Nights at Home

So in the last 6 weeks I have had a grand total of 15 nights (out of 39) at home. At the end of this week, that number shifts again as it is 16 out of 44. I am home next week, I leave for KL in about 1 hour. I get back Friday night and we leave on Wednesday for Kuching. At least the family will travel with me on this trip...as I intend to do a lot of serious beach/pool time with the kids. It is really hard traveling this much as when I am home my mood is all out of whack and I am super grumpy with the kids... which is the last thing I want to be as I really want to spend time with them...

OK enough whinging and time to hit the road. Posts from KL a comin'

New Stuff at my house

I am on the road again, traveling for business (which frankly I really need to think long and hard about how I can reconcile my travel with my simple/ecological ideals)but I guess my Salvation Army purchases arrived while I was gone. But here is the ethical issue. I paid twice for shipping, but the invoice I got from the shop did not clearly show I paid for the transport. Would you just right it off as a "donation" to a good cause of go back and ask for the 70 dollars? It is not a big amount, but it is the thought of it...

Anyway, I guess we have a new outdoor table with 4 more outdoor chairs. They are teak (but someone stained them). A note on teak. I have no problems with teak that has been recyled. Teak that was cut years ago from the forests, what I do have problems with this teak being harvested at alarming rates in Indonesia and other parts of SE Asia causing mass deforestation for "cool" and ethnic looking furnishings being sold at cut rates in Walmart/target and the like in the US... Oh and i know my love of target is incongrous with my environmental ideals..

I also have a storage unit armoire for my guest room that will allow me to put away some of the stuff stored in there and have a place for guests to put there stuff when they stay with us. I can't wait to get home, clean up these items and get stuff put away!

Reducing consumption/reusing....

I just went to my favorite haunt in Singapore the Salvation Army. If I can, and I do tend to forget, I try to find as much of my stuff as possible there. There is nothing more green than reusing old goods.

So, I bought 10 books today. Didn't need them, but I am a book junkie... and at 1 each (buy one get one free sale) I picked up a few. Plus, less that goes into the landfill in Singapore, a good thing. I have also scouted out a few pieces of furnature that we need. A clothing receptical (an armoire) for the guest room and perhaps a teak table for the patio. Which, I think is a good thing, the less teak they cut... the less slash burning... the better we are.

Thrifing rocks!

Home Sweet Home

Well, I am home. It has been a long couple of weeks on the road, and truth be known I am back at it next week. I talked to my mom yesterday and said I look forward to April in my own bed. Good news is that the Jet Lag has been pretty good this time. I am becoming a strong proponant of better living through chemicals when it comes to dealing with Jet Lag. Pop an Ambien on the plane... sleep from LA to Tokyo. Go direct to bed when you get home (not hard considering that it was 3am)...

Next night force yourself to stay up until 9... REALLY HARD... pop an Ambien. The next day (Monday) I was really good until around 2:30 when I got a bit light headed, but it passed and I had very little problem until around 8:30 that night. Stayed up til 10. Pop one more little sleep helper and you know what... today I don't feel tired... just don't want to be working that's all... so a normal night planned for me tonight and digging into the World Without End by Ken Follet.

Ok, back to the grindstone... lots of TI work, plus... tons of FFC stuff to get done too :-)

Yes I really am a Disney Geek

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