Hurricane Ike hits Quebec

Yes that's right. We just got hit by the tail end of Ike. Loads of rain, hot and steamy weather, but nothing like what hit the southern part of the US and Caribeeans. No, we are usually pretty sheltered from those bad storms. We do, however, feel other side effects such as a big hike in gas and food prices. But, as I don't want to steal the limelight from CNN, I'll let them report the damages caused by Ike, and will instead tell you all about what hurricane Panther left in its trail.

You've all seen the pictures of the Den in total chaos . Not one square inch of counter space was available. Well Saturday, while I was outside busy setting up the wiring for the hot tub, unbeknownst to me, hurricane Panther was hitting the inside of the house very hard. Not only was all of her stuff that she had retrieved from her apartment stashed away, she even emptied every cupbard in the kitchen and reorganized every single one of them! The kitchen now looks fabulous! Although she switched a lot of the stuff around, everything makes so much sense that I have no need to look around for stuff anymore. I had been living alone for over two years and had developped some old (bad) habits. But now, gone are the frustrations of fighting with the Tupperware drawer (come on, you have one too!) or having tin cans fall on your toes while mucking around in the pantry.

The move isn't finished yet. We still need to get the rest of her furniture from her apartment this weekend, and place them appropriately in the house. If I had known all the good that would come from having the Panther around, I would have hunted her down much sooner!

How about you? Have you ever gotten to the point of having to rely on someone else to put some order in your life? Was it a good or a bad experience?

Comments

[Brett Legree]

So Hurricane Panther was a Category 5, then? :)

Usually I can organize myself, but when it comes to social things, I step aside and let Hurricane Cathryn handle it...

[Sibling Rob]

Off topic comment...noticed that you tagged this as a "Current Affairs". You might want to reconsider that tag. Perhaps "Current and Future Affairs" might be safer as I think the Panther might object if there are any other affairs :-)

[XUP]

I'm pretty organized, so no one better mess with my stuff. I'm very surprised that you, being a kitchen man, had such chaos in your kitchen.

[Urbane Lion]

Brett: Yup! It hit pretty hard! Yeah, I leave the social calendar in the Panther's capable hands. I usually end up overbooking and stuff.

Rob: LOL. Didn't quite see it from that perspective! Won't change it though. I would rather keep her on her toes!

XUP: My kitchen wasn't in chaos (except for when the Panther moved in her stuff!) but, let's just say that what worked for me, did not work for her. Now, it just work great for the both of us.