2025 Journal

 30 Jun 2025, Monday Priorit ized Daily Check with One Stop Insurance about emails, asking Debbie to sign the Safeco Auto Insurance 10:30 am - Debbie's PT 6:30 pm - dinner with Beth and Jeff at A berdeen Kitchen in American Fork Note:   What the Savior intends for those of us who achieve Celestial glory is that we not only become like Jesus Christ, but when we get to the Celestial Kingdom, we are given a semblance of the same responsibility.  He wants us to learn that our work and our glory will eventually be to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of men and women into the circle of exaltation.  The cycle just continues as more and more people achieve the powers that Heavenly Father has already attained and the glory he has right now. Becoming heirs of eternity is one way to describe those who go into the Celestial Kingdom. This is the beginning of Joseph Smith's journey into the celestial kingdom.  This is not the end, there is a lot to be ...

 29 Jun 2025, Sunday Priorit ized Daily 10:30 am - church in Lehi 7th Ward 2:30 pm - Beth, Tucker, Maggie, Andrew and Ethan for lunch Note: A m an told a little boy he would give him a dime if he could tell him where God is. The boy, without hesitating, replied I will give you a dollar if you will tell me where God is not I got up a little after 7 am, had prayer, showered, and dressed.  When Debbie got up, we had prayer together, and she got ready for church.  I haven't shaved for several days because my upper lip is raw from the medicine I got from the dermatologist.  We went to the Lehi 7th Ward church services today.  Sacrament meeting started at 10:30 am.  This being the 5th Sunday of the month we attended a combined Priesthood and Relief Society meeting after Sacrament.  When we got home and changed clothes, Debbie cooked lunch, and Beth, Tucker, Maggie, and Andrew came and brought Ethan.  Jeff had a meeting and was not able to come....

 28 Jun 2025, Saturday Priorit ized Daily fine blue vinyl gloves and spray flowers, grape vines, and fruit trees 5:30 pm - Rodeo volunteer North Concession Stand and help clean up after the rodeo Note:    "What does it mean to live a finite, fragile life in an infinite, eternal universe?" is attributed to Cosmologist Brian Cox.                                    Gustav Mahler, a renowned composer, was asked about a composition he had written, "What were you trying to say?" If I could say it, I would not have written the music. Debbie and I slept in.  We had prayer before starting the day.  Jody went jogging with Laura and Shelby, and the other girls came by and got Jody.  They went swimming in a friend's pool.  Debbie found them towels.  I went to Lowe's and bought another spray bottle.  I sprayed the trees and roses with F-stop.  I shower...

 27 Jun 2025, Friday Priorit ized Daily 10:30 am - Temple Appointment Manti Debbie and friends from America Heritage school for an endowment session 7 pm - Chalk it Up restaurant for dinner, Debbie and her friends from American Heritage School Pickup suite from dry cleaners at Trailside Dry Clearing 1870 West Traverse Park Thanksgiving Point, Lehi ($17.22) Note: Tesla.  On Friday, June 27, 2025, we completed our first fully autonomous delivery with no one in the car. Model Y drove itself from our Austin Gigafactory to our customer’s driveway using nothing but our Robotaxi technology, with zero human intervention needed. We got up at 6:30 am, and had prayer together.  Jody went to meet her sister Loura and jog.  I took Debbie to meet her friends to drive down to the Manti Temple.  I picked up my blue suite from the dry cleaners near Thanksgiving Point.  They are $3 less than the cleaners in American Fork.  I went to the Legacy Center to exercise be...

 26 Jun 2025, Thursday Priorit ized Daily 10 am - Subaru Outback, Doug Smith Subaru dealership to repair backup camera on driver's side and replace brake pads 10:30 am Debbie's PT Pick up my suit from the dry cleaners Note:  The cosmic ocean takes form in the mythology of Yazidism, Ahl-e Haqq, Alevism, Ancient Egyptian mythology, Ancient Greek mythology, Canaanite mythology, Ancient Hindu mythology, Ancient Iranian, Sumerian, Zoroastrianism, Ancient Roman mythology, and many other world mythologies.                                                                                    The primacy of the ocean in some creation myths corresponds to the cosmological model of land surrounded by the world ocean. The sky is often thought of as something like the upper se...

 25 Jun 2025, Wednesday Priorit ized Daily Jody is coming to visit until Saturday; Shelby is coming with her Return the airmattress to Costco 9 am - Debbie's Red Light Therapy  10:30 am - Debbie's PT 1:00 pm - Take  Autrey to a pizza restaurant, his birthday was Monday 4:30 pm - Taylorsville Temple-arrive 4:00 Note:   A Cosmic Temple, Jacklin "Jack" London, Ancient Traditions podcast https://theancienttradition.com/50-a-cosmic-temple/ Religions and traditions of the past are many times perceived as being vastly different.  If God/Supreme Being/Demiurge, upon the creation of the earth, revealed to human beings a pure, true, religious tradition, why would it be so different between what we find in the oldest ancient religious writings, cosmologies, theologies, symbols, sacred architecture, rituals, and myths, they all point to a distinct primitive past.  From the East to the West, from the North to the South, the ancient religions and tradition...

