Thursday, October 2nd, 2025: Up @ 3:23 went to bed @ 10, finished 'Behold the Man' & "Beloved Emma", J takes car to St. Johns to turn in Applegate mansion plans, oil change and shopping for me, shopping for cake for Cindy Brown, "Adventures in Love & Birding"

 

228. Williamette Valley, Oregon

Major construction completed;

Applying finishing touches;

Temple president and matron called.

Book of Mormon

Helaman 13:21-39

Come Follow Me

D&C 110:1-10

The Lord can manifest Himself to me in His house.

D&C

109:38-56

October General Conference

'Blessed Are the Peacemakers'

Elder Gary E. Stevenson

A.S.K.

Trust in the Lord, Elder Richard G. Scott, October 1995

Other

'Beloved Emma'

'Behold the Man'

3:23. Went to bed at 10 last night. 

I finished both 'Behold the Man' and 'Beloved Emma.' What am I going to read now? 

Emily's mother was on Inklings this morning. They talked about getting ready for conference. It was hard for Emily to get a word in edge-wise. Her mom was a hoot.

I decided not to take my computer in. I can't open Chrome but I can use Microsoft to open Blogg er and my photos are working as they normally do, slow. 

James took the car to St. Johns this morning to submit the Applegate's mansion plans. They will take a while for the county to review. 

When James got home the oil gauge said 5%. I am glad I have an appointment this afternoon to get the oil changed. My appointment is at 2:30. I left at 1:42 and arrived a few minutes early. The attendant checked me in, and I grabbed my clipboard with cake recipes on it and left for the store. I walked to the front and got my basket and a bottle of AWZ. Let the shopping begin!

Things that I bought: Cake flour, 2.5 lbs. of regular flour, vanilla bean paste, Eagle Brand milk, two containers of strawberries, butter, both salted and unsalted, buttermilk, two boxes of strawberry jello, a six pack of AWZ and a six pack of DPZ. A four pack of Kleenex, grapeseed oil, 18 eggs, red wine vineager, CoQ10 for James, Tylenol, 2 packages of cream cheese, caramel protein bars, and two packages of pumpkin bread mix. I have decided I am going to make Courtney's Cream Danish cake for Cindy Brown with strawberry compote on the side. My groceries cost me $121.11 and my oil change was $60.49. I washed my car before going home and that was another $11.00.

Back at home I finished my steps and blogged while watching "Adventures in Love and Birding" starring Andrew Walker and Rachel Boston. 

James did some more burning today. If a fireman is someone who puts out fires what do you call someone who starts fires?

"We truly celebrate the resurrected, living Christ, even in the use of the Church symbol.

- Elder Gary E. Stevenson, AGC 2025

D&C 109:54

Have mercy, O Lord, upon all the nations of the earth, have mercy upon the rulers of our land; may those principles, which were so honorably and nobly defended, namely, the constitution of our land, by our fathers, be established forever.

Me too!

We are going to be jailbirds again

this year as we have been invited to 

a Halloween party that requires 

costumes.

My sleeping Tom

One of my favorite memories of

Michael is him showing up at

my house at 6 a.m. in

this outfit.