Scavenger Hunts
In preparation for having no kitchen, I set up a quasi kitchen in the upstairs bonus room. We have a game table, so I put a table cloth on it; moved paper plates, napkins, silverware into the linen closet up there; put the coffee pot, toaster, microwave, blender, quesadilla maker, and electric griddle up there; as well as crackers, cereal, and a few other dry goods. We already had a small dorm-size frig up there; so milk, yogurt and other breakfast foods are also up there. The refrigerator in the garage holds the rest of the cold food, we have a small chest freezer that is holding all the items from our freezer, and the remaining dry goods are on the shelves in the garage. So, a typical meal goes something like this:
Grab the salad from the frig in the garage and head upstairs. Realize that black beans would be really good in the salad, so head back to the garage to get the black beans from the garage shelves and head back upstairs. Iced tea would be wonderful with dinner, so I head back down to the garage to get the ice out of the chest freezer and the tea out of the frig. Back upstairs to look for the silver salad bowl — oh, that’s right, it is in the box of “stuff” I put in the guest bedroom (at least it’s upstairs). Mix the salad and look at Michael with my saddest eyes, “Poo! The dressing is in the garage fridge.” “I’ll get it” says my patient and thoughtful husband. By the time we actually eat, I feel like I am back in the 70’s, when Scavenger Hunts were very popular. Unfortunately, I no longer have the energy or physical ability to play this game!
Chaos
And, my house looks like it was picked up along with Dorothy’s in Kansas, only after twisting around for a while (displacing everything in the living and family rooms) we landed back in Elk Grove, not Oz — not sure whether that’s good or bad. I guess I should at least be grateful I don’t have to kill the Wicked Witch of the West and take her broom back to the Wizard! I could take that last statement and really run with it, but I think I’ll just let it go and stay out of trouble!
Safari So Good 