Friday, April 12th, 2019

Cordoba, Argentina

145th operating temple

Dedicated: 17 May 2015

By: Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Jesus Christ, Divine Sonship

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Book of Mormon

Mosiah 6:1-7:7

New Testament "Come Follow Me"

In this article Elder Andersen also said that "Faith never demands an answer to every question."

General Conference

Behold the Lamb of God

Jeffrey R. Holland

"Our modified Sunday service is to emphasize the sacrament of the Lord's Supper as the sacred, acknowledged focal point of our weekly worship experience."

I try not to get too involved in politics,  but something I feel strongly about is stopping abortion. Over the years it has gotten worse instead of better. First it was first trimester abortions, then partial birth, and now up until birth. The following is part of an email I received from someone named Brian Fisher who thinks the Christian churches should get more involved in trying to stop abortion. After reading what Brian has to say, let me know what you think.

James says that many abortion clinics are selling the body parts from these abortions for surgical transplants and medical studies. They justify this by saying they are saving lives.

One of the young men in our ward is serving a mission in Africa. He wore the soles of his shoes out and instead of buying new shoes he took the tread from some old tires and sewed them on the bottom of his shoes. He said he did this in pure Ugandan fashion.

I love it!

We had another pellet/snow storm today. We didn't get much to stick on the ground but the trees at our place we covered in white. By the time we got in to Vernon, there was no white trees or snow. Show Low was a different story. It was snowing like crazy when I went into the bank and then when we went in to LaCasita to have lunch. We ordered the usual, me a chicken enchilada with red sauce and rice and beans, and James a green chili chicken enchilada with a side of refried beans. James finished mine off for me because I couldn't eat it all. 

We took our books to the UPS store. I figured that we have shipped off 52 books since last Saturday. I figured out that we will make $559.52 if we sell all of these books. Is this something we can do? I hope so. At least now we know what we need to do to make this business work. Our original goal was to make an extra $2,000 a month. 

We sold two books today, "The Invention of Wings," and "The Complete Stories of Truman Copote." 

James thought he lost the Amazon credit card today. He couldn't find it and so he called an cancelled it. When we went to bed he found it on top of the bed. There was a charge on there for today that we didn't recognize so I guess it's a good thing. 

We were in bed by 10. Tomorrow is Cliff's funeral and we are leaving around 5:30 a.m.

None of the snow really lasted very long.

Such adorable pictures!

Darrel put up the kitchen lights today.
He's becoming quite the handyman.

Thursday, April 11th, 2019

Phoenix, Arizona

144th operating temple

Dedicated: 16 Nov 2014

By: Thomas S. Monson

Jesus Christ, Divine Sonship

Moses 5:9

And in that day the Holy Ghost fell upon Adam, which beareth record of the Father and the Son, saying: I am the Only Begotten of the Father from the beginning, henceforth and forever, that as thou hast fallen thou mayest be redeemed, and all mankind, even as many as will.

Book of Mormon

Mosiah 5:1-15

New Testament "Come Follow Me"

Matt 16;21-23; 17:22-23; Mark 9:30-32; Luke 9:43-45, 51-56

General Conference

Hearing His Voice

David P. Homer
"In a world with so many competing voices, our Heavenly Father has made it possible for us to hear and follow His."

Happy Anniversary

Dennis and Denise!

It took me awhile to find these photos.

They both are from May 2017.

The top is with Monte's daughter Maddie at her high school graduation. The second is with Denise's daughter Rachel at her

marriage to Thor in Dennis and Denise's backyard. They said their vows under Dennis's beautiful weeping willow tree. Dennis is quite the gardner of flowers and a beautiful yard.

Today is also Jeffrey Maxwell's Birthday.

Happy Birthday Jeffrey.

James left at 6 a.m. for the valley. He is doing a little remodeling job for our friends Reed and Janis. The roof to their patio has some damage and James is repairing it. While he was there he got to visit with Reed's sister Carol and her husband Howard who were also old friend from Chandler.

We sold the book, "Marketing for Hospitality and Tourism" and made $7.98. 

Sheri sent out a text this morning that Cliff Arnett had passed away. Soon after her group text I got a text from Darrel with the same news. I guess he had an anuresym and was put on life support for a short time before the family took him off.

