Currently. July 25th

Currently:  Things that are going on at this moment in my life.  

Stole this idea from the Jones Design Company Blog...

loving: fresh fruit!  We got plums, cherries, rasperries and strawberries from bountiful basket this week and the kids and I have been in fresh fruit heaven!  Yum!  And happy hour and those new island breeze sonic slushes!  yum!

reading: "The Forgotten Garden" by Kate Morton.  So far so good- I'm having a hard time getting sucked in but the house is still in unpacking mode so that has a lot to do with it.  Next up- "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth.  Book 2 in the divergent series!  Just ordered it on amazon and waiting for it to show up!  Really excited about that one!

waiting for: my amazon order. Which includes the book previously mentioned as well as red raspberry tea!  I'm ready to start getting ready for baby girl!  The tea always kicks up my contractions and I swear it's a key to my short labors.  (All have been under 5 hours from start to finish.  And I've never pushed for more than 5 min.  ;)

excited about: being so close to being done with this pregnancy!  I'm 33 weeks this week and can't believe I'm almost done!  It's really bitter sweet to look at the cute baby bump in the mirror and think that this is the last time I will ever rock a baby bump.  But I'm ready to meet this sweet girl and 5 times is plenty for this momma!  ;)

missing: Newport Beach.  It was so wonderful to be there and just relax in the sand and pretend like there wasn't a house full of boxes and chaos waiting for me at home.  Now it's all staring me in the face and I just want to go back to sweet ignorance.  Or sweet ignoring...  Obviously I'm good at the ignoring part since I'm sitting here blogging rather than unpacking and organizing....  oops.  :)

trying to:  get focused and get more done around the house.  But this 3rd trimester lack of energy and my "sweet" daughters not sleeping at night for the past 2 weeks aren't really helping my ambition...

working on: obviously the house.  I'm trying to get it clean enough to take some pics so I can post some- but it's a wreck and a half at the moment so that will have to wait.  I'm also trying to do more fun stuff with the kiddos before this summer is over!  Yesterday we went to the outdoor pool at the Y which the kids loved and I left fuming at how incredibly stupid the Y is!  But that's a story for another day!  Today is a church swim party, tomorrow a splash park, friday maybe try a different Y.  See we're keeping busy!  (I just feel bad we don't have a backyard yet and I'm so tired and there's so much to do around the house I keep feeling like my kids have gotten a crap deal and got hosed out of having a fun summer...  but they're not complaining so we're going with it.  :)

enjoying: having the kids home.  I really am!  I really like these 4 little bugs we've got and I love having them around all the time.  really I do!  The only reason I'm excited for school is that I'll stop feeling so guilty that we're not doing more stuff.  I have guilt issues can you tell.  :)

using: pinterest too much.  Constantly trying to pull ideas off there for organization and decorating and other ideas here and there...

wearing: this second, PJ's which consist of Dan's shirts and baggy gaucho pants.  (I know they are so like 3 years out of style but dang if they aren't the most comfortable thing on the planet!!!)

planning: nothing really.  Just trying to stay afloat in the chaos.  I really need to start planning for the baby and planning meals and planning a week ahead..  but I haven't yet....  maybe next week.  :)

singing: "Call Me Maybe" or "Somebody that I used to know" have been popular around here the past week or two.

needing: to start washing and buying in preparation for the baby.  But the boxes of baby clothes are somewhere in the pile of the garage and I have 4 kids at home hampering the baby stuff buying process...  Oh and a pedicure...  :)

learning: to embrace the here and now.  Learning to look my kids in the eyes and see them more often.  Learning to not nit pick the teeny little things I don't love about the house and the neighborhood and lo focus on the things I LOVE! Learning to not worry about the little things.

listening: my kids all playing hide and go seek upstairs.  I love summer and having a big family for things like this.  Sure they can fight like cats and dogs but they really do love playing together.  and I LOVE that!

wishing: for more hours in the day and more energy to get more done.

doing:  lots of unpacking and trying to come up with organized places for all this stuff to live.  And doing lots of donating to DI and the dumpster!  I don't understand why I thought I needed so much junk.  ;)

praying for: my kids to be happy in our new home and their new school and make good new friends.

dreaming of: having my house unpacked, organized and decorated.  (I wonder how far away that is...  2 months? 2 years?)  ;)