Thursday, April 30th, 2020

Guatemala City, Guatemala

32nd operating temple

Dedicated: 14-16 Dec 1984

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, King

1 Samuel 12:12

And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the Lord your God was your king.

Book of Mormon/"Come Follow Me"

Mosiah 9; Sunday Journal and Study Guide

April General Conference

"Go Forward in Faith"

President Russell M. Nelson

"I bless you with peace and increasing faith in the Lord."

"The Prophet of God"

Elder Neil L. Andersen

April 2018

While I was walking this morning I listened to "Thou Hope and Deliverer" from "The Lamb of God."

 "Thou Hope and Deliverer promised of old,

For whom we have waited e'er long,

O come and redeem us from slavery's yoke,

And deliver Thy people home.

Yea, Thou in whose presence our soul takes delight,

On whom in affliction we call,

Our comfort by day and our song in

the night, 

Our Hope, our Deliv'rer, our All.

Hosanna! Hosanna! Sing praises to God,

Our Hope, our Deliv'rer, our All.

O hear Thou dear Savior, our call."

For breakfast I had blueberry muffins, fresh pineapple, and sausages. James cut up the pineapple.

I made a mistake regarding Zeniff. He did have conflict with the Lamanites after living among them for 12 years. He led his army in the strength of the Lord and defeated them. Twenty two years later he did it again. I think he was a righteous made that made a poor decision by returning to the land of Nephi.

A couple of weeks ago I bought a frozen Mexican minestrone soup mix that is supposed to be cooked in a pressure cooker. I got out my pressure cooker and the instructions and finally figured out how to use it. A little while later we had Mexican minestrone soup. It was quite good but I'm not sure James liked it as well as I did.

James went to town to deposit a check, and horse feed. I had asked him to get me a cherry Dilly bar but he forgot. I must admit I was a little sad.

I went upstairs this afternoon to work on the health masks that Maxine brought to me last week. I have one made and there are five more to make. I finished all but two and then decided I needed to quit and finish the last two tomorrow morning. While I was working I watched the last episdoe of "Lark Rise to Candleford." It was a good one.  Alf proposes to Minnie and Gabriel proposes to Dorcas and Margaret is expecting a baby. The only thing that could have made it better was if Daniel proposed to Laura. The series is based on a trilogy of books by a woman named Flora Thompson. The story is based on her life growing up in England. I am sorry it is finished by I am going to enjoying going back and re-watching it many times with James and others.

Here are some quotes from a previous episode when Thomas orders some long woolen underwear for Margaret from a famous German named Dr. Fortwrangler. 

Thomas to Margaret: "I urge you to put it on my dear. A chill may strike at any moment. The fluctuatin' temperatures of autumn can be hazardous to the delicate constitution."

Margaret wears the underwear to make Thomas happy but she is miserably warm and is continually scratching herself. She finally decides she wants to be comfortable so she goes home to her bedroom and begins to take it off when Thomas comes in. This is what she says:

"No Thomas no. I beg you, do not say a word. I will not be oppressed for another minute by this wretched German wool! I am not a child or an invalid. I will not be struck down by some slightly, chilly wind."

I love the English accents, the period costumres, and the expressions they use when they speak. I love that Laura is a journal keeper, writing everything down that she see.  I also love the beautiful English country side and the thatched cottages of Lark Rise. It gives me a desire to go back to England. My favorite place in England was Stratford-upon-Avon, the little village where Shakespeare grew up. We toured his home and his sweethearts home and shopped in the village. Such a picturesque English village. This is the part of England I loved the most.
I also how the poor people of Lark Rise are content and happy with what they have. They make their own fun through song and dance.

James went on a Luna ride this evening while I stayed home and studied "Come Follow Me" and the new Inklings study of the new proclamation. 

I wrote a note back to my friend Judy Hunter today and signed birthday cards for my friend Maxine and for Autumn.

Love the smile!

Cinder block bench

 Woohoo!

Cathy Arnett

This is our sweet friend Cathy Arnett.

We are praying for her.

Saturday, April 18th, 2020

Jordan River, Utah

20th operating temple

Dedicated: 16-20 Nov 1981

By: Marion G. Romney

Jesus Christ, Judge

Alma 10:20

And now I say unto you that well doth the Lord judge of your iniquities; well doth he cry unto this people, by the voice of his angels: Repent ye, repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Book of Mormon/"Come Follow Me"

Mosiah 3:13-27; Mosiah 3 study guide

April General Conference

"The Melchizedek Priesthood and the Keys"

President Dallin H. Oaks

"In the Church the authority of the priesthood is exercised under the direction of a priesthood leader who holds the keys of that priesthood."

"The Greatest Leaders are the Greatest Followers"

Stephen W. Owen

April 2016

Ensign

"Ministering through General Conference"

Our gang of elk came by for a visit this morning. Luna doesn't pay much attention to them. I think her mind is on when James is going to come out and feed her.

After prayer and scriptures James left for the Howard's. 

As I was working on my blog this morning and eating kettle corn, I noticed something a little sharp on one of my teeth in the front. It was the tooth that Dr. Douglas had patched for me and part of the "patch" came off. This seals the deal. I can't smile and show my teeth until I get it fixed. 

