Simple Joys

Tonight was a hot night. But I suppose any night in an old house without air conditioning and large with child would be considered a long night. Came home, made a HOT dinner. I tried to make a spaghetti sauce using some of our fresh herbs that we are growing. Although it was all delicious, I just didn't add the right amount of basil and oregano. So it looks as though I will be spending another long hot night cooking until I get it right. The joy that came from such a hot experience was in Adam coming home after his long day to a dinner prepared and yummy.

After making such a dinner, I went with my mother-in-law to find a pattern for a baby blessing dress. Who would have thought that such a journey would leave me confused over the many options of dresses. Do you want lace? Silk? Pink roses? Bows? Or do you want it long? Extra long? Or short? The options are endless and I am still left to choose. I guess that would just tie in with the still nameless child. I can't choose a name or a dress. I think that it might be from the heat.... Even though amongst all the choices, joy came from being with my mother-in-law and just talking with her. I only wish that I could have experienced two joys in this situation, that of talking and choosing a pattern. But one joy will have to do. For now at least.

In coming home, I saw my rather attractive Adam riding his bike from studying dead bodies, as opposed to live ones, for his midterm that he has tomorrow. He did a few jumps to impress and I can openly admit that I was impressed. He is amazingly wonderful. Another joy for the day.

We then checked out our garden to see if we had won the war over the small, nasty little critters we like to call bugs. They have been destroying our plants by eating the leaves. Although I don't blame them, it just didn't seem fair that we were providing a feast for bugs that we have never met. So, we did the only thing we could do, since soaking them with water and spraying some strange potion didn't work, we killed them with bug killer. Our plants, as of tonight, were bug free. A new freedom that I hope will produce much veggies. Yeah for such inventions. I am sure that our pioneers ancestors would have loved it. Yet another joy and victory for us today.

The other joy was in going to the store, after painting our dresser in our hot house, and getting gummy worms, a sports drink (for Adam), and an icee... the joy came in paying for all of it in change. That's right, pennies, dimes, nickels, and very few quarters. Although those receiving the money didn't find the same joy that we did, it was still pleasant to me to be out with Adam, trying to enjoy life and not spend big, and to buy fun with change. Those are the moments that I love. Adam and I outside, doing whatever, the evening is cool (just not our house) and we are just together. That is a simple joy.

All and all... my day seemed filled with those simple joys. From picking tile out with my mom (I get to tile her bathrooms!! Yah fun!!) to feeling our daughter kick and not puncture any internal organ, to just being or even rushing home because our car air conditioner just doesn't seem to work unless you are going over 50 mph (you can only imagine how often that happens) so you then hope speed will improve your chances of feeling cool air- all of these amount to joys and tender mercies I look forward to and find amusing.

That is it. I just wanted to share some of my thoughts on the simple joys that I was able to be a witness of today.

PT and Plump

So, starting a blog is a step into entering the world of motherhood and responsibility. I am rather excited and nervous to start something such as a blog.

Adam and I are becoming rather excited for the arrival of our little girl. Although we have yet to choose her name, the outfits are being chosen, the bed is set, and all other minor details next to having a name, are being taken care of. I feel as though a name will come upon us once we see her. Hopefully. If not, a list of 5 names has been organized and we hope to just repeat the names over and over until one feels right.


Other than the rampage of preparing ourselves for this young one, Adam is back at school and succeeding in his attempts to pass Anatomy with an A. He is naming every body part he sees and dreams only of muscles, bones, and any other gooey vision that comes from studying the human body. He then will be graduating in August in Education and transferring to UVU to venture into the realms of getting all pre-reqs done for Physical Therapy school. Although the switch of studies might seem extreme, they actually are very similar. They cause pain for the participants and joy for the one instructing.

As for me, I am officially an Elementary Educator. Although I will not be teaching in a school system because we are expecting, I hope to do some substitute teaching and then to open a preschool to help get Adam through his long years of school.

Other than that, we are enjoying all the adventures that have been coming our way. The house that we live in is old and falling apart and could not be any better for us. We love it's uniqueness and the oddness that comes each day from living here. For example, we have spiders that choose to make their web outside of our bedroom window. In attempts to get the house ready for our girl, we removed them and rejoiced in our job well done. However, when we awoke the next morning, we were only surprised with another web in the exact location from wince we removed the first. Although the spider conquered the first round of war, I feel as though Adam and I will win the second round.

For now, this will be the start of our first post for our first blog. Many more should follow and hopefully I will be able to speak what is going on around these parts.