Thursday, September 4, 2014

"A good name is better than riches."

-Proverbs 22:1

I listened to an amazing BYU Devotional talk today by Tad R Callister entitled: "Our Identity and Our Destiny".  I am going to get a copy for my files.

We got rain today and I love it! 

Two people passed away today, one was great and one was famous.

Here is a picture of the great one,  a woman who was a wonderful example to me.  She had a large family and she always found time to serve others.  I was her visiting teacher for awhile and learned of her great love for family history work.  She convinced Cid Elmer and I to join the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, which we did.  I will always have fond memories to Florence Cluff.  She was 93 years old at her passing.

Florence and LaVor Cluff and their family taken a few years ago.

 Oh yes, the famous one was Joan Rivers who was quite the opposite of Florence Cluff.

Every Thursday they have a thing on Facebook called Throwback Thursday.  Here are some of the pictures that were posted today.

 

This picture was taken in January of 1977 on the day Jared

was blessed.  My favorite part of this picture is the happy

look on Kim's face and oh yes, James's bowtie.

Teresa posted this one.  I think it was Halloween

of 1980.  I love how Sandy is trying to keep Darrel from running off, and Teresa has a pompom in Stacy's face.

 

Aaron posted this one of him and Darrel on one

of their trips to San Diego.

I made a trip into town to get some things for Darrel's birthday tomorrow.  I got him a balloon, a large piece of cake from Walmart, and a Cheesecake Factory gift card.  I also picked up dinner for the both of us from LaCasita.  

Back at home I watched "Fixer Upper" starring Chip and Joanna Gaines.  It's the show Trina recommended and I really like it.

I got a call from the Arthritis center today.  My kidney function is down a little and I need to drink more water and cut down on caffeine.  

Saturday, July 19, 2014

And when he had said these words, the Spirit of the Lord was upon him, and he said: Helam, I baptize thee, having authority from the Almighty God, as a testimony that ye have entered into a covenant to serve him until you are dead as to the mortal body; and may the Spirit of the Lord be poured out upon you; and may he grant unto you eternal life, through the redemption of Christ, whom he has prepared from the foundation of the world.

-Mosiah 18:13

 Today's sunrise

For breakfast I made a loaf of banana nut bread.  James loved it and told me that banana nut bread is his favorite sweet.  He may have enjoyed it too much because later he got quite a headache.

He left to go to town around 9am.  He went to get a new tire and wheel for his trailer, and a thermo-cuplar for the downstairs hot water heater.  On the way up here Thursday evening at one point the trailer James was pulling began to swerve and he had a difficult time getting it under control.  He didn't realize he had a flat tire and consequently he ruined the tire and the wheel.  

James also stopped at LaCasita and brought me home my favorite meal: green chili chicken enchilada and refried beans and their wonderful chips and salsa.  I just can't get enough!

Bad news.  James spent over an hour installing the new thermo-cuplar and the water heater still does not work.  Our only choice is to call a repairman who won't be able to come until next Friday when James returns.  Darrel & Trina are coming tonight and we will only have hot water in one shower.  

James is so frustrated with the water heater that he goes outside for some tractor therapy.  He makes a huge pile of branches and brush to burn.

I think this is a Bobcat, not a tractor.

 While I was outside taking this picture of James I noticed how beautiful the clouds in the sky were.

You would think with all of these clouds that we would have gotten some rain, but it wasn't meant to be.  As you can see it rained quite hard on Sierra Mentosa, but never got to us.

As we were reading on the porch in the early evening from our book Blackmoore, we heard a car drive up and thought it was Darrel and his family.  It was the missionaries, Elder Stott and Elder Knight.  They came to issue us a challenge.  They want us to look through our Facebook friends and find someone whose name we can give to them or use as a referral.  I told them I would do it and I think James will too.

Darrel and Trina and the kids arrived right after the elders left.  I got to hold Lola!

What a sweet baby!

 Addy and I started this puzzle.

We got the edge pieces put together.