Wednesday, May 22, 2024: JA fence repairs, bacon & eggs, menu plans & grocery list, flat tire, guys fix, a couple hours late, Walmrt, shrimp for dinner, walk & listen, Tom

 

Panama City, Panama

127th operating temple

Dedicated: 10 Aug 2008

By: Thomas S. Monson

Book of Mormon

Mosiah 21

Come Follow Me

Mosiah 18:1-21

When I am baptized, I make a covenant with God.

April General Conference

"God's Intent is to Bring You Home" by Elder Patrick Kearon

'Our loving Father oversaw the Creation of this very earth for the express purpose of providing an opportunity for you and for me to have the stretching and refining experiences of mortality, the chance to use our God-given moral agency to choose Him, to learn and grow, to make mistakes, to repent, to love God and our neighbor, and to one day return home to Him.'

D&C 109:18

That all their outgoings from this house may be in the name of the Lord;

Tom didn't go out until 4:45 this morning. He's making progress!

Jared Ammon was out early making repairs on the fence to keep Apollo from getting out. I made bacon, eggs, and toast for breakfast. James had some although he had already eaten Malt-O-Meal. Just like the Hobbits, he needs a second breakfast. 

I finished up my menu plans and grocery list this morning. I was ready to go shopping around 12:30. I got in the car and backed out of the garage when I noticed a tire warning on my screen. 0 air in my front passenger tire. I stopped, went out and checked, and sure enough, the tire is totally flat. A brand new tire! 

I tried calling James, but of course he didn't answer. I saw him walking on the sidewalk out in the back so I opened the back door to talk to him. He seemed a bit overwhelmed but said he would take care of it although it may take an hour or so. He was concerned that I could find something to do so I didn't get "fidgety." I told him I could find something to do.

An hour or so later a knock at the bedroom door. Jared Ammon holds up this screw:

This was in my new tire!

A few minutes later I was good to go. I am thankful for a husband who can fix most things. It is a worthy skill to have when you live in the country.

They were out of Dave's bread at Walmart. We like it because it's whole grain and the smaller loaves are only 70 calories per slice. I got a larger whole grain loaf of the Walmart bread they make in the bakery instead. More calories and not my favorite, but still good.

They were almost out of celery too. The last time I was here they were out so I didn't have it for the stew I made. I found a couple of stalks in the bottom of a black basket. One stalk will do, thank you.

My basket was full when I went to check out. I brought cash, but I was afraid I wouldn't have enough so I didn't do self-checkout. I waited for a cashier. I got in one line and the cashier said, "I'm sorry, but I am closing. She didn't tell me another cashier was coming to take her place so I went to another line only to see the line open again before I could get back over there. Oh well, you win some, you lose some. The guy in front of me was a jokester. He saw what happened to me so he turned to me a few minutes later and said, "Sorry, they are closing this line." He scared me for a minute then I realized he was joking, when I saw him laughing. He made this comment: "We need to laugh and smile more. Sometimes this world just gets too serious."

I was right about spending more than I brought. I had to put over $100 on my card. I'm feeding two men now and it adds up.

Back at home the guys brought in the groceries and I put them away. I also warmed up some frozen shrimp and fixed a bag of salad and called it dinner. 

I spent most of the rest of the evening in my bedroom working on my computer and walking. I am listening to "The Reluctant Baron" and James and I together finished listening to "Jim and Katherine."

We started a new book called, "By Any Other Name."

Tom came in, I fed him and James played with him using his favorite toy before we went to bed.

This couple is Mike & Carrie Tomlinson. They were in our ward and he was the Young Men's president. Ask Paul how much he was loved by the boys and the other leaders. He always had a smile and something positive to say and was full of love for the boys. Amazing guy. Carrie his wife, is just as nice. She raised five boys and is still alive at 53 to tell about it.

They will always be some of our favorite people!

Sheri and Stacy can vouch for their greatness!

I just thought of this, they have a son who does marathons in his flip flops. He is quite fast. All of their boys are athletic. 

They are an Incredible couple and family.