Friday, September 30th, 2022: Hppy Brthdy Dawn, Glendale Airport cmptr wrk, Trip to Town 1 1/2 times, Wlmrt, Sonic, PO, Scarlett's card, Halcomb's Cinn Rlls

 

Raleigh, North Carolina

68th operating temple

Dedicated: 18 Dec 1999

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Son of man

Mark 2:28

 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

Book of Mormon

Helaman 12:14-26

"Come Follow Me"

Isaiah 55-56 The Lord invites all to "take hold of my covenant." Isaiah 57

AprGenCon

"Now Is The Time"

President Russell M. Nelson

In the spirit of prayerful gratitude, I am pleased to announce our plans to build a new temple in each of the following locations: 

Wellington, New Zealand; Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo; Barcelona, Spain; Birmingham, United Kingdom; Cusco, Peru; Maceio, Brazil; Santos, Brazil; San Luis Potosi, Mexico; Mexico City Benemerito, Mexico; Tampa, Florida; Knoxville, Tennessee; Cleveland, Ohio; Wichita, Kansas; Austin, Texas; Missoula, Montana; Montpelier, Idaho; and Modesto, California

These 17 temples will bless countless lives on both sides of the veil. I love you, my dear brothers and sisters. More important, the Lord loves you. He is your Savior and your Redeemer. He leads and guides HIs Church. May we be a people worthy of the Lord, who said, "Ye shall be my people, and I will be your God."

For this I pray in the sacred name of Jesus Christ, amen.

Dawn got her birthday card yesterday and today is her birthday. She thanked me for the beautiful card. I asked her if her mom got her card and she said no, not yet. I told her I mailed them at the same time and we were both a little concerned. She said she would let me know when her mom got the card.

James was congested most of the night sleeping in the bed. Tonight he will probably sleep in the recliner.

James spent the morning at the computer working on documents, etc. for the Glendale Airport job. Tommy Woods, a subcontractor from Chandler whom James has worked with before and whose son went to school with Jared, submitted a bid. Carlos, the guy who is building the hangars had a big list of questions regarding this bed. Through these questions Tommy lowered his bid from $65,000 to $50,000.

Questions can be good.

Carlos thanked James for finding subcontractors and helping move the job forward. He told James that he had gone above and beyond what he had expected.

I made a trip to town to mail Scarlett's birthday card. I wanted to buy some stickers to put in the card and that is the reason I didn't mail it in Vernon.  I went about 12-15 miles when I realized that I had left Scarlett's card at home. I had to turn around and go home and get it. James was sad because I hadn't kissed him before leaving the first time but that was only because he was asleep. I remedied the situation and complied with his request. I had left the card in the bedroom and as soon as I retrieved it I was on my way once again.

I was lucky enough to get behind two campers and a dump truck on my way back to town. The traffic coming from the other direction was nonstop with no opportunity to pass. Our little parade of cars and trucks averaged about 50 mph into Show Low. Once we got into town the traffic wasn't any better. The traffic inside of Walmart was just as horrendous. I came up here to live to get rid of traffic and crowds but it seems the people are moving here to get out of the rat race and causing it to continue. I guess I am a part of it and must take responsibility.

As I was leaving Walmart I noticed the latest edition of the local paper, the White Mountain Independent. The story on the front page caught my eye: Show Low's Golden Year - Muhammed Ali 

In 1976 Ali trained in Show Low and stayed at the Maxwell House and became a personal friend to my grandparents, Arlee & Verdie Maxwell. It was an exciting time for Show Low and for the Maxwell family. Dennis even had a picture taken with Ali holding his son Eric.

Grandma & Grandpa Maxwell

Owner's of the Maxwell House

In the Independent article my Aunt Gene was interviewed. She said that Ali loved her parents, my grandparents, Arlee and Verdie Maxwell. Every morning Ali would give grandma a kiss. Grandpa took Ali on a sight-seeing tour all over the mountain. Grandma and Grandpa were at the fight were Muhammed Ali beat Kent Norton. 

