My kids taught my Sunday School lesson last week; and did a fair job. Shayla took the lead, ably assisted by what's-her-name...

I felt the urge to share a few details, but time would not permit.

This week, I have a lesson on A of F #4, and the manual recommends making it a two-part lesson. SO: I'm going to do three mini-lessons: I'm going to share my observations from last week, then I'm going to share the answer to a question I've been pondering for some time; "why DID we agree to enter mortality in the first place?". From there, I will segue' neatly into the first half of lesson #7; "the First Principles and Ordinances of the Gospel". All told, it should be an interesting 30-40 mins.

I'm experiencing a little turmoil at the moment. Principles of the gospel and obligations I took on with my covenants are the cause. To wit: I have let some things slide for so long that it may now be impossible (without divine assistance) for me to take those oppotunities to recieve the blessings that would come from living those parts of the gospel...and I REALLY want them! Ironic, no? I finally get a testimony of the law of sacrifice...and my situation demands that I am not allowed to live it. Yet.

I want to pay a full tithe...AND offerings. I can at least volunteer a little more of my time in Service. I want to go to the Temple. I can at least strengthen and perfect my worthiness to be there. I can devote more time and effort to the callings I have. I want to live more happily with my wife. I can work on that...at least, I can work on my part of it. I must face the fact that I and I alone made much of the mess I am in. I feel obligated to find my own way through it; though I know the Lord stands ready to help. I just don't know if I dare ask Him to bail me out of this...

These will be "learning times"...

L took Coral to her appt with the Child Psychologist. As usual, Coral's "issues" are all with me. Apparently I'm not spending enough "quality time" with my daughter. SO...

We both went along for the Scout's ride along Boundary Bay this morning. We only did half of the route the boys did. This was, after all, Coral's very first trail ride. She rode with me several kilometres from Mud Bay to Boundary Airfield and back. Took about two hours. She did very well, and we got very dirty; had to thouroughly detox both bikes before we could pack up and go home.

I bought Colin a little 2$ electronic kit-in-a-box. It's a noisemaker that uses the variable resistance of a graphite trace on paper to vary the output of an oscillator circuit hooked up to a tiny speaker. Amazingly enough, it actually works! Coral was so impressed that she asked if she could get one too, and offered to buy it with her own money. She got a Burglar Alarm. L figures Coral could get both her cycling AND electricity badges for this. We had a lot of fun, too...

It's been a pretty tranquil time around chez Sanderson recently...this feels a lot like the calm before the storm...which makes it sound like it can't last but what if it COULD? I wonder if I am able to work myself up to being this wonderful ALL the time? To DREEEEEAM the imPOSSible DREEEEEEEEEEEEAM!!! Which would I prefer? Tranquil and serene home life or hot 'n heavy sex life? Both, actually...but I'll take what I can get of either. (hubba hubba!)

Money is getting to be kind of an issue. As usual, the issue with money is the lack thereof. L wonders aloud when will I be working some more overtime? So long as L holds the purse strings...we ain't got any extra for extras...and that includes tithes. I want to act unilaterally, but I've already had pretty clear (and prophetic) warnings NOT to do so.

At least taxes aren't a problem. I found a straightforward site that will prepare a straightforward return for the modest sum of 10$. This is probably the cheapest you'll ever get away with while filing your taxes electronically in Canada; but there are some provisos. E-filed returns, of course, get very prompt attention and quicker refunds. That's the point of E-filing.