Trying Simple Life in Taiwan

it is 11:30am and we are finishing up breakfast. YUP!!!! why? well, I for some odd reason slept really well last night......must of been the double dose of calcium/magnesium pills i took last night!!!! so I didn't get up til 9:30am. My oldest didn't get up til 10am and the other 2 didn't get up til sometime after that. My dh got up mind you, around 8am  in order to watch the basketball game live..................we are in Taiwan, so the USA night time games are our morning games.

Anyway, I told them that was brunch...........if they get hungry, and they will in about 1.5hours...............what is it with boys?!................we'll figure something out.

I really want to cook, I do. But my kitchen is such a pathetic looking thing, it just makes me ill to go in there. We are renting, so it's not like dh wants to spend the money (and not like we have it) to fix it up. I think I just need to start trashing stuff and say "oh well......hasta lavista" ....then again,maybe that's the nesting phase I am hitting!! Our foster daughter will probably go home in June, that will leave us to just our family. That is downsizing to say the least!!! we used to have 6 kids and 2 adults, now we are down to 4 kids and 2 adults, but in June, it will be 3 kids,2adults and a newborn. So maybe I just need to start readjusting some stuff. Plus, being 7.5months pregnant, I just don't have energy this pregnancy to do anything!!and it's not like we can buy prepackaged, precut foods here. If I want a salad, I have to buy all the stuff, wash it properly and then cut it all..............by that time,I don't want a salad!LOL!!

On a sad note, we have $177US in our bank account..............not all bills are paid..............we do have $600US coming but still, that's note alot. Our missionary support from the USA just isn't cutting it anymore. And it seems like when there is not much money, we eat out more??!!! maybe its the fact of not wanting to go buy groceries.........our oven doesn't work still, don't know when that will be fixed..........it's not like garage sales are a thing here in Taiwan and could do that to get some money. I am due in June and who wants to hire me for a tutor and then have the summer off?!! anyway..........not complaining, just thinking out loud. God has gotten us through things like this before and HE will again.

So, how do you all get over that hump?