Monday, February 25th, 2019

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

99th operating temple

Dedicated: 17 Sept 2000

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Divine Sonship

DC 6:21

Behold, I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God. I am the same that came unto mine own, and mine own received me not. I am the light which shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehendeth it not.

Book of Mormon

2 Nephi 18:1-22

*Why would the Lord send a prophet to a people he knew would reject the message?

New Testament "Come Follow Me"

Matthew 6:1-13

"Yielding Our Hearts to God" Sister Neill F. Marriott, 10/15

New Era

"Reaching out to Ken," "Unafraid to Share the Truth"

General Conference

The Father

Brian K. Ashton

"To become like the Father, we must develop His character traits. Heavenly Father's perfections and attributes include the following:

The Father is Endless and Eternal. He is perfectly just, merciful, kind, long-suffering, and wants only what is best for us. Heavenly Father is love. He keeps His covenants. He does not change. He cannot lie. The Father is no respecter of persons. He knows all things - past, present, and future - from the beginning. Heavenly Father is more intelligent than us all. The Father has all power and does all that He takes into His heart to do."

Taking upon Ourselves the Name of Jesus Christ

Elder Robert C. Gay

"I believe that to take upon ourselves His name, we must trust Him. At a meeting I attended one Sunday, a young woman asked something like the following: 'My boyfriend and I recently broke up, and he chose to leave the Church. He tells me he has never been happier. How can this be?'

The Savior answered this question when He said to the Nephites, 'But if your life is not built upon my gospel, and is built upon the works of men, or upon the works of the devil, verily I say unto you you will have joy in your works for a season, and by and by the end cometh.' There simply is no enduring joy outside the gospel of Jesus Christ."

We sold two more books: "South Beach Diet" "The Keto Diet."

When the blinds are open and the sun is shining through I can see dust everywhere, on the piano, on the floor, and the dining room and family room table. Dusting is a full-time job around here. It's dust on the inside and mud on the outside. Fighting the elements is a way of life in Vernon, Arizona.

As I was walking and watching the new "Chronicle Mysteries: The Wrong Man," I cam across this quote: "Truth is justice in action." This simple phrase helped solve the case. 

I made an appointment to visit with the Robertson's tomorrow. Marie is better but her voice sounds very weak on the phone. I can never get Joel to answer my calls probably because he does not recognize my number.

Marilyn Tice, a member of our ward and a close friend of Marie's is concerned about her eating. She said to me: "Someone needs to be there to get her to eat."

I didn't hear from Ben today but James did. I sent him the email I wrote two weeks ago that he didn't get. I hope he got it. This is the letter he sent to Sheri:

For lunch today we had burgers someone left in our freezer with swiss cheese, canned chili and cooked cabbage. James thanked me for the cabbage. He ate everything but he specifically thanked me for the cabbage.

Our little adventure into town today included dropping off a box to Goodwill and then going around to the front and dropping off James to source books. I went to the UPS store and dropped off our three boxes of books we are sending to Amazon.

Walmart is remodeling right now and they are cutting the amount of clerk-check registers almost in half. All of the rest will be self-check and none of them are open right now.

As I was checking out I realized that James never showed up. The plan was he would walk from Goodwill to Walmart after he was done looking for books. I called him and he said he would be ready when I came by to pick him up, which he was, with two bags full of books, about nine total.

At home while I was putting the groceries away James got out the power sprayer and sprayed out the muddy garage and the muddy car. He is in full snow gear and when I went out to talk to him he had brown mud spots all over his glasses and face. He was a little stressed so I didn't laugh. He did this kind gesture for me because he knew I was going on a Relief Society visit in the morning.

The rest of the evening was spent walking, blogging, and watching Hallmark movies. 

For FHE we listened to a conference talk. We also listened to our new book, "Healing Hearts," in the car.

 Love this quilt and it's colors.

 Love this picture!

 Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper singing

"Shallow" from last night's Oscars.

I didn't watch but I know that Lady Gaga won

an Oscar.

 The song is from the movie "A Star is Born."

 There was more snow in 2006 and in

the storm of the century, 1967.

I experienced both storms.

 My friend Karen and her family.

I am having lunch with her on Friday.

Her birthday was yesterday.

 I can't stand the cuteness!

  

Sunday, June 21, 2015

Happy Father's Day

They say a man's home is his castle...I think

James feels like our Vernon home is his castle.

 

James's request for breakfast was my scrambled eggs.  I was glad I felt well enough to fulfill that request.  After breakfast we prepared for our Primary lesson until it was time to leave for church.  There was only one problem...James can't remember where he put the car keys and we can't find them.  Finally we left with Michael in the Montero.  Stacy, Paul, and Joshua went in the red car. 

 

Brother Coleman from the high counsel spoke in sacrament meeting on keeping the Sabbath day holy.  His companion, Brother Virga spoke on the plan of salvation.  Julie Turvey sang, "Where Can I Turn for Peace".  It was beautiful! 

