Out of the Lodge, and into a temp house?

Well after 30 days in the Navy Lodge, we have finally moved out into temporary housing.  In the lodge we were staying in two rooms, next to each other but not connected.  Each room had two queen beds and a small kitchen.  Definition of kitchen is 2 burners, microwave, sink and refrigerator.  Despite the lack of size and the limited number of utensils, Amie did a great job coming up with meals so we didn't have to each at Chili's, the only restaurant near by, more than twice!

For a greater appreciation, cooking in that small kitchen for a family of six is all about timing.  It's kind of like cooking Thanksgiving dinner.  You have to work extra hard to get everything out at the same time.  Well in the lodge with the small kitchen it was the same.  Needless to say it is nice to be in a house with a large kitchen and an actual dining room table.

So anyway, we moved into a house in the Ikego housing complex.  It is military housing, just located about 10 kilometers down the road from the base.  As of now it is temporary as we wait to see if a house on Yokosuka itself will come available.  That would be ideal, and the sooner the better because that is where the kids schools are, and of course work for me.  Even-though Ikego is only 10 km down the road it can take up to 25 minutes to drive, and with the eventuality of the job calling me in, in the middle of the night, it will be nice to live on Yokosuka and be close.

The house is about 1500-1600 sq feet.  The average bedroom is 11x11 feet.  I say average because the master bedroom, about 12x13, is off-set by Harrison's room approximately 9x9!  Or as Harrison has stated, a large walk-in closet.  What's most striking about the house is that is white...all of it.  Every wall, floor and appliance.  As a matter of fact the only non-white part are the stainless steel counters.  Yes counters!

As we've said before, "Home is where the Navy sends us."  So for now, Ikego is home even with our temporary Navy furniture.  It looks like furniture you'd find in a doctor's waiting room.  One really cool part is that Lila has taken over the storage space under the stairs and made it her "Club House".  It is a lot like the room Harry Potter had under the stairs, only we aren't locking her in under there.