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5 Nov 2024, Tuesday

 5 Nov 2024, Tuesday Priorit ized Daily Task  9:00 AM - Atlanta Temple, sealings and endowments I was up and got ready for the day, showered and shaved, and had prayer.  I ate leftover food for breakfast.  I went to the Atlanta Temple at 9:30 AM.  Went with  Doug and Becca Yancy and other friends at 10 AM endowment session, sealings session with Max, and afterward lunch with Max that Debbie his wife fixed for me.  Afterward, Max and I went to the mall (bought Debbie, my wife a Christmas and Birthday present) 6 PM endowment session with Max.  Debbie went to get her hair fixed and a young girl ran into her.  Max went home and I stayed for the 8 PM endowment session.  I got a text message from Jesse Thompson; he is not working as a forester any longer but is selling real estate.  He recommended Michael Nixon, Bear Creek Forestry Service.  Michael worked for Wayne Cochran in Rome, GA when I first started planting trees.  Michael helped with some of the first long-leaf pines and oaks I had
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4 Nov 2024, Monday

 4 Nov 2024, Monday Priorit ized Daily Task  8:30 AM - Breakfast with Alex and Brett 11:00 AM - A&M Investment members' meeting at  Stewart, Melvin, & Frost located in the Hunt Tower at 200 Main St, SW suite  600, Gainesville, GA 30501 (Steven A. Cornelison, Attorney, Janie, Jimmy Morris, Shannon Anderson, and Rick Abercrombie) 8:00 PM - Alex to Atlanta Airport Extended Stay America Logo    Confirmation Number:   1595257505.  Suites Atlanta - Perimeter - Crestline.  905 Crestline Pkwy., Atlanta, GA 30328.   1-770-396-5600  Check In: Monday, November 04, 2024  Check Out: Wednesday, November 06, 2024  (2 Nights)  Rooms: 1Adults: 1  Room: studio suite/1 queen bed  $124.43  Non-Smoking I was up at 5 AM, had prayer, and worked on things I want to discuss at the meeting this morning. I showered, shaved and studied scriptures for a couple of hours.  When everyone got up Alex, Brett, and I went to breakfast at Frist Watch on DAwsonville Hwy, in Gainesville.  At 10:45 AM we went to
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3 Nov 2024, Sunday

 3 Nov 2024, Sunday Priorit ized Daily Task Nov 3rd at 7:55pm Carter has a flight back to Utah on Frontier Airlines reservations, 2 rooms on Nov 3 in Gainesville Hilton (2 People and 1 person) Gardens  Booking reference: #1904152  Confirmation code: 9048856300397 I got a good night's sleep, had prayer, stripped the bed linen, showered, and shaved.  I drove up to Days Inn and paid the motel bill for the two rooms.  I knocked on Carter and Alex's room 129, and Brett's room 131.   I took Alex and Carter with me to church at 10:00 AM.  Brett drove his car and met us in Sacrament meeting.  Charlie and Shirley Hibbert were here today.  Their son Jonathan Hibbert conducted.  I shared my testimony in the meeting.  I talked to David Yandow IV "Anthony". counselor in the stake presidency.  He gave me his grandfather's phone number.  I attended Sunday school; the teacher, Brother Andrew "Drew" Jones told about Orval "Duke" Porter who was a colonel and
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2 Nov 2024, Saturday

 2 Nov 2024, Saturday Priorit ized Daily Task Help Max drain his sprinkler lines for his yard  Get the reading glasses from Alex and give them to Max Brunch at the Waffle House  Call Andy - question,                                                                                             does the Medicaid rate increase (for Rockmart) because of rebuilding          will stay  in effect perpetuity or for a certain number of years?        I slept in and had prayer before checking on Max.  We worked on his sprinkler lines in his yard.  Lines 1,2, 14, and 15 are on his house water lines and he is being charged a higher rate than for irrigation.  We could not find the cutoff valve for them.  We turned the water off to the sprinkler lines, 3-13, and drained the best we could.  I called Debbie.  She was leaving to go to the store with some of the children to get decorations to celebrate our dead ancestors.  Debbie Kimball drove up to Rome and did some shopping.  I tried to call Alex but got
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1 Nov 2024, Friday

 1 Nov 2024, Friday Priorit ized Daily Task Camden Hobbs' 18th Birthday Pick Alex and Carter up at the Atlanta Airport (Frontier Airlines arriving)  Friday, November 1st, and land at 3:15pm in Atlanta Day's Inn in Cedartown 1 room on Friday, Nov 1-3, and 2 rooms on 2nd       Confirmation number  4525474536. Hotel phone no. (470-363-2501)  770-748-3746. Trip No. 668-917-975-18 I ate late and ate too much before going to bed last night.  I woke up hot, turned the air conditioning on, and took a Nexium pill for indigestion.  When I got up I felt better.  I sent Alex and Carter a text message this morning.  I had my personal prayer, sent Brett an email, I showered, and shaved before calling Debbie and having prayer with her.  I went with Max to the bank and shopping at Walmart.  We got home and I ate brunch and drove to the Atlanta Airport to pick Alex and Carter up.  The traffic was heavy and took almost 2.5 hours to get from Cedartown to the Atlanta Airport.  I started early and
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31 Oct 2024, Thursday

 31 Oct 2024, Thursday Priorit ized Daily Task I got a good night's sleep, had prayer, showered and shaved, and got ready for the day.  I called Jesse Thompson, Forester, about the 60 acres of timber in Pleasant Hill.  He was at the gym when I called.  I asked him to check the trees and see what he thinks.  The next time we clear-cut the land I hope we can replant with long-leaf Pine.  I did some calendaring and wrote in my journal.  It rained last night and Max wants to wait until the rain dries before we work outside.  I looked at the NH financials Andy and Brad sent.  I called and talked to Brett about coming to Georgia.  He is flying on Saturday evening and has reserved a rental car.  I have him a room at Day's Inn where Alex and Carter are staying.  Max and I had eggs, hashbrowns, toast, and apple cyder for brunch.  I helped Max rake and pickup leaves after we had blown them in a pile.  Max had Paul Rogers a medicare supplement insurance salesman come by the house and talk
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30 Oct 2024, Wednesday

 30 Oct 2024, Wednesday Priorit ized Daily Task Help Max drain sprinkler irrigation lines *Hidden in The Heavens, by Jason Steffen,  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPCuG8BUYqc (introduction to book, Hidden in the Stars by Jason Steffen, Faith Kimball's husband)) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzYpjdtuqo4 (fireside) Note:  Eugene England's essay "Why the Church is as True as the Gospel," he argues that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is just as important as the Gospel itself for salvation because it serves as a "school of love" where individuals are forced to interact with and learn to love people they might not otherwise choose to associate with, thus providing a crucial element for spiritual growth and development.                                            By being part of a diverse congregation, members are pushed to overcome prejudices and learn to love others despite differences.                           England acknowledges that the
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