Thursday, April 25th, 2019

Meridian, Idaho

158th operating temple

Dedicated: 19 Nov 2017

By: Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Jesus Christ, Divine Sonship

John 17:1

These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come;glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:

Book of Mormon

Mosiah 16:1-15

New Testament "Come Follow Me"

Matthew 18:21-35; Gospel Topic - "Forgiveness"

General Conference

Cleansed By Repentance

President Dallin H. Oaks

"Because of God's plan and the Atonement of Jesus Christ, we can be cleansed by the process of repentance."

The Applegate's left today for the valley to pick up their missionary daughter Shelly who has been serving in the Pennsylvania area. I'm not sure which mission but at one point she was in the city of York where James's sister Carmen lives. Funny. Shelly's mom Tamara is my good friend and the Vernon ward Relief Society president. She has a sister that lives in Idaho in the area where Ben is serving.

Shelly is my good friend. She's one of my young women. Here is a picture of us before Shelly left on her mission. We went to the temple together.

October 2017

Shelly is amazing and loves the gospel!

I read this as I was studying JS-Matthew and Matthew 24. This quote was in the New Testament Student Manual:

"It is not sufficient merely to know what the scripture says. One must treasure it up, meaning take it into his possession so affirmatively that it becomes a part of his very being; as a consequence,...one actually receives the companionship of the Spirit."

The manual also says: "From the Savior's words, it is evident that placing a high priority on the word of God will be critical in overcoming the deceptions of the last days." Read the Book of Mormon, "Come Follow Me", and General Conference talks!

Stacy called and is in a panic. They are supposed to be out of their house by the end of the month and they still have not found a place to live. I am praying for her but time is running out! She's calling to our friend Bill to see if he has anything available.

Well, James did it again. He went to the post office to mail a book someone bought from him on Ebay (one of the ones that's gated on Amazon), and he realized he did not have a credit card. He used my card yesterday, because his is in his wallet at Darrel's, and never gave it back. It's gone. When he returned yesterday he was outside on the Cat so he had to include that in his search. I think he's embarrassed to call Chase and report another missing card. He keeps thinking this one will turn up. In the mean time I am checking the account periodically to make sure there are no bogus charges. I reluctantly gave him another card and sent him back to the post office. He also had to go into town to mail our two Amazon shipments.

I finished putting wax on the wood floor. I will not be buffing it until tomorrow, giving it a chance to dry per the instructions on the container. Kim and Brian are coming tomorrow evening so I want to be finished before they get here. 

I worked on book alerts and writing down profits for books we have sent in. I am dying to buy some more books but we can't until we sell some of the ones we just sent in. I'm patiently (?) waiting.

Dr. Memon called James today. He wants him to meet with the architect next week to see about getting started on the medical complex he is building in Chandler. Not only does he want James to manage the building project but he also wants him to do all of the tenant improvements. This will be at least a 3 million dollar project. 

Oh yes, Greg Hatch also wants James to do some work for him and James is bidding Chacon's other houses, and a doctor's remodel. Things are picking up.

Other things I did today. Listened to the Book Profits webinar featuring Jim and Herman. Jim says "Eat the frog first", meaning do the hard thing you have to do first and go from there.

 Walked over 16,000 steps and watched "My Summer Prince." This evening James and I watched "Return to Christmas Creek." James served me hot chocolate with whipped cream during the movie. What a guy!

Scarlett's favorite food is strawberries.

She reminds me of Strawberry Shortcake.

Go Scarlett go!

Throwing fits is hard work!

My advice to all parents!

Elizabeth and Rosemary missing their

friend Abigail. 

 James likes Taylor Cole

What a happy face!
 

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.

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019

Paris, France

156th operating temple

Dedicated: 21 May 2017

By: Henry B. Eyring

Jesus Christ, Divine Sonship

John 11:4

When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.

Book of Mormon

Mosiah 14:1-15:9

New Testament "Come Follow Me"

Luke 10:1-16

General Conference

The Atonement of Jesus Christ

Tad R. Callister

"The Savior's Atonement is not only infinite in scope but also individual in reach."

One of the things I love most about spring is the birds singing in the morning. I heard them today.

I read a great article today by President M. Russell Ballard from 1996 called, "When Shall These Things Be"? You can find it in the Dec 1996 Ensign on p. 60.

