Thursday, October 17th, 2019

Salt Lake City, Utah

4th operating temple

Dedicated: 6-24th Apr 1893

By: Wilford Woodruff

Jesus Christ, Good Shepherd

1 Peter 5:4

And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.

Book of Mormon

3 Nephi 7:1-14

How and why is Satan trying to divide people today?

New Testament: "I Can Do All Things Through Christ Which Strengtheneth Me": Colossians 1 & Philippians 4:13 I can find joy in Christ, regardless of my circumstances

General Conference

Honoring His Name

Lisa L. Harkness

"With covenant identity and belonging, we are called by the name of Jesus Christ"

James went out this morning looking for elk. He was gone for a couple of hours and said he saw four bulls. Here is the photo he gave me:

I see two bulls

My year to date sales on Amazon: $10,201.27

I sold two more books today.

I listened to the webinar today where they announced the winners of the textbook season sales, etc. My girl Kathy got two awards which included the Randy award. She won $1,000 plus a new office chair. Randy was the first person to make it big in this business. He is known for his big comfy chair. The person who gets the Randy award gets a trophy with a guy sitting in a comfy chair and a new office chair. I think it's more about the prestige than anything else. The $1,000 was for getting second in lifetime sales. Andrew, Jim and Herman, got first and won $2,000. Jim and Herman are partners.

James took the compressor out to fill the tires on the skidsteer. I was a little upset with him because he is not supposed to lift anything over 10 lbs. and he couldn't wait for me to come and help. 

I got a text from Stacy today saying she was in the hospital. Her heart is racing and her blood pressure is high. They did a Cat scan and an EKG and a chest X-ray. They couldn't find anything wrong with her heart and so they sent her home. She thinks it could be a panic attack brought on by her financial problems. Skyler, her employer owes her over $7,000. His funds were frozen so he has no money. His uncle loaned him money but the bank wouldn't accept him on the LLC because he wrote several bad checks four years ago. Skyler got someone else to sign on the LLC but it takes 10 days for the corporation commission to accept the signature. This has been going on since August 23rd when they did the first Vivace treatments. Skyler is dishonest and any money he gets, instead of paying Stacy and the office manager, he uses to buy more equipment or pay for advertising. Hopefully the money will come through but in the meantime the creditors are at the door.

Last night was the last night for Stacy and Paul to pay Salt River Project for their electric bill. They had called and asked for an extension but since they were already three weeks late the answer was no. The tension was so high in the house that Stacy went outside to think. As she was thinking and praying as to what she could do to keep her electricity from being turned off she got the thought that she should read her scriptures. As she was reading from the Book of Mormon the impression came to her four different times that she should call again and asked if she could pay in the morning. Paul would have money from his job at Amazon in the morning. She kept putting the thought off  because she had already done that. When it came the fourth time, she made the call. At first the answer was no, but as she continued to tell her story, the person asked for her to hold for a minute. When he came back, the answer was yes. Stacy listened to the Spirit and as a result their electricity was not turned off. I told her this was one of those spiritual experiences she needed to record in her journal. 

James sat at the table this evening and made at least 20 calls asking for people to help clean the temple. We need approximately 20 people. Since this is fall break many people are out of town. He will need to make calls again tomorrow. Thank goodness he has not had laryngitis since his surgery.

 This is so adorable! She loves her

baby, a baby which is almost as big

as she is!

 Why? 

Wednesday, March 27th, 2019

Draper, Utah

129th operating temple

Dedicated: 20-22 Mar 2009

By: Thomas S. Monson

Jesus Christ, Divine Sonship

Mormon 5:14

And behold, they shall go unto the unbelieving of the Jews; and for this intent shall they go - that they may be persuaded that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God; that the Father may bring about, through his most Beloved, his great and eternal purpose, in restoring the Jews, or all the house of Israel, to the land of their inheritance, which the Lord their God hath given them, unto the fulfilling of his covenant;

Book of Mormon

Jacob 7:1-20

New Testament "Come Follow Me"

John 6:22-71; "The Living Bread Which Came Down from Heaven" by D. Todd Christofferson

"On Being Worthy"

Marvin J. Ashton

General Conference

"Wilt Thou Be Made Whole"

Matthew L. Carpenter

"Our spiritual healing requires us to submit ourselves to the conditions our Savior has outlined. We must not delay. We must act today. Act now so that spiritual paralysis does not prevent your eternal progression. While I have been speaking, if you have felt the need to ask forgiveness of someone you have wronged, I invite you to act. Tell them what you have done. Ask for their forgiveness. If you have committed a sin that impacts your temple worthiness, I invite you to counsel with your bishop - today. Do not delay."

I watched a Book Profits help session today on setting price alerts and filters. I think I understand a little better now what I am doing. 

I also watched Peter Valley's video but he talks way too fast and I wasn't impressed. I did some repricing, sourcing, and setting alerts. 

Two young men from Chandler got their mission calls. Ian Wanlass and Adam Ray.

Ian: 

Ian is one of Ben's best friends. He will be moving to Utah before he leaves for his mission.

Adam:

Brennan's oldest and one of the star basketball and volleyball

players at Chandler High School.

I took my friend Catherine to a doctor's appointment in Lakeside this morning. She saw a Curtis Birdno so I told her about when I grew up in Show Low and the Primary President was D'Rae Birdno. I'm wondering if they are related.

