Wednesday, April 24th, 2019

Tucson, Arizona

157th operating temple

Dedicated: 13 Aug 2017

By: Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Jesus Christ, Divine Sonship

John 14:13

And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

Book of Mormon

Mosiah 15:10-31

New Testament "Come Follow Me"

Matthew 18:15-20; Luke 10:17-24

General Conference

"Come Follow Me"

Russell M. Nelson

"Jesus Christ invites us to take the covenant path back home to our Heavenly Parents and be with those we love."

I'm starting out with a book business statement: "How fast should my inventory sell"? Here is the answer from Peter Valley of Zen Arbitrage who claims he has done this business for 25 years. (Not a member of Book Profits, our business associates.)

"You will at least double your investment in 30 days and sell at least half your shipment in 60 days."

While James went to the dump, picked up books at the post office, and went to town to get some diesel and a prescription I prepared books to ship, 18 of them. It ended up being two shipments, one going to Troutdale, Oregon and the other to Rialto, California.

The profit on these books ranges from $30 to $6. We have set a goal of making at least $10 on a book and I believe as an average, we have done this on these two shipments. I just figured it and the average is $17.77 per book.

I wish I could have been outside more today. James was outside working with his Cat and said it was about 69 degrees and there was no wind. A perfect day. Instead I was inside preparing books and stripping my floor. I finished the floor stripping project in the family room, living room area. Tomorrow I will start putting a light wax on and buffing. I also am all caught up on my blog!

James mailed the Statistics looseleaf book back to the seller today. He got $9.99 back on the Social Problems book. He spent $16.98 on this book. We still have not heard from Hippo Books regarding the Marriage and Families book we sent back. Returns are a headache, especially when they are the sellers fault and they won't acknowledge it.

James fixed dinner this evening. Chicken strips and corn. Thanks honey.

This evening we watched the newest episode of "Morning Show Mysteries" starring Holly Robinson Peete and Rick Fox. It was a good one. 

 Castle in Germany

 Rosemary from "When Calls the Heart"

Ollie is a handsome dog. 

 Charlie is a cute baby from any angle.

Saturday, February 23rd, 2019

Houston, Texas

97th operating temple

Dedicated: 26 Aug 2000

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Divine Sonship

3 Nephi 9:15

Behold, I am Jesus Christ the Son of God. I created the heavens and the earth, and all things that in them are. I was with the Father from the beginning. I am in the Father, and the Father in me; and in me hath the Father glorified his name.

Book of Mormon

2 Nephi 15:1-30

*In a world virtually overflowing with knowledge how is there a famine of spiritual knowledge?

-With the easiness of a remote or mouse we can turn on our computers, internet and the TV and there is nothing we can't search. Talk about an information revolution. We can even llli up religion. How then are we becoming a people drowning in ignorance? Are we ever learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth? (2Timothy). People understand famine and how it feels to go hungry, but when it comes to spiritual hunger and a famine of hearing the words of the Lord, we often look for a quick fix, and substitute half truths and only hear and feel what we want the truth to be. We need more than a snack, casual interest in spiritual truths, we need to feast on the words of the Lord. We need more than a nibble of things that nourish the spirit, we need our daily supplement of vitamin "S" (scriptures). sue_heugly, bofm365

New Testament "Come Follow Me"

Ideas for Family Scripture Study and Family Home Evening

Matthew 5:1-9; 21-25, 38-44; Help you family be peacemakers Matthew 5:14-16; DC 103:9-10; How can we be a light to others?

43-44 How can we pray for those who have been unkind to us?

"Blessed are the Peacemakers" Russell M. Nelson, 10/02

New Era

"In the Lord's Hands," "We Don't Always Know Why," "Will You God?" "I Sang My Testimony," "You MTC Experience"

General Conference

Wounded

Elder Neil L. Andersen

"Remember, repentance is powerful spiritual medicine. Keep the commandments and be worthy of the Comforter, remembering that the Savior promised, 'I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.' The peace of the temple is a soothing balm to the wounded soul. Return to the Lord's house with your wounded heart and your family names as frequently as possible. The temple projects our brief moment in mortality onto the wide screen of eternity."

Today was a beautiful sunny day with a high of 33. Our neighbor Chuck came over and bladed our driveway and road with his tractor. We are so grateful to him.We were beginning to wonder if we would make it to church tomorrow.

James took the car in to the Vernon post office to see if he got the two books he ordered to trade. No such luck. I stayed home and fixed lunch. We had my favorite green beans with new potatoes, garlic, onions, ham and butter and a little chicken stock. They were delicious!

This time I used ham instead of bacon and we

liked it better.

My main chore for the day was getting our 17 FBA books ready to ship. It is so frustrating that Amazon now divides up the shipment. I had three books going to Maryland, 13 to California, and 1 to Wisconsin. Not only is it annoying to have to prepare three boxes but the cost is more. $6.64 to the ones going to Maryland, $8.42 to the ones to California, and $4.52 for the one book. If I could have sent them all in one box my shipping would have been under ten dollars. 

I carried in wood today while James shoveled snow. 

This evening James and I watched a movie together. A new Hallmark starring Autumn Reeser, my favorite, and Kavan Smith.

I don't like Autumn's look here but she

changes about half way through the

movie to more casual.

 The Hallmark movies I watched while blogging,
preparing the books to be shipped, and
walking.

 Stacy said she looks like Rowan in this picture,
I said, more like Annie Oakley.

I love this picture of Ruby even if

it's blurry because it looks like she is

dancing!

Vickie:

 Snowmageddon

Trina sent this picture of the Superstition Mountain
Gorgeous!

Not so gorgeous.

 Baby nightie?

Carrot face

A new record for me.