James came in this morning and announced that he could not find his wallet. He spent over an hour looking for it. He said the last time he saw or used it was on Saturday when he bought gas. 

On our way to town I called Darrel and asked him to look in the bedroom where we stayed. At first he couldn't find it but then he said he found it on the floor at the edge of the bed. Thank goodness! How many more things can this guy lose?

Our first stop in town was at the bank where I deposited $1,200 that James got from Mario. This money belongs to Burnham for cleaning up the lots after the work was done.

We were hungry so we stopped at LaCasita for lunch. When the waitress asked for our order I said, "I'll have the usual." She looked at me kind of funny and I said, "Oh, I thought you probably had our orders memorized by now." She said she didn't but would try to remember next time. I told her I was only joking. 

After lunch we went to Walmart to do some shopping. I ran in to a friend who spends her winters in the valley and summers in Vernon, Teresa. She was frustrated because she couldn't find a couple of items she wanted. I told her I knew how she felt. She said tomorrow is her husband Wes's birthday and she is going to go to Safeway because she thought their ribeye steaks were better than Walmart's. I agreed. 

We went to Safeway to get Dr. Pepper10. We saw Teresa again. We also stopped by CVS and spent $146 for James's prescriptions. On the way out of town we stopped for gas. It rained on us most of the way home, quite hard. We always need the rain and I love rainy days.

We listened to our Anita Stanfield book, "Ivy and Stone" on the way home from town. I also listened to the book "Squint." 

After returning from town I got a Facetime call from Jared and Charlie. How fun! The highlight of my day.

I watched one of my favorite Hallmark movies, "A Country Wedding" while working on the floor and walking. 

James and I watched McBride: Dogged. I had already seen it but I wanted James to see it too. He guess right away who the killer was. I guess he has more of a criminal mind than I do.

Two more books that I ordered came today. I will need to create a shipment tomorrow.

 Uh oh

 That's better

 James and I both love this sweet girl. 

Her birthday was yesterday.

My sweet friend Jean with her husband, Marcy her

daughter, Joe her son-in-law and two of her

grandchildren. Jean and Ralph spoke in Church and

shared their testimonies of the Gospel.

Monday, April 22nd, 2019

Hartford, Connecticut

155th operating temple

Dedicated: 20 Nov 2016

By: Henry B. Eyring

Jesus Christ, Divine Sonship

Ether 12:18

And neither at any time hath any wrought miracles until after their faith wherefore they first believed in the Son of God.

Book of Mormon

Mosiah 13:5-35

New Testament "Come Follow Me"

Matthew 18:1-14

General Conference

Preparing for the Lord's Return

D. Todd Christofferson

"The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is uniquely empowered and commissioned to accomplish the necessary preparations for the Lord's Second Coming."

We had some clouds, some rain, and some sunshine today. James went to the post office and said there was smoke everywhere as they are doing a burn. We have nine more books that arrived today. James realized he made a mistake when he ordered the book, "Statistics for Economics and Business." I told him when he was talking about ordering it, "Don't make the mistake I made by ordering a looseleaf." He assured me he wouldn't, but that is exactly what he did. In his behalf the description he ordered it from said it was hardcover. At the very bottom it said looseleaf. The really funny thing is he ordered it from the same guy I ordered mine from. I ended up sending mine back to him, as will James. The ranking and worth of this book is far lower than a regular hardcover of the same title.

James worked on bidding a couple of jobs today while I worked on the wood floor, blogged, and walked. I also listed some books on our inventory page on Amazon seller central. 

The really fun part of the day was our photos of Charlie, a letter from Ben, and a sweet text from Addy telling me I am an awesome grandma. I told her not nearly as awesome as she is. 

I spoke to one of our Relief Society sisters today regarding her upcoming lesson. Her dad is in a coma and his kidneys are shutting down. As she told me this story she began to cry. Her father lives in St. David and hospice has come to stay with him. I was able to arrange for her to teach the end of May instead of the second week. She was grateful, but it was the least I could do for the dear friend that I served in Young Women's with.

When we got in bed tonight James came over to snuggle and I said: "You smell like glue." He had spent an hour or so cleaning up books and removing stickers. He removes stickers by heating them up with the iron and hence the reason for the smell of glue.

Evil exists in the world today.

President Hatch asked James why he didn't come by to look at his
office. James said: "Because I knew you were in Europe."