The Number 33

What is 33?  No, it's not my age.  It's not my favorite number either; that would be 28, in case you're wondering.  Let me back up a bit.  I have been slowly cooking/baking all of those forgotten grocery items in the back of the pantry.  I have to pat myself on the back in the fact that for this move I may actually eat every last item in the cupboards.  For some of you that may not sound like a big deal.  For me it is really hard to NOT stock up on sale items at the grocery when I am there to pick up bread and milk only.  I like to have all kinds of odds and ends on hand that when put together they don't really make up a meal but would sustain us in the event of a typhoon or other natural disaster.  Tonight after dinner I thought I would count the number of tea bags I have left to drink.  (I know, I do have some obsessive/compulsive tendencies.)  The inventory on hand added up to 33 ~ more than I thought, but that's ok.  I then went over to the calendar to see how many more mornings I will wake up to on Guam....you guessed it...33!  I couldn't have planned it any better if I had tried.

What else have I been doing besides counting tea bags?  Not too much the past couple of days. The boys are finished with school~ yeah!  The last bit of our personal belongings were packed up and shipped out on Friday.  Nate had his Boy Scout Court of Honor on Saturday evening. It was very nice with many boys being recognized for all their hard work.  Nate earned 6 merit badges himself.  That brings him up to 14 total.  Way to go Nate! 

Scott left on Sunday morning for a conference in Orlando.  While he is there he will be taking a day to fly up to DC to look at base housing on Bolling AFB.  He will also be meeting with a realtor and hopefully looking at a few houses.  What a whirlwind side trip for Scott.  He will make it home on Saturday evening ~ his birthday!  

Today the boys gave up some of their "summer" vacation time and they volunteered at the local animal shelter.  Nate needed some community service hours for another merit badge he is working on so we headed out after breakfast in our grungy clothes and got to work.  Actually, the boys did all the work and Lilymei and I looked at the puppies and kittens.  Lily LOVED it! Unfortunately I didn't bring the camera....no pictures this time!   

I'll leave with a few photos from the last couple of weeks, mind you the last 2 photos were taken before the house was packed up...the house is so empty now.

Lily eating a pooh shaped cookie.  We had to borrow the neighbor's rolling pin to roll out the cookie dough...ours was gone already.  

Lily wearing a beautiful spring dress and jacket from our friend Natalee.  Thanks Nat!

  

The boys getting ready to play Wii.  Everything in this picture is gone except for the chair and the couch (we are going to try to sell them) AND the boys.  We're keeping them too!