24 Jun 2025, Tuesday Priorit ized Daily Brett and Rae Lynn's 19th Wedding Anniversary Plan 2026 12-yr.-old cruise 4:30 PM - Western BOQ at  Magert Wines Park  in Lehi 9:00 PM - Outdoor movie in the park Debbie and I slept until 7 am, had prayer together, and got ready for the day.  I worked on the cruise trip next May.  Most of it is already planned.  I called Royal Caribbean Cruise Line and paid, $1,142.50 with my Visa card for a Coco Cay, Cold Water Park cabana for our family on day 7, May 15th. I sent Brett and Rae Lynn a happy anniversary text.  Debbie dropped things off to Laura for Shelby's wedding shower.  We checked on TSA, and mine is still being processed.  Debbie has been approved and has her pass number.  She also had her Global Entry pass, which is good until 2030.  Mine expired in January 2025.  Debbie washed and dried towels and bed linen.  I took them downstairs, Debbie put up the towels, and I made the bed...

 23 Jun 2025, Monday Priorit ized Daily Autrey Hobbs' 15th Birthday 2:15 pm - Dr. James Macdonald, 1055 N 500 W STE 111, PROVO, Utah 6:45 pm - Meet Rae Lynn at Michael's Alleva Office, 13893 Minuteman Drive, in Draper and take her to the SLC Airport Call Delta Airline regarding Debbie's Delta ticket to Rome, Italy name, first and middle (Conf. # GKCCTE July 7th -17th) Note: May 24th, 1992, Mike Boyle, Elder Ben Banks D&C 58:2-4 ( Elder Ben B. Banks of Quorum of Seventy told story at Chattanooga Stake Conference of Mike Boyle, star athletic byu, mission to japan, married his childhood sweetheart, diving accident that broke his neck, paralyzed, finished law school and died 6 or 7 years later). I was up at 6:30 am; Debbie and I had prayer together, showered, and shaved before taking the garbage container to the street to be picked up today.  The recycling container will be picked up next week.  I called and texted Brittany with Delta's customer service and conf...

 22 Jun 2025, Sunday Priorit ized Daily 10:30 am - Alex Gourley's welcome home and report on his mission 4:30 pm - Lehi Rodeo Training meeting for volunteer workers  Note: May 24th 1992, Mike Boyle, Elder Ben Banks D&C 58:2-4 We were up at 7:30 am and had prayer together.  Debbie got in the shower first, and I read scriptures.  Jody, Tony, Cache, and Clari are sleeping downstairs.  Cooper, Kenna, Graceson, Shelby, and Libby went to Shelby's apartment or home, and Bradley, Shelby's fiancé, went to his apartment.  Debbie and I drove over to George and Laura's ward building because Alex is speaking with another young man recently married who served in the Boston Massachusetts Mission.  Stephanie and the children came.  Ryan had church meetings in Logan and couldn't come.  Tony, Jody and their family came.  Tony had his counselors cover for him in his meeting at Twin Falls.  Anndalyn and her children came and Pat came to t...

 21 Jun 2025, Saturday Priorit ized Daily Note:  Dave Haygood lived and worked with the Yancy family in Atlanta.  Mr. Yancy and his son, Doug, were photographers.  When Dave got married to Jennifer, he worked as a photographer.  He took a picture of the Angle Moroni on the top of the Salt Lake Temple with the sun and sky in the background with a dark lens filter.  When the negative was developed, the picture had a cross behind the angel.  Dave had it framed and was in his house after he quit photography work and was working in law enforcement.  I asked Dave to get me a picture from the negative.  Weeks passed, then months, and I kept asking for a picture of the Angel Moroni on top of the Salt Lake Temple like the one he had in his home.  Years passed, but I never gave up.  Then one day the picture came.  Later, I heard or learned Dave had sent me the one he had hanging in his home.  Today I saw one on display in the w...

