At this moment

The time now is just after 8PM. I sit in my family room, propped on my couch with a pillow behind my back and my feet on the coffee table. My tiny new apple notebook sits on my lap. I am wearing a long sleeved, short red night shirt with Victoria's Secret embroidered on the front and a pair of my husbands boxers. My feet, legs and back ache. My hair is wet from a shower completed about an our ago. My face, hands and feet are coated in various lotions of mild perfume. 

My 90 lb weimaraner and 5 pound rat terrier sit on a bench beneath one of the large windows. The tan broadcloth curtains are pulled open enough for Riley, the weimaraner to observe all that goes on in the back yard. The stuffed to duck, which has been eviscerated by the dogs, lies on the bench, wedged up against the wall. A neon orange flea comb sits in the center of the left half of the bench.

The television, which is showing "The Matrix" its atop a three shelf pine unit. On the top shelf is the AT&T U-Verse box, with 2 white Wii game cases on top of it. Next to the box is a clear plastic container that holds 4 Wii controllers, a few papers seem to have found a default residence next to them.

On the middle shelf is the DVD/VCR player. An orange light flasher on the interface next to a solid orange light. The word disc is visible in the display. On top of the player is the Wii fit board. beside these two is the Wii console. 

On the bottom shelf a dozen or so DVd cases lay tipped over onto a small stack of CDs. Next to the CDs is a wire mesh crate that appears to house other CDs. the wires from teh many electronics protrude to the left of the book shelf. 

Life is so cluttered with these details it is easy to lose track of what is important. Today I relish in the thought that I have what I need. I find joy in the garden I hoed this afternoon. I am proud of the job I performed today with a level of skill. I enjoyed a quiet dinner from the garden with my 17 year old daughter. I laughed at the inch worm I apparently brought in on the salad greens. I am blessed.