We had a high councilman and his daughter speak in sacrament meeting today. Her name was Brooklyn Brown and she spoke on infinite worth and overcoming adversity. From "Once upon a time to happily everafter" requires some adversity in between. Jesus Christ understands all that we are going through.
Morgan Brown of the high council reminded us of our challenge from the stake president to memorize the family proclomation. He also gave an outstanding talk on charity and used several examples from the Book of Mormon. He admonished us to read and study Moroni 7 where Moroni reminds us that charity is the pure love of Christ.
The lesson in Sunday school taught by Brother Wilhelm was taken from Alma 5-7 where Alma asks: "Have ye Received His Image in Your Countenance?"
The lesson in Relief Society was on missionary work and was taught by Tamara Applegate.
After our meetings we came home and had some lunch. James opened his father's day card from me and his gift, the two Robert Downey, Jr. Sherlock Holmes movies. We took a nap and then got ready and left for the valley. We stopped in Chandler so James could get his truck and to pick up Michael and then we headed for Sheraton Desert Oasis in Scottsdale where Alex was waiting for us. We have one week here in our timeshare and we are staying in rooms 1055 and 1056. Sheri's family stayed last night and we will stay tonight and tomorrow night. Tomorrow we will have Ruby's birthday party here.
Friday, June 22, 2012
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Today was a major work day. I changed the sheets on all of the beds today in preparation for next week's company. I cleaned the bathrooms and waxed the upstairs floor. I went to bed quite late. James was a little sad. I did read to him today though from our new Victoria Holt book "The Pride of the Peacock", and made him some chicken enchiladas in the crockpot.
I'm not sure I even went outside today but here is a picture from one of our Ranger rides earlier in the week.
I'm not sure I even went outside today but here is a picture from one of our Ranger rides earlier in the week.
Friday, June 15, 2012
It's official, the monsoon starts today. Hopefully that means we will be getting some rain up here pretty quick. Everything is so dry.
I finished waxing the wood floor in the living room and family room. I am very slow and easily distracted.
James got some good news today from Allied and from Britt Law. It looks like we will be collecting money from both of them. The city of Scottsdale signed a paper saying they never charged Norquay any liquidated damages which means Norquay can't charge us like they said they were going to.
Here is some haze from the Young fire.
I finished waxing the wood floor in the living room and family room. I am very slow and easily distracted.
James got some good news today from Allied and from Britt Law. It looks like we will be collecting money from both of them. The city of Scottsdale signed a paper saying they never charged Norquay any liquidated damages which means Norquay can't charge us like they said they were going to.
Here is some haze from the Young fire.
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Happy Birthday Brian and Dallin, I hope you are having a great time in San Diego.
James and I went in to town today and ordered blinds for the two small windows by the front door. We stopped at KFC for dinner. I think I am supporting the Walmart in Show Low with the amount of stuff I buy there.
I gave Jared a call to see if he got one of the houses he was trying to rent. He got the one I liked. The kids and Tricia will be moving out the first week of July.
This evening James and I watched a show on the National Geographic channel called "Untamed Americas." The only problem is I only recorded half of it.
There is a new fire in Arizona 6 miles north of Young. We could see the smoke.
We actually had clouds in the sky today and some stormy like weather although it didn't rain.
James and I went in to town today and ordered blinds for the two small windows by the front door. We stopped at KFC for dinner. I think I am supporting the Walmart in Show Low with the amount of stuff I buy there.
I gave Jared a call to see if he got one of the houses he was trying to rent. He got the one I liked. The kids and Tricia will be moving out the first week of July.
This evening James and I watched a show on the National Geographic channel called "Untamed Americas." The only problem is I only recorded half of it.
There is a new fire in Arizona 6 miles north of Young. We could see the smoke.
We actually had clouds in the sky today and some stormy like weather although it didn't rain.
Friday, June 15, 2012
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Kathy brought over the Beehive newspaper this morning. The front cover had pictures of the three Stake Relief Society Presidents in Chandler and the featured story was the Chandler Relief Society centennial celebration. It was fun to read about it and be reminded of what a wonderful evening it was.
Karen Schneider called me today. She had been at a luncheon at Judy Pargetter's and heard about James's heart problems. She called to see how he was doing and to say that next time she would like to be the first to hear about it instead of one of the last. I told her she could read my blog and see my life in a nutshell.
I worked outside today cleaning off the patio and moving some of the tables and chairs off the patio onto the deck because the view is so much better. I also set out some birdseed for the birds although James says most of the birds around here eat bugs, not seed. We shall see. I just remember going to my Nannie's house in Lakeside and she always had a bird feeder and we saw some beautiful birds, cardinals, jays, and orioles are a few I remember.
About six o'clock this evening James and I went on a Ranger ride. When Jared was here he said he saw a mama antelope and her baby up in Gillespie Flat so we headed up that way to see if we could find her. Sure enough the Mamma was sitting right next to the road. When we stopped she got up and walked away. James said she is walking in the opposite direction of where the baby is to throw us off. We started walking in the opposite direction but didn't seen anything. James walked around for awhile but I gave up and turned on Runkeeper and started taking a hike down the road. He came and picked me up after about 10 minutes. What a beautiful setting for a walk, up in the spruce and aspen trees.!
Another picture I took on our ride. It is quite dry right now but there are still some flowers blooming out in the wild. When the rains begin there will be sunflowers everywhere.
