Journal Journal for January 2004

01 January 2004 ......................... Thursday .......... Welcome to 2004 Marilee went to work at Banner Desert today. I worked on Polaris and House. On the Polaris I pulled out the Fuel Tank and flushed it out. The fuel in it had become stale, having been unused for a long long time now. On the House I finally put the proper plumbing to the Washer/Dryer and put a proper patch into the wall that the plumbing comes out of. When Marilee came home, I fixed supper of Baked Potato and Egg Nog and

02 January 2004 ................................ Friday Only about 40 degrees this morning. Marilee goes to work at Dessert Banner. I painted the Patch that I put on the wall yesterday, behind the Washer/Dryer. I started working on the Stem for the South Cube.

03 January 2004 ................................. Saturday When Marilee went to work at Banner Desert she took Melissa to Grandmother's. At 2pm, David and I take off from Darren's. Along the way we pickup Rachel, at the Casa Grande Stake Center and we buy the fixings for Spagetti, at Fry's at Baseline and Gilbert Road. Upon arrival at Darren's I start fixing Spagetti. On her way from work, Marilee goes by Grandmother's and get Melissa and Millie then brings them to Darren's and helps me with the Spagetti. Attending at Darren's were: Dad, Twila, Pat Myself, Marilee, David, Rachel, Melissa, Millie Darren, Julie, Jared, Matthew, Brandon, Courtney, Lauren, Kelly Hank, Michelle, Emily, Jessica, Lindsay, Luke Shari, Butch, Rachel, Rebecca, Saraih, Seth It was great

04 January 2004 ........................... Sunday New Meeting schedule for 2004. Now our meeting start at 12Noon and go until 03:00pmMST. David and I are able to complete our Home Teaching, for January, this moring, before church. We really nice visits with our families and agreed read 45 Pages per month in the Book of Mormon, completing it by the end of the Year. After church I stayed for Donations and it to way longer than it should have! We made way too many errors and it took a long time to find them. We did find and fix all the errors, then Les Grover gave me a ride him because I had finally sent Marilee and the kids home without me. When I did get home, Marilee had fixed a wonderful supper and we all enjoyed that together.

05 January 2004 ................................. Monday It is 20 degrees this morning!! Children back to school today. Begins David's LAST Semister of High School. I drive them to Seminary, leaving Paradise at 06:30amMST. Marilee had some wonderful time together today, although She was not feeling very good. We installed one of Marilee's Christmas Post's. She was, at her request, given three(3) fence posts for Christmas. So today we measured and marked where the next fence is going, and installed one of the fence posts for that new fence. Marilee picked up the children, from school while I worked on the forms for the stem for the South Cube. Later I moved the Laundry Tub, from over by the Motor Home, to over here by the Washing Machine on the slab by the house. We had a Hastily called "Well Agreement Meeting" this evening. David Johnson and I had questions about the moving of our money to a different Bank Account, so we walked over to the Pearson's and had a talk with David Pearson. There were still some questions so the David and David and Myself walked over to Austin-Jernigan's. Sharon was there so all Five(5) of us sat down and talked this thing through. The Number 5 includes: Wendell Eyring, David Pearson, David Johnson, Sharon Austin-Jernigan, Sharons' Husband Bobby Jernigan. We agreed that of 12 January 2004 @ about 09:00amMST, we will meet at the Stockman's Bank, in Coolidge, and open a totally new checking account, that equally belongs to: Wendell Eyring, David Pearson, David Johnson, Sharon Austin-Jernigan. Sharon declined to go and to be involved in the new checking account!!! We chose Stockman's Bank because none of us have any accounts in or connections to "Stockman's Bank". That way the bank can't mess up and put moneys into wrong accounts, as banks are prone to do, regardless of what banks claim!! Then Marilee, David, Melissa, Andrew, Wendell, had a wonderful supper of BEANS by Marilee.

06 January 2004 ................................. Tuesday Marilee went to work at Banner Desert and Children to Seminary/School with Andrew. Marilee is quite sick and she feels terrible. I finally talked to someone at American Funds and she is sending me the needed form for withdrawing my money from my 401K. Bad News from Polaris Dealer, Town and Country. NOW they are saying, Both the Drive and Driven Clutch Pullers are now on BackOrder and will not arrive till the end of the Month!! Bad news this evening. We have not see Phoenix, all day and he does not come home at night like he usually does. Best Cat we ever had and apparently must have been eaten by the Coyotes, last night??