We were neighbors of the Arnett's for years when we lived on 108th Way in Chandler. James built their home. We went to church with them and our kids were good friends with their kids. They are our age and this beings leaving this earth life a little closer to home.

There is not a sweeter, kinder person in the world than Cliff's wife Cathy.

Chea:

Cathy and Cliff. Cathy is sweet and kind.

Cliff is funny, entertaining, and opinionated.

I loved them both.

They were devoted to each other. 

 Cathy and Cliff had 11 children, 5 girls and 6 boys.

Their posterity.

50 years 

The five Arnett girls:

Wendy, Channy, Heidi, Chea and Jackie

Sorry, I don't have a picture of the boys:

Cliff Jr., A.J., Danny, Anthony, Casey and Pierce.

A tragedy at the Crane's. Their rooster, Baby Chicken Friend (named by their grandchildren who raised him), was killed by their dog Anya. Kathy was heartbroken. She said that it's sad living on a farm.

Stacy called today. She is still looking for an investor for her Vivace endeavor. It's a $70,000 machine she needs to do mirco-derm abrasion. I told her it would be perfect for my friend Kay but I can't find Kay's number. Jared, if you are reading this and you have Kay's phone number would you please send it to me. Thanks.

I made cookies today but accidentally used the sugar cookie recipe and added chocolate chips and pecans. When James got home I told him and he said he liked them better. Sometimes accidental happenings are the best.

James bought a book "Marriage and Families." He was supposed to be sent the 8th edition but he was sent the 6th instead. It is not worth the money the 8th is so I requested a refund. I guess every business has setbacks and glitches.

Before going to bed James and I sat down and made some goals for our book business. It was good that we did this so we can both be on the same page.

What do you think of this kitchen?

This baby rules!

Wednesday, April 10th, 2019

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

143rd operating temple

Dedicated: 4 May 2014

By: Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Jesus Christ, Divine Sonship

Moses 3:18

And I, the Lord God, said unto mine Only Begotten, that it was not good that the man should be alone wherefore, I will make an help meet for him.

Book of Mormon

Mosiah 4:16-30

New Testament "Come Follow Me"

Luke 9:1-17; 18-21

General Conference

"Feasting Upon the Words of Christ"

Elder Takashi Wada
"Feasting upon the words of Christ can happen at any time and on any occasion if we prepare our hearts."

We sold the book, "A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose" which is an Oprah Book Club book and another romance novel, "As You Are." James insists we need to start selling five a day. We are making money but it is very slow. 

James did some repricing this morning. I tried again to create a removal order but there is still a glitch in Amazon's seller central system. I tried to call support and was told there is no longer a number for seller support. In order to get help you have to use the automated system. I did. I reported my problem but never heard back. Amazon's Seller support system stinks. If one of their automated answers doesn't help, you are out of luck. What kind of a system is that? Can you tell that I am frustrated?

James took the last shipment into the UPS store. It was a box of 16 books and two envelopes with one book each. One envelope has the wrong weight on it. In order for UPS to correct it, it would cost $19. James brought it home and I made a duplicate shipment. Instead of the book costing $4.55 to ship it cost $5.93.

James brought back another armful of books to sort and inventory.

It felt like winter was back today. Monday was a beautiful spring day with the high around 75. Yesterday was very windy. Today the high was 45 and we got some pellet like hail this afternoon. Crazy.  

James bought two books that are gated, which means we can't sell them. They are two copies of the same book and they each cost $9.49. He insists they weren't gated when he ordered them so what can I say. I felt bad for him and I actually didn't say much. The name of the book the Therapeutic Exercise. It's a hard cover textbook in very good condition. We aren't sure what to do with the books. We can try and sell them on Ebay for much less than we could sell them on Amazon or we could hold on to them and hopefully in the future we will be un-gated and able to sell them. Sometimes Amazon does this to newer sellers until they prove themselves.

Denise texted me the other day to make sure we were ok. She said she was at the hospital working and heard there was an accident out near Vernon and she was checking on us. How sweet!

Pellet hail

 Sleeping Beauty

Pouty face

 So adorable

Woohoo!