Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Amazing tree!!

Here are some notes I took this morning while reading Elder Callister's "Infinite Atonement." 

     "If the gifts of the Spirit are the medium by which we perfect ourselves, how can we accelerate our acquisition of such gifts?"

       1.  See all the best gifts of the Spirit orderly and persistently with all my heart.

       2.  We must ask so fervently that this pursuit is a constant unending struggle.

Even though James put a plug in my back driver's side tire last week, it is still leaking air.  We left a little after 11 to take it to Center Tire to be fixed.  We dropped Lexy off and walked over to Persnikkity's for lunch.  James had the green chili chicken sandwich with a side of potato salad.  I had the chicken salad sandwich with pasta salad.  We shared.  Everything was very tasty.  

We stopped at both Chase and National bank and then went on to Walmart.  James stayed in the car while I shopped at Walmart.  For a Good Works value experience I needed to make a two week menu plan and then shop and prepare the meals.  Today I did the shopping for one week.  

I read to James from the book The Book Thief both coming to town and going back home.  We still aren't sure if we are going to like the book but Kim liked it even though she said it was sad so I'm holding on to that.  Sheri said she wouldn't read it because she heard it was sad.  It's about a family in Nazi Germany during WW11.

We had salad for dinner and then watched Rizzoli & Isles.

Kim texted me from Oregon.  She said she had the ocean on one side of her hotel room and a herd of elk on the other.  I told her she must be in heaven.  She agreed.

 

 

Monday, July 22, 2013

I left the house before 8 o'clock this morning for Show Low.  Churck Crane told me Center Tire was a good place to get my oil changed and to have my tires rotated and balanced.  He recommended that I get there when they open at 8 am.  I did and they took me right in.  They had the synthetic oil I use in my car and did everything I asked them to in less than an hour.  I shopped at The Dollar Store and then I went to Persnikkity's and ordered some eggs benedict for James and a cherry turnover for me.

I enjoyed so much my ride back to Vernon.  I love how green the grass is and I love watching the dark clouds roll up from behind the mountains.  I love looking at the temperature and seeing that it is 70 degrees. 

When I got home James was up working at the desk in the bedroom on the computer.  When I left the computer had been in the dining room.  Don't ask me how he managed to move it.  He did his office work today in preparation for us going to the valley tomorrow.

First day of school in Chandler:

Max 4th grade, Ben 8th grade, and Evan 1st grade

Neither Gail nor Lloyd want to accept any money for working last week at Desert Highlands.  Wow!  We still plan on paying them when we get paid for the job.

I paid some bills today.  I hate to watch James's hard earned money disappear but I am grateful we have money to pay the bills. 

James got a call from Dr. Ortega's office telling him he has to have x-rays before his appointment and proceeded to give the address of the imaging center where we have to at 8:30 in the morning.  It's called Smile Imaging and is very close to Dr. Ortega's office. 

In spite of how busy we were we found time for two episodes of the Walton's.  I also watched The Next Food Network Star.  I should be working on my blog since I am a month behind. 

After our nightly routine it was after 10 before we got to bed.  We have to leave at 5am at the latest and have a long day tomorrow.

Sunset