Friday, November 18th, 2022: 4:42, Syabira wins, In the Shadow of a Queen, The Royal Nanny, Love @ Thnksgvng Day Parade, Inventory, Wrpng cntr, 3 gifts, "Call of the Sea"

 

Accra, Ghana

117th operating temple

Dedicated: 11 Jan 2004

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Son of man

Mark 9:12

And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.

Book of Mormon

Mormon 1:1-19

"Come Follow Me"

Obadiah 1:21 Who are the "saviours ... on mount Zion"?

Amos 8-9

OctGenCon

"Lifted Up Upon the Cross"

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

One reason we do not emphasize the cross as a symbol stems from our biblical roots. Because crucifixion was one of the Roman Empire's most agonizing forms of execution, many early followers of Jesus chose not to highlight that brutal instrument of suffering. The meaning of Christ's death was certainly central to their faith, but for some 300 years they typically sought to convey their gospel identity through other means.

I was awake at 4 a.m. Because I went to bed at 9:30 I decided to stay in bed until 4:30. It turned out to be 4:42. My internal alarm is a little slow, especially when I am tired. 

Scriptures and prayers with James before he left for Barbara's. I was not feeling very well so after eating and taking some Tramadol I went into the family room to watch the finale of "The Great British Baking Show." Sometimes it's called "The Great British Bake Off" but today it's the first one. The three finalists are Syabira, Sandro and Abdul. I want Syabira and if not her then Abdul. I'm not a fan of Sandro's. The three challenges went something like this:

Signature - A British Summer Picnic - six mini cakes, six mini pies and six finger sandwiches. Everyone did well on this challenge and they never tell who the winner is. 

The Technical - A Summer Pudding Bombe - Abdul one this challenge with Syabira coming in second. Sandro's gelatin didn't set because he didn't know to put it in boiling water. 

The Show Stopper - Make an Edible Sculpture of something representing our planet. 

After all was said and done, Syabira, my favorite, was the winner!

Syabira

Finalists:

Syabira, Abdul, and Sandro

Maxy, next to Syabira on the front row was my favorite but since she didn't make it to the finale I went with Syabira, my second favorite.

After the show I began to feel better and did some walking while listening to "In the Shadow of a Queen." While I was working on my blog, and while walking some more, I watched a new Christmas movie, "The Royal Nanny." It was quite entertaining. 

I decided to set up a gift wrapping station in our bedroom for wrapping Christmas gifts. I went outside on the deck and cleaned off the table where we have been storing our paint supplies. I washed the table off and set it up behind the recliners. After the table was set up I went downstairs to get the wrapping paper, bows, and scotch tape. While I was downstairs I set my timer for 20 minutes and worked on counting #10 food cans and moving those in the hallway back in the storage room. Everytime I went back upstairs to work on my blog I would take a couple of rolls of wrapping paper, etc. Finally I was done! Just in time to fix James some dinner. I fixed pot stickers, pot pie tots, and cabbage. After dinner I did the dishes. I finished walking and watching, "Love at the Thanksgiving Day Parade". This movie was made in 2014 and it is my favorite Autumn Reeser movie. Antonio Cupo is the co-star. I love the two of them together. I have seen this movie several times and still enjoy it just as if it was the first time. 

While cleaning downstairs I found the children's book I bought when I went shopping at Harrod's in London. It was written by Sarah Ferguson the Duchess of York. She was at Harrod's that day and she signed the book for me. Karen Schneider bought one too and "Fergie" signed hers too.

Candace Cameron Bure is receiving a great deal of criticism right now for talking about GAF (Great American Family) network making "traditional marriage" movies. She gave a response on Instagram and I loved it. I hope she stands firm with what she believes and doesn't retaliate or back down. She basically told her enemies that she loved them and would never intentionally hurt anyone. She recently moved from Hallmark to GAF. She is very religious and reads from the Bible daily.

The older girls are Teagan and Makynli.

They are Autumn'a nieces.

Girls weekend

Queen Victoria loved Frogmore. The guy from my

movie today, "The Royal Nanny" supposedly

lived at Frogmore.

Sunset

We need a new way to clean logs