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!

  

Thursday, January 17th, 2019

Columbus, Ohio

60th operating temple

Dedicated: 4 Sept 1999

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Divine Sonship

Mark 9:7

And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.

Book of Mormon

1 Nephi 13:28-39

* What is the number one reason I am thankful for the scriptures? 

- They testify of Christ and teach the Plan of Salvation.

* Why do the Gentiles in Nephi's dream stumble? When were the plain and precious things recovered?

- In the Book of Mormon.

New Testament "Come Follow Me" 

Worshipping and Witnessing: Shepherds, Simeon, and Anna

General Conference

Sisters' Participation in the Gathering of Israel

President Russell M. Nelson

" As you read the Book of Mormon I would encourage you to mark each verse that speaks of or refers to the Savior. Then be intentional about talking of Christ, rejoicing in Christ, and preaching of Christ with your families and friends. You and they will be drawn closer to the Savior through this process. And changes, even miracles, will begin to happen."

I got up late and missed reading my article from the Ensign. When I don't do the important things first somehow they fall by the wayside. I did read the Book of Mormon with James and we had prayer together.

At 9 this morning we tuned in to the Book webinar. Two successful members were featured, Kris and Kathy. This is one of the best help session we've had. They even answered a question I had posted.

Kathy talked about setting goals. She reminded us that having your goals set and looking at them everyday is important for success. She gave an example: If you want to make $75,000 a year and you can make $25 a book, you would have to sell 3,000 books a year. That's 250 books a month or 12 or so a day if you work five days a week.  This helped me to realize we really need to step our game up. 

Kathy told about a scanner she has connected to her phone that she uses when she goes to books sales and libraries. She scans the ISBN number and it tells the ranking and other information about the book. Luke and John recommend only selling books that are under 500,000 ranking. There was lots of good information but those are a couple of the highlights. Both Kathy and Kris said there favorite place to source books is in Book Arbitrage using the software. Kris said for buying set your limits at $5.00 maximum.

Kathy says "Under promise, over deliver."

The best way to source books. All of

the orange lines indicate books that fit

the filters.

I finished working on the current book shipment of 20 books and we dropped it off at the UPS store. James needed to price some items at Home Depot for his bid at the school so he dropped me off at Walmart. I really didn't have any shopping to do but I figured it was a good place to do some walking. While there I got a call from Stacy. She does have to have surgery for her cyst. She is in quite a bit of pain. She is upset at Michael because he ignored the court date he had for a traffic ticket and now they served him papers and suspended his license. He finally went in to the court and worked out a payment plan and they un-suspended his license. He has been driving for Lyft and needs his license.

On the way home we stopped at the new Goodwill store to look at books. We took picture of several books to come home and check their rankings. If we had the scanner they talked about this morning we could have scanned them in the store and found the information we needed. Most of the books were $3 which is a good price but not as good as the ones we get at the library. The only problem with the ones at the library is the library markings.

I was not going to go to town with James because I needed to stay home and clean for our guests who are coming tonight. James made a deal with me that if I came to town with him he would clean upstairs while I cleaned the kitchen, family, dining, and living area. He also wanted me to read from "The Captain's Daughter." I said it was a deal. We ended up finishing the book.

James did clean upstairs while I cleaned the ground level. I even had time to watch an old Hallmark movie I hadn't seen for awhile.

We went to bed after 10. Adam and friend won't be here for another couple of hours.

Happy 17th Birthday Anna!

Hunter Hayes concert

 Sleeping Beauty

I wonder if Addy would like these

Another sleeping beauty

 Sounds like something I would do.

 We need this.

Carmen's latest cake. This would be cute for

Charlie's first birthday, or maybe her second

because the animals came in twos.

 Love this outdoor patio

 Getting ready for the Rome temple

open house.

Thursday, May 28, 2015

School is officially out!

 

Cub Scout Day Camp with

Joshua and Alex and Elijah from our ward

 

Stacy went today and said Joshua had a blast.

You wouldn't know if from looking at this picture.

 

James and I took a load of stuff to Goodwill and then afterwards we went to Cheesecake Factory to use our last gift card  This time I had chicken costelletto with asparagus and lemon sauce.  It was delicious!