2025 Journal

 31 May 2025, Saturday Priorit ized Daily 4:30 PM - arrive at Provo Airport 5:25 pm - depart Provo on Breeze Flight MX604 -  1h 59m flight 6:25 pm Arrive  at Orange County / Anaheim  John Wayne Airport (SNA) Enterprise car rental at. SNA rented through Priceline 780-662-125-18  Pick at 12:00 pm Confirmation # 1578682400 We got up at about 7 am, had prayer, showered, packed, and took the Subaru to get it washed and filled with gas.  When I got home Debbie and I had breakfast, and I loaded the Subaru for Debbie and the family reunion next week in Moab.  Jared, Tate, Max, and Jack came over and used the weed-eater to trim and the lawn mower to cut the grass.  Max helped Debbie cut the tulips back.  Debbie took me to the airport in Provo at 4:30 pm. I caught my flight and arrived in Orange County a little after 6 pm.  I got my suitcase from baggage pickup and went across the street to Enterprise Car Rental.  I talked to Matthew, Ra...

 30 May 2025, Friday Priorit ized Daily 10:30 am - Mckay's award presentation at his school 1:30 pm - Alex Gourley returns home from the Boston Massachusetts Mission. We were up at about 7:30 am; got 8 hours of sleep last night. We had prayer and got ready for the day.  Rae Lynn called she is sending more packages that she is sending to our home in Lehi for Ethan.  I studied scriptures; Ryan and Stephanie set out a continental buffet breakfast.  We followed the family down to Wellsville Elementary School and watched some of the awards presentation.  We got to see Mckay receive one of the 5 Hope of America Awards presented by the Rotary Club of Logan.   Debbie and I drove home and unpacked the Subaru, and took the Tesla to meet Elder Alex Gourley when he landed at the SLC Airport.  He is being released this afternoon from the Boston Massachusetts Mission.  Debbie and I went to the Clear entrance to security at the Salt Lake City Airport....

 29 May 2029,  Thursday Priorit ized Daily Check out the Clarion Inn in Idaho Falls and drive to Wellsville, UT 12:00 noon, 1:00 pm - Libby's high school graduation and dinner Spend the night in Wellsville Call Brad Gale, PA, about the last test of my lymph node in my groin and bone mass test.  On Monday or Tuesday, Urgent Care, when I return from CA Call James McDonald, MD, about the rash on my lip from shaving, sist on the top of my left foot and ankle, and a wart or something on the bottom of my right foot     2:15 pm Monday 23 Jun at  1055 N 500 W, Provo, UT 84604 Debbie and I were up at 6:30 am, had prayer, showered, and got ready for the day.  I have a rash on my upper lip and could not shave around it.  We check out of the Clartin Inn and drove down to USU Spectrm at Utah State University in Logan at 1:00 pm for Abbey Hobbs' graduation from Ridgeline High School.  We got there early and sat with Ryan, Stephanie, and their children...

  28 May 2025, Wednesday Priorit ized Daily 9:00 am - Debbie meeting in GPOD building in Shelly and later dinner Note:   A father said to his son, "You graduated with honors. Here is a Volkswagen Beetle that I bought many years ago... It is over 50 years old, but before I give it to you, take it to a dealership downtown and ask how much they are offering you." The son went to the dealership, came back to his father and said, "They offered me $1,000 because it looks very used." The father said, "Take it to a pawn shop." The son went to the pawn shop, came back and said, "They only offered me $200 because they say it is too old." Finally, the father asked his son to take the car to a classic car club and show it there. The son took the car to the club, came back and said, "Some people at the club offered me $100,000! because it is a very rare car and sought after among the members." The father said to his son, "I wanted you to unders...

27 May 2025, Tuesday Priorit ized Daily 8:00 am - Walk around the greenbelt and have breakfast in Idaho Falls 11:00 am - Idaho Falls Temple 2:00 pm - Karlene, Reed, and Debbie's family meeting I was up at 6:30 am after 8 hours of restful sleep.  I had prayer and studied scriptures.  We ate breakfast and planned to walk around the Green Belt on Snake River, but were running behind schedule, so we went to the motel's exercise room and worked out and walked on the treadmill for about 30 minutes.  We met Karlene, Debbie's sister, at the Idaho Falls Temple for an endowment session.  Afterwards, we drove to Reed's office in Shelly.  Debbie and Karlene met with Reed and 3 of his sons, A.J., Barrett, and Austin.  Reed had to leave early to take Laura's son, his wife, and children to the airport.  Afterwards, we drove back to Idaho Falls and met Debbie's brother, sister, aunt (age 89), and cousins  at Perkins Restaurant for dinner.  When we got b...