I started a new online book today. It is a novel called, "His Lady in Hiding." 

I have added a couple of things to my daily schedule. One: Take a carrot to Luna in the morning and Two: Take an apple to Luna in the afternoon.

I cooked some navy beans I found in the pantry today. When I was at Walmart I looked for some pinto beans but there were not any. James loves beans and has been asking for me to cook some. I cooked them today and he loved them. I also made banana nut muffins and was going to make corn muffins but all of the boxes of mix had weevils. I made biscuits instead.

James and I set a date to clean out the pantry, a long overdue chore that we have been putting off. I could do it myself but for some reason James wants to help. First we said this coming Saturday the 25th but then I remembered that Erik and his family will be here so we changed it to May 2nd. It is probably going to be an all day affair.

I had 19 books I couldn't send off this week. This is normally the night that we watch a movie but James had to finish doing taxes so I was left downstairs alone. I decided instead of watching a movie that I would take those 19 books and put them in inventory as Merchant Fulfilled. As I was doing this I was getting discouraged thinking how I would not make nearly as much money as I would if I could send them in as Amazon fulfilled Prime. 

After I had done about four or five books I noticed a message posted on the Amazon sellers site. It said that more books could be sent in as of April 18th. I figured it was worth a try to check and see if my books could be sent in. To my amazement all of them could be sent in. I got so excited that I began getting all of the 19 books ready for shipment. 

Instead of sending all of the books to California the shipment was split up and I had to send 3 to Illinois and 3 to New Jersey. The other 13 went to California where I normally ship to. Because I had to ship three boxes it took a little longer than normal. I was finished somewhere around 10.

James had finished with his taxes and I asked him if he wanted to watch an episode of "Lark Rise to Candleford." He said yes so we watched an episode and determined that we both really like this show. Thomas and Margaret who have not ever had any children bought a dog. They named her Amelia Cordelia, after Margaret's mother and Thomas's grandmother. They treated the dog with such love and concern. It reminded me of some people I know and their dogs.

We made it to bed before midnight.

Sheri out for a Shake Snack

Paul's hike

I love this!

Lynda T. of Vernon:

Vernon ward members

I'm excited that I sold $453 worth of books
this week!

Love Tim Ballard

Joe and Bob

Ziggie

I wonder if she would organize my medicine cabinet

Case Cousins

Happy Anniversary

Sisters from Vernon

Decorator extraordinaire

Friday, August 16th, 2019

Snowflake, Arizona

108th operating temple

Dedicated: 3 Mar 2002

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Foreordained

John 1:1

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Book of Mormon

Alma 51:13-21

New Testament "Overcome Evil with Good"

Romans 13-14

General Conference

The Power of Sustaining Faith

President Henry B. Eyring

"My observation is that the members of the Church across the world are generally loyal to each other and to those who preside over them. There are, however, improvements we could and must make. We could rise higher in our power to sustain each other. It will take faith and effort. Here are four suggestions I make for us to act on at this conference:

1) Identify specific actions the speakers recommend and start today to carry them out. As we do, our power to sustain them will increase.

2) Pray for them as they speak that the Holy Ghost will carry their words into the hearts of specific people we love. When we learn later that our prayer was answered, our power to sustain those leaders will increase.

3.) Pray that specific speakers will be blessed and magnified as they give their messages. When we see that they were magnified, we will grow in our faith to sustain them, and it will endure.

4.) Lesten for messages from the speakers that come as an answer to our personal prayers for help. When the answers come, and they will, we will grow in our faith to sustain all the Lord's servants."

I sold three books today and the profit from those books was $51.12. I wish I could do this every day!

Two new temples will have open houses this month. They are both the first temples in their country. 

How exciting!

James has a way to catch the bat upstairs. He found droppings in the main bath. He closed the door and tonight he is going to open the window, hoping the bat will fly out. This was also a suggestion on a YouTube video. I have an idea myself. I googled "sonic device to alleviate bats" and came up with one that Amazon sells for $50. If James's trick doesn't work, I'm ordering this device.

We had green chili stew for lunch with chips. It is so delicious!

After lunch I read a chapter from Aunt Dimity. It's getting good. They found a priest hold in the chapel at Anscombe Manor and inside the priest hole was a Hindu shrine. This story takes place in modern day England but most always delves into the past.

James worked on his truck and took it in to get the keys programmed but the programming failed. He is sending back the two items he ordered from Amazon.

I cleaned and repriced today and did some walking and blogging. 

I watched Chopped, Chop Junior, and Pioneer Woman, all shows dealing with food.  It was "Mashup" day for the Pioneer Woman. She made chicken enchilasagna and cheeseburger salad which are both recipes that I would try. 

James and I watched a rerun on the Hallmark channel, "Love Takes Flight" starring Nikki DeLoach. It is actually a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie.

We missed Tyler Hunsaker's wedding reception.

I love that this marriage was in the Snowflake temple,

the temple I have featured today on my blog.

 I love this picture of Scarlett

and Palmer!

 This quilt definitely features

the right color!

 Members of our ward

Charlie visiting at Dad's office