{"id":7253,"date":"2015-04-23T09:49:36","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T13:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=7253"},"modified":"2015-04-23T09:49:37","modified_gmt":"2015-04-23T13:49:37","slug":"new-mower-mission-new-qt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=7253","title":{"rendered":"New Mower! Mission! New QT!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fired up my new mower Wednesday morning!  <\/p>\n<p>Grass was pretty high.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Azalea-Place\/Azalea-42315-and-QT-opens\/i-WkPgHpn\/0\/M\/IMG_8700-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Still kind of damp from all the rain.  Mulching the leaves was especially hard. Looks better!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Azalea-Place\/Azalea-42315-and-QT-opens\/i-p4K6q4S\/0\/M\/IMG_8701-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Azalea-Place\/Azalea-42315-and-QT-opens\/i-SHfW3xv\/0\/M\/IMG_8702-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Went shopping at Walmart for groceries.  And picked up K&#8217;s meds from Kroger.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Azalea-Place\/Azalea-42315-and-QT-opens\/i-2gJTbxP\/0\/M\/IMG_8704-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Azalea-Place\/Azalea-42315-and-QT-opens\/i-bLrPPs6\/0\/M\/IMG_8703-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re still working on the remodel.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Azalea-Place\/Azalea-42315-and-QT-opens\/i-bz2dv6P\/0\/M\/IMG_8706-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Checked on the kids at the mission.  No homework.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Azalea-Place\/Azalea-42315-and-QT-opens\/i-wTdj3Cg\/0\/M\/IMG_8708-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Had supper with Jesse!<\/p>\n<p>I saw this on the way home.  Wow.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Azalea-Place\/Azalea-42315-and-QT-opens\/i-3SzPDQD\/0\/M\/IMG_8709-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Azalea-Place\/Azalea-42315-and-QT-opens\/i-jgR2xBp\/0\/M\/IMG_8710-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Big news is that the new QT is open.  I asked them when they were officially opening&#8212;when does &#8220;tomorrow&#8221; start?<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Azalea-Place\/Azalea-42315-and-QT-opens\/i-xJWcmnK\/0\/M\/IMG_8711-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><\/p>\n<p> Midnight?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Azalea-Place\/Azalea-42315-and-QT-opens\/i-xh5fJJ3\/0\/M\/IMG_8712-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They told me the &#8220;soft&#8221; opening was at 10pm.  I decided to be the first customer.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Azalea-Place\/Azalea-42315-and-QT-opens\/i-cdftkNh\/0\/M\/IMG_8716-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ended up staying till after 11:30 talking to all the contractors who had build &#8220;my&#8221; new QT.  I met the manager and assistant managers.  Even though there computers were not working, they invited me in for a free drink.  So achieved my first customer status!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Azalea-Place\/Azalea-42315-and-QT-opens\/i-nvQmDLq\/0\/M\/IMG_8721-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Azalea-Place\/Azalea-42315-and-QT-opens\/i-qPgwkVk\/0\/M\/IMG_8722-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><\/p>\n<p>First cup of coffee!  Won&#8217;t be the last.  Not be a long shot.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Azalea-Place\/Azalea-42315-and-QT-opens\/i-KzKG9WJ\/0\/M\/IMG_8723-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been taking pictures of the entire building process.  I&#8217;ll work on getting those all into one gallery soon.  Final shots!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Azalea-Place\/Azalea-42315-and-QT-opens\/i-fXQVM9G\/0\/M\/IMG_8725-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Azalea-Place\/Azalea-42315-and-QT-opens\/i-kTGkvSr\/0\/M\/IMG_8726-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><br \/>\nBeauty!  My favorite &#8220;bricks and mortar&#8221; store!<\/p>\n<p>This cat stalks my bird feeders. Hate that.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Azalea-Place\/Azalea-42315-and-QT-opens\/i-rXDNSmX\/0\/M\/IMG_8695-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I see you.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Azalea-Place\/Azalea-42315-and-QT-opens\/i-jGP93gH\/0\/M\/IMG_8699-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Why not?<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Missions\/Azalea-Place\/Azalea-42315-and-QT-opens\/i-mTZP8MN\/0\/M\/IMG_8705-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fired up my new mower Wednesday morning! Grass was pretty high. Still kind of damp from all the rain. Mulching the leaves was especially hard. Looks better! Went shopping at Walmart for groceries. And picked up K&#8217;s meds from Kroger. They&#8217;re still working on the remodel. Checked on the kids at the mission. No homework. 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