It was an unlikely triangle but the three of them loved and cared for each other for the time they knew each other.

Back to my shopping: I bought Scarlett's stickers and did some of my next week's shopping including buying a new mop bucket and mop. I was a little shocked by the total at the bottom of my receipt. While I was waiting in line I used my Sonic app to order a couple of drinks and chicken slinger sandwiches. They were not ready when I arrived. I had to wait for the chicken Slingers to come out of the fryer but it was worth it.

I put Scarlett's stickers into her card envelope and was going to go to the Show Low drive-thru post office to mail it but drove through and didn't stop. I wanted to make sure I had enough postage on the envelope so I mailed it in Vernon, and yes, it did have enough with the two stamps I had on it. 

At home I carried everything in and put everything away and by this time I was ready for a break. James and I went into the bedroom and 

watched  an episode of Matlock I had recorded because we have watched all of the episodes of McBride available on Dish-on-Demand. Matlock no way compares with McBride. 

This evening Kerri and Catherine Halcomb dropped by with some cinnamon rolls for James. James isn't a huge fan of cinnamon rolls like I am but he was very gracious about accepting them. We had a nice visit with our friends before they left. No one had any of the cinnamon rolls tonight. James is going to take them to Rowan in the morning. He is meeting Rowan and Darrel on the Rim, the area they all got drawn for a turkey hunt. I took one roll out for myself for tomorrow morning. I called them our Conference Cinnamon Rolls.

Thursday, September 29th, 2022: J & G Gobe J drives, K & B's 27 Anniversary, Paint, Blog, Walk, Call Dish, J's foot swollen, Book & Walk, McBride

  

Edmonton, Alberta

67th operating temple

Dedicated: 11 Dec 1999

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Son of man

Matthew 12:8

For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.

Book of Mormon

Helaman 12:1-13

"Come Follow Me"

Isaiah 54;57:15-19 Jesus Christ wants me to return to Him. Isaiah 55-56

 

AprGenCon

"Our Heartfelt All"

Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

Consecration is different from sacrifice in at least one important way. When we consecrate something, we don't leave it to be consumed upon the altar. Rather, we put it to use in the Lord's service. We dedicate it to Him and His holy purposes. We receive the talents that the Lord has given..........ore helpful in building the Lord's kingdom. Very few of us will ever be asked to sacrifice our lives for the Savior. But we are all invited to consecrate our lives to Him.

Up at 4:45, fix lunch for James, a peanut butter and jam sandwich, two hard boiled eggs, grapes, and a couple of slices of cheese. He also wanted a Slimfast shake so I put one in his bag.

He was up an hour early so we had time for scriptures and family prayer before he left. He is driving and I am nervous for that and his ability to work with a broken ankle. He does need to finish this job for the Peeler's and Greg doesn't know what to do by himself, so I understand why he went, but I don't have to like it. 

Today is Kim and Brian's 27th anniversary. Here is something Brian wrote on Facebook:

I love these two, and Joe too!

This was my mantra today: Paint, Blog, Walk,...

I did wash the sheets on our bed and put them back on the bed all before James got home. I also called Dish because I can't watch the finale for season 8's "Kids Baking Championship." It keeps saying: This event has expired. I know it has not expired but I don't know what to do so I call Dish and talked to someone named John. He tried to help me and saw that my problem was not imagined, but real. He told me he would report it and I should receive an email tomorrow regarding the issue. I thanked him and hung up. We shall see.

When James gets home this evening he is exhausted and his left foot is very swollen. I suspect he may have overdone today. My heart goes out to him. While he is taking a shower I go in and fix some dinner. I made a salad and a pot of chili.

After dinner James works on his computer in the dining room. I go into the bedroom and work on my blog and my steps. James comes in about an hour later and asks if we can listen to our book. While we are listening he walks around the room and I ask him what he is doing? He says something about not having enough steps and I remind him that steps aren't important right now. His ankle healing is what's important. I get him to sit down after we finish our book, when I turn on McBride. It was a good one!

