2025 Journal

 28 Feb 2025, Friday Priorit ized Daily Weston J Hobb's 7th Birthday Grace Kelly's 18th Birthday 11:15 am - Saratoga Springs Temple endowment session I got up at 7:30 am.  Debbie is still coughing, but she got up, and we had prayer together.  She has open heart surgery planned for next Wednesday and needs to get over this cough.  We sent birthday texts to Weston and Grace from Grandpa, Uncle Leonard,  and Grandma,  Aunt Debbie.  I sent an email to  Nirdos  Supid in Nepal about the trek to Mt. Everest Base Camp.  Robyn Johnson, my niece, called and was checking on Debbie.  I went to the Saratoga Springs Temple for an endowment session.  I took one of Debbie's male family names.  I got home; Scott Edwards with Rovin Capital came over and brought IRA documents for Debbie's grandchildren that need signatures.  We are still gathering data information for the 2024 Federal and States returns for Matt McCleary, CPA....

27 Feb 2025, Thursday Priorit ized Daily 8:30 am - Debbie's appointment with Dr. Brown, pain doctor, in Lindon (APPOINTMENT CANCELED) 3:00 pm - Debbie's appointment with Dr. Lee McCann for a consultation for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Provo,  395 W. Cougar Blvd, 5th floor, Provo  phone 801-357-7081 (Intermountain Health) Debbie and I slept in.  I am getting over my cold, but Debbie's cold is hanging on and not getting better.  We had prayer, showered, and got ready for the day.  Debbie canceled the appointment with Dr. Brown in Lindon and got her medical records printed for her to pick up and take to Dr. McCann when she meets with him this afternoon.  I called and talked to Brett, son-in-law, Dan Truitt, bother-in-law, and my sister, Elain.   Laura picked Debbie and me up and took us to Dr. McCann's office at 395 W. Cougar Blvd. in Provo at 3 pm.  He reviewed all the reports and medical records and explained how the Aorta is completely bl...

 26 Feb 2025, Wednesday Priorit ized Daily Michael canceled the ski trip with his MIT friends to Utah until he gets things straightened out with Autumn 3:15 pm - appointment to see Brad Gale PA in Lehi  Note:  Parent knows the joy they feel when they sacrifice and see the results of that sacrifice in the lives of their children.       D&C 18:10 Remember the worth of souls is great in the sight of God Humans or Helicopters? April 29, 1975, Captain Lawrence Cleveland "Larry" Chambers, the first African American to command a US Navy Carrier, and Major Buang Lu South Vietnamese Pilot, wife, baby, and four small children -  Story told in a video on YouTube,  Follow Him, Hank Smith and John Bytheway, web address                            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_1iumB0_OM&t=212s Hank.  There are so many things you could draw from D&C Section 18, bu...

 25 Feb 2025, Tuesday Priorit ized Daily Shelby Traveller's 21st Birthday Note:   At age 13, newly arrived Scots immigrant Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919) first worked 12-hour days earning $1.20 a week as a bobbin boy at a Pennsylvania cotton mill. By dint of his drive, a keen mind, and an eye for opportunity, he improved his lot by becoming a messenger boy. His abilities and ambition soon made him a telegraph operator, then a superintendent for the Pennsylvania Railroad. By 30, Carnegie was rich, an investor in the ironworks industry and other enterprises, and was fast becoming a major player in steel production. When he sold Carnegie Steel to J.P. Morgan in 1901, Carnegie retired from business as the wealthiest man in the world. During Carnegie’s time as a teenage messenger, local entrepreneur Col. James Anderson made his private library available on Saturdays and gave borrowing privileges to working-class boys. Writing later about the consequences of this generosity, ...

 24 Feb 2025, Monday Priorit ized Daily     Call Rubie Lalani, Cadence Bank 404-333-2138 Call Pam Clayton, V.P. of Quality Advancement and Regulatory Requirements, GA Health Care Association 678-289-6555 9:00 am - called yesterday and left a message canceling my Physical Therapy appointment in Lehi.  I got a confirmation text this morning Note:  When you feel as if your life has been spiraling downward, out of control, and you've hit rock bottom, look close, the rock that has stopped your fall may be Jesus Christ.  He has stopped you from falling any further.  I took my last Azithromcycin pill yesterday.  My chest and head cold still rages on.  Debbie has it now.  I followed Debbie's suggestion last night raised the head of my bed and could sleep without coughing.  Debbie got up last night and slept on the couch.  She was coughing all night.  I took her cold medicine and let her rest.  I tried to call Rubie ...