 26 May 2025, Monday Priorit ized Daily Walk around the greenbelt and have breakfast in Idaho Falls Memorial Day - put flowers on Debbie's family graves, Shelly, Idaho Falls, and Woodville  Debbie and I were up at 7 am.  We had prayer together, and Debbie went to breakfast here at the Clarion Inn.  Karlene came over and they went for a walk around the Green Belt on the Snake River.  I had prayer and studied scriptures.  I had breakfast before it closed here at 9 am.  I brushed my teeth, went to the exercise room, and walked for about 30 minutes around the Green Belt and met Debbie and Karlene.  Beth called and is hedging on not going to the 12-year-old cruise in May 2026.  Debbie and I drove to New Sweden Cemetery, met Karlene, and put flowers in Claus and Edith Sealander's graves.   We followed  Karlene to Fielding Cemetery in Idaho Falls, and then to the Shelly Cemetery to put flowers on Karl and Jalna Serals' and Cherie...

 25 May 2025, Sunday Priorit ized Daily 10:30 am - Sacrament meeting Debbie puts flowers on her family's graves,  Dinner with Karlene and Joe L Spend the night at the Clarion Inn Riverfront in Idaho Falls Debbie and I had prayer, showered, breakfast, and attended church this morning.  After church we came home and ate lunch, packed the car with luggage, food, and flowers and we went to  American Fork Cemeter and put flowers on Leon and Carol Searle grave; next we drove Cottonwood Heights (Mountain View) Brook Hanson who works in the office drove us to Walter and Jensine Marsh's graves on an electric cart, from Salt Lake City we drove up to Franklin, Idaho just north of Utah State Line, and put flowers on Frayne and Shirley Hobbs's graves; we drove north to Downey Idaho and put flowers on Dale and Joann Koester's graves.  We did not get to Karlene and Joe L Higham's until 7:30 pm.  We had planned to be here at 5:30 pm.  They saved dinner for us. La...

 24 May 2025, Saturday Priorit ized Daily Zach Brown, Heating and AC serviceman, from Home Depot, this morning I was up at 6:30 am, had prayer, and later had prayer with Debbie.  I read and studied scriptures in the D&C.  I have been listening to the Come Follow Me podcast by some inspired teachers and will still listen, but the thought came to me that I still need to read the scriptures myself.  I am not marking them with a red dot from my pencil I use to underline and color with.  Zack came at about 8:30 am.  The filter in the furnace was last changed December 23, 2022.  I had a pack of 3 and Zack put new one in.  The furnice is 2012 and AC is 2013.  The fan motor's seals is leaking oil and the fan is fried but the control board is still good.  The exhaust fan is good.  The coils and housing are rusting. The heat exchanger does not have any cracks, but the metal is weak.  The capacitor is not working as it should....

 23 May 2025, Friday Priorit ized Daily 12 Noon - Debbie PT appointment I was up at 6:30 am, had prayer, scanned and copied documents, and filed them. I read my patriarchal blessing and scriptures.  Debbie called from Twin Falls and we had prayer together.  She is taking Jody and Brenda, Mike Traveller's wife, nine miles out of town to run back home, preparing for a 1/2 marathon.  She is coming back home to be here when the maid service arrives, before she goes to her cardio physical therapy.  I called Apple and spoke with Ola, she is in Tech Support.  She saw my software was a macOS Sonoma 14.2.1 not the latest version, and she connected me to another software tech, Nancy.  She connected me to another Tech Specialist.  He started from the beginning and was very thorough. He closed out about five OneDrive accounts, which corrected the problem.  He got the latest Sonoma version 15.6 downloaded.  I was then able open all my files and ...

22 May 2025, Thursday Priorit ized Daily Debbie Kimball's BD Note: Keep worms out of your apple and fruit trees by stopping the Codling Moths before laying their eggs, which hatch into larvae. Make traps from old black plastic oil bottles with 2 quarter-inch holes. and one 1/2 inch hole.  Mix water and molasses, pour into bottles, and attach to the fruit trees.    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn9dqDZ44xQ I got a good night's sleep, but Debbie didn't.  She was up early and getting ready to go up to Twin Falls.  We had prayer together, and she went over to a women's clothing store for Jody and got her credit on clothes she returned for Shelby.  I called Royal Caribbean and spoke with Kim.  I paid Royal Caribbean  $7,520.97 deposit on American Express and Citibank Visa cards for 3 reservations, 2995878, 3001181, and 3001907  for a cruise Jan.19-23, 2026.  As of May 21st.  I have been refunded on my two cards $5,4...

