Tuesday, June 30th, 2020

Veracruz, Mexico

93rd operating temple

Dedicated: 9 July 2000

By: Thomas S. Monson

Jesus Christ, Lamb of God

Revelation 19:9

And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.

Book of Mormon/"Come Follow Me"

Alma 24 with James; 

Lambson Study Group

God is Merciful

Inklings

Healthy benefits of beans

We left for the valley at 5:15 this morning. Our first stop was in Globe to get gas and then in Miami to pick up a Tony's Special breakfast burrito at Burger House. Masks are required, no public restrooms, only three customers in the building at a time. Such a downer.

Burger House Heist

One taste of this breakfast burrito we shared and we

knew it was worth any hardship. Delicious!

James's two houses failed inspections again. There are three contractors that are supposed to come back and deal with problems. None of them came. James has to reschedule an inspection for the third time. 

I dropped James off at Sheri's to work while I went to my infusion. Stacy came by to pickup some pills from me and ended up taking me to my appointment. James needed to keep the car to pick up some materials at Home Depot. We both wore our masks in case she is still contagious although by this time she should not be. It's been almost a month since she came down with it. 

My infusion went quickly. They called me back and I got started at 10:30. My appointment wasn't until 10:45 but I was early. I was done by 11:30. I can't call while I'm in the infusion center so I kept texting James but he never answered me. I went outside and called when I was finished and he said he had not seen my texts. I told him I was going to walk across the street to Freddy's and he could pick me up there. The only thing open at Freddy's was the drive-thru window so I waited outside in front on a bench sitting in the shade until James got there. We drove back to Sheri's and I picked up Max and Evan and took them to Jersey Mike's to order some lunch. We had to wear masks and the dining area was not open so we took our sandwiches home to eat them. I love the Jersey Shore Special, Mike's Way. Max and Evan were thankful that I bought them some lunch. We also saw Alex when we got back to the house. He said he is taking Max fishing near Saguaro Lake on the Salt River tomorrow morning for his birthday. 

James didn't quite finish at Sheri's. He tried to call Sal and Greg Hatch but could not get a hold of either one of them for a meeting. He said he had to go to Peoria to meet with someone whose job he and Sal are starting this week. We drove 45 miles across town so James could meet with this guy for about 10 minutes. He lives in a nice neighborhood and has retired at a young age. James was impressed with him. Aaron is the guys name and he had requested to meet James. 

Next stop was at Dobson Ranch where James has done lots of work. Some guy named Don wanted James to look at something that might be a potential problem. James took a look and told him what to do and that was it. 

My friend Barbara had surgery on her shoulder yesterday. I texted her and ask if I could pick up anything for her at Costco. She wanted sweet plums, Barbacoa beef, and Quaker granola cereal. Before going to the Gilbert Costco we stopped in at Deseret Book which is right behind Costco. I got a new Book of Mormon, triple combination.

I have my reasons

James helped me shop at Costco. We thought Barbara wanted fresh plums so we picked up a bag. I got the last package of Barbacoa Beef, and then we easily found the Quaker's granola. After we had checked out I looked at my phone and realized these are the plums Barbara wanted. 

I texted this picture to Sheri. She is going to get these plums and bring them up when she comes up on the 13th. In the meantime Pierce and Barbara will have fresh plums to eat. 

Our best deal at Costco was a big bag of walnuts for twelve dollars. From Costco we drove to Darrel and Trina's. No one is home. Darrel is on his way but he is a long ways away. I got the garage code from Darrel and we broke in and left Lola's birthday present on the table. I also stole (I asked) one of Darrel's caramel protein shakes.

Loved it!

From Darrel's we headed for home. We didn't roll into our driveway until 9 p.m. James's first concern was feeding Luna. I helped him unload the car and we got the Barbacoa beef and some green chili pork into the refrigerator. It felt so good to be home! 

I took a shower and changed in to my comfy clothes. I did not get all of my steps today but I will make it up the rest of the week. We will deliver to the Goodman's tomorrow. James made a spinach, pineapple, banana smoothie and shared some of it with me. I forgot how much I love them!

