Officially Un-Disposable

Well, we made it to our new home near the University of Maryland in one piece, or three pieces, I guess. Our new favorite thing is waking up in the morning and seeing a mountain of boxes in our living room because it means our stuff got delivered. Yesterday, in fact. Late afternoon today I declared our kitchen Officially Un-Disposable because we no longer need to use our disposable plates, cups, plasticware, bowls, or napkins. And it feels so good. This past week felt a little bit like camping. We used mostly disposable things or we compromised our normal routine. For instance, we used $4 kitchen shears from a local grocery store to cut/dice/slice just about everything until we got a hold of some real knives. Oh, and the reason we were doing some much cutting/dicing/slicing when we are supposed to be focusing on unpacking? We have a 10 month old who loves table food. And he requires three solid meals a day. This has prevented us from just working until late afternoon unpacking and then grabbing McDonald's because, oh yeah, it's unhealthy for the baby. Therefore, our kitchen has had to be semi-fully-functioning since we arrived on Saturday because of the babe. Although it has probably been better for our waistbands to cook at home anyway. That's why it felt so good today to unpack the very last box of our kitchen stuff...I can cook normally again! No more flipping pancakes with a plastic fork. Or attempting to.

I have a lot of fun posts in mind (and pictures), but I'll leave you with The Most Embarrassing Moment of the Trip: Having to admit to my husband that I lost one of my Reef flip flops at a rest stop just 2 hours into our 3 day trek. Flip flops that I happened to be wearing. Don't ask. I still don't know how it happened.
Second Most Embarrassing Moment of the Trip: Having to wear socks and tennis shoes with just about everything because my only pair of flip flops was, well, no longer a pair.