 21 May 2025, Wednesday Priorit ized Daily 10:00 am - Debbie's cardio physical therapy  12 Noon - Debbie takes lunch to Pam Allenbach 10:30 pm - Holy Point Mt. EKG appointment made by Brad Gale 6:45 pm Saratoga Springs Temple endowment appointment Note: Have you ever said I will not move until I feel the burning of the Spirit.  John H. Groburg said, "Instead, say I will move forward until the Spirit tells me to stop."                                                                                 "A fish doesn't perceive water because it is surrounded by water, and won't perceive it until there is no water."  The water is a metaphor for the Holy Spirit.  When we partake of the sacrament on Sunday, we are promised that we may always have His Spiri...

 20 May 2025, Tuesday Priorit ized Daily 1:45 pm - Revere Health 801-772-0698 - Dr. Marc Nuttall, American Fork Office Pick up my brown suit from the dry cleaners ($20.42) I slept in, got about 10 hours sleep, had prayer, showered, shaved, and when Debbie got up we had prayer together.  Sister Tylee Hobbs faced time from her mission in the Netherlands.  I exercised by doing a minimum of 75 setups, 45 pushups, and 100 squats, and on the vibrating machine for 10 minutes.  I studied scriptures, D&C 50, and had brunch.  Later I drove over and picked up my brown suit at Durfey's Dry Cleaners in American Fork.  I then drove to Dr. Nuttall's office at Revere Health Cancer Center, 1175 E. 50 S. West of Mt. Timponagas Temple and American Fork Hospital.  I was sent to the lab for blood work.  Dr. Nuttall felt where the lymph node in my groin had been treated with radiation.  It has shrunk.  He wants me to come in on 29 September at 1:45 p...

 19 May 2025, Monday Priorit ized Daily Collect and take garbage and recycling to the street for pickup Call Humana billing 11:00 AM Dr. David Pratt, Radiation Oncology    (call for address)  1055 N. 500 W. Suite 102, Provo, UT. Carter Hobbs' 15th Birthday Ellie Hobbs' 17th Birthday Check to see if I can get Capital One's app to let me see my statement for this month.  Check and see if Royan Caribbean and Air2Sea have refunded my charges for January 2026. Pay credit card bills I was up at 7 am, had prayer, took the garbage and recycling to the street, and when Debbie got up, we had prayer, and she put some cream on the skin on my back.  I called Humana about my medical statement for radiation treatment by Dr. Bruce McAllister, and discussed it with Dr. David Pratt when I visited him in Provo.  The two of them work together.  Most of the cost was for time in planning the treatment for radiotherapy.  I showed him some of the pictures I mad...

 18 May 2025, Sunday Priorit ized Daily Abbey Hobbs' Seminary Graduation Note: Lehi 7th Ward - Michael and Nancy Jardine, Johnny and Amy Barnes, and  Brent and Karen Cass Note:  They twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.  Mark 10:8-9                                                                                                  The Shakers believed in celibacy, communal (all in common) ownership, and some were vegetarians. D&C 49, (Genesis 2:23-24) The Lord wants the twain to become even one flesh.  They are to be one (physical, spiritual, and emotional) that...

 17 May 2025, Saturday Priorit ized Daily Carter and Ellie's BD party at Pat and Anndalyn's Note:TheAncientTradition,JackieLogan,    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ancient-tradition/id1662242357 Debbie and I had prayer, showered, shaved, and Debbie cooked eggs, turkey bacon, and made waffles for everyone for breakfast.  We talked and visited with Ryan and Stephanie.  Ocie and Andrew played after breakfast, and I exercised.  I listened to the podcast, "The Ancient Tradition" by Jackie "Jack" Logan.  Later, we went to see Abbey run on the final day in the state finals at BYU track and field events.  We stopped on the way home to pick up a few items at Desert Book Store and Walmart.  We went over to Patt and Andalyn's for Carter and Ellie's birthday party.  Matt called today about the 12-year-old family cruise in 2026.  He discussed the date being late April or early May on Icon of the Sea, Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship....

 16 May 2025, Friday Priorit ized Daily 1:00 pm Abby Hobbs' state track meet at BYU Note: Calling and Election, Second Annointing, More Sure Witness of the Spirit (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8VrWH51UQ90) Note: President Donald Trump has much in common with President Theodore Roosevelt, who built the Panama Canal, 1904-1914, a human-made waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans across the Isthmus of Panama, 40 miles long from shoreline to shoreline.  It opened to traffic on August 15, 1914, and Theodore Roosevelt died January 6, 1919. Debbie and I had prayer, showered, and got ready for the day.  I checked my email and CLEAR has opened a way to get TSA passenger approval and I applied but still need to go by TSA office in the SLC Airport.  Later we met Ryan, Stephanie, Carter, Mckay and Randy Hansen, Stephanie's dad to watch Abbey run in state track meet at BYU.  We watched her run in 3 races from 1 to 7 pm.  She did great but their team ...