07 January 2004 ................................. Wednesday Marilee went to work at Banner Desert and I took the Children to Seminary/School. I did a lot of Haad Haad WOOOK today. At 03:30pmMST I picked up David at CGUHS. We stopped by Comet Cleaners then Bank One then we went to Home Depot. Rachel met us there, at HD and I had her and David look for a special bolt that I need for the Polaris: 1/4" X 1" USS Thread #3 Phillips Head. They never found one! I bought 2 bags of concrete and 1 2x4 8' stud. David and I then went to CGMS where we picked up Melissa from Basketball. Melissa is one of the Managers for the Basketball Team. Melissa had a lot of fun at Basketball, today. We got home just in time [05:35pmMST] for me to get the concrete out of the pickup, then David and Melissa took the Silverado to Mutual in Arizona City. I then went and installed one fence post, in the Dark. Sure hope it don't look too bad, in the light, tomorrow!!

08 January 2004 ................................. Thursday Marilee took the Children to School Today then came back to Paradise because she has the day off from work. We moved a lot of the stuff out of the "Office" so that Dave can use it as a bedroom.

09 January 2004 ................................. Friday

10 January 2004 ................................. Saturday

11 January 2004 ................................. Sunday I taught the Gospel Doctrine Class as a substitute for Marilee because Marilee was working at Banner Desert today. I am not a good a teacher as Marilee and I really missed her.

12 January 2004 ................................. Monday Marilee to David to Seminary/School, then took Melissa to "Urgent Care". Melissa has an infected ear. I went to Coolidge where I met with David Johnson and David Pearson. We took the Well Agreement Money out of Compass Bank and put it into Stockman's Bank, which is right next door. Later I took a paper to Sharon Austin-Jernigan so she could sign it, so we can close the other Compass Bank Account and put that money in Stockman's Bank, also. I took the lawn mower apart and discovered that the reason it will not start is that the Magneto is not firing the spark plug!. I will have to get another Magneto. Marilee and I worked on the forms for the stem for the south cube. Marilee and I enjoyed sitting on the Bench on the roof and watching the sunset. Marilee fixes a wonderful Supper and we enjoy that. FHE left a lot to be desired.

13 January 2004 ................................. Tuesday Marilee goes to work at Banner Desert. The Children go to Seminary/School with Andrew, who spent the night, last night. About 10:00amMST I received a call that Melissa was in the Nurse's Office because her Ear has started bleeding again. I picked up Melissa at Casa Grande Middle School, after signing her out, in the office. We then went to Polaris where I got the Motor Mount Bracket that had come in. Benji agreed to pull the Driven Clutch, if I bring the Polaris to him. On the way home, Melissa and I went to Fry's to get her some gravy. At home I loaded the Polaris and did a few other things. I went to Coolidge. I closed the "Well Agreement Account" at Compass Bank. Then I took the $140.00 from that account, next door to Stockman's Bank and deposited it into our new "Well Agreement Account" that we have there. I then took the Polaris to Polaris for Benji to pull the Drive Clutch. He did not have time so he let me take the Driven Clutch Puller home so I can do it myself. I found that their Puller was is such bad condition that I decided to NOT use it on my Polaris. Before I got home, Marilee called to ask me to pick up David at 5pm. I turned around and did that.

14 January 2004 ................................. Wednesday Marilee went to work at Banner Desert. I took David to Seminary/School. Melissa stayed home sick today. I returned the "Driven Clutch Puller" to Benji at Polaris. I never did use it. When our neighbor, Amanda Johnson, came home from school, she came over to talk to me because she was really worried about something. I sat and talked with her for about an hour. I would not have done that if it were not for the fact that Melissa was also here in the house with us. Amanda was concerned about what the other kids had said that they overheard the teacher say when he, the teacher, was talking on the phone to Amanda's Mother, who is also named Amanda. I picked up David at Casa Grande Union High School at 05:30pmMST. Marilee got home in time to go with Melissa to Young Women's Excellence Night.

15 January 2004 ................................. Thursday Marilee went to work at Banner Desert. I took David/Melissa to Seminary/School.

16 January 2004 ................................. Friday

17 January 2004 ................................. Saturday We were to have a "Well Meeting", at Pearson's, today, but David Pearson walked over here to inform me that there will be no meeting today. We had a nice visit and talked for quite a while. We cleaned out the Motor Home and sold it to the Paul and Jeanette Beatty Family for $1.00. They need it worse than we do.

18 January 2004 ................................. Sunday Marilee taught the Gospel Doctrine Class while I attended the Teacher Improvement Class. I sure hated to miss Marilee's class but that is what I was called to do. I taught the High Priests Quorum today. I taught lesson 2 about how Heber J. Grant used to testify of the Truthfulness of the Prophet Joseph Smith. David only went to the Fireside at Bishop Cozart's. Melissa was too sick to go.

