Category: Journal
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Another financial hit
I went through the credit card to cover what Laura spent there over the last two weeks to get things back on track and what I found was that she had spent more than what she had left this past period (which isn’t even half over. On top of that I found that the tow…
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Thou shalt surely die
Adam and Eve were warned that if they ate the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil they would surely die. We instinctively interpret death as referring to physical death—the separation of our body and our spirit—but it also applies to spiritual death—the separation of us from our Heavenly Father. Lucifer contended…
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Winning Valentine’s Day
I’ve been struggling for ideas of what to do for Valentine’s Day this year. I try to always do something to celebrate the day but I also try to not do the same kind of thing from year to year. Today I asked Bex for ideas and Bex said they were putting on Secret Garden…
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In case we needed confirmation
We kept Ezra home from school Tuesday and Wednesday to ensure that he didn’t have to deal with the aggressive boys who kept wanting to fight him until we had talked with the school. WE let him go yesterday because we were talking to the school that morning and I felt good about where we…
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My new license plate
When I got a letter from the state with a temporary operating permit for my new car I assumed the plate would take a couple more weeks to arrive. Imagine my surprise to see a license plate sized envelope on my table I knew immediately it was my new plate. When I was getting ready…
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End on a high note
I made sure to come home from work a little bit early so I could help the Arnett’s pack up to move. I wanted to support Tom who has been my ministering companion for the last couple of years. That’s why I was contemplating ministering this morning. It will be interesting to see how quickly…
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Interesting thoughts over the last couple of days
I didn’t write in my journal last night but it was an interesting day. I talked to set an alarm for the temple on Friday night and then I got a lot of good sleep. I woke up at 6:17 (37 minutes after my alarm would have been set) after 7½ hours of solid sleep.…
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Using my cane
About a year ago I purchased a cane in preparation for the next time I might have a gout flare-up. Finally last night I got the cane out because my right foot had been hurting for 2 days. I ended up using it for most of today while drinking lots of water, icing my foot…
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It had to be the emergency room
Mickey wasn’t feeling good at work today (headache, hard time balancing, confusion) and asked me to pick her up after half the workday. We decided to try Teledoc and they told her to go to urgent care. I took her to urgent care after work (when I heard about the recommendation) and they sent her…
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A good stake conference
I think this might be the first stake conference since Emma was born that didn’t feel like some party of it was a battle. Laura and I went to both the adult session and the general session. None of the kids came to any of it but we also didn’t try to convince them to…