{"id":17688,"date":"2023-08-07T20:08:30","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T00:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=17688"},"modified":"2023-08-07T20:12:05","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T00:12:05","slug":"walk-azalea-first-day-of-school-popsicle-party-8-7-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=17688","title":{"rendered":"Walk! Azalea! First Day of School! Popsicle Party! 8.7.23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And it&#8217;s not easy.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Walk-Azalea-First-Day-of-School-Popsicle-Party-8723\/i-zx3MZ5t\/0\/578d9eb1\/L\/IMG_7021%202-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Came in #3 this last week, as expected.  Duolingo is now forcing us to create an avatar rather than use a photo.  Not crazy about that. Kinda stupid looking.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Walk-Azalea-First-Day-of-School-Popsicle-Party-8723\/i-xxqxxbT\/0\/945d63fa\/L\/IMG_7028%202-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Walk-Azalea-First-Day-of-School-Popsicle-Party-8723\/i-C4gHbPM\/0\/9c5dfc65\/L\/IMG_7030%202-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Walk-Azalea-First-Day-of-School-Popsicle-Party-8723\/i-3kGf98j\/0\/3e723bc9\/L\/IMG_7029%204-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Prayed for a cousin of mine who is having some health challenges.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Walk-Azalea-First-Day-of-School-Popsicle-Party-8723\/i-LqZ8sRs\/0\/a7b7d129\/L\/IMG_7022%202-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Chatted with my mentor Fred Sorrells this morning.  He&#8217;s in Australia for the women&#8217;s World Cup. I give him advice on shooting video.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Walk-Azalea-First-Day-of-School-Popsicle-Party-8723\/i-JVTCRxT\/0\/b984733d\/L\/IMG_7025%202-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>OYB!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Walk-Azalea-First-Day-of-School-Popsicle-Party-8723\/i-6bNGbbk\/0\/98ac3546\/L\/IMG_7026%202-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Walk-Azalea-First-Day-of-School-Popsicle-Party-8723\/i-qksr4QK\/0\/de1db3ee\/L\/IMG_7027-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Espa\u00f1ol!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Walk-Azalea-First-Day-of-School-Popsicle-Party-8723\/i-4CJtDFq\/0\/7b9971fd\/L\/IMG_7031-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Walk-Azalea-First-Day-of-School-Popsicle-Party-8723\/i-C8dSFcf\/0\/ee2546cb\/L\/IMG_7033%202-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Walked 3.76 miles this morning.  Climbed &#8220;my hill&#8221; ten times.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Walk-Azalea-First-Day-of-School-Popsicle-Party-8723\/i-dXbKNc9\/0\/efb41d59\/L\/IMG_7034%203-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Walk-Azalea-First-Day-of-School-Popsicle-Party-8723\/i-jdkDCWj\/0\/fe485dc0\/L\/IMG_7035%203-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Walk-Azalea-First-Day-of-School-Popsicle-Party-8723\/i-txdhHs8\/0\/7541e19c\/M\/IMG_2232%202-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ordered groceries.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Walk-Azalea-First-Day-of-School-Popsicle-Party-8723\/i-p2Hcwsk\/0\/ee03a45b\/L\/IMG_7036%204-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Had a good talk with Andrew Toney this morning about bringing a team to work with Whirlwind.  I was pretty wound up about it.  Passionate about our area!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Walk-Azalea-First-Day-of-School-Popsicle-Party-8723\/i-F5T7j8W\/0\/8536828f\/L\/IMG_7039-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My roses are blooming.  Amen.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Walk-Azalea-First-Day-of-School-Popsicle-Party-8723\/i-7BkjVRb\/0\/31a3b197\/M\/IMG_2233%202-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Walk-Azalea-First-Day-of-School-Popsicle-Party-8723\/i-tmhrqzD\/0\/7ceea8ee\/M\/IMG_2234%202-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My banana plants are really growing! Makes me so happy.  Reminds me of home.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Walk-Azalea-First-Day-of-School-Popsicle-Party-8723\/i-7Jx8WTB\/0\/6e257f07\/L\/IMG_2235%202-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Listened to Don Cheto.  Only way to improve is to keep trying to understand faster and faster.