I hear fireworks going on all around the place.  None in our immediate neighborhood, but plenty that we can see and here for our place.  Ah, to be younger and interested in such things.  Now, not so much.  I am, however, planning on a wild holiday tomorrow with my cobber.  (Wild to me means maybe a movie and going out to dinner!)  I complained to Shelli today that we couldn't afford it, but she caught me as I knew she would knowing that we still had gift cards for just such a thing from my Father's Day present from my wonderful children.  She also said that because Phil had to work that it wasn't going to be a holiday for them.  Too bad, so sad!

I am still in kind of a state of euphoria because of my Priesthood lesson today.  I figure I had a nice inspiration in my plan and it went off even better then I had hoped.  It is kind of a funny irony though because while I was learning and teaching some wonderful stuff I was learning some interesting stuff about myself that left me seeing quite clearly my flaws and weaknesses that I need to work on to pursue the wonderful stuff I was teaching.  Kind of like an epiphany within a revelation within inspiration.  It did and still feels quite warm and fuzzy and yet quite strange at the same time.  One day when I get the guts to write some of what I have been thinking--well, it is some interesting stuff going on with me.

Steve and Ellen came by this afternoon and left a check for Shelli as a donation for Colton.    That was a real nice thing for them to do.  Here we were feeling a little negative towards them and there they go and do that.  That kind of thing has happened to me a lot.  I am constantly amazed by the goodness around me that I overlook all too often.  That's if part of my 'interesting stuff':  a whole new way to see the people around me.  Change my attitude and change my world!