P5Vqq5\/0\/dafe1eee\/L\/IMG_0849-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Checked the mail at my office.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Rob-Grandgirls-42423\/i-Vspxm53\/0\/3a560274\/L\/IMG_0951-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Had a fun lunch with my buddy Rob Martin.  We&#8217;ve worked together for years.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Rob-Grandgirls-42423\/i-N4VzGz5\/0\/89f94861\/L\/IMG_0952-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Deposited checks.  Amen.  One of the checks had a problem, the ATM couldn&#8217;t read her handwriting. I tried the other ATM.  It gave me the option to put the amount of the check and then it was fine.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Rob-Grandgirls-42423\/i-Rdg4bZr\/0\/ca48b485\/L\/IMG_0853%202-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Rob-Grandgirls-42423\/i-LjMdCrQ\/0\/5dd20e91\/M\/IMG_0953-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I have a bag of clothes in my car.  I call it the Summer Store.  I went through everything with the girls to make sure it&#8217;d still fit. Hot weather&#8217;s a coming.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Rob-Grandgirls-42423\/i-JQwx9zq\/0\/de582dbe\/M\/IMG_0954-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Rob-Grandgirls-42423\/i-8N5RPNc\/0\/050e659c\/M\/IMG_0955-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Penelope was hungry for Vietnamese food.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Rob-Grandgirls-42423\/i-brBM9dg\/0\/03bdb727\/L\/IMG_0856-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Rob-Grandgirls-42423\/i-CLtnRZC\/0\/61892fec\/L\/IMG_0857-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As I was driving with Rob after lunch, I spotted this gigantic gorilla in the back yard of a shop.  I was stunned.  The owner told me it&#8217;d been there over three years. He rents props for movies.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Rob-Grandgirls-42423\/i-bBwTmV5\/0\/22180265\/L\/IMG_0858-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Rob-Grandgirls-42423\/i-SB3dRsG\/0\/fe15bb86\/L\/IMG_0860-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Rob-Grandgirls-42423\/i-N5kThQT\/0\/50d89906\/L\/IMG_0862-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Biggar let us take a quick look through his place.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Rob-Grandgirls-42423\/i-DFm9dvB\/0\/2f7a652f\/L\/IMG_0863%202-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Rob-Grandgirls-42423\/i-cVRSf6n\/0\/15a015e2\/L\/IMG_0864%202-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I recorded an episode of Verbal Surgery yesterday called, &#8220;Pocket Change.&#8221; So good. I downloaded it onto my Mac this evening.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Rob-Grandgirls-42423\/i-qDCRFQm\/0\/42213af8\/M\/IMG_0956%202-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Stay close.  It&#8217;s actually the lady in 4th place that will probably win.  She&#8217;s the high scorer from last week.  We usually make about the same amount of points every week.  Rarely way more.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2023\/Rob-Grandgirls-42423\/i-nRGqk4h\/0\/6b4fb77e\/L\/IMG_0875-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As expected, I came in third. As I&#8217;ve mentioned before, Duolingo only counts how many times you&#8217;ve been in the top three. There&#8217;s not much motivation to push myself that hard. This is one of my goals for my Guatemala trip. Climbing this will be quite an adventure. If the weather isn&#8217;t good, I doubt [&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\/17297"}],"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=17297"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17300,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17297\/revisions\/17300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}