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Walk-Azalea-First-Day-of-School-Popsicle-Party-8723\/i-WLwkZ9r\/0\/57db1b3e\/L\/IMG_7042-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Very hot and huge thunderstorms late this afternoon.  Wow!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Walk-Azalea-First-Day-of-School-Popsicle-Party-8723\/i-kNRjSp5\/0\/098edebd\/L\/IMG_7043-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Walk-Azalea-First-Day-of-School-Popsicle-Party-8723\/i-KhXj2Nx\/0\/84b374aa\/L\/IMG_7044-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Went to Walmart to pick up the popsicles for the Back to School party.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Walk-Azalea-First-Day-of-School-Popsicle-Party-8723\/i-tr82n7K\/0\/b817bc82\/L\/IMG_2236%202-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Walk-Azalea-First-Day-of-School-Popsicle-Party-8723\/i-QQdt89F\/0\/d8f59dc0\/M\/IMG_2238%202-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Walk-Azalea-First-Day-of-School-Popsicle-Party-8723\/i-VJ5644n\/0\/44e6a92f\/M\/IMG_2239%202-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Walk-Azalea-First-Day-of-School-Popsicle-Party-8723\/i-rzjDPWF\/0\/7d062a30\/M\/IMG_2240%202-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Helped the kids with their homework until the massive storm blew in and soaked everything!  It was like a hurricane!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Walk-Azalea-First-Day-of-School-Popsicle-Party-8723\/i-kXWZThp\/0\/0aa1dc89\/M\/IMG_2242%202-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Walk-Azalea-First-Day-of-School-Popsicle-Party-8723\/i-TbrKzGp\/0\/f7290a49\/L\/IMG_7060%202-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What a storm!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Walk-Azalea-First-Day-of-School-Popsicle-Party-8723\/i-2sWbCV8\/0\/03c66143\/L\/IMG_7061%202-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Walk-Azalea-First-Day-of-School-Popsicle-Party-8723\/i-dBpgxs9\/0\/42c21e17\/M\/IMG_2243%202-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Walk-Azalea-First-Day-of-School-Popsicle-Party-8723\/i-KrmJmQL\/0\/89fb64cc\/M\/IMG_2244%203-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Walk-Azalea-First-Day-of-School-Popsicle-Party-8723\/i-FgWHW7w\/0\/6c4bdd8e\/M\/IMG_2245%202-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Walk-Azalea-First-Day-of-School-Popsicle-Party-8723\/i-BGjds2s\/0\/f0b3d318\/M\/IMG_2246%203-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Walk-Azalea-First-Day-of-School-Popsicle-Party-8723\/i-5T8TWDj\/0\/13124bb8\/L\/IMG_2248%202-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Walk-Azalea-First-Day-of-School-Popsicle-Party-8723\/i-xbhL7rm\/0\/77415ca8\/L\/IMG_2249%202-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Walk-Azalea-First-Day-of-School-Popsicle-Party-8723\/i-BsgGF5h\/0\/b20bc351\/L\/IMG_2250%202-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the way home, I saw where a big tree limb had knocked down a power line.  That resulted in all the traffic lights being turned off.  Turned traffic into a nightmare.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Walk-Azalea-First-Day-of-School-Popsicle-Party-8723\/i-MBHtPVf\/0\/f6245436\/L\/IMG_7062%203-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was still raining hard when I got home. Called Walmart to let them know I&#8217;d pick up my groceries tomorrow morning.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Walk-Azalea-First-Day-of-School-Popsicle-Party-8723\/i-MWhK8xt\/0\/d46faa03\/L\/IMG_7063%202-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Not sure yet how hard Holger will work.  He&#8217;s got a very strong track record. I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ll have a problem staying in the top three.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Walk-Azalea-First-Day-of-School-Popsicle-Party-8723\/i-Wj5ZFCM\/0\/ba76edc5\/L\/2023080719471617--4683439101419567141-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And it&#8217;s not easy. Came in #3 this last week, as expected. Duolingo is now forcing us to create an avatar rather than use a photo. Not crazy about that. Kinda stupid looking. Prayed for a cousin of mine who is having some health challenges. Chatted with my mentor Fred Sorrells this morning. He&#8217;s in [&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\/17688"}],"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=17688"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17692,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17688\/revisions\/17692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}