 

We had five children in our Primary class today: Brielle, whom we haven't seen for several weeks, Brooklyn, Taylor, Isaiah, and Liam.  Oh, I forgot to mention that James told the story in sharing time today about Brother Warren Petersen saving him from a burning house when he was a baby.  The kids, teachers, and leaders all loved it!

 

We had pesto flatbread with tomato and cheese grilled in the oven for lunch at James's request and then we went in to take a nap. Sheri dropped by a card and Olive Garden gift card on their way to see Ian's parents.

 I was shocked when I finally woke up and saw that it was 7pm. Kim had come by to see us and waited 40 minutes and finally left.  Later she brought by a card and giftcard to Cheesecake Factory. 

Jared called and talked to James for quite awhile he also sent him a book.

I guess Darrel tried to call but couldn't get through.  He had to work today and then he, Trina and the kids all left to spend the night at Flagstaff and then go on to the Grand Canyon tomorrow.

 Darrel at work with his kiddos who came for a visit.

 

As we get ready for bed, we are still looking for the keys to my car.



Wednesday, April 15, 2015

The Arches National Park in Utah

 

I got up and studied this morning but wasn't feeling well so I took some aspirin and went back to bed.  In the past 24 hours I have taken a total of 8 aspirin. 

 

I did manage to take a shower and get myself over to the movie theatre on Gilbert and Germann by 1pm.  I am seeing Cinderella again, this time with Karen Schneider.  She bought my ticket because I think she felt guilty knowing it was my fourth time seeing the movie.  I appreciated her generosity, but it really wasn't necessary.  I enjoyed the movie just as much this time as I did the first time I saw it!



One of my favorite scenes!

After the movie Karen and I said our goodbye's and I headed for Hobby Lobby.  I bought a small glass lightbulb container to put Alex's birthday money in.  I have a "bright" idea and will share more tomorrow.  Also drove through El Pollo and took some chicken home to James.

 

Today is tax day and once again we are filing an extension.  Instead of working on taxes today he painted the front door and put a new door, which he had to remodel, in the hall bathroom.  He painted the front door because the staining the boys did was quite a mess.  I said he should have given better instructions.  Oh well.

 

We went to visit Darrel and the kids this evening.  Trina was at work and got home just as we were leaving.  These kids love seeing us and sometimes it is a bit overwhelming because they all want to talk to you at once.  I absolutely love it because I feel like they really care about me!

I can't stand the cuteness!

 

My left calf was hurting so badly when I went to bed that I had to take more aspirin.  I also got a printout today showing how much my Remicade is costing Medicare.  My last visit was over $5600!  The sad thing is that it doesn't even help me that much.  Feeling pretty discouraged.







Saturday, February 25, 2012

Study for my talk, walk to Walmart, and then yardwork. I am so tired and hurting.
Stacy and Paul went to the temple today with Paul's family. Paul's nephew, Justin Johnson, (Devin and Kim's son) is leaving on his mission for Argentina in a few days.
Darrel came over this afternoon with his kids. He left around 5 to go pick up Trina at the end of the Ragnar Race at Tempe Town Lake. Everybody is calling Trina the MVP because she ran for Hillary Whalen when Hillary got hurt. Trina and Sheri both had a great time! Sheri ran for Christy Wanlass and had to run up a huge hill in Fountain Hills. I am proud of both of them!
A friend from the ward, Katy Glemser, talked about how good Jersey Mike's Subs are so we went there for dinner. Katy recommended Jersey Shore's Favorite with provolone, ham and cappacualo. I dont' know what that last ingredient is, but the sub was delicious! James got a hot pastrami and loved it! We are definitely coming back to this place.
I spent most of the evening typing James's talk for him. He narrowed it down from 27 pages to 7 pages. Mine is about the same length. I went to bed before nine, which is my goal.

Saturday, February 11, 2012

I love this quote from Elder Cornish's General Conference address:
"It is as tragic to think we are too sinful to pray as it is for a sick person to believe he is too sick to go to the doctor!"
James took two of his boys from the Teacher's quorum to run a mile at the Chandler track this morning. It's part of a merit badge requirement. The two boys, Alex Braddock and Andy Tachecki came here afterwards for cinnamon rolls, strawberries, and freshly squeezed orange juice.
James and I went to Max's flag football game. Max made an interception right at the beginning of the game, but it got called back. Max didn't play any offense and sadly his team lost 21-0.
Today at 4pm James and I both attended a Worldwide Leadership training put on by the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles via satellite. The main emphasis was on strengthening families and individuals. My favorite speaker was President Dieter F. Uchtdorf. He is so powerful and I really felt the Spirit. He ended by telling us we need to pray, ponder, and follow up on commitments and pray daily for further light and direction.
Darrel and his kids came over this evening. I sent Trina's birthday gift home with them: A Target gift card, a mug full of chocolate, and a candle. I gave Addy and Ruby both "journals" and pens. Addy wrote all about her day. Ruby wrote in her journal too but I'm not sure what it said.
It was a fun day.