 23 Feb 2025, Sunday Priorit ized Daily 8 am - Zoom with Mirko, Ljubica, and Bojana Jelicic in Serbia 10:30 am - Tylee and Porter speak in Sacrament before Tylee leaves I still have this cold and did not sleep well last night.  Debbie got up at 6:30 am and started cooking and cutting up fruit.  I got up at 7:30 am, and we had prayer.  We had planned to Zoom with the Jelicics at 8 am in Utah and 4 pm in Serbia.  I told Debbie one of the things I have been considering talking to Mirko and his family about having Mirko talked to some of the people he knows who may be interested in investing in nursing homes in Georgia.  Debbie did not think it would be a good idea to become involved because the money would not be legal.  I told her I had been praying about it and have not received an answer.  Then, this morning we could not get Zoom to work.  I also tried WhatsApp, and there was no response.  I remember Mirko telling me about his fathe...

 22 Feb 2025, Saturday Priorit ized Daily 1:00 pm - Twin Falls Temple, Endowment session with Shelby 3:00 pm - Abbey basketball team, Ridgeway plays Snow Canyon make fruit trays for Janie for Tylee's farewell party tomorrow after church I slept in and had prayer.  Debbie and I texted back and forth and when she was free we had prayer together.  I had brunch and will take my antibiotic after I eat this afternoon.   Debbie is going with Shelby to the Twin Falls to get her endowments at 1 pm.  At 3 pm I watched Abbey's high school basketball team play her old school, Snow Canyon in St. George.  Ridge Line won 65 to 46.  I got a text from Debbie at 6 pm.  She texted me she would call when they were leaving to drive home.  Ryan and Stephanie got here with Carter, McKay, and Drew.  Ryan is taking Jalna's old Lexus that Tylee has been using back to Wellvillie for Abbey to drive.  Stephanie and Drew are playing pool upstairs....

 21 Feb 2025, Friday Priorit ized Daily 11:30 am - Ultra Sound test on legs American Fork  1175 E. 50 S.  Suite 141 I was up at 7:15 am and had my personal prayer.  Debbie was awake but she stayed in bed and rested.  Later we had prayer together and I rode over to Revere Imaging for an ultrasound on my lower legs.  I stopped at Walmart to check on a Walmart credit/debit card for $100 that still has 59.24 on it but I can not get it to work.  I received the card from Humana in 2022.  The lady I spoke with told me to go back to Walmart and call back and she would talk to the people at the store's customer service.  I got back home before Libby came by and picked Debbie, her grandmother, up.  They are going to Twin Falls to spend the night at Jody and Tony's.  They are all going through the temple with Shelby tomorrow morning.  I ate a late lunch and took oneAzithromycin 250 Mg antobic.  I got a phone call from Michael Wi...

 20 Feb 2025, Thursday Priorit ized Daily Matthew and Bella fry back home from Provo Airport on Allegiance Air Note:  God lives, and his eyes are over us, and his angels are round and about us, and they are more interested in us than we are in ourselves, ten thousand times, but we do not know it. – John Taylor  A mother drives her children to school each morning, about a 30-minute drive.  She uses that time to teach them the Come Follow Me lesson from the scriptures that week.  One morning they got to school before she finished the lesson and she told them she would pick up tomorrow where they left off.  She said that she wanted their grandmother to be in on the last part of the lesson.  She will share an experience in her life.  The mother's story she told her children was when she was going through one of the hardest and dark times of her life, she was on her knees praying when two women came to her.  She recognized one as her mother's...

