This, That, and a Little Something Else

Randomness #1 -
I have been online furniture shopping
Craigslist style.
We looked at a living room set Sunday night.
Miss M walks in the house
And proceeds to sit down on the couch
Grab one of the couch pillows
And say
"Isn't this a picture-perfect moment?
A beautiful girl on a beautiful couch."
Ummmm....
Seriously?
Humble much?
Then,
After receiving the stink-eye from me,
She stands up and paces a bit
And next thing I know,
She's walked into the home owners'
Other room and is commenting on their
Big TV and paint colors!
Holy cow!
Needless to say,
When we went to look at daybed
At another house today
She was given a list of things she was not allowed
To say
Or to touch.
It didn't help much.

Randomness #2 -
Ms. O came home at the end of December
Asking if we could work it out
For her to attend Winter Camp with her
Church 4-5-6 group.
Immediately I went online
And applied for a grant
Through the same place that paid for Miss M's dance class.
One requirement is the that CPS caseworker
Confirms the child's placement in my home and with CPS.
My application went to them on December 27th.
The caseworker received the request for the information the same day.
I emailed her a reminder.
I gave her a verbal reminder on the 3rd.
She said she would do it first thing.
The grant agency emailed her a reminder on the 4th.
I asked her about it on the 10th via email.
I emailed the grant agency last week
Looking for an update on the grant.
Received word today that the CPS caseworker
Never emailed them back.
Never wrote ONE sentence
Confirming Ms. O was in foster care currently.
ONE FLIPPIN' Sentence!
Are you kidding me!?!
So,
Who has to break the news to Ms. O.
Me.
Again.
Registration for the event closes this week.
That's not enough time
To get her to give the confirmation
For the grant agency to review the request
For the grant to approve it and send the check.
So mad.
So, so, mad.
Not okay.

Randomness #3 -
As we were heading to bed tonight,
Miss M says
"Mommy?
Why do you think the Lord made me that I talk so much?"
Kudos to me for not answer with my first thought
Which was
(To punish me because I was the same way!)
But we talked about how the Lord gives gifts
How the Lord gives different personalities
How the Lord will use her talent for good
For Him.
We also talked about how the Lord still asks us to
Control our tongue
And think about what we say.
It was one of those comments
That came out of the clear blue.
Would love to know what is flying around
That crazy busy head of hers at time.

Randomness #4 -
Panda Express.
We love it.
We go there too much.
Just sayin'.

Randomness #5 -
My girls have body wash.
Again.
And two more bottles on the shelf.
Hopefully we won't "run out"
Again any time soon.

Randomness #6 -
I was SURE
I had just bought a bunch of toilet paper.
The other day
I couldn't find ANY in the condo.
Looked all over
(Or so I thought.)
So
I bought a BIG batch at Sam's yesterday.
Got home.
Had to find a place to store it.
Walked into my bedroom
To put it on a new pile of
"Stuff" wanting to be stored in the new house.
Guess what I found at the top of the pile?
The BIG batch of toilet paper I bought at Sam's
Two weeks ago when we were there.
Oy.

Randomness #7 -
Miss M announced to me today
"When I grow up,
I want to be a missionary.
I want to move to another country
And teach people about Jesus."
(We are currently listening to
Season 7 of Down Gilead Lane
And one of the characters is praying
About a similar choice.)
We talked about the fact that the Lord
May call you to be a missionary
Right here in Arizona
Or in Africa
But we can all be missionaries.
(But I must say...
I was glad to hear this career goal.
Much better than the pop star
Or movie star she usually picks.)

Randomness #8 -
The past couple of nights
We've been reading the Bible stories
About Abraham
About Isaac
About Jacob and Esau.
It's a little confusing to example the family trees
When they have multiple kids
From multiple wives.
I love teach/read the classic OT stories
But...
Seriously...
The questions and conversations they bring up
Are not for the faint of heart.

Randomness #9 -
If you were to look around my condo
You would have no idea that we are hoping to
Move
To a new house
In the next 15 days.
None.
I should be panicking.
But alas.
I'm not.
However,
Getting some boxes would probably be a good start.

Randomness #10 -
I got nothin'
Just wanted to have 10.