Friday, September 30th, 2022: Hppy Brthdy Dawn, Glendale Airport cmptr wrk, Trip to Town 1 1/2 times, Wlmrt, Sonic, PO, Scarlett's card, Halcomb's Cinn Rlls

 

Raleigh, North Carolina

68th operating temple

Dedicated: 18 Dec 1999

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Son of man

Mark 2:28

 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

Book of Mormon

Helaman 12:14-26

"Come Follow Me"

Isaiah 55-56 The Lord invites all to "take hold of my covenant." Isaiah 57

AprGenCon

"Now Is The Time"

President Russell M. Nelson

In the spirit of prayerful gratitude, I am pleased to announce our plans to build a new temple in each of the following locations: 

Wellington, New Zealand; Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo; Barcelona, Spain; Birmingham, United Kingdom; Cusco, Peru; Maceio, Brazil; Santos, Brazil; San Luis Potosi, Mexico; Mexico City Benemerito, Mexico; Tampa, Florida; Knoxville, Tennessee; Cleveland, Ohio; Wichita, Kansas; Austin, Texas; Missoula, Montana; Montpelier, Idaho; and Modesto, California

These 17 temples will bless countless lives on both sides of the veil. I love you, my dear brothers and sisters. More important, the Lord loves you. He is your Savior and your Redeemer. He leads and guides HIs Church. May we be a people worthy of the Lord, who said, "Ye shall be my people, and I will be your God."

For this I pray in the sacred name of Jesus Christ, amen.

Dawn got her birthday card yesterday and today is her birthday. She thanked me for the beautiful card. I asked her if her mom got her card and she said no, not yet. I told her I mailed them at the same time and we were both a little concerned. She said she would let me know when her mom got the card.

James was congested most of the night sleeping in the bed. Tonight he will probably sleep in the recliner.

James spent the morning at the computer working on documents, etc. for the Glendale Airport job. Tommy Woods, a subcontractor from Chandler whom James has worked with before and whose son went to school with Jared, submitted a bid. Carlos, the guy who is building the hangars had a big list of questions regarding this bed. Through these questions Tommy lowered his bid from $65,000 to $50,000.

Questions can be good.

Carlos thanked James for finding subcontractors and helping move the job forward. He told James that he had gone above and beyond what he had expected.

I made a trip to town to mail Scarlett's birthday card. I wanted to buy some stickers to put in the card and that is the reason I didn't mail it in Vernon.  I went about 12-15 miles when I realized that I had left Scarlett's card at home. I had to turn around and go home and get it. James was sad because I hadn't kissed him before leaving the first time but that was only because he was asleep. I remedied the situation and complied with his request. I had left the card in the bedroom and as soon as I retrieved it I was on my way once again.

I was lucky enough to get behind two campers and a dump truck on my way back to town. The traffic coming from the other direction was nonstop with no opportunity to pass. Our little parade of cars and trucks averaged about 50 mph into Show Low. Once we got into town the traffic wasn't any better. The traffic inside of Walmart was just as horrendous. I came up here to live to get rid of traffic and crowds but it seems the people are moving here to get out of the rat race and causing it to continue. I guess I am a part of it and must take responsibility.

As I was leaving Walmart I noticed the latest edition of the local paper, the White Mountain Independent. The story on the front page caught my eye: Show Low's Golden Year - Muhammed Ali 

In 1976 Ali trained in Show Low and stayed at the Maxwell House and became a personal friend to my grandparents, Arlee & Verdie Maxwell. It was an exciting time for Show Low and for the Maxwell family. Dennis even had a picture taken with Ali holding his son Eric.

Grandma & Grandpa Maxwell

Owner's of the Maxwell House

In the Independent article my Aunt Gene was interviewed. She said that Ali loved her parents, my grandparents, Arlee and Verdie Maxwell. Every morning Ali would give grandma a kiss. Grandpa took Ali on a sight-seeing tour all over the mountain. Grandma and Grandpa were at the fight were Muhammed Ali beat Kent Norton. 

It was an unlikely triangle but the three of them loved and cared for each other for the time they knew each other.

Back to my shopping: I bought Scarlett's stickers and did some of my next week's shopping including buying a new mop bucket and mop. I was a little shocked by the total at the bottom of my receipt. While I was waiting in line I used my Sonic app to order a couple of drinks and chicken slinger sandwiches. They were not ready when I arrived. I had to wait for the chicken Slingers to come out of the fryer but it was worth it.

I put Scarlett's stickers into her card envelope and was going to go to the Show Low drive-thru post office to mail it but drove through and didn't stop. I wanted to make sure I had enough postage on the envelope so I mailed it in Vernon, and yes, it did have enough with the two stamps I had on it. 

At home I carried everything in and put everything away and by this time I was ready for a break. James and I went into the bedroom and 

watched  an episode of Matlock I had recorded because we have watched all of the episodes of McBride available on Dish-on-Demand. Matlock no way compares with McBride. 

This evening Kerri and Catherine Halcomb dropped by with some cinnamon rolls for James. James isn't a huge fan of cinnamon rolls like I am but he was very gracious about accepting them. We had a nice visit with our friends before they left. No one had any of the cinnamon rolls tonight. James is going to take them to Rowan in the morning. He is meeting Rowan and Darrel on the Rim, the area they all got drawn for a turkey hunt. I took one roll out for myself for tomorrow morning. I called them our Conference Cinnamon Rolls.