We spent most of the morning washing the sheet and remaking the beds. Carol went to exercise class. I worked in my tablet. After I did a game, it would go an advertisement and then it would take a long time to get a new game. I went online to see if I could find something that would help. There was a lady on You Tube that talked so fast that it didn't help much. I rebooted my tablet and selected a new game, It has been working ever since. It didn't matter if I won or lost. I went outside and walked to the end of the driveway. I could see Neil Stevens truck parked by the greenhouses. After a while he said that the well was fixed. There wasn't any water running on the front lawn. I walked up to the well. The valve on the exit pipe was turned off. I turned it on and the water started running, I went to the garden and turned the water on the onions. They got a good watering. I turned the water on the corn and the water stopped. I called Neil and he came over. He tried to get the well pumping, but he wasn't successful. He concluded that the pump at the bottom of the well needed to be replaced.
The Life of Merrill and Carol Johnson
I write all most every day of what goes on in our home in the garden and in the nursery. We are ordinance workers at the Manti Temple on the Tuesday morning shift and the Saturday evening shift. In addition there are several trips to Utah county a couple of times a month and a few short trips to other mountain west areas. Our family is most important to us. All of our children live in Utah except one who lives in Kentucky.
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Monday, May 4, 2026
Saturday, May 2, 2026
Laptop Problems
This morning I turned on the morning news. I then fed the and made a batch of old fashion oatmeal mush. After breakfast we watched the channel seven programing. After a while Richard came to get his four-wheeler. We went out to the well. He was able to push the red button; The pump came on for few seconds and then it stopped. He did it several times. It still didn't work. He loaded the. four-wheeler the trailer. Carol made us some good egg salad for lunch. Richard said his good-byes and then left.
As soon as he left, Niel Stevens came by. He offered to fix the gray box that directs the electricity to the well. I am unable to download some photos to my laptop.
Friday, May 1, 2026
May Day
We drove to Fillmore this morning, we filled the car with gas and then went to the feed store where I bought some Peaches and Cream sweet corn seed. I planted two rows in the garden. I tried to water it, but for some reason water pump did not turn on. There are two red buttons, under a gray metal box. They are hard to push; I couldn't push them.
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Temple Again
We left early this morning for the Timpanogos temple. We were on a different session, and the temple workers were different than the Thursday session workers. After the session we went to the Timpanogos Hospital and visited Nyleen, Carol's sister. On the way home we stopped at Sam's Club got some groceries. We then drove home. This afternoon Richard Darnel put the belt on my lawnmower. I then mowed the front lawn.
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Well not Fixed
It was soon after breakfast that the guys came to fix the well came. Their conclusion was there was no power at the well. Later I was able to find a person that might be able to fix it.
Monday, April 27, 2026
Rain Like Hail
It rained much of the night. After breakfast, we watched the morning TV shows. Carol went her exercise class. While she was gone, I tried to tune in the TV show called Rosemary and Thyme. I could not do it. We then drove to Fillmore and filled the car with gas. We stopped at Roper's and bought some lightbulbs. We came home and Carol made some roast beef sandwiches. I read another chapter in the Book of Mormon. We went for a ride around Holden; we didn't see any gardens that we planted. My brother, Ray called. He reported that Marylin, Paul's mother is near death. Amy, Nyleen's daughter called. Nyleen fell down two steps in her front room. She laid there for four hours. Amy called the police. They had to break down the door to get in the house. She is now in the hospital.
Sunday, April 26, 2026
Sunday
It has been a wonderful day. It rained some during the night. When we went to church this morning, the sun was shining and the sky was mostly clear. After the meeting we went home to a good dinner. We watched the Sunday morning TV shows. It began to rain some more. It began to rain some more. I walked out to greenhouse five in the rain and watered the row of peas. Robert called. He had good news about Holden and his family. They are going to be sealed in the Orem temple Thursday at seven. He invited us to come.