At this moment

At this moment ... I sit enjoying the most delightful snack of Vanilla Ice Cream clobbered with mini bites of fresh peaches. This new refreshment has been extremely satisfying the past few evenings.

At this moment ... I am thinking of my Jimmy - who is camping with the 11-year-old-scouts tonight. I haven't given this husband of mine enough credit lately. I've been on his case expecting him to know exactly how to deal with an emotional and irritable pregnant lady. This week he went to work late several days to help get the kids off to school. And today he came home extra early to help me survive the afternoon with tots. He let me cry on his shoulder last night and offered reassurances that all would be well with our family the next month or so. I needed that. He is a good man and I need to remember more often how blessed I am to have a truly good person as my spouse.

At this moment ... I'm glad my morning is over. We opened the fridge bright and early and found oogy meat juice dripping on every shelf and throughout the fridge. Jimmy and scouts made tin foil dinners in preparation for their campout tonight and somehow they all ended up upside down and dripped out of the bag they were contained in. Jimmy wiped out the grossest mess and then I spent an hour completely sterilizing everything. My fridge is quite empty and quite clean now. The only good part was that now I will have a sparkling fridge before babe arrives. I love disinfectant!!!

At this moment ... I'm listening to Jon Schmidt and Stephen Nelson play Love Story meets Viva La Vida. It's my favorite song lately. It's cheery and fun.

At this moment ... I'm trying to figure out how to kill that blasted bug which won't hold still for a moment. It's not a pretty sight to see an 8 1/2 month pregnant lady jumping to swat the big bug with a New Era. I ought to buy a fly swatter. Remind me in the dead of winter that I despise flies, spiders, mosquitos. That's one good thing about winter I suppose - fewer bugs.

At this moment ... I just plain love my kids. About 4 o'clock every day I think I might go bonkers with everyone needed to be heard all at once... but man - sometimes I just love 'em. Tonight we went to the farmer's market. Abe could hardly wait to get his free sample of Great Harvest Cinnamon Bread. He loves it! Hannah got the honey wheat - her favorite. Max ate my pumpkin choc chip. The kids were so good. And they were so excited to get some cute apples and peaches. Then I splurged and took them to get $3 kid meals at Arctic Circle. They could hardly contain their excitement to get a mini pack of m&ms in their meal. Anyhoo.... I appreciate all the fun and great moments we have together. I keep thinking that even with all the daily chaos that tends to wear my patience thin (very thin!!!), I will miss them so much when I'm in the hospital for 4 days with our babe.

At this moment ... I'm tired. I'm having troubles sleeping lately. My mind is so active thinking of all the things I'm concerned about - with my kids ... like how to help them deal with teasing at school ... like how to get them to obey the first time ... like how to do things quickly ... like how to focus on and appreciate hard work ... like everything I guess. I just want them to be able to deal with the harshness of growing up in this world - and feel peace and calm and love and confidence. I've decided that especially I need to turn over my concerns to our Savior - He can share love and peace and light with my children - even when I'm not right by them. He is the best and most constant source of all goodness and sweetness - which is definitely what I need to remember to seek daily from our Savior and teach my children to seek.

At this moment ... I'm much more aware that this babe is coming in two weeks. I think it hit me yesterday that I needed to start winding down my outside activities to focus my PRIORITIES on my family and getting us ready for this new addition and CHANGE. There are diapers to buy, clothes to wash, burp rags to purchase (trends in this fam show that babe will spit-up gallons), emotions to prepare, nesting to do, children to hug, etc.

At this moment ... I'm lovin' autumn weather. Not lovin' the allergies that accompany fall and spring. But cooler days, cooler nights, open windows, fresh air... LOVE THAT!

At this moment ... I've run out of thoughts. That's amazing now, isn't it! Must be time to rest my weary bones.

At this moment ... I am pleased to announce that I finally killed that wacko bug. It only took 2 hours to do it. Yes!