DOWNPOURS AND RAINBOWS

This is the end of the rainbow - right above my house.


A couple days after our house flooded it rained. That evening as the sun was beginning to set I noticed the most beautiul rainbow above my house. I ran to get my camera to try and capture the exquisite brillance of colors displayed against a backdrop of dismal gray. It was a ironic twist that such an appropriate symbol appeared following the recent events. I couldn't help but smile and say a small thank you for a divine message that may or may not have been meant for me.

Over the past few days I have thought about the thunderstorms and down pours that come with life. I am convinced that wading through these small floods teaches us to swim in deeper waters.
There have been times when I felt as though I were drowning, but inevitably I am blessed with the strength I need to keep treading water and stay afloat.

I imagine the "pot of gold" at the end of the rainbow represents a different treasure for each of us. I loved seeing the rainbow ending right above my house. It reaffirms to me that I WILL weather the storms, and that the "pot of gold" I find at the end of the rainbow is my home and family. That will always be my greatest treasure.

THE GREAT FLOOD OF 2010

I have been neglecting my blog. Normally I find writing therapeutic, but recently just living my life has been exhausting enough. The thought of actually putting “pen to paper” was the furthest thing from my mind. My blog serves several purposes for me. It allows me to share my life with friends and family through words and pictures. It also is a form of journaling, and a way to make a record of my life with not only words, but with photographs that are special to me. There are several companies that will print your blog into a book, so it has become a fun way for me to keep an organized journal.
I wanted to make a final post at the end of 2009 summarizing the year and bidding good riddance to a year I would not miss. I was eager for 2009 to be over. It was an exhausting year with challenges that I was glad to see end. I just knew 2010 was going to bring with it a whole new outlook with fresh new opportunities. Ahhhhhh a new year, a new house, a new city and state, a new job, a new ward, a new outlook and a new beginning……………………………………

(……….if I had sound effect this is where you would hear the “bong bong” from the Law and Order television show.)

The beginning of 2010 brought the great flood!!!!! Yep, a new year, but same ol' crap.

Saturday we moved our refrigerator into the house we are renting. We hooked up the ice maker and left the house to run some errands and have dinner at my mom's. There was a crack in a little plastic piece on the back of the refrigerator and it was a very fast flowing leak. When we got home our house was flooded. There was about an inch or two of water that had spread through the kitchen, master bedroom, living room, dining room and entry. It was awful. We used the shop vac to vacuum up the water, then w pulled back the carpet and ripped up the pad. Now we have a giant loud fan blowing on everything to dry it out. I told Billy we should just rip up the carpet and we would just live on concrete for awhile......he said, "what concrete...the houses here are built on wood foundations". Well, hey, I'm a desert rat - every foundation I ever lived on was made of concrete not wood. I was in a house for goodness sakes, how was I supposed to know that Idaho has plywood foundation. Why would they do that? Now see - if it were concrete there wouldn't be a problem with wet wood and warping.

ANYWAY it looks like 2009 just passed the torch on to 2010.

Oh boy!