We have a lot of cheez whiz

A lot has been happening since the last post. Last week our HHE, or Household Effects (i.e. all our junk) arrived. As many of our friends and family know, we pride ourselves on being "stuffless" people. We have assiduously worked to not acquire stuff, or "cheez whiz" as it's called in Nepali. (No joke.) We never went to Wal-Mart or shopped on-line. We didn't let our very generous families shower us with gifts at Hanumas (Christmas + Hanukkah, duh). To "stage" our RI house for the market, our real estate agent made us go shopping for decorations. Basically if it wasn't camping, hiking or climbing gear, we didn't want it. As such, we have largely been successful in our minimalist attempts. But then we joined the Foreign Service and became BJ's Wholesale Club members. Now we have over 200 pounds of cat litter and 3,000 Q-Tips. You could feed a small Nepali village (or one Yeti) with the "Double Value Pack" boxes of Honeynut Cheerios we bought. And I doubt we'll run out of French's mustard in the next two years. Previously we thought our new apartment was too big for us. Now we realize that it lacks closets, a basement and a garage. I guess we could cram some of it into our Taj Majal-like master bedroom, but then that would ruin the view from one of our 6 floor-to-ceiling windows (pictured below...most of it). With all this stuff to do, I better get back to it. Tune in next time when I blog about, well, whatever pops into my head.