Kitchen Privileges

No matter where you live or how much money you make; One must never forget the good graces of the privileges a Kitchen give you. The USA is one of the richest places on the planet and there are many who can't cook their dinner each night. Many of rich don't even walk into the $80k kitchen they built for the staff to use and that is a real shame. I got to cook my dinner tonight for the first time in five and half months... And it is a glorious thing and be able to cook a healthy dinner that supports one's lifestyle. Not to mention the music being a shuffle and a Christmas song by the Great Bing Crosby comes on... Enjoy what you have, anything could take it from you!

Colorado Floods

This storm surprised us and gave us no warning this was going to happen. Towns are cut off from the world, roads are washed away. These people need help and a lot of it. This won't be fixed in a couple of weeks. It could take up to a year to get back to some kind of normalcy. If you don't want to give money to the normal resources, the farms need hay, the people need building supplies and a mild winter. It is heart breaking the devastation to the infrastructure and homes. People are refusing to leave for a number of reasons. My friend's parents aren't leaving unless they can get their horses ridden out, unable to ride the horses themselves. The scary part is that their free ride out will end soon and could take months to actually get out. My friend's parents can drive out but would not be allowed back in. It wasn't just one mountain river, it was many mountain rivers that flooded and breached banks. This was huge... We will fade from the news shortly, but we will continue to live in it. Please 'like' local fb newspaper pages so you continue to get updates on our situation.

Interesting on the timing of my moving away, just as this happened. In many ways, thankful because I was able to get my stuff out of my storage unit. Or I may have been forced to move all my stuff to higher ground and be camping next to my belonging which would be under tarps and me spending money I don't have to buy big plastic tubs to keep it dry and clean so I could put it back into the storage but more protected. My storage unit flood line was about 16-18 inches high. So, putting everything on pallets wouldn't have lend much of a hand. I would guess that a third of the units have water and mud damage to their belongings. There were other storage businesses closer to the river and all of those have damage.

Don't forget about us even if the press moves onto other things...

Flooding in Colorado 2013

This was written on the 14th, but for some reason was never posted. Well, it's all over the news, you can't miss it. It is worse then the press can cover. I'm dry and safe at the moment. The water is never ending. Businesses are lost, roads are washed out, homes are damaged, the water is dangerous to be around or to handle. The local papers have more information about that area. 14 counties have been affected and more to come. SE Wyoming is also dealing with this as well. I would add the few pictures I have, but they wouldn't really mean much unless you're familiar to the area. Your best bet is to check the towns fb pages and local papers for local information. The national news are great for a snippet of information, but only a fraction of what is really going on. On a personal note; I did get my storage unit 95% empty of all things that matter and can't be cleaned. The Big Thompson is what I was running from. I'm hoping to get off the front range today. The normal drive takes me about 90 minutes, I'm expecting this exit to take about 4 hours. Many of the routes are closed due to flood waters. Picking my route and rechecking my information against the plan. Doing a small load of laundry at my friends house (all clothes are dirty) so I can get out of here in clean clothes. I will try to get pictures during my exit if I see anything, there are lots of rivers, but not sure conditions of them. Dry drainage ditches are flowing rivers. We'll see!

Life Changes

Well, three years and three months after my big move to the front range, I'm giving up my effort to dig in and create a life for myself up here; unless a real job offer comes in where I can financially support myself and be a part of something great. I'm headed back to help out my mom and look for work in the non-corporate world and more towards the small business where there is more room for Empowerment within the company. I have made some friends up here in unlikely places and even a few from jobs I've worked. I gave it a good solid run and didn't quit. The frustrating part is all options have run out of time for me and can no longer be waiting for responses from all my applications for possible employment. I guess I'm feeling a bit sorry for myself right now only because I feel like I failed. This job economy really sucks... Well, I'm going to close this and go get some dinner. Thanks for listening and have a good week.