Somewhere near St. George, Utah 

Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019

Vernal, Utah

51st operating temple

Dedicated: 2 Nov 1997

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Head of Church

2 Nephi 25:14

And behold it shall come to pass that after the Messiah hath risen from the dead, and hath manifested himself unto his people, unto as many as will believe on his name, behold, Jerusalem shall be destroyed again; for wo unto them that fight against God and the people of his church.

Book of Mormon

Ether 2:13-25

New Testament

1 John 3; 1 John: "God is light and God is love. 1John 2:24-3:3 "I can become like Jesus Christ.

10/19 General Conference

"Be Faithful, Not Faithless"

Stephen W. Owen

"Where do we find true spiritual nourishment? Most often, it is not trending on social media. We find it when we 'press our way forward' on the covenant path, 'continually holding fast to the rod of iron,' and partake of the fruit of the tree of life. This means that we must deliberately take time each day to disconnect from the world and connect with heaven."

RWC: "We will not finish our work until we have saved ourselves, and then not until we shall have saved all depending upon us." - Joseph F. Smith

I began paying creditors this morning with the checks that Amrock sent. The problem is, the amounts are all wrong because they looked at the balances two months ago and we have continued to make payments on all of our accounts. One account we will be overpaying by $396.00. The company will not send us the refund. They will only send it to whomever issued the check, which is Amrock. Amrock told James they would send us the refund. It's just frustrating that they won't send it to us.

We over payed a couple of other creditors and they said they would send us the balance. It took me most of the morning to send out most of the checks. 

We left for the valley around 12:37. We got gas and while I was getting the car washed James walked over to the bank with two checks to pay off our Chase credit cards. 

On the way out of town we stopped at Arby's because James was hungry. He couldn't finish eating his sandwich and began to choke on it so badly that we had to stop. I wonder how long he is going to have this problem.

When we realized we were going to be a little late to Joshua's 5:00 performance, we asked Michael to pick up Evan for us, which he did. We stopped at Darrel's and unloaded our car and picked up Ruby and Lola and headed for Gilbert and Queen Creek where Legacy School is located. We got there just in time. Stacy had saved us seats on the front row. 

It was a class play and very low key. The kids did everything and everyone knew their parts and they all had microphones. Joshua was a good Scrooge. Here are some pictures:

Such a handsome Scrooge

Scrooge's fans:

Paul, Lola, Alexis, Michael, Evan, Stacy, Dallin, Ruby, Grandpa and Grandma

After the play we took Evan, Ruby, and Lola to Chikfila for dinner.

Afterwards we took Evan home and got Ruby home in time to go to her dance class. I asked Evan about school and he said he was studying about World War I. I told him I didn't know much about World War I. How did the war start? He didn't know so I looked it up. 

June 28, 1914. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie, are assassinated by a Bosnian Serb nationalist in Sarajevo. July 28, 1914. World War 1 begins when Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia.

I learn so much from my grandchildren.

Back home at Darrel and Trina's. Oops, I forgot to mention that I asked Evan, Ruby, and Lola what they wanted for Christmas. Lola wants earrings, Ruby a Fitbit, and Evan says he's been asking for a Fitbit for years now and has never gotten one so he's about to give up.

Rowan had a cross country meet this afternoon and that's why he couldn't come to the play. Addy is working on a project for school.

Trina is getting ready for a Christmas Boutique this week. She had all of her leo's out and was getting them ready. When Darrel got home from work he immediately began making Trina another rack to hang her leo's on. He made it out of copper tubing.

James and I went for a walk outside. James also walked to Safeway. I was too tired. I also walked inside the house. While James was at Safeway I played "hide the baby Jesus" with Lola. Addy was watching "The Christmas Prince" on Netflix. I kind of got in to it. It's a trilogy. She started the second one but I didn't watch all of it. I went to bed. 

 Candi is in our ward. She and her husband went down

to help look for Willa.

Decorations at Darrel and Trina's:

 Lola's tree

 Trina's tree

 The stockings were hung by the 

stairway with care...

 The neighborhood was all lit up.

 The biggest Santa I've ever seen!

 Outside Darrel and Trina

Kid's tree. Darrel making a rack and Trina making

tags for the boutique.

Kacey said this was soooo sad.

Charlie says no to Santa,

but YES to Jesus!

These photos made my Christmas!

Such a sweet picture

These two are so adorable!