Typical Inventory - August 2009

Friday, Auust 7, 2009

Typical Inventory for Hermitages
In our research we found that most retreatants change their daily habits while on retreat. These changes may or may not include changes to your normal sleeping and eating habits. While retreatants are welcome to come down the mountain for meals at the conference (if we are serving other groups at an additional charge per meal. Please check with the office regarding availability and times of meals) it was also found that most people on retreat do not want to be surrounded with noise and the other distractions of our main campus.

We have tried to stock each hermitage with the following list of items so that you will know what you might need to bring with you in terms of food and other supplies. If you should use the last of some item we stock in the kitchen please let us know in your evaluation so we can be sure to purchase another before the next retreatant arrives.

We would ask that you please do not leave left over food items in the hermitages upon your departure.We have put a lot of thought into the placement of the furniture in each hermitages and in that regard we would ask that you not move our larger items of furniture around in the hermitages. If you should have suggestions on furniture placement please let us know on your evaluation so we can consider your suggestion.

We have also carefully considered the books in each hermitage and would love your suggestions but we would ask you to please not leave any books without first consulting the office.The following is the inventory for the Thomas Merton hermitage but would be typical of each of the hermitages except for the books, icons and other art work specific to Thomas Merton


Bedroom
Bedside clock
Flashlight
1coaster on each bedside table
1 Icon
Wooden handmade Cross
Queen bed with quilt
Stool
1 wooden basket
10 plastic hangers in closet
4 pillows on bed - 2 in pillow cases and 2 in quilted shams
2 extra pillows in closet (for pull out love seat)
1 king blanket on bed with 2 extra in closet
3 single bed blankets (for pull out love seat)
1 ceiling fan
1 supplemental heater

Bathroom
1 plastic trash basket
Assorted housekeeping supplies in closet and under sink
1 bin under sink for cleaners etc.
1 towel rod
1 toilet paper holder
1 nightlight
Assorted bed linens
Towels, wash cloths and bath mats
Basket for individual soaps
Toilet bowl brush
Toilet bowl plunger

Kitchen
1 coffee maker
1 toaster
1 microwave
1 refrigerator with freezer and ice maker
2 magnetic chip clips on refrigerator
1 gas range
1 combo washer/dryer (not in accessible hermitage)
1 magnetic knife strip with 5 kitchen knives
1 hook with cutting board and pot holders
1 LED emergency flashlight
1 strainer
1 colander
1 cheese grater
1 baking sheet
3 mixing bowls - red
1 glass baking dish
1 cooking pot with glass lid small
1 cooking pot with glass lid medium
1 cooking pot with glass lid large
1 small fry pan
1 medium fry pan
1 whistling tea kettle
4 sets silverware - regular and salad forks, regular and soup spoons, knives
1 silverware basket with compartments
1 silverware basket plain
4 steak knives
1 whisk
1 set of measuring cups
1 set of measuring spoons
1 corkscrew
1 vegetable peeler
1 manual can opener
3 wooden spoons in mason jar
3 plastic cooking utensils (extra set in top of cupboard) in mason jar
1 large box of salt
1 salt grinder
1 pepper grinder
1 bottle olive oil
1 bottle regular oil
1 bottle balsamic vinegar
1 bottle soy sauce
1 honey bear
1 jar cinnamon
5 glad plastic food storage containers
1 box saran wrap
1 box aluminum foil
4 wine glasses
4 pottery mugs
4 pottery dinner plates
4 pottery bowls
4 pottery glasses
2 small glasses
2 large glasses
Assortment of Celestial Seasoning Teas in individual packets
1 regular Folgers coffee
1 decaffeinated Folgers coffee
1 box coffee filters
dish towels
dish rags
1 in sink disk drainer
2 dish brushes
1 bottle of dish soap
1 fire extinguisher under the sink
1 under sink revolving lid trash receptacle
1 under sink bin for housekeeping supplies
1 swifter with extra swifter cloths in cabinet over refrigerator
1 box trash bags in cabinet over refrigerator
1 box of laundry soap
1 box of dryer fabric softener sheets
1 mop
1 broom
1 dustpan
1 flyswatter
2 brown cloth placements
4 brown cloth napkins
1 basket with extra batteries, matches etc. in closet
1 basket with packets of white sugar, raw sugar, Splenda and Equal
1 extra basket in closet
1 plastic folder with all instruction manuals for cabins

Living Room
1 A/C heater unit with remote control
1 rocking chair
1 pull out love seat with 2 cushions
1 reed trash basket
1 writing desk
1 lamp on writing desk
1 coaster on writing desk
1 chair for writing desk
1 dining room table will fold up leaves
1 dining room table chair
2 floor lamps
1 area rug with non-slip pad
1 side table with bookshelves w/2 coaster
1 photo of Thomas Merton
1 ceiling fan
1 reed footstool with pillow
1 step stool to use to reach high shelves
1 plastic shoe and boot holder for wet shoes and boots
2 walking sticks behind door - please return after use
1 vent less propane gas heater with thermostat

Porch
2 rocking chairs
1 side table
1 set wind chimes (on Merton and Julian)

Books - Each Hermitage has books appropriate for that Hermitage
Year with Thomas Merton - Thomas Merton
Seeds (selections from his work) - Thomas Merton
Becoming Who You Are - James Martin, SJ
Thoughts in Solitude - Thomas Merton
Dialogues with Silence - Thomas Merton
Seven Storey Mountain - Thomas Merton
Good Poems - Garrison Keillor
The Lotus Flowers - Ellen Bryant VoigtThe Book of Common Prayer
The Holy Bible with Apocrypha
Hymnal - 1982
Lift Every Voice and Sing
Voices Found
Wonder, Love and Praise - Supplement to 1982 Hymnal
The First Valle Crucis - Ruby Clark Demyen
Dobie ‘n’ Me in Hoot Owl Holler - Doris Smith Bliss
Echoes From Hoot Owl Holler - Doris Smith Bliss
Valle Crucis - David Yates and William Bake
Missionary Life at Valle Crucis - Susan Fennimore Cooper
Valle Crucis A History of an Uncommon Place - I. Harding Hughes, Jr.
My Valle Crucis: the 1930's - I. Harding Hughes, Jr.