What started out as a plan to put in a few spinach and strawberry seeds turned into a two day marathon of work inside and outside for both Jared and me. Yesterday I wanted to start some spinach and strawberry…
Offended or offensive
I found myself down a rabbit hole today, reading some of the stories of the Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon, after some ill-considered comments on a post in the FB group. Sadly, a majority of teachers did not…
I looked out the window and…
… what did I see? An apple tree with canker, looking at me. Well, I guess that does it for our apple trees. I was already pretty sure they had mosaic virus, but I had put off cutting them down…
How to create a cross-reference link in Gospel Library App and how to use links when teaching
During my recent survey of 182 Seminary teachers, I included a question about the frequency teachers demonstrated advanced Gospel Library App Skills. I asked “How often do you encourage, teach, or demonstrate ADVANCED scripture study skills like creating a cross-reference,…
Good bye office my old friend
My office has been a real mess for a lot of years. I ran a very successful business selling seasonal mutual theme items and other things out of that room for several years, but the office just got … gross.…
Stop praying for your party
I’ve been thinking a lot about prayer lately, and I have been fascinated by the remarks of some of the Capitol invaders last week. More than one prayer was thrown up that day — many “for our country”. In fact…
Astra Zeneca Day 32
I went in to have my booster shot on Saturday, and I fully admit I was a little apprehensive. I figured I’d have to have my brain poked again, but it turned out that all they did was take blood…
One more cleanup
I think I’ve got one more cleanup to go until the garden is done. Today is very rainy but it should get up into the mid 60s ahead of a cold front, so Sydney and I got up early and…
Astra Zeneca study day 16
Well, guess I better do an update. My headaches lasted three or four days, and I ran a fever of 99 on at least one day. My arm stayed noticeably sore for five full days, then it was just tender,…
Swiss chard — unlikely hero of the garden
It has a stupid-sounding name, but Swiss chard is definitely a garden champ! It would be hard to overstate how amazing Swiss Chard has been performing in my garden this year. I grew a single-color variety called Rhubarb that seemed…
Day three
It’s been three full days since my AZD4772 coronavirus injection now, and I’m doing much better. I still have some pain, tenderness , and pinkness at the injection site, but I didn’t need any ibuprofen all day yesterday until evening,…
Owwwww
Okay, so I definitely received the AstraZeneca AZD7442 vaccine. I had a terrible night. During the day my headache got progressively worse. I started taking two ibuprofen each dose, which took the edge off, but I could still feel my…