Spoke at the seniors SS class at Main Street BC. Saw Jim McKneely. Glad Nana got to see her friends too!
Went to Pinthouse Pizza to hang out with Jim and Kathy in Round Rock.
Joe and Beth Dickie came over to see us from Austin. Nana made veggie curry. Joe made an apple crumble. Everything was delicious. I enjoyed the company and giving them some gifts.
Helped Nana clean up the kitchen and put stuff away. I talked to Jim and Kathy about Nana coming to live with me when she is ready to move out of her house.
Contacted many of the Brothers telling them how much I enjoyed hanging out with them and offering them a PDF of Story Tim.
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I got to the airport about three hours early. They finally started to load the plane and everyone was nearly on board. They then made everyone get back off and had to wait about five hours to catch another plane first to Dallas, and then on to Austin.
Finally got into Austin around 11:30 PM. Got my bag and caught an uber with an Afghani named Najeeb who took me on into Austin. Wow. That was a long trip.
While I was at the airport, I walked 1.90 miles.
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These clouds of chlorine gas have got to stop! Crazy that they’ve had multiple fires at that place.
OYB!
This is great news!
Called my car guys to take a look at K’s check engine light. Good timing, since I’m going out of town for six days and K can use my car.
Trying to set up a time with my health insurance guy.
I may try to get this going.
Español!
Walked .65 miles.
One of my jobs is to shoot all the pages that I’ll be reading October 24-29th in the One Year Bible. I don’t really like to carry that much extra weight if I don’t have to.
Research on my trip includes figuring out the MARTA schedule and routes. I decided to get on at the Indian Creek entrance which is the station at the right of this map. That’s a lot less driving for K. I normally get on at the Chamblee station near the top.
Went to the bank to deposit checks. Thank you, Father!
Got a call from Pastor Stephen Peoples from Roopville Road BC this morning. He wants me to come to their Missions Conference the end of February. Another three days away from home. Not zesty.
K and I picked up the girls and took them to Dragon Wok.
Penelope had a soy sauce pack in her mouth. It wasn’t open.
Azalea to help the kids. Not much work.
Went to the church to pick up more checks, process them and deposited them soon after. Two trips to the bank in one day. Amen.
Kathy stayed at the girls’ house to help them with their homework and get some good hugs.
Ashley and I finally figured out the Venmo problem we’ve been having. With both of us working together, we were able to change the password and get logged in. It was quite an undertaking. I also called Stacy Hickle who had just sent us $200 dollars recently that we weren’t able to access. Now we have the money, plus another $100 that we didn’t know was even in there since 2023!
Looks like good weather for my Texas trip.
Keep going.
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Came in #7 out of 30 people last week. Very competitive. This coming week looks the same.
I had a misunderstanding with the team last weekend. They got it straightened out for me. Still having problems getting it from Venmo.
OYB!
Walked .56 miles this morning while I was studying.
Called my friend Dan Perez in Houston today. He’s struggling with finances. Gave him some cheering up.
Talked with my buddy Anthony this morning briefly.
I put bags around the potted plants in the living room this morning. Keeps them from leaking onto the carpet. Pretty hard job. Awkward.
Vacuum the living room after I worked on the plants.
Heard from my health insurance agent today. He’s such a big help.
Saw these weird plants at the Buford Highway Farmers Market where Everly and I ate lunch. We got some dragon fruit while we were there. We weren’t impressed. These goblin fingers were cool. We didn’t try them.
E and I picked up Penelope at school. She has Drama Club on Mondays.
I took the girls home so P could eat the BHFM food. The chicken tenders get hard when we buy it so late. She didn’t like them very much.
Went to Azalea to help the kids with their projects. Gave them all gloves. Thank you Selma and Joey Blackmon for that!
One of my favorite kids told me he was going to make a zero on his cell project. I looked at his paper and it actually said it was due tomorrow! So we improvised a 3D cell structure.
Just keep going. There are some very serious students in this group. Doubt I’ll come in the top three. I’ve accomplished that goal over 100 times. I really don’t have anything to prove. I just try to make over 10,000 a week. Sometimes that’s the best, other times it’s #7.
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Edited and uploaded the video I shot of the team yesterday.
This was a studious group.
OYB!
Did my laundry.
Put the distilled water bottles up.
Cleaned and refilled the birdbaths and feeders.
I put my carnivorous plants outside. They need a dormant period. I bring them in if it looks like it’s going to freeze. Why take a chance?
Cleaned off my front porch and St. Francis.
Watered the indoors plants in my room.
I got the Fire Tablet for Penelope today. Got the screen protector and the cover installed. It’s on charge now. I’m going to let Ashley set it up so it’s ready to go with her wifi at home.
Recorded a new episode of Verbal Surgery called, “All Of The Above.”
Thursday night the girls spent their third evening with us. They went to sleep about 9:45 PM. Woke me up at 5:00 AM with a big roach in their bed that I had to eliminate.
That’s a lot of storm damage. I keep thinking, “That could have been us.”
At the concert, The Hives said that Atlanta had been their favorite place to play in the USA.
I think this scene from Forbidden West is so beautiful.
Penelope is excited about getting her new tablet!
She promised she’d teach her sister how to play games on the computer.
OYB!
Español!
I sewed up a big hole in one of our blankets.
Looks like perfect weather in Waco for ComeHoming! Satch!
Took the girls to Waffle House. Penelope hasn’t been eating well, but she did a lot better today!
There was a Goodwill right next to WH, so we went looking for leggings, hoodies, jackets and long shirts. I think we had a lot of success!
I spent around $100 over the last three days on clothes for the girls for Winter. We got lucky to have so much to choose from at Goodwill. Soon, all that stuff would have been extremely picked over. I’ll keep some clothes in my car in case they need something when they’re with me.
Gassed up my car and checked the oil. One of the things I don’t like about my new car is the fuel gauge is tiny. I get caught out unaware sometimes.
Got Pad Thai for J.
We put all the girl’s stuff in my trunk to be ready for their Dad to get them.
Went to the Library Park.
Then to the Library itself!
Kathy was having problems at the library. I got the situation resolved.
I need to talk with my Health Insurance agent soon.
Miles got to my house around 4PM.
Blew the driveway and deck.
Picked up my groceries. Went inside Walmart to pick up some other supplies.
The girls enjoyed making thermoplastic toys with J yesterday.
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