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 ...KidPak in morning, Hail Mary, near comeback for Braves, rain, late night... updates coming soon...

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Visit with the parents, fireworks at night, Braves homers... updates coming soon... 

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...set-backs, casting trouble, taekwondo, Braselton Minions, heat, Braves lose again, Cinderella puzzle, chias, bp down a bit... updates coming soon...

Minion

Here's a new Minion, one named Maddie.  She was trying on this inflatable costume for us, because this Sunday we're starting our "At the Movies" series, and we thought it would be fun to have some Minions out there to take pictures with.

We found them at the Braselton Campus, something I've had in storage for years.  We have about twenty of them, donated to us by another church many years ago about the same time as we got our raptor.

They look good there - Mom and I stacked some of those cityscape boxes there for a small backdrop, but with that inflatable Minion in the foreground, it should look pretty nice.  While we were in Braselton, we snapped a few pictures of the KidPak set-up down there, which is looking fun.  They're using some of our Grinch material, plus some of the official church "At the Movies" stuff that's been stored in the warehouse, and easy to recycle.

Our set looks great now, and you'll have to see some of that on Sunday.  We did some driving and some work today.  Tonight's Braves game was a lot of fun, with Ozzie Albies having a really fun game - there was a moment where he slide in to home plate, sticking around there and looking up at the catcher... and winking.  Epic moment!

We did some reading tonight, and after that, it was time for prayers and sleep.  It was a decent day today!

Another Gotcha Day

 

It goes by so quickly, doesn't it?  If you don't realize that now, you'll see.  Here's Maddie and Nate at PF Chang's, and the reason for the celebration down here is that it is Gotcha Day again, a celebration of the adoption of Maddie eighteen years ago now.  Nana and Ye-Ye came along, and in fact they treated us to the evening's meal.  Maddie, Nate and I started out with a sparkling boba juice mix, and were surprised when the waitress told us it was unlimited refills with whatever other flavor we wanted.  So yeah, we kinda went crazy - getting seven different boba drinks after that.  Yummy!

This is the last one - they asked what flavor this time, and we thought it would be fun to have a "boba suicide," which is to say, a little bit of every flavor, all mixed into one glass.  It actually wasn't bad!

It was a pleasant evening.  Mom was a little overheated tonight, the temperature really increasing lately.  Our air conditioner is going into overdrive, and in fact it was freezing up a little earlier.  I think we may have figured it out.  Meanwhile, I'm watering the plants at dark and not during the harsh daylight.  And we're keeping that water filled with the bird bath.  The birds have been taking advantage of that, although it's getting a little heated up out there.  Look at this robin, just frozen in this position for a few moments, letting the wings soak in the sun I guess?

I couldn't imagine being at a baseball game, but we watched tonight and the Braves closed out the month of June appropriately enough with another loss.  It's been a tough month, but we turn over a new leaf tomorrow with a new month and a new chance to keep ahead of the other teams.  

It was a quiet day today, although there's a lot of work going on towards Summer Xtreme and our newest series, "At the Movies."  We're getting things lined up there.

Tonight we read of course, and we said our prayers.  And after that, it was time for sleep.  Tonight I was able to sleep some more, but it's been difficult lately, as I think I've been having some internal issue that I have yet to figure out.  We'll keep an eye on that, of course!

Rex

This afternoon we went to a funeral for a friend, who left us all too early.  It was a hard thing, but I was glad to be there and show support.  It was also somewhat of a reunion of old friends from KidPak!

Afterwards, we went over to Talpa Supermercado and got some street tacos that were delicious, but it was really about the company.  We spent a good long time just sitting there and talking with one another.  It was very nice.

I already wrote a few words about Rex on an earlier entry here, but he was a force of positivity and light, and will be greatly, greatly missed.  He was a legend.

Here's a quick update about the lettuce in the hydroponic garden we have set up.  It's doing well, although the arugula never really took off.  We had to add some water to the levels there in the container, but these leaves keep growing, and I think we'll have ourselves a salad soon enough, one with tomatoes from outside, and maybe some peppers too.  

Yikes, check this out.  It's a massive hornet's nest on the very highest part of our house.  It's huge.  We know someone with the church that has a business taking care of these, so he'll be over here soon enough.  It's so high up that it's not a threat to us at the moment, but it's still quite menacing up there.

Tonight we watched "National Treasure," because it's that season around here.  What a great movie!  No Braves game, but we saw Benjamin Gates and company find the ultimate treasure beneath Wall Street.  Or somewhere around there.  Anyway, it's a fun movie and we'll be off to Mount Rushmore with the sequel shortly.

Speaking of which, I'm still marching along towards Mount Rushmore, at least virtually.  Got to keep the exercise up at least.  I'm struggling with the blood pressure, but that helps out tremendously.

Before bed, we read a bit more from our soccer-themed Discworld novel, and that's been fun to read.  After that, prayers - and an attempt at some sleep.