I came home, had some lunch, a cheese crisp with some raw veggies, laid down to rest, and then did some walking. 

I had an interesting experience while waiting for Catherine today. I decided I was going to check and see if the Church had changed the name of their website. I typed in thechurchofjesuschrist.org and when the site came up I thought, wow! this has really changed. I was a little concerned when they talked about deaconnesses and the name of the women's organization was the General Ladies Uplift Circle and the youth organization was The General Missionary Benevolent Association. I showed Catherine and she said, "Oh that's the Disciple of Christ's Church that I used to belong to." 
I went to lds.org and was so relieved when I saw a picture of Sister Nelson and Sister Oaks. I wonder what the new name of the website will be?

I came home and walked and blogged and made bunny tail cookies to take to the Grapp's. Here is what they looked like:

 I am sad to say that James and I ended up eating these. Yes, he came home late this afternoon. I wasn't sure the Grapp kids would like them so I made some blueberry muffins to take to them. 

Liana and Benson each had four, Tildy and Emsley each got one, and they saved two, one for their mom and one for their dad.

I really do like going to the Grapp home and visiting with Cammy and her kids. Today Benson had to show me that he got bunkbeds so when baby Leland is older he can sleep in his room. He showed me the baskets under his bed with all of his matchbox cars and other toys all organized. 

Cammy showed me that Thomas had built her a closet in her bedroom. She has lived there several years without a closet. Can you imagine? He made her the most wonderful bed frame. I have to go back and take a picture. It is made out of meta and has quotes and scriptures inscribed all over it depicting the reasons that Thomas loves Cammy. They really are the sweetest couple. 

I told Cammy about our book business and she said that Thomas has lots of textbooks from when he went to college. I told her I would bring my scanner over and we would find out if they would sell for anything on Amazon. Cammy needed a babysitter on Saturday but I told her we were working in the temple that day but I would love to babysit for her another time. Looks like April 12th will work for me.

This picture was taken in February 2018 when they were announcing the birth of baby Leland. He was born the end of July.

James and I stayed up rather late. We bought 11 books online. Doesn't sound like much but it takes awhile to analyze them and make sure they are a good buy.

 Youth from our ward at the Snowflake temple.
Andy and the girls.

This baby girl is 7 months old!

Such a sweetheart!

 I love how she crinkles her nose

I

Kacey, you are extremely blessed!

Girls and their horses.

The Umphress's and their cousins.

Tonight's sunset. The colors were much brighter

than in this picture.

Tuesday, March 19th, 2019

Aba, Nigeria

121st operating temple

Dedicated: 7 Aug 2005

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Divine Sonship

DC 46:13

To some it is given by the Holy Ghost to know that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and that he was crucified for the sins of the world.

Book of Mormon

Jacob 3:1-14

New Testament

BD, Parables

"The Soil and Roots of Testimony"

John K. Carmack

General Conference

Becoming a Shepherd

Bonnie H. Cordon

"Whether our sheep are strong or weak, rejoicing or in anguish, we can make certain that no one walks alone. We can love them wherever they are spiritually and offer support and encouragement for the next step forward. As we pray and seek to understand their hearts, I testify that Heavenly Father will direct us and His Spirit will go with us. We have the opportunity to be the 'angels round about' them as He goes before their face."

The weather is beginning to feel like spring although the first day isn't until tomorrow. It was around 60 degrees and in the 80's in the valley.

At 8 o'clock I listened to the Book Profits webinar Afterwards I sourced 18 books and ended up buying 3.

After my lunch, rest, and a walk I got ready and went to Safeway to buy croissants for tonight's Relief Society birthday celebration. I did not dilly dally and I was back home by 5. I was going to look for more books to buy but Stacy called and we talked for about 30 minutes. My friend Maxine needed a ride to the meeting tonight so I left a little early to pick her up.

I drive west to get Maxine and the sun is directly in my eyes. It's a good thing there wasn't much traffic on the road. Maxine and I make it back to the church at 6:30 right when the meeting is supposed to begin. 

There are several women already there and the food was set out ready to be served. Maxine helped me cut my croissants open and then we set them on the table. Kerri asked me to say the opening prayer and blessing on the food. While we were eating Kerri played the "Sisters to the Rescue" video. I sat by Kerri, and her mother Catherine and Tamara.

Sister Nichols is our RS activities chairman and she had prepared a most delicious chicken salad to go on the croissants. I told her I needed the recipe and she sent it to me.

X6 the recipe for our group

We had plenty and it was delicious!

There was also several fruit and veggie trays and a big Happy 177th Birthday Relief Society cake.

Picture 23 women sitting around these tables

eating, laughing, and talking and enjoying one

another's company.

After listening to a brief history of Relief Society Kerri asked the sisters some questions just for fun. Kaeli read "The Relief Society Declaration." I think you can say that a good time was had by all.

I may or may not have watched the Hallmark movies listed today.

 Palmer's dream house

 Autumn's dream house

I like this style of home so much!

"When Calls the Heart" set

 Carson and Faith from "WCTH"

He's the doctor and she's his nurse.

I believe romance is in store for them.

 The cast and crew of "Garage Sale Mysteries"

are out of work.