 19 Feb 2025, Wednesday Priorit ized Daily This cold is taking a tighter hold on me.  Last night was difficult so I slept in.  Debbie has a doctor's appointment after lunch today.  She also slept in.  We had prayer together and I went in to see Brad Gale, PA.   He gave me a prescription for Azithromycin 250 Mg and Albuterol Sulfate Inhalation Solution.  I filled the Outback with gas and picked up some fruit etc. from the grocery store before coming home.  I got a phone call from April Baldridge.  Synovus Bank is not interested in making the loan but referred Michael Wilson with another commercial lending institution.  I called Michael and gave him the basic information.  He said he would run it up the line and see if there is any interest on their part in making a loan for $8,666,666 on 3 nursing homes, 249 skilled nursing home beds.  Laura sent me a text.  She took her mother in at about noon.  At 3:30 pm s...

 18 Feb 2025, Tuesday Priorit ized Daily 7:00 am - Madeline departs Provo Airport on Breeze Airline for home check with Family Practice on an appointment for a blood flow test 12:30 Pm - April Baldridge, fill out a loan application for NH loan 5 pm - appointment Mt. Timpanogas Temple for an endowment session (Pam Allanback is sick and at the doctor's - session canceled) Work on organizing tax documents and information to send to Matt McCleary Note:  I liked this national news article enough to send it to my family The Epoch Times Bright - The Epoch Times -  Bright  -   Inspired   -    Traditional Values Young Couple Saves Their First Kiss for Marriage, Says ‘No One Is Too Late’ to Pursue Purity The couple believes physical intimacy isn’t something that should be “shared with just anyone.” Young Couple Saves Their First Kiss for Marriage, Says ‘No One Is Too Late’ to Pursue Purity Left: Courtesy of Kaytlin V Photography; Right: Court...

 17 Feb 2025, Monday Priorit ized Daily President's Day a National Holiday, the banks are closed Send a check to Bethel Church Cemetery Fund, c/o Glenda Frames, 6326 Co. Rd. #11, Delta, Alabama 36258 Send Elain the address so she can donate if she chooses  I slept in and when Debbie got home we had prayer together.  I checked my phone for texts and emails, had brunch, and went back to bed.  I really need to get rid of this cold that is coming on.  I spent about 90% of the day in bed but got a text sent off to Glenda Frames that she will be receiving a donation to the Bethel Church Cemetery Fund before the end of the month.  I sent my sister, Elain, Glenda's phone number and mailing address to send a donation if she chooses to do so.  I received the following text from Glenda, ".... Our church has on average 18 to 20 people attending every week and we will bury one of them this week, but we are determined to keep it going,  Pray that the young...

16 Feb 2025, Sunday Priorit ized Daily 10:15 am - conduct church at Abbington Memory Center with others from Lehi 7th Ward Note:  Let us remember that desires dictate our priorities, priorities shape our choices, and choices determine our actions.   actions When we have a vision of what we can become, our desire and our power to act increase enormously. A young man seeking wisdom from Socrates is taken to a body of water, where Socrates holds him under until he's desperate for air. After the young man surfaces, Socrates asks what he most desired, and the young man replies "air". Socrates then states, "When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you wanted that breath of air, then you shall have it". Note: Text message  To: Jimmy Nelson and Glenda Frames 256-201-1261.  and 404-861-8332 Allow me to introduce myself; I am Leonard McAlpin.  My mother was Inez Thrash, and her mother was Mattie Lee Smith.  In the 1950s we came to the all-day singing wh...

 15 Feb 2025, Saturday  Priorit ized Daily I was up at 6:30 am, had prayer, and read until Debbie woke.  We had prayer together and I went to the Legacy Center to exercise from 9:00 am to 10:45 am.  I came home and exercised for another 15 minutes before taking a nitric oxide supplement.  Later Debbie fixed a nice brunch.  Note:  I listened to some BYU spiritual talks.  One was by Jason S. Carroll from 2 Apr 2019 where he quoted from C.S. Lewis's, The Screwtape Letters. " The purpose of marriage he describes as 'the intention of loyalty to a partnership for mutual help, for the preservation of chastity and for the Transmission of Life  primarily aimed at creating personal happiness." Debbie went to the bank to get some cash for tonight when she goes with the boy to the BYU Basketball game.  I called and talked to old friends, Mike Coultas in Micagan and Richard Clark in Spring City,  UT.  I also called and talked to a fi...

