Monday, January 12, 2026

Saturday, January 3rd, 2026: Cathi's birthday, timeshare frustrations, ordered kitchen lights, Darrel's elk video, Goodbye Ben & Cayli, Christmas decor is gone, James log splitter & the dump, Kacey's Mom's day at the temple

 

Ben & Cayli

"As we make and honor our covenants, we bind ourselves to the Savior, gaining greater access to His mercy, protection, sanctification, healing and rest."

Happy Birthday Cathi Lambson. I hope you have a wonderful day!

Something is going on with our timeshare. I went online to see about paying our maintenance fees and there was no balance shown. I was able to make our reservation the week of our anniversary without paying the fees, something that couldn't be done in the past. I did notice that they are now charging $30 a day per car for parking. I guess that's okay if there is no maintenance fee to pay. I later found out, through James, who is trying to find out who he can talk to about selling, that Sheraton Desert Oasis is being audited.

Darrel & Trina made a quick trip to Farmington, New Mexico to look around. On the way they saw a huge herd of elk and Darrel sent James the video. If I could post videos on here, I would, but they never seem to work. 

My feelings of hope for the future are slipping. I am suffering from a little anxiety and depression. I want James to be able to retire, but if he does, how will we survive? I think the answer is a reverse mortgage. We need to get the ball rolling!

Kim made a comment today about Adam being stuck in adolescence. I think she is right and I am so concerned for him.

Ben and Cayli left this morning. I can honestly say we enjoyed their visit. I told them to come back this summer and we would take them to Greer.

I texted with Sheri a little today, telling her that I missed her. I told her that Kim and I had talked about doing a family party before Darrel & Trina leave. She thought that was a good idea. It will probably be sometime in March.

I swept and mopped our bathroom floor and cleaned out the bathtub. It's amazing how much dust we get in this house!

I did my walking today and worked on my blog. Kim got all the lights off the tree. Brian took it apart and put it away. Christmas is gone except for the wreath on the front door.

Later this evening Kim, Brian, and I were watching a Christmas movie, "A Suite Holiday Romance." When it was over, Brian got up and heard something pop on his right side. He thinks he hurt his rib when he took the tree downstairs. He was pretty miserable and went to bed.

James fixed the log splitter today and made a trip to the dump with the entire back of his truck filled with our garbage and the two Crane families. I didn't see much of him today.

Today was Kacey's mom's 77th birthday. She has not been to the temple for 25 years. Today she went, surrounded my her family, and was sealed to her parents. Afterwards, they all did a session together.
Congratulations! 77th birthdays are the best!



What a wonderful day!


    

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