James decides to sleep in the bed tonight. This makes me happy but I am worried about him getting congested.

Brady Whalen and the Sunset

LeeAnn one of my former YW

Sweet Joshua

   

Wednesday, Sept 28th, 2022: BS high, Keto bread, Greg Anderson conversation, Greg picks up James, Stacy talk, Chuck's new injury - no meeting

 

Billings, Montana

66th operating temple

Dedicated: 20 Nov 1999

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Son of Man

Luke 7:34

The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!

Book of Mormon

Helaman 11:21-38

"Come Follow Me"

Isaiah 53 Jesus Christ took upon Himself my sins and sorrows

Isaiah 54

AprGenCon

"Come Into The Fold Of God"

Elder Randy D. Funk

Of the Seventy

Consider some causes of unhappiness; misery comes from sin, sadness and loneliness from the death of a loved one, and fear from the uncertainty of what happens when we die. But when we enter the fold of God and keep our covenants with Him, we feel the peace of knowing and trusting that Christ will redeem us from our sins, that the separation of our body and spirit will end more quickly, and that we will live eternally with God in a most glorious manner.

I had to delay my eating this morning because my blood sugar was a little high. I'm sure glad I bought that Keto bread even if it does taste like cardboard.

Greg Anderson called this afternoon while James was taking a nap. He called twice, the first time I ignored it but the second time I answered. I told him James was asleep and he began talking to me about Brother Christensen's book, "The Power of Everyday Missionaries." He talked about doing another missionary meeting and having me involved because I am so soft spoken and no one could be offended by me. He said Brother Thompson told him that some people were a little offended by the last meeting. After we were finished with our conversation I gave the phone to James who was no awake from his nap. 

Greg and James went somewhere to look at a job. They were gone over two hours. James said it was way out by Golden Horse Ranch where my mom used to live. That's over 50 miles away.

I happened to find a DWTS show on Disney Plus called "DWTS 20 Top Memorable Dances." Derek Hough, Brandon, Kim Johnson, and Cheryl Burke were the commentators. One of the top 20 dances was Whitney Carson's and Alberto Robeiro's freestyle the year they won. In the dance he does the Carlton which was made famous when he was on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air and played the part of Carlton. It's the dance that Jared used to do and it made me laugh. I'm going to save it for Jared to watch the next time he is here.

I Vacuumed the living-family room area and dusted today. I put sheets on the bed downstairs and washed the sheets from upstairs. 

I talked Kim into coming up next week and I told her I would come down to get her if she needed me to. She said Brian wanted to bring her up but it probably wouldn't be until next Wednesday. That's the day I have an eye doctor appointment so I'm glad Brian can bring her. 

Stacy called and told me about how excited she is about her note buying business and to tell me she has made $3,000. She thinks James and I should do it because that way her dad wouldn't have to do anything physical. Maybe she doesn't realize that's the kind of work he loves to do. He hates doing paperwork and talking business on the phone. I told her if she wanted to come up and talk to him about it that I would help him with the business but I would not do it by myself. She said Paul eventually wants to do it with her. 

Stacy and Paul got a new car, a Nissan Sentra. She says she loves it but Paul is worried about having a car payment. Stacy also thinks we can get 3-4 million dollars for the cabin and our land. I just laughed and said, there is no way.

James was supposed to have a meeting tonight but Churck cancelled. One of his dogs jumped up on him and broke one of his blood vessels and it took him forever to get it to stop bleeding.  

I listened to "Follow Him" today and the guest speaker was Jennifer Brinkerhoff Platt who did her undergraduate work at Arizona State University. I loved her attitude regarding the Savior. She has a new book, "Living Your Covenants Everyday." She read a quote by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland regarding each of us having more experiences with Jesus. She quoted Ezra Taft Benson: We must be shaken and awaken from a spiritual snooze.

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