Wednesday August 6, 2025
Morning prayer:
Good morning God,
- Thank you for this day.
- Thank you for rest.
- Thank you for grace.
- Thank you for lovely morning walks.
- Thank you for love.
I love you!
Dear Diary,
I awoke at 4 AM. I wrote my blog and posted it. Then I slept more, from 6 AM to 7:30 AM. I got up and made tea and a smoothie. Angel stayed overnight with a friend, so I had the morning to myself. I walked to M&W with Little Bit. We said good morning to everyone working there and I refreshed my gratitude sign. Back home, I got my recycling and walked it over to the recycling center. My jaw was still hurting on my right side and again I prayed to be shown how to heal it. Suddenly I got a twinge of pain in my right top wisdom tooth and the pain shot back to the back of my jaw. I pushed on my tooth and could feel it was definitely connected to the pain in my jaw. Ah ha! It’s was my tooth causing the problem. I immediately called the local dentist and the soonest they could get me in was next Wednesday. My jaw has been hurting for about 3 weeks and I haven’t been able to chew anything.
I drove to my first cleaning opportunity and conversed with my client while I cleaned. My next cleaning opportunity went the same. When I left there, I drove down to Midvale to pick up a couple of my cleaning clients. They took their truck to the shop to get some work done and asked me to pick them up. I was happy to do it and enjoyed the drive there. I got my clients and we went to a small cafe in town and they bought me lunch, which was a bowl of watermelon. At the café, my younger sister was there with some other family members. I was surprised to see them. I chatted with them a few minutes and introduced them to my clients.
On the drive home, my clients asked if I would be interested in coming to help them 5 days a week and get paid a monthly salary. They said they couldn’t think of anyone else that they would want to help them. I was honored and said that I would be interested but I’d like to do 4 days a week because I needed 3 days a week to go on adventures. They said I could take days off whenever I needed to and make up the time later in the week. That would work. They told me to think about how much I’d like to get paid and get back to them.
When we arrived at my clients house. I took apart the p-trap under the kitchen sink to look for an earring my client had dropped down the drain. The earring wasn’t in there. I went outside to look at where the kitchen water drains out into a field. The drain was almost completely filled with dirt and I dug it out so it would drain good again. I didn’t find the earring though.
When I finished, I drove to pick Angel up from her friends and we went home. I fed Angel dinner, then I did a Life Coaching session on the phone. My client has a lot going on right now and the session went really good.
Next, I walked over to the bank and cleaned it. Then Angel and I got ready for bed. We showered and read books. Angel read a chapter of a Magic Treehouse book and I read a few chapters from The National Park Mystery Series book 5. Angel got settled in on the trundle bed next to me and I wrote my blog notes. I went to sleep right away at around 10 PM.
Thursday August 7, 2025
Morning prayer:
Good morning God,
- Thank you for this day.
- Thank you for patience.
- Thank you for opportunities.
- Thank you for guidance.
- Thank you for love.
I love you!
Dear Diary,
I awoke at 5:30 AM. I wrote my blog until 6:45 AM. I got up and made Angel breakfast and lunch. For myself I made tea and smoothie. I woke Angel up and she ate. I packed my smoothie and Angels lunch to go. While I was waiting for Angel to get dressed, I walked over to M&W with Little Bit to refresh my sign and say good morning to the M&W employees.
When I got home, we left to do a cleaning opportunity in New Meadows. I enjoyed cleaning while Angel did her schoolwork. When I finished, we went to McCall where I picked up a cuisinart food processor I found on marketplace. Then I went to my next cleaning opportunity. I did some deep cleaning under the refrigerator and stove and moved all the furniture to get underneath. The house looked great when I finished.
Before leaving McCall, I stopped at Natural Grocers and got some healthy snacks for Angel. I love Natural Grocers. Then I filled up on gas at Maverick and hearted (headed) home. I was feeling really tired on the drive home and turned off the highway at PineRidge to rest my eyes a few minutes. Once I got on the dirt road though, I was wide awake and in my element. I drove the back roads through the forest and it was heavenly. The mountains and pine forest have my heart.
When we got home, I made some homemade applesauce to eat and it was delicious. I received a message on messenger from a man I didn’t know asking if I was still looking for a rental. I looked him up and saw he was from Council, so I responded saying that I found a place but it wasn’t ideal. He told me that he had a 3 bedroom, 1 bath rental house that will be available in a couple of months for $900 a month and asked if I was interested in renting it. I told him that was a great price but I was torn for a second because I had grown to love our little apartment but then the thought of a yard and grass and extra rooms felt wonderful. I said that I was interested. He gave me the address and said I could look at the outside but there were people currently in there so I couldn’t see the inside. I walked over to the house which was only 2 blocks away. When I saw what house it was, I realized that I knew the people that lived there and had been to the door but had never been inside. It would be a great house for us. I was thrilled with the surprise rental house opportunity.
The rest of the day was uneventful, I talked to Aaron on the phone. Angels friend Ari came over to play. I cleaned the Assembly of God church and took a long hot shower. At bedtime, Angel read a chapter of her story and I read a could have chapters from The National Park Mystery Series book 5. Angel slept on the trundle bed next to me and we went to sleep at 10:30 PM.
Friday August 8, 2025
Morning prayer:
Good morning God,
- Thank you for this day.
- Thank you for endurance.
- Thank you for joy.
- Thank you for sunshine.
- Thank you for love.
