Tuesday, January 21, 2014

James typed and sent in his bid.  I wonder how long it will take for him to know if he got the job.  I went to the bank and Walmart and mailed our bond renewal for the state of Arizona.

Sheri stopped on the way to school this morning to let me take a picture of the Egyptian pyramid.

 This picture doesn't do it justice.  It's made out

of brown sugar and looks very authentic.

James went to see Rick at Chandler Auto Body about doing a job for him.  One the way home he picked up some machaca burros from Elmer's.  I wasn't going to eat before my dentist appointment but that's just too much temptation. 

My appointment with Dr. Douglas was at 1pm.  She is preparing me for a crown.  She did so much grinding and drilling I thought for such there could be nothing left to grind or drill.  Today they just put on the temporary crown.  It was a two hour appointment and boy was I glad when it was over.  I went to CVS to get a drink and saw a former member of our ward in Chandler, Janet Fezzey. 

James and I went to dinner at Red Lobster with the gift card we got from Dawn for Christmas.  I had Walt's shrimp and garlic shrimp scampi.  James had the crab stuffed flounder with scallops. 

We got to see Adam just for a minute today.  Just enough time for me to give him a hug and for him to confirm that he could come to the cabin the end of February with a few friends.

I helpoed James with touchup painting in the living room this evening.  I also made a trip to Walmart for lightbulbs only to discover there was an entire bag full on the living room floor.

Two of my dearest friends had pictures on Facebook today:

 Ralph and Jean Lamoreaux

Jean was my counselor when I was the stake

Relief Society President.

Karen and Lance Schneider in Paris.

Karen is my very dear friend from Chandler.

Thursday, January 16, 2014

I guess you had to have been there.

This sunrise was much better than it looks in this picture.

I jumped on the mini tramp 1500 times today.  That is some kind of a record for me.

I did some indexing today and came across these names: William Holden, Richard Burton, Eddie Cantor, and James Buchanan. 

James is still working on bidding the big apartment complex in Scottsdale but he took time to put the Christmas tree and wreath away. He also indexed 15 names.

I went visiting teaching this afternoon to Linda Diewald and Rosie Lauritzen.  I missed Linda's birthday last week.  I will have to bring her gift to her on Sunday.  Rosie had some news for me.  She is my new visiting teaching companion starting in February.  That is exciting news!  Also I got to meet their mastif, Conan the Barkbarian.  The biggest dog I've ever seen but he had the warmest brown eyes.  Brother Lauritzen is so proud of him.

After visiting teaching I went into town to get gas and a Whopper junior at Burger King.  It was 7pm before I got home after leaving the house around 4.

This evening James and I watched Downton Abbey and The Walton's Easter.  I did not like this episode of Downton Abbey.

I tried to capture the grandeur of the full moon but my camera never does it justice.

Lauri Myers, who is living in China right now posted this picture on Facebook and I thought it was worth sharing as you would never see this in the U.S. Lauri is a friend from Chandler.

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Hopefully, I can tell the difference.

Gospel Study

"The Doctrines and Principles Contained in the Articles of Faith"

by Elder L. Tom Perry

"The Articles of Faith and the doctrines they teach are among the most important and certainly the most concise statements of doctrine in the Church.  If you will use them as a guide to direct your studies of the gospel of Jesus Christ, you will find yourself prepared to declare your witness of the restored truth to the world.  You will be able to declare in simple, straightforward, and profound ways the core beliefs you hold dear as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints."

1 Nephi 14

Genesis 38-40

I am so impressed with the integrity of Joseph in the book of Genesis!

James is bidding the concrete work for a huge apartment complex in Scottsdale, Camden Foothills at DC Ranch.  Here is what the plans look like.  No wonder he felt so stressed out yesterday!

 

We stayed home today.  It was so quiet and peaceful.  We watched last week's Castle and last week's Downton Abbey.  I texted Sheri today andd found out that she had a bad case of Vertigo, along with vomitting and everything.  I guess it was so bad that she had to have Ian stay home from work to help her.  Kim has had vertigo and Stacy had it after her accident.  I guess you just get so dizzy from everything spinning around that it makes you sick to your stomach.  Poor Sheri.  I am sad I'm not there to help.

I also got a call from Stacy.  She had a job interview in Scottsdale and has one in Chandler next week.  She also met with an LDS realtor today who looked at our house and gave lots of ideas of what we need to do to fix it up to sell.  Her ideas were good, but it's a little overwhelming!  I guess we just need to go down more often to work.  I told James I would go down Thursday, Friday, and Saturday's but would not miss going to Mutual on Wednesday nights.