Deep....errrrr....Shallow Thoughts by Sonia.

Ok I know I said a post about Paul....
who, incidentally is one of my new favorite people selling some of my new favorite products...
but I just have some random things on the brain that simply must come out first.

Things like
I need a new blog redesign.
It's time.
It's been two years....it's time.
Like time-time seeing as how most of my kids look downright infantile in their pictures compared to what they look like now.
Thank you puberty for stealing my babies away.
Wait.
Did I just use the word puberty on my blog?
Oh my.
My street cred just went way down. 
And then there's the fact that their ages are outdated since they are currently
15,14,9,9,8,8,7
And then there is the fact that I don't know that I actually had any street cred to begin with
nor am I entirely sure what that is. 

And other things
like the fact that I have a neighbor who blows a whistle 3 times consecutively to call her children in from playing.

This intrigues me.

I can't decide if my shrill lovely voice nicely screaming talking at a loud volume calling my kids in is better
or worse
than a whistle.
Course then that got me thinking that it would actually be kinda fun and entertaining to train my kids to the same call as her kids....
but then of course her kid would show up at my house
and mine at hers
and before you know it the neighborhood would be one jumbled mess of kids coming and going and whistles every which way.
Which
though highly entertaining I'm sure
might give me a headache. 

Speaking of the neighborhood I should give you a tour of our new abode.
After spending the summer at our new base in an apartment the size of a shoebox with 6 kids waiting for a house it was such a welcome relief to get out of the hospital and walk into our new house that is
thankfully
quite larger than a shoebox.
2,400 sq feet with 9 people feels downright palatial. 

We love it.
We love it here.
We would love to stay here for a
long
long
looong
time.
AF you hear that?
A loonnnnggg time.
Thankyousomuch.

Our last 3 assignments we have been on a bit of a tropical tour.
Water.
Warmth.
Palm trees.
Ahhhhhh
it has just about thawed me out from our 3 years spent in North Dakota....
*shivers*
but not quite....
I think my appendix and spleen are still frozen.

In other news of the random variety
my walls are filthy.
7 boys makes walls filthy.
Doors.
Door handles.
Banisters.
Filthy.
Filthy.
Filthy.
I just thought you should know.
Yesterday I even found a booger on the wall
I didn't think you needed to know that one....
but I figured in the spirit of full disclosure I should tell you everything.
So I did.
You're welcome.

I loathe making lunches in the mornings.
I loathe handling lunch meat as I simultaneously chug my morning cuppa joe.
Those two things were not meant to go together
nor am I meant to handle lunch meat before sunrise.
It's just wrong.
Two things I know will be in Heaven:
Jesus
and the absence of the necessity to prepare lunchboxes.
The teenagers school charges $5.00 for a hot lunch.

Hold on.

Let me say that again just in case you missed it.
$5.00 for LUNCH. 

What the?
So until that prices comes down to somewhere around .99,
I will continue to inhale the smell of smoked turkey and mustard and coconut creme coffee creamer all at the same time.
Mmmmmm tasty. Blech.

The hubs and the teens were at DNOW this weekend
which means two things:

1. I missed them.
2. I didn't have cook ginormous dinners whilst they are gone since they are the three top food consumers in this house.

So I have been making super fan-say things like
mac and cheese
grilled cheese
pancakes
and soup....
from a can.
And man alive....have you ever closely inspected the chicken pieces in a can of chix and rice soup?
I don't recommend it.
Nope.
Don't do it. 
Ok fine.
I know your gonna do it....just don't yell at me when you see the nastiness that awaits you.
In fact don't yell at me at all....
it makes me cry....
and then my makeup runs...
and my eyes get all puffy
and snot comes out of my nose...
oh never mind.
Forget I said anything about the chicken. 

As I mentioned on the book of face I am taking a break from my beloved Jesus calling devotional and switching gears into marriage.
I just finished watching the first session and have just began the book but if you too want a little marriage kick in the bootay and a in-yo-face reminder about how we should act in the sanctity of a marriage head right here.

I have some posts swimming around in my head now that I have
*gasp*
blogged two whole days in a row.
Posts about how I wish I were braver.
I wish I were braver when we began our adoption journey.
Joshua's experience has forever changed me
and if it taught me one over riding lesson as it pertains to adoption it is this:
Dying kids need families too. 

I want to share in a post or 2 or 12 or 20 about few heart kiddos
deemed inoperable
just like Joshua
that are still waiting for their miracle.
So standby.
Cute faces and broken hearts headed to a computer screen near you soon.

This concludes today's episode of Random Thoughts by Sonia.
I have walls to clean.
~sigh~