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Ah, I see we have at least 4 others who also need T-shirts.

Hi Mike. Congrats on your little one and the twins who will soon take over your home. My twins were born when my son was 2 years old and I can tell you that sleep is apparently not really necessary for adults.

It needs to say "I Survived The Primary Quarterly Activity". And then in small print, "But not with my sanity".

Gatsby, I was the opposite of you. I was raised as an athiest, maybe an agnostic on some days. When I was in college studying the light and dark reactions of photosynthesis I came to a point where I thought something that complicated in a stupid leaf just might not have been a random consequence of nature. A leaf. That's what started my search.

Yep. The very few bad ones get all the headlines. The good cops are everywhere doing their job right and getting darned little recognition for it.

When I was about 30 years old I was on my way home from work at about 7:00pm when I was pulled over. I was not speeding so I wondered why and asked. The officer said he wanted to search my car. He got a bad attitude when I questioned why. I finally told him to go ahead. By this time there was a second officer who had showed up. They took everything out of the back of my car, including my spare tire, the jack and all my tools. After more than a half hour they told me I could go. I asked about them putting everything back in my car and they just laughed, got in their cars and drove away. I'm a white woman but if I had been a black man of the same age I would probably have thought it was racial profiling. As it is I'm still just scratching my head over that experience.

Normally I would advise that you don't need to read the BOM at all before you get baptized but in your case I would have a different answer. I would advise you to live the covenants of your baptism (yes, I know you've had your membership withdrawn) for a solid year prior to getting re-baptized. If you can attend church and live as if you were baptized, except for taking the sacrament, for a year, I think you will be at the level of commitment you will need.

Every time I read this thread I can't help but think how much y'all would hate being at my house. I would seriously drive each and everyone of you crazy with my unorganized ways of getting things done. Maybe I'm DCO, y'know, the opposite of OCD.

My first child, a boy, pretty much potty trained himself in about 3 days when he was 21 months old. I kept thinking, 'what's the big deal about potty training?' Then I had twins. One of them finally potty trained with a lot of encouragement at age 3 1/2 and the other one was 6 by the time it was over. Granted, the one who was 6 has Down Syndrome but I think it was a lesson I needed to learn so I wouldn't feel so darned smug every time the topic of potty training came up. Congrats missingsomething!!! It's all good.

I received the email about Obama at least 30 times from my republican friends. Not once did I get an email about John McCain having been born in the Panama Canal Zone. Life is goofy sometimes.

Hi girl! Glad you made it in.

I had Homer Simpson's job for 25 years (I was a nuclear reactor operator) so I worked a lot of Sundays. Now that I'm retired I want to 'do it right' so to speak. I have tons of energy and my brain and body just don't seem to settle down until after I've semi-exhausted myself somehow. This is why I took up bike riding. I ride first thing every morning, except Sunday, and then I can start my day kind of settled down. I don't start Church until 1:00pm this year so this past Sunday I rode my bike for only an hour. It worked for me. I was able to accomplish more in my calling and I was able to think better.

This thinking is what I have a BIG problem with. Not only does it hurt but the few times I've been able to do it I've gotten in a lot of trouble.

Congrats!!!!!

Ahh, that explains so very much.

I just realized you were asking about R.O. so here's what I know about the law in Texas pertaining to a R.O. I got one against my ex-husband after we were divorced because he became a threatening stalker. I asked the judge specifically about church because ours was the only ward in town. The judge said that was my ex-husbands problem because there are no exceptions to a restraining order. I could go to the church but he couldn't if he "had reason to believe" I would be there. This meant he could go to the church on Tuesday night for the basketball games they always had but he could not go to Sacrament and other meetings where I would be expected to be.

Don't be terrified. I've been thru one and came out of it disfellowshipped. It was all about love and helping me. While disfellowshipped, I was given reading assignments and prayer assignments. I met with the Bishop every couple of weeks to talk about what I had read and prayed about. We talked about my progress and he genuinely showed me love. It was a good thing.

Sometimes we combine the classes because we can't find anyone to sub.

bcguy, were there any indications of problems of this magnitude before you got married?

#30 Elements in commotion. What does it mean?

I'm going to talk to the previous Primary Pres today and find out what happened last year. Then I'm going to go to the Stake Primary Presidency armed with enough info to ask the right questions. Wish me luck.

Those mistakes should never have been made the first time.

And, yeah, I know there isn't any such thing as a smooth Sunday in primary.

You can't help missing if your child is sick but you can call your Primary Pres and let her know you won't be there. Better yet, you could call a friend in the church and ask her to substitute teach your class. She could come by and pick up the lesson you already have planned and it'll be a smooth Sunday in primary.

MorningStar, I had a situation a bit like yours a few years ago. I tried everything I could think of on my own and then finally went to my Bishop. He called her in and talked to her and specifically told her to not contact me again. ever. She did talk to me that night and asked why I had gone to the Bishop and I looked her directly in the eyes and told her it was because she wouldn't leave me alone and I really needed her to. It got a lot better after that. Now she and I can have the occasional friendly conversation and I don't feel too uncomfortable. She is bipolar though and had gotten to the point where her meds needed to be tweaked. I guess what I'm trying to say is go to your Bishop. You might be amazed at how much weight his counsel will carry with her.