19 January 2004 ................................. Monday No School today. Marilee went to work at Banner Desert.

20 January 2004 ................................. Tuesday Wet and cold today Marilee dropped the Children off at Seminary/School, on her way to work at Banner Desert. At 09:30am I picked up Melissa Diane from Casa Grande Middle School and took her to see Dr. Stack. Her left ear is still inflamed. Dr. Stack gave her a shot of Rocephin and told here to continue the amox-clav and the ear drops. Melissa is to come back tomorrow for another shot of Rocephin and Melissa is to see an Ear Specialist. Also I paid APS [well payment], Sun State Bank, Arizona City Garbage.....

23 January 2004 ........................................ Friday Wet and cold today I took Melissa to Dr. Stack at 10:00amMST. I took David to Dr. Stack at 01:00pmMST. They both have inflamed ear canals!!

24 January 2004 ................................... Saturday Foggy and Wet this morning. David went with the "Blue Notes" to a Music Festival in Tucson today. Marilee and I went to Walgreen's to get 4 prescriptions, 2 for David and 2 for Melissa We bought stamps and mailed off some bill payments, drove by the yard full of old pickups, drove by the Polaris Dealer, Ice Cream cones at DQ, 3 bales of hay from Wuertz Farm. Tonight the new puppies are sleeping alone, without their mom, for the first time. These puppies were born on 18 December 2003. There were 5 born and there are still 4 alive today.

25 January 2004 .......................................... Sunday I gave a short talk in the Teacher Trainer Class. Marilee taught the Gospel Doctrine Class. I printed out the Charitable Donations and the Bishopric passed them out to the Ward Members.

26 January 2004 ............................... Monday Marilee left for Banner Desert about 05:30amMST. I drove David and Melissa to Seminary/School about 06:20amMST On the way home I turned south on Toltec Buttes from Selma Highway. Then I turned east on Cornman then south on Valley then east on Hanna. I was able to get the wired off the ground. The wires from the Meter Pole to the Cubes AND to the Sheds had slid to the ground in the rainstorm this last week. I got them back into the air and need to get a block and tackle to get them up where I want them. I did some work at the clerks office and discover I cannot yet transmit some of the 2003 year end stuff because it is not properly completed. We had a wonderful "Family Home Evening" with Marilee, David, Andrew, Melissa, Myself. Our lesson was about the 1st Paragraph of "THE FAMILY, A Proclamation to the World".

27 January 2004 .............................. Tuesday 25 Degrees this morning. Andrew was here this morning, so he drove David and Melissa to Seminary/School. I went to the DMV, in Casa Grande, and got new sticker and registration for the Silverado. The current one was going to expire on 31January2004. While there I changed the Polaris Title into me name and got the license for it. I picked up Melissa, from Casa Grande Middle School, at 5pm. I fixed Tacos for supper. I picked up David, from Central Arizona College, at 9:20pm. This evening, we watched part of "Who am I?". I had never before seen the movie but Marilee, David, Melissa had.

28 January 2004 ...................................... Wednesday 30 Degrees this morning. Marilee went to Banner Desert. David and I read sciptures for a few minutes than I took David Melissa to Seminary/School. Using my freshly repaired "Block & Tackle" I pulled up the sag on the wire span from the pole to the Sheds and from the pole to the Cubes. Melissa had a basketball game at the end of the school day. Her team won with a score to 36 to 4. Then one of Melissa's teachers took Melissa to the Church for Mutual, which started at 6pm tonight. I picked up David, from High School, at 5pm and we went to Albertson's so I could buy him some Cookies and Milk for the Mutual Activity this evening. We then went to the Casa Grande Stake Center where I did clerk work and David attended Mutual. I got three reports filled out, signed by Bishop, and delivered to the Stake President's Office. This had to be done BEFORE 31 January 2004. These are reports about 2003 Donations.

29 January 2004 ...................................... Thursday It is 28 Degrees this morning. Marilee did NOT go to work at Banner Desert so David drove her car to Seminary/School, taking along Melissa. Marilee and I put in a fence post today, thanks to Levi! We took 4 dogs to the pound. Just too many dogs around here. We took "Peaches" and three of the new pups. We kept Onyx and Oreo and Spot, one of the new pups. Marilee and I explored the "Northern Passage" and indeed there is a way to go straight north, from Coolidge, to Hunt Highway! Probably quicker to go around on Attaway Rode, but we have now found the "Northern Passage". We then went way out east on Houser Road and found a good wash to get Sand from. We had taken two shovels so we thew a load into the pickup then brought it to Paradise and dump it into our Parking Lot. In the evening Melissa and Marilee went Visiting Teaching to Appenfelt and Hatch.

30 January 2004 ...................................... Friday 30 Degrees this morning. Marilee does not go to work today. I took David to Seminary/School, but no Melissa. Marilee took Melissa to the Ear Specialist, Dr. Genta, in Mesa, this morning.

31 January 2004 ...................................... Saturday

Last Edited: 30 January 2004 - by Wendell