Random tid bits...

1. I am a victim of identity theft. Somewhere out there, some hoochy armed with my name and my social security number has taken my credit for a joy ride. The path to taking my good name (and previously great credit) back has been a time consuming one. I get at least a couple pieces of mail a day either warning me of a potentially fraudulent attempt to access an already established credit account or wanting more proof of identity before starting up a new account...or sending me a new card in her (I assume not real) name, or charging me for a cell phone I don't have, or confirming that the fraud alert I placed on my credit is indeed up and functioning. What is totally bogus about the whole thing is that when I filed the police report and talked to the officer over my case, I was told that the police department phone rings off the hook all day long with complaints such as mine and that these are the most labor intensive cases to investigate, so all the police are likely to do is give me a case number that I can use to repair my credit and tell me to figure out a way to protect myself better from here on out. OUCH. Seriously, if identity theft is so easy and there is pretty much no chance of being caught and prosecuted, no wonder their phone is ringing off the hook.

2. I am getting a new calling today...one that will occupy me during sacrament meeting. I can't stop giggling about it. Is that bad? When Heather was born, Evan had callings that tied him up for all three hours of church. I had a three year old with undiagnosed autism who would not go to primary, a 15 month old and a nursing baby. Lets just say church was difficult. Evan always seems to have callings that leave me to wrangle the kids. I just keep picturing him out there in the pews with three kids and tiny baby...and I giggle. I'm evil, I know. He is totally supportive and didn't flinch when I told him. He is a good guy.

3. We are in the middle of a heat wave. Its been hanging around 100 or more for three days in a row. For those of you who don't live in Oregon, you may not think much of it, but like most Oregonians, we don't have AC, and I am in my third trimester of pregnancy. Echh. I went to bed last night (on the third floor of our house) with a bowl of ice cream, a cold water bottle, a spray bottle to douse myself with, a fan blowing on me on high...
Typical to Oregon weather, it is changing tomorrow. It's supposed to be rainy and 60 on Wed. I can't wait! I remember three years ago when I was expecting Heather how excited I was when
Fall got here...

4. Some of you may not know what a freak I am when it comes to getting ready for a baby. Lets just say, I take the whole "nesting" thing to new heights. I've got about 10 weeks to go, and apart from packing my bag, she could come tomorrow and we'd be ready. I take that back. I would need to put a clean sheet on the bassinet. I am so, so excited. We are having another baby! Fourth time around, it's still an all consuming, thrilling, unfathomably life changing experience. I feel so privileged to be able to be a mother. My kids have been so wonderful this past week. Cameron has been saying things like "Mom, I would be happy to help you. You do so much for me and I want to take care of you because you are the best Mom I have ever seen." Elder Ballard said in conference this past April that young mothers should remember that the great moments in motherhood are just that, "moments." I am having one of those "moments" and just wanted to share...