 20 Jun 2025, Friday Priorit ized Daily Wash and dry bed linen on bed downstairs Jodi and Tony's family is in town 12 Noon - Lunch with Michael Strawberry Rodeo in Pleasant Grove, UT I was up at 7 am, had prayer, and later had prayer with Debbie.  Michael striped the bed and washed the bed linen.  I put it in the dryer and made the bed for Jody and her family, who arrive today.  Later, Debbie and I met Michael, Rae Lynn, and Ethan at Aubergine Kitchen for lunch.  Afterwards, Rae Lynn rode with us home and loaded the things she had ordered online for Ethan into the Tesla car.   Ethan took the family car to pick Brody and Weston up at friends.   I took her to Michael Alleva's office to get his old Land Rover he keeps parked there at 13893 Minute Man Road in Draper.  There is a short that keeps the battery drained.  I took Rae Lynn to an Auto Parts Store to purchase some jumper cables.  Michael used his Toyota SUV to jump the...

19 Jan 2025, Thursday Priorit ized Daily Rae Lynn and Ethan are coming to BYU 19th -23rd June I was up at 6:30 am and had prayer.  Later, Debbie got up and we had prayer together.  We renewed our Homeowners and Auto insurance for another year.  I got a text from Ruth's Roses in Bountiful, and they cannot fill the order for flowers for Dave Haygood's funeral.  I called three times and was put on hold the third time.  I waited 10 minutes, and no one answered.  I left my phone on hold and used Debbie's phone to call in on another line.  I was finally able to get someone at Ruth's Roses and got the order filled.  Michael got up and we visited before he went to the gym and then to work.  At noon, I went to the Legacy Center and exercised.  Debbie got out preboarding taken care of the Royal Caribbean cruise ship in June.  Rae Lynn called; she and Ethan are on the road and will be at their motel in Provo about 5:30 pm.  She calle...

 18 Jun 2025, Wednesday Priorit ized Daily Costco - Golf Clubs 5:00 pm Saratoga Springs Temple endowment session with Kylie Debbie was up at 5:30 AM and took flowers up to Layton, Utah to Tony.  Jody is using them for part of the invitation to Shelby's friends to be her bridesmaids.  I got up at 8 am and had prayer.  Michael traveled all night from San Clemente and went straight to his office in Draper.  When Debbie got home, we had prayer together.  I ordered a set of golf clubs for Brett and Rae Lynn to give to Ethan.  When Debbie got home, we had prayer together.  I paid the $150 copay for the EKG at Holly Cross Hospital.  I showered and shaved.  I talked to Debbie and ordered a live plant arrangement to be sent to Linquist Funeral Home in Bountiful for Henry David Haygood from the McAlpin family with a sympathy card or note.  “God gave us memory so that we might have roses in the Decembers of our lives.” It suggests th...

 17 Jun 2925, Tuesday Priorit ized Daily 7:50 am - Return in Enterprise car rental at SNA Airport 9:09 am - Depart SNA, Orange County         Flight MX603 1h 48m 11:57 am -  Aarive Provo UT Notes:  "Too much Analysis leads to Paralysis" means that excessive overthinking or over-analyzing a situation can prevent someone from making a decision or taking action. It's like getting stuck in the process of considering options, weighing pros and cons, and researching possibilities, to the point where the person becomes unable to actually choose a course of action. This can happen with both small decisions and large, important ones.                                                                                      ...

 16 Jun 2025, Monday Priorit ized Daily Fill the Enterprise rental car with gas Notes and Quotes:  A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.  Jackie Robinson When it is hard and you are doubtful, Give more.  Francis Chan No one has ever become poor by giving.  Anne Frank Zion like people care about people, and they have time for people, they move on with life, they don't idle away their time, they move along speedily, taking time for the woman who touches the hem of their garment, pausing for individuals who need them, and then they move on to the next place. Scott Esplin You can't expect God to guide your footsteps unless you move your feet, President Marion G. Romney A wife praising her husband's spirituality said he will not make any decision without praying about it.  When he goes shopping with me, he will not make a decision about two cans of vegetables without praying about it.  Elder Oaks said that strikes me ...

 15 Jun 2025, Sunday Priorit ized Daily 9:00 AM - Sacrament in Double Peek Ward,  2255 Felicita Road,  ESCONDIDO, CA, Bishop Michael McDonwell 10:30 am - Camden Hobbs' mission farewell Father's Day I was up at 6:15 am, had prayer, showered, shaved, and got ready to the day.  I texted Debbie, and she called.  We had prayer together, and she wished me a happy Father's Day.  I sent texts to all the fathers in my family wishing them a happy Father's Day.  I told Matthew and Melodie last week when they were talking about celebrating today, that all Sundays are the Lord's days, and once a year we get to honor Fathers, and the Father of us all is Heavenly Father.  I want to keep the Sabbath Days special and holy by not working or having others work on the Lord's Day.  I drove to church at the Double Peak Ward,  2255 Felicita Road,  ESCONDIDO, California.  I attended sacrament and priesthood and met Matthew and Melodie's former bi...