 14 Feb 2025, Friday Priorit ized Daily Valentine's Day 2:30 pm -  MRI test - 1175 E. 50 S. Suite 141, American Fork 4:30 pm - Dinner at the Texas Roadhouse 7:08 pm -  Aligence Airlines in Provo, Matthew, Bella, and Madeline Abbey's Basketball Game in Cedar City Note: Email I received today:                                                                          Dear Brothers and Sisters: On February 14, 1853, a groundbreaking ceremony in Salt Lake City began a 40-year journey of faith and sacrifice, culminating in the dedication of the Salt Lake Temple in 1893. A current and comprehensive renovation to strengthen this sacred house of the Lord for future generations is now nearing completion. Exactly 172 years after the groundbreaking ceremony, I am delighted to announce that the temp...

 13 Feb 2024, Thursday Priorit ized Daily Call John in Service at Polaris in Heber about getting the Polaris delivered to the cabin in Timber Lakes.(Phone 435-654-7073) Call Monique at the Tax Assessor's Office in Buchanan Call John in Service at Polaris in Heber about getting the Polaris delivered to the cabin in Timber Lakes. (Phone 435-654-7073) Note: INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM (IRF) SUMMIT JD Vance, V.P. Spoke, Then a TV Star. A BYU Professor Was Next and Suggested a Major Shift in Direction WASHINGTON — The speaker lineup during a 20-minute stretch at IRF Summit 2025 certainly was unusual.  First, JD Vance spoke from teleprompters for 12 minutes to nearly 2,000 people in the ballroom of the Washington Hilton near the White House. He stood behind his own specialized podium bearing the seal of the Vice President of the United States of America and declared the Trump administration will support international religious freedom. As what appeared to be Secret Service ...

12 Feb 2025, Wednesday Priorit ized Daily Call April in Dalton at Synovus Bank Call Micael in Florida  Call Kim (Monique had gone home) at the Tax Assessor's Office in Buchanan Note: Abraham Lincoln the 16th President of the United States was also a wrestler.  He wrestled for 12 years and competed in over 300 matches.   He only lost once, it was  to Pvt. Lorenzo Dow Thompson in a   regimental championship match during  the Black Hawk War of 1832.   Lincoln was serving in the Illinois Volunteers during the Black Hawk War.   In the regimental championship match, Thompson defeated Lincoln in two straight falls.   Lincoln was thrown out of the ring and suffered his first and only defeat.   Lincoln took the loss with grace and congratulated Thompson.    Lincoln was 6'4", 180 pounds, and was an impressive physical specimen.   Lincoln's strength and endurance were seen as important characteristi...

 11 Feb 2025, Tuesday Priorit ized Daily Debbie and I had prayer together; Jody was up early this morning and finished washing and drying clothes for her daughter Shelby.  I was able to get April Baldridge, commercial loan officer, with Synovus Bank.  She was at the branch in Calhoun, Georgia today.  She is sending me a list of things she will need to do for the loan.  I sent an email to Sudip, Nirdos Kadel, requesting a daily itinerary from April 11 to the time I depart Katmandu, Nepal, the address of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and what I need to pack and bring for the trek to Base Camp at Mt. Everest.  I went to the Legacy Center and did some stairsteps, weight training, and track for about 2 hours.  On the way home I filled the Subaru with gas.  I worked on the loan documents April with the Synovus Bank requested.  Debbie went with Jody, Shelby, and Libby.  They ate dinner before coming home.  I emailed...

 10 Feb 2025, Monday Priorit ized Daily Call Phil Davis at Alpha Graphics DMV Utah - change registration from CA to UT for the Tesla Launch of  Maxwell Chikumbutso, a self-taught inventor from Zimbabwe, of cars that convert radio frequencies to energy with the help of China            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4ciYCo3cVQ Note:  How can I contact Fox News?       https://help.foxnews.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001361514-How-can-I-contact-Fox-News Blake and Ryan Reynolds vs. Justin Baldoni - New York Times vs. Fox News - left vs. right Contention is of the Devil and he cares less what the issues are - he just wants hatred, bitterness, and contention. Blake Lively filed a California Civil Rights Department (CRD) complaint against her costar Justin Baldoni and his associates on Dec. 20, 2024. -Lively, 37, sued Baldoni, 41, in December, accusing him of sexual harassment and a smear campaign. Baldoni is counter-suing Li...