For Kissteen . . .

I'm throwing some your cyber way, Kissteen!!

One loaf of banana bread is out of the oven and one more is now baking. The double batch of cookies are next. In between all this, I am managing the kids with their schooling and running loads of laundry. I have vacuumed the living room (under the sofas as well, folks) and I plan on dusting off the telly and the 1932 GM radio in the corner later. I've managed to clear off the island in the kitchen (this "counter" is actually a crap magnet and I would like to thank the dumdums who designed it to go exactly there - too far from the stove or sink to be much of any good for a baker). I kid you not, I could very well say there are five feet between my stove and that useless junk magnet. Okay, I like the storage under it, but other than that, it's just placed weird. At least in my unit there's enough linoleum to put two bar chairs there and not be half on carpet and half on the kitchen floor (like some units around here). I tell you what, some really dingdong people slapped these homes together. Not to mention how weird is it to walk into someones home and the first room be the entry/dining room????

Can you tell I'm ready for something completely different? Hawaii: here we come! I don't care if I have less square feet, as long as it is actually SQUARE feet, and, a normal layout. Geesh!

But, I am happy! I have a roof over my head - and I won't complain about that.

My hubs may take a day off this week so we can go to IKEA and buy our new furniture. I don't think the sofa, chair, and ottoman will be in a box, so we may use those if we get them before the movers come and take them away. However, if they come wrapped in a bunch of plastics etc., we may leave them that way so we get 100% of our cash back if the movers don't deliver.

See, that is a sad fact about military moves. I hate it. I think it's a mere inconvenience to have things stolen and broken; I feel bad about that. But, I hate it that someone who steals is stealing, because I feel bad for them that they stoop that low. They really are only hurting themselves. I can recover from such a horrible thing . . . my replacement may not be as good as what I had originally, but . . . and I know this is what some of these movers think (that we'll be reimbursed, because we will - but not like 100% folks - so it hurts our wallets, too) so they aren't really hurting us or anybody. I think they are hurting their souls first and foremost, but beyond that, they are hurting their reputation and that of the company they are working for. Let's not even go into how they are ripping off insurance carriers. It's bad business all around, but most particularly for their souls.

I will say that we have only had one move (from GA to here) where we had the government contract movers for us. Nothing was missing, nothing broken . . . and on both ends of the packing and unpacking, we had the nicest experience and the nicest folks. I pray for the same with this move.

Okay, back to laundry and cleaning. I pray you are all having productive days, too. I posted a lovely prayer on top of my sidebar (under the Catholic Company banner, I think) from Thomas Merton. I found it today and I just love it!!