 14 Jun 2025, Saturday Priorit ized Daily Patrick Hobbs' 43rd Birthday Notes and Quotes:   People are like stained glass windows, they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness set in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.  Elizabath Kuber-Ross You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.  C.S. Lewis Fortune does not change men, it unmasks them.  Suzanne Necker I was up early at 5:30 AM PST and texted Debbie, she had already left to go and see Jody and some of her family run a half-marathon.  I had my personal prayer, exercised, showered, and read scriptures.  Matthew worked on his software on the computer.  Debbie called and told me the WiFi at the house has been down for 3 days and Jody and her family can't watch any sports or movies.  Matt helped her get the AT&T WiFi on her phone to connect to our Apple TV so they can watch TV.  The fiber-optic cable ...

 13 Jun 2025, Friday Priorit ized Daily Check with Matthew on my Dropbox storage account Theater with Matthew, Melodie, Ava, Madline, her friend, Emma, and Grandma Vickie.  We stopped at the convenience store and got candy, etc, for the movie.  The theater had reclining seats with trays for food.  The theater had waiters and waitresses who came by and took our order for food and drinks.  They continued to keep the cup refilled with soft drinks.   Notes and Quotes:   The time is always right to do what is right.  Martin Luther King, Jr. The road to hell is paved with good intentions.   12th-century French abbot Bernard of Clairvaux Failure is success if we learn from it. Malcolm Forbes As a child, our family menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it.  Buddy Haackett (I heard it a little differently: "peas and pon, eat it or leave it alone")  1:30 pm -  Jean, who has been working in support for Matt f...

12 Jun 2025, Thursday Priorit ized Daily 11:30 am - 12:30 pm - phone meeting with Matthew, Melodie, Debbie, and me about next month's Royal Caribbean Cruise and next year's cruise with 12-year old grandchildren and their mothers 7:30 pm - Matthew's appointment for an MRI on his ankle.  Notes and Quotes:   Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.  Cardinal Leon Joseph Suenens From what we get we can make a living; what we give however makes a life.  Arthur Ashe It is always the secure who are Humble.   Gilbert Chesterton  Matt came in at 6:30 am this morning and got on a phone call with a prospect with 67 nursing homes.  Jordan, who works for Flowtrics, Matt's company, got the referral from PayChecks, with which Matt has partnered with.  Later, I called and talked to Debbie, and we had prayer together.  Matthew and I had breakfast together.   Melodie cooked pancakes for Ava....

 10 Jun 2025, Tuesday Priorit ized Daily 9:00 am - pick Owen  up from football practice at Buchanan High School Camden Hobbs - Gets his endowments in the temple with family before his mission Notes and Quotes:   If you really want to do something you will find a way.  If you don’t you will find an excuse.  Jim Rohn We don’t stop playing because we grow old.  We grow old because we stop playing.  George Bernard Shaw It is hard to beat a person who never gives up.  Babe Ruth I got up at 6:30 am, and called and talked to Debbie.  We had prayer together.  Brett took one of the boys to their sports activity earlier this morning.  He came home, got Weston, and took him to his basketball camp at Buchanan High School.  Luke got back from taking Owen to football and picked Brody up and took him to his basketball camp.  He is picking Westin up and bringing him home.  I picked Owen up from his football practice.  ...

 11 Jun 2025, Wednesday Priorit ized Daily Elain Brown's 78th Birthday Jared and Jami Hobbs' 21 wedding anniversary  Notes and Quotes:  You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.  Wayne Gretzky Don’t wait, the time will never be just right.  Napoleon Hill Madeline and Bella are going to Pacific Ridge School this year.  Ava finished 4th grade at Double Peak Elementary this year and will be homeschooling her next year and she will also be going to a charter school. A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.  Confucius  I was up at 6:30 am, had prayer, showered, and shaved.   Debbie was on the phone when I texted her earlier.  I called, and we had prayer together.  Brett, Rae Lynn, and Luke took Owen, Brody, and Weston to their sports activities.  I packed the car at 9:00 am left to drive to Matthew and Melodie's in San Marcos.  I stopped for a tolit break and fill the car with gas near San ...

 9 Jun 2025, Monday Priorit ized Daily Debbie's appointment to get her  cholesterol checked Note: “Allegory”: a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning. Another definition of allegory is “a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment Symbolism -  A symbol is something that stands in for or represents something else. The Greek root of “symbolism” means “to throw together,” Metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. The Tree of Life is symbolic, as a tree bears fruit so does a woman bear fruit.   When you eat of the fruit of the tree of life, you will live forever.   The fruit of the woman that gives eternal life is Jesus Christ, the literal son of God; the only way of living forever in the presence of God is through Jesus Christ, who was nailed to a tree...