OUR FAMILY: book woes

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Monday, April 20th, 2020

Apia, Samoa

22nd operating temple

Dedicated: 5-6 Aug 1983

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Judge

Alma 42:23

But God ceaseth not to be God, and mercy claimeth the penitent, and mercy cometh because of the atonement; and the atonement bringeth to pass the resurrection of the dead; and the resurrection of the dead bringeth back men into the presence of God; and thus they are restored into his presence, to be judged according to their works, according to the law and justice.

Book of Mormon/"Come Follow Me"

Mosiah 4:1-10; Sunday lesson in Sunday journal

April General Conference

"Fulfillment of Prophecy"

Elder Ronald A. Rasband

"The prophecies that have been fulfilled by the Restoration of the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ are many."

"Decisions for Eternity"

Russell M. Nelson

October 2013

James was sad to cancel his concrete for tomorrow but Armando is not ready. He doesn't even have water to the house. James spent most of the day working with the city of Mesa to get the water meter unlocked. The concrete is now scheduled for Thursday.

I worked on my book business this morning repricing books. I made the mistake of pricing a $75 book of $25. I went back and changed it but in that short amount of time the book sold for $25.

Also I have 23 pending orders over the past 4 weeks. I am not sure why this is happening. Anyway, I'm selling books but don't seem to be making any money. Maybe when those pending orders are complete things will change.

James and I went to town today to mail my shipments of books. We also went to Walmart to get some rice milk for James. He has been using my skim milk and he is very congested because of it. We got rice milk, walnuts, Skinny Cows, raspberry chocolate ice cream bars, cornbread mix, beans, El Pato and a few more small items and ended up spending almost $50. When I went to get my wallet, it was not in my purse. I remembered that James had gotten some stamps out of my wallet and so I asked him if he put my wallet back. He said, "Of course I did." I'm wondering if he put it in a different bag hanging on the purse stand. I guess I won't know until I get home. Anyway, thankfully James had his wallet and we were able to pay for our purchases.

On the way home we finished the book, "Aunt Dimity and the Family Tree." The next book in the series is "Aunt Dimity and the Village Witch." What are we going to do when we finish all of the Aunt Dimity books?

When I got home I found my wallet in my big stripped bag. James put it back all right, just in the wrong bag.

Today was a lazy day for me because I did not feel up to par. I did go upstairs and do some cleaning and caught up on my blog, worked on books, and actually made James some dinner. James and I watched the next episode of "Lark Rise to Candleford" and decided that this is our favorite show on TV. Whereas Downtown Abbey was about the wealthy and their foibles, this show is about struggling poor people. We both love the way the people of these two small English villages look out for one another. I love each character on the show except for maybe Pearl who owns the dress shop, who is a bit self-absorbed. Here are some of the characters: Dorcas Lane, the postmistress. The post office is the hub of activity in Candleford. Laura Timmins and Daniel Stratford, (Laura chose Daniel and Fisher left town), Thomas and Margaret, Minnie and Alf, Queenie and Twister, Emma and Robert Timmins. These are the characters we love. Now Thomas, the postman, has a dog to go with him on his rounds, Amelia Cordelia. These people are so poor they have very little earthly possessions, yet they are happy because they have each other.

I also watched the latest Hallmark movie, "Nature of Love."

I spent an hour or so this evening studying this weeks "Come Follow Me" lesson. I also got 15,026 steps today.

James went on a horsey ride and saw several elk. The elk also came to visit Luna this morning. It was a good day here in Vernon, Arizona.