I love you!
Dear Diary,
I woke at 2 AM. I wrote my blog and posted it. Then I slept from 5 AM to 7:30 AM. When I opened my eyes, the sun was shining bright through the cracks in the window curtains. I was grateful to get to experience another day on this earth and it looked to be a beautiful one. I got up and made tea. Angel got up and ate breakfast while talking to her older sister on the phone. I walked to M&W with Little Bit. I refreshed my gratitude sign and we went inside and said hello to everyone. We walked home and I made a smoothie.
I drove to New Meadows and arrived early for a cleaning opportunity. I cleaned for 2 hours and Angel did her schoolwork. When we got back home, I went to the thrift store and found some great finds. I got a fancy phone holder that opens and closes by itself and I got some nice binoculars and a lightweight shelf.
One of my pet sitting clients messaged me and asked if I wanted some watermelon. I did want some and I drove over to her house and got it. On my way home, I stopped at my friend TJ’s and started a load of my laundry washing.
At home, Angel and I walked up to the park by the library where there was a going away party for one of the girls in Girls Club. My friend JJ who leads Girls Club was there already and had set up a slip-n-slide for the girls to play on. The girls had a lot of fun on the slip-n-slide and I appointed myself as the person who sprays the girls with water as they slid past. I thoroughly enjoyed myself and the girls had a lot of fun. After the party was over, I switched laundry at my friends house and went to pastor Amy’s house to clean it.
Pastor Amy’s mom was there and she showed me around. It is a big house and I’d been wanting to see the inside. Pastor Amy came home and gave me a list of things to do. I got started right away and cleaned for 2.5 hours while Angel did more of her schoolwork and then she fell asleep.
When it was time to go home, I woke Angel up and we got our laundry from TJ’s. Then I cleaned the bank. When I got home, I chatted with my neighbor while Angel went upstairs and cleaned her room. Then I walked to M&W with Little Bit to tell everyone goodnight.
At home, my jaw was bothering me more than usual so I swished colloidal silver around in my mouth for a while, then I switched and did oil pulling with olive oil, then I swished with colloidal silver again. The pain lessened and I read 2 chapters from the The National park Mystery Series book 5. Angel read one chapter out of her Magic Treehouse book and we went to bed. Angel slept on the trundle bed next to me and we drifted to sleep at 10 PM.
Saturday August 9, 2025
Morning prayer:
Good morning God,
- Thank you for this day.
- Thank you for summer.
- Thank you for slow placed mornings.
- Thank you for clarity.
- Thank you for love.
I love you!
Dear Diary,
I awoke at 3 AM. Angel woke up at the same time and we watched “Got talent” videos for a while. Then I put on a sleep meditation and we went back to sleep at around 5 AM. I awoke again at 8 AM. I laid in bed a while relaxing. It felt good to have a slow paced morning. Angel woke up and was hungry as usual. I got up and made her breakfast and made myself tea. I walked to M&W to refresh my gratitude sign and say good morning to everyone there.
Next, I got my trailer from my older sisters and drove over to Aaron’s and loaded up my electric bicycle. I drove over to the storage shed to get the battery and charger but I couldn’t find my keys. My key ring with all my keys on it was missing. I pulled everything out of all the cubby spaces and the keys weren’t there. I prayed asking to be shown where they were. I messaged my older sister to see if I had left my keys there when I stopped by the other day. She hadn’t seen them. Suddenly I knew where my keys were. I messaged pastor Amy to see if she had seen my keys at the Nazarene church. She said yes, there were some keys on the corner of her desk. Bingo!
I dropped off my electric bicycle at my friend Chad’s and went to pastor Amy’s house where her mom gave me a key to the church. I went inside, got my keys and brought the church key back to Amy’s mom. I was grateful to have my keys back and drove to the storage unit and got the the charger and battery for my electric bicycle. When I went to close the door to the storage unit, the door jammed and I couldn’t get the lock back on. I tried to get the door back open but it was really stuck. Finally I set the lock up to make the storage unit look locked and brought the battery and charger over to Chad.
I went home and walked over to the thrift store. When I got back, I fed Angel lunch and spent the next hour making juice. I had a bunch of pears I needed to use up, as well as watermelon. I made 3 gallons of pear/apple/carrot/apricot juice, 1.5 gallons of watermelon juice, 1/4 gallon huckleberry/blackberry/carrot juice and 1/2 gallon of almond milk. Then I made 3 smoothies to take camping tomorrow.
Angel and I left to go swimming at Zim’s hot springs, except in the summer the water is cool not hot. Before leaving town, I stopped at Chad’s and he told me that he looked things over and it looks like I need a new control box for the electric bicycle. He looked it up and it’s between $125 to $200. I thanked him for his help and told him that I would get the controller soon.
On the 35 minute drive to Zim’s, we listened to peaceful music and I enjoyed the scenery. We swam for a couple of hours. Angel found some kids to play with and I stretched and floated on my back, fully relaxing my body. I talked to a few people but mostly I was quiet. I talk a lot less than I used to. I prefer to watch and observe everything going on around me. I enjoy the quietness of my mind. It used to be so loud in there but lately it’s quiet and that is a beautiful gift.
When we got home from Zim’s, I fed Angel dinner and we read stories. Angel read a chapter of her book and I read a couple of chapter from The National Park Mystery Series book 5. Then we got into bed. Angel slept on the trundle bed next to me and we went to sleep at 10 PM.