Sunday, September 23

Some of the many blessing of today:

1. Sleep
In my old age I have found my sleep-ability changing.  I have been lucky enough until this point, to be able to fall asleep within seconds of hitting the pillow and I do not exaggerate.  Then I sleep like a rock! until morning.  Those days seem to be fading to memories.  Now it can take up to . . . minutes to fall asleep, and I often wake before the alarm, 5:30.  Today, after a late night of picking up Dave and Peter from the Metro Rail after the UofU vs ASU football game, I was able to sleep until 8:00 am!!!!  It was so refreshing.  I wonder why I still had bags under my eyes today?

2. Our amazing body.
Dave's back doesn't hurt much today.  Dave and I are really feeling our age, although we don't feel our age at all.  Does that make any sense?  He pulled a muscle or tweaked something yesterday, while helping a family in our ward move.  I mean when you pick up an armored safe all by yourself . . .  JUST KIDDING.  He was just bending over to pick up something light.  The result was extreme pain and immobility most of the day.  Lots of ice and anti-inflammatories all day, he slept well and woke up much, much better.

3. Ibuprofen:
Despite Dave's injury we sent him with Peter to the ASU vs. Utah game.  800 mg of ibuprofen really made that possible.  To bad there wasn't a cure for Utah's poor playing.  Even as an avid BYU fan, I always want my little boy to see his team win.  Luckily Dad and boy had a great time anyway. 

4. Church:
I always love church.  I love that Peter came today.  He always does but he often threatens not to. 
I love our bishop.  He is so earnest, and so inspired, he moves us.  He gave a talk today imploring the congregation to love more.  We can't but help feeling his love for us and wanting to spread that love.

5. Cookies:

My behavior towards chocolate chip cookies, really the dough, does not reflect gratitude.  Lets' not put a label on what is does reflect :).  Watching and backing up James (13 1/2 year old) make chocolate chip cookies, however, brings me pure joy.  He looked up the recipe himself (I guided him to a better one) and then made and baked them himself, except for the one or two times I stepped in to stop a disaster.  Like when the recipe called for dissolving the baking soda (which I've never heard of until today) James got out a pot with a cup or two of water.  He was ready to boil that water away and dissolve the little 1 tsp of soda in it.  After pointing out to him that the recipe, which he hadn't bother to read much of, mentioned 2 teaspoons of water to dissolve that same soda in.  Whew.  We thwarted a very soggy batch of cookie dough.   

This is a very busy boy.  He has to be moving, touching, bugging, creating, inventing, experimenting, etc. at all times.  It was a great way for him to spend an hour on a Sunday.  He wanted to be independent but I was able to enjoy from a short distance. 

A few other thankful fors:
*talking to a few sisters in Relief Society, to get to know them better
*a nice visit from my visiting teachers
*Dave's awesome work computer that I am using right now
* Sunday morning dog walks (even though I don't truly appreciate them, I got to walk the dog with my husband today and that is always nice)
*The few moments my boys got along. 

 Reasons I could be bugged but chose not to :
1. I was still tired after all that sleep
2. Our dog Levi is obsessed with me.
3. Dressing up my extra 6 or so pounds for church
4. The church is FREEZING!  I have to take a "warm up" walk around the building between Sacrament Meeting and Sunday School.
5. The political and financial mess our country is in.  This was one of the subjects Dave and I discussed on our walk today.
6. Too much laundry

7. Eating too much cookie dough

8. Never having enough time to do everything I want on Sunday

9. Its still a little too hot here in AZ

10. My boys tease too much!