Karen Schneider called me today. She had been at a luncheon at Judy Pargetter's and heard about James's heart problems. She called to see how he was doing and to say that next time she would like to be the first to hear about it instead of one of the last. I told her she could read my blog and see my life in a nutshell.
I worked outside today cleaning off the patio and moving some of the tables and chairs off the patio onto the deck because the view is so much better. I also set out some birdseed for the birds although James says most of the birds around here eat bugs, not seed. We shall see. I just remember going to my Nannie's house in Lakeside and she always had a bird feeder and we saw some beautiful birds, cardinals, jays, and orioles are a few I remember.
Another picture I took on our ride. It is quite dry right now but there are still some flowers blooming out in the wild. When the rains begin there will be sunflowers everywhere.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Happy 40th birthday Ian. He and Sheri drove to Cali spend the day on Salt Creek Beach with Elise Hird.
James and I planted our flowers this morning. James planted and I cleared away weeds and rocks. There are rocks everywhere. Maybe we should have a rock garden. I took a picture of this twig sticking out of the ground because there is a bird sitting on top of it. It seems to be her favorite "roosting" spot.
For lunch I made chicken cacciatore from the Four Hundred Calorie Fix cookbook. James loved it. You are supposed to serve it over noodles but he opted to eat it without the noodles which made it more like a soup.
James was so tired from planting flowers this morning that he took a 3 1/2 hour nap and was almost late for his temple recommend interview in Show Low. I went to a Relief Society activity with Kathy Crane this evening at the park. It was a potluck and I took Tricia's strawberry salad with the homemade poppy seed dressing. One sister liked it so much that she took the empty bowl and scraped it clean. She didn't want any of it to go to waste. Janie Huso, a friend from my former Show Low days, did a presentation on the flag for flag day. We said the pledge of allegiance and sang The Star Spangled Banner. I was talking with Janie after the meeting and she was telling funny stories about her dog. She says when she goes to the valley she always stops to get her dog a burger. He loves Burger King and Wendy's but he refuses to eat McDonald's. Janie has a house in Chandler where her son and grandson are living right now. I used to buy shoes from her Mom and her Dad was a state senator.
After our Relief Society meeting Kathy took me on a tour of Vernon showing me where several families in the ward lives. I am grateful to have a friend and Kathy is a good one. She and her husband Chuck just planted their garden. They have onions, potatoes, carrots, lettuce, cucumbers, zucchini, and several different kids of peppers. She is famous for her jalapeno pepper jelly.
James and I planted our flowers this morning. James planted and I cleared away weeds and rocks. There are rocks everywhere. Maybe we should have a rock garden. I took a picture of this twig sticking out of the ground because there is a bird sitting on top of it. It seems to be her favorite "roosting" spot.
For lunch I made chicken cacciatore from the Four Hundred Calorie Fix cookbook. James loved it. You are supposed to serve it over noodles but he opted to eat it without the noodles which made it more like a soup.
James was so tired from planting flowers this morning that he took a 3 1/2 hour nap and was almost late for his temple recommend interview in Show Low. I went to a Relief Society activity with Kathy Crane this evening at the park. It was a potluck and I took Tricia's strawberry salad with the homemade poppy seed dressing. One sister liked it so much that she took the empty bowl and scraped it clean. She didn't want any of it to go to waste. Janie Huso, a friend from my former Show Low days, did a presentation on the flag for flag day. We said the pledge of allegiance and sang The Star Spangled Banner. I was talking with Janie after the meeting and she was telling funny stories about her dog. She says when she goes to the valley she always stops to get her dog a burger. He loves Burger King and Wendy's but he refuses to eat McDonald's. Janie has a house in Chandler where her son and grandson are living right now. I used to buy shoes from her Mom and her Dad was a state senator.
After our Relief Society meeting Kathy took me on a tour of Vernon showing me where several families in the ward lives. I am grateful to have a friend and Kathy is a good one. She and her husband Chuck just planted their garden. They have onions, potatoes, carrots, lettuce, cucumbers, zucchini, and several different kids of peppers. She is famous for her jalapeno pepper jelly.
Monday, June 11, 2012
Note to self: "Never go in to the Show Low Walmart on a Monday. It was insane. At one point I was ready to leave my basket and head back outside but I had some groceries to buy and gifts for Ruby's birthday. I have to be prepared to do all my shopping in one day because the store is so far away. I love to shop for little kids birthdays, especially little girls. I got Ruby a stuffed Hello Kitty, a Dora guitar, and a set of blocks along with some other little things. I came home and put them in the pink "treasure chest" I bought her last week and they look so cool! Carmen(James's sister), has made Hello Kitty fondant and will be sending it this week for Ruby's cake. Her birthday is next Monday and we are having it at Sheraton Desert Oasis Resort in Scottsdale. I can hardly wait. I miss my grandkids!
I am a little worried about James. He seems to have shortness of breath, dizziness and he gets extremely tired. He takes long naps in the afternoon. He has made some major changes in his eating habits and cut way down on his carbs because he wants to get healthy again. I wish I could say the same for me.
Today while we were in town James bought some flowers and a lilac bush for us to plant in the front planters. We have talked about doing a garden but decided it was too late this year.
I am a little worried about James. He seems to have shortness of breath, dizziness and he gets extremely tired. He takes long naps in the afternoon. He has made some major changes in his eating habits and cut way down on his carbs because he wants to get healthy again. I wish I could say the same for me.
Today while we were in town James bought some flowers and a lilac bush for us to plant in the front planters. We have talked about doing a garden but decided it was too late this year.
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