I re-listened to a talk I gave last July (13th), in preparation for my talk... later today (it's just after 1:15 a.m. 🙃). If any are interested, here's last year's. 🤍 Lift the world. Bring it on. ~ stephen

(written on July 21st from nodes taken previously) Wow, busy day today, and not what I expected. I've been planning to spend a good chunk of the day preparing for the message I was going to share in sacrament meeting tomorrow, but... things didn't work out that way. It shortly after I got up, I … Continue reading 2026-07-18 (Saturday) — Weightier Matters Undone

(written on the 17th and 19th-21st 😅 from notes) It's coming up on midnight, and I'm fading quickly. 🥱 It's been quite the productive day today for all of us here, but I just don't think I'm going to try and push through and write a journal entry tonight. I had plenty of time to … Continue reading 2026-07-17 (Friday) — Productivity To 11 🙏

(written on the 17th) It seemed to get hot pretty early inside the van this morning, which helped to wake me up (that bright summer sun rising early in the morning). The noise certainly helped as well 😅 (apparently, I accidentally shredded one of my headphone cords? so I only had one headphone pumping rainstorm … Continue reading 2026-07-16 (Thursday) — Climate Change 🙃

(written on the 16th) I was up a bit later again this morning. Apparently, my body has decided to shift from being unable to sleep in, waking up generally between 5:00 and 6ish, to sleeping until around 8:00. 🙃 I'm definitely not complaining. 😊 Although I would like to start getting to bed a bit … Continue reading 2026-07-15 (Wednesday) — Just A Blip 🙏

Well, obviously, I wasn't in Casper today, so no Temple Tuesday for me, but that's okay. Once again I was up late, but gratefully, even though there were other things I wanted to do first, I worked hard to put God first. 🤍 Life is so much better when I put him first. 🤍 I've … Continue reading 2026-07-14 (Tuesday) — He’s Definitely Bigger 🤍

(written on the 14th from notes taken yesterday) Up later today again. I haven't gotten up early enough to see Heather off in... a while. 🥺 Nor have I been doing any physical therapy 😬 (which maybe I'm remembering a little more right now because my spine was definitely angry with me today from everything … Continue reading 2026-07-13 (Monday) — Laser in the Dark

(written morning of the 13th) Maybe I should tone down the genealogy blitz. I'm not getting enough sleep. 🙃 Of course, I don't have much of an excuse today, because when I had the opportunity to take a nap, and was even semi planning on, I let myself get sidetracked on other things, but I'll … Continue reading 2026-07-12 (Sunday) — Soaked

(written on July 14th from notes taken previously) Oh my great golly goodness, it was hot today and hot early. Hans said it was 90 degrees by 9 a.m. 😶 🥵 I spent a little bit of the morning with Heather and Hans talking about how to contour the land for good drainage away from … Continue reading 2026-07-11 (Saturday) — Earth Mover

(written on the 14th from notes taken previously) Well, if ever there were an opposite day, today feels like it qualifies. 😊 I was super productive today, and that felt really good after the brutal, self-inflicted blows I endured yesterday. Yes, I woke up late, but that was needed from all the lack of sleep … Continue reading 2026-07-10 (Friday) — Opposite Day