This blog entry is without pictures which I will add later.
I have a separate note on my iPhone for the General Conference talks.
Eileen took Elder Twitchell's picture to send to the Pickens Progress newspaper.
We drove home and found that power was back on as I pressed the garage door opener in the car and the door began to open!
Since it wasn't raining, I brought in the two hummingbird feeders which Eileen cleaned and replenished with sugar water. Then I put them back on the gutter on the front porch.
I hooked up my laptop and we enjoyed the afternoon session of general conference.
After supper I worked on the Metzger family history.
On Monday 5 October we both reached new lows on the scale with mine being down to 181.4!
The fellow came from Power Solutions and repaired the generator, replacing the control board, battery charger, and battery. The battery charger messed up the other two and, since the battery was new in April, it was covered by warranty. It will come to $672! The fellow said "yes" to my Book of Mormon questions and lives in Jasper.
I mailed thank-you cards about the food drive to our neighbors the Libengood's, Judy Pearce, and DJ Johnson, to Melissa Maxie, and North Georgia Diamond.
At home everything came off the wooden floors and the tile floors in the bathrooms and kitchen so Eileen could vacuum before we went to town.
We went to the dump, the dry cleaners, Food Lion (Diet Mt Dew for both of us on sale), Walmart ($10 in envelope for Randall Helton's 1k run for cancer), Loew's (replacement knob for lamp in living room), and Ingles.
After we got home Eileen steam cleaned the bare floors. Later everything was put back where it belonged.
In the evening we watched recorded episodes of “Cake Boss,” “America’s Test Kitchen,” and “Cook’s Country.” Eileen requested that I print the recipes for pork ragu and French apple tart.
I finished reading the 19 July edition of the LDS Church News. I enjoyed the articles about President Boyd K. Packer who passed away on 3 July. Also “Seek best interests of others” with Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, several articles from the Mission Presidents Seminar which were “‘Be with and strengthen’”, “The temple should be central goal”, and “Reflections of serving”, and “Everyone can be ‘a teacher come from God’” by Brother Tad R. Callister, Sunday School General President.
I posted the following to Facebook from the center page “Because He Lives Campaign Update”:
“As followers of the Lord Jesus Christ in these, the latter days, we have also been charged with testifying of the realities of the Savior’s Atonement and Resurrection. … Like those angelic messengers in the meridian of time, we also declare, ‘He is not here: for he is risen’ (Matthew 28:6). He lives. And because He lives we, too, can know ‘peace in this world, and eternal life in the world to come’ ” (Doctrine and Covenants 59:23). Elder Russell M. Nelson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
On Tuesday 6 October I finished the text of my blog entries for 9/13, 9/20, and 9/27 while Eileen slept. Later I published the entries from 8/23 through 9/27. Now I need to add the photos to entries from April up to now.
With the main floor cleaned yesterday, Eileen worked in the basement this morning as we prepare for the Dowd's visit on Friday. I had straightened up the yellow room a couple of days ago. That is where we plan on Liam sleeping.
The two top-of-mattress bed rails came from Amazon. Eileen assembled them and I lifted the mattress so she could put them in place.
I began studying our long-term care policies.
We went into town to the bank, Food Lion, and Ingles.
After supper I sent the picture of Elder Twitchell to the Pickens Progress newspaper.
I made reservations at the Cumming Playhouse for "Smoke on the Mountain" on 15 October at 8 pm.
Then I watched the Yankee - Astros wild card playoff game. The Yankees were lousy at the plate as they lost 3-0!
On Wednesday 7 October we enjoyed volunteering at the food pantry. We helped 122 families on this first Wednesday of the month.
Then we mailed a package to Weston, Eileen went to Barbara's for her hair appointment, and I got a haircut at the City Barber Shop. The barber said "yes" to my Book of Mormon questions after we discussed the Church during my haircut.
We visited Ingles and Walmart.
After supper we covered the Family History Center at church. President Boland said that he mailed the check to the Times-Courier for the ad to appear twice a month. We learned that he has taken a job with Social Security in Fairbanks, Alaska, beginning later this month! So we will be getting a new branch presidency, perhaps Craig Chester as branch president? And Brother Cribb is the new elders quorum president which Rey Watkins and Terry Dorsey as counselors.
At home we enjoyed watching some episodes of "Cake Boss."
We enjoyed FaceTime with William and Erin.
On Thursday 8 October Eileen started making her six-week muffins and chicken-and-sausage gumbo (with shrimp).
She was busy today but it was a lazy day for me without any get up and go :( She also watched two episodes of "Cake Boss." We chatted with Heather about the route to get here and Eileen chatted with Colleen.
Using emails from FamilySearch, I worked on copying ancestors from Family Tree to Ancestry.com. It is very laborious as it is pretty much one name at a time!
Heather texted us that they were on their way at 4:47 pm.
We turned on the ballgame between the Texas Rangers and the Toronto Blue Jays in the bottom of the ninth inning with Texas ahead, 5-3. That was the final score.
Eileen finished Sue's sudoku book which she's been working on for over a year since she brought it home after Sue passed away.
We enjoyed the Houston Astros - Kansas City Royals playoff game. When we hit the hay, Houston was ahead, 4-2, and they won, 5-2.
I finished reading the 26 July edition of the Church News. It was an unusual issue as there were numerous articles that I skipped. I enjoyed "Remembering the pioneers," "My Plan: A new online tool," "'The gospel brought us together'," "Kresimir Cosic honored in Adriatic North Mission," and "Lighting the fire to learn."
The Dowd's arrived at 12:15 am.
On Friday 9 October we had fun going to Hillcrest Orchards. Liam picked a big red apple and we enjoyed the petting farm area with lots of baby goats and kittens, and other animals to see. He had fun sliding down a slide and a chute. We went on a wagon ride through the orchard. Liam helped milk a cow! And the three of them got some icy cold apple cider, Liam's in a little red apple sipper. On the way home there was an accident with lots of flashing lights, so I quickly turned right on Rackley Road and took the scenic route to Roy Road and Big Creek Road to home.
We enjoyed the chicken-and-sausage gumbo (with shrimp) for lunch. It was very good!
Then, with Tom and Liam napping, Eileen and Heather went into town. Eileen needed to go to the dry cleaners.
I kept an eye on the Texas Rangers - Toronto Blue Jays ballgame as it was tied after nine innings. It wasn't on TV! Texas won in 14 innings, 6-4. We had the Houston Astros - Kansas City Royals playoff game on TV and the Royals rallied to win, 5-4.
I put photographs in my 26 April blog entry.
I began and finished reading "The Idol House of Astarte A Miss Marple Short Story" by Agatha Christie.
On Saturday 10 October Eileen and I matched on the scale this morning. She's lost 30 pounds and I've lost 42.
We headed to Atlanta in the Dowd's car to visit the aquarium. We stopped to fill up at Ingles in Jasper at $1.959 with my 20 cent discount.
We reached the aquarium about 9:30 am. We had a fun time and left about 1:30 pm, getting some stuffed creatures in the gift shop, that is, dolphin, beluga whale, whale shark, and shark slippers.
At home when it was time for supper I ran to R&A Orchards and got 12 golden delicious apples and four mutsu apples. We had delicious hot Italian sausage with Eileen's dad's tomato sauce on hard rolls. Totally against our diet, so we'll see what happens to our weight and blood sugar in the morning!
After supper we watched recordings of "America's Test Kitchen" and "Cook's Country."
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