Monday, November 21st, 2022: J alone @ Barbara's, Tacos to Virgil, New kitchen accessories, Christmas movies, DWTS, Walk, Rowan's text

 

San Antonio, Texas

120th operating temple

Dedicated: 22 May 2005

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Son of man

Luke 9:44

Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.

Book of Mormon

Mormon 3:1-22

"Come Follow Me"

Jonah; Micah "He Delighteth in Mercy" Jonah 1-2.

OctGenCon

Patterns Of Discipleship

Elder Joseph W. Sitati

Emeritus Member of the Seventy

Whenever we care to notice, we see that Heavenly Father has given us sufficient witnesses of truth to govern our lives so we will know Him and have the blessings of peace and joy.

Lasting Discipleship

President Steven J. Lund

Young Men General President

Like brightly hulled steel ships at sea, we live in a spiritually corrosive environment where the most gleaming convictions must be mindfully maintained or they can become etched, then corrode, and then crumble away.

I got up at 4:02 this morning. After prayer and some gospel study I had ham & cheese, cooked until the cheese was melted, and a piece of pumpkin pie for breakfast. James and I had scriptures and prayer together. James went in to do some indexing and then do some paperwork. I wasn't feeling well so I took some Tramadol and laid on the recliner in the bedroom and finished a Christmas movie I had started earlier. It was a Hallmark movie starring Taylor Cole and Benjamin Ayres, "A Long Lost Christmas". It reunited a brother and sister that had not seen each other for over 50 years. It was good. Hallmark, so far this year, has the best Christmas movies. I watched a couple of other movies while working on my computer, "Inventing the Christmas Prince", another good one and "Three Wisemen and a Baby." All of them have a good message. The three wisemen were Andrew Walker (my favorite), Paul Campbell and Tyler Hynes. 

I made two dozen chicken tacos today. I use a roasted chicken from Walmart. I have to heat it up, skin it and pick all of the chicken off. I use my hands and it is pretty messy, the worst part of making these tacos. Half of them go to Virgil Cooper who just got out of the hospital after heart surgery. He had another stent put in. Virgil is older than we are and he lives alone. When James delivered the tacos Virgil was very appreciative and said he had not eaten all day. 

When James got home from work later in the day he had gone to the dump and picked up the mail. I got the rest of my kitchen accessories. Here is a picture:

I re-made James's Key lime pie. I took the filling out and put it in a bowl. In another bowl I mixed a can of Eagle Brand milk with 8 oz of cream cheese. I added the juice of one lemon and then added the filling from the old Key lime pie, the one we got from the Wilhelm's which came from Village Inn. I got out a new pie crust. Poured this new filling in and put it in the refrigerator for 3 hours. I was going to put on the whipped cream I took off the old pie but it was to stiff so I just sprayed some out of a can of whipped cream I had. When James tried it he said it was ten times better than the original one and that he loved it! Mission accomplished. 

I made a salad for dinner and there were chicken tacos in the frig so I didn't worry about making anything else. Tonight is the finale for "Dancing with the Stars." At first I couldn't get on Disney+ so I got the log in from Paul. Once I had the show on I voted for Charlie ten times. The finales for this show are always drawn out and very long. Each of the four finalists did a redemption dance determined by one of the judges. A redemption dance is a dance they did earlier in the season and the judge wants to see if they can improve on it. After the redemption round every does a freestyle. Freestyle means anything goes. Some are big productions involving other dancers but Charli and Marks was just them doing all different styles of dance. They were awesome!

They also bring back all of the contestants and have them dance plus there are other special numbers. Derek Hough and Hayley Erbert  were supposed to dance but Hayley hurt her shoulder so they had to cancel. Selma Blair came back and danced a freestyle dance with Sasha and it was beautiful. She danced to Jordan Sparks song, "No Air" while Jordan was singing the song. 

When it came time to choose the winner the four couples, Charli & Mark, Gabby & Val, Witney & Wayne, and Gleb & Shangela were on the stage. In fourth place was Gleb and Shangela. Third place Witney & Wayne. That left Charli & Mark and Val & Gabby. Both couples had a perfect score for the night. Finally they announced Charli & Mark as the winners!

Everyone on the show was so happy for them!

I almost forgot that I got a text from Rowan today. He met one of Rita's grandsons who just moved here from Texas, in his finance class. His name is Degan Greenlaw. Rita told me that he has never been baptized, Emily, Rita's daughter, and Degan's mom is inactive and doing things she shouldn't be doing and Degan's dad is anti. I am wondering if I should tell Rowan or if he will find out on his own. It's a small world.