January 14,

Good morning everyone,

Two nights ago, we received a contents inventory listing with dollar amounts. At first it was, Oh no, this won't do. But when I called my adjuster he said, "Oh you shouldn't have gotten that, it is very preliminary." That was good to know and Bob and I went to work looking at it to see how complete and if we agreed with the numbers. Not really. The electronics and jewelry we will just order from them and get full replacement value. The household items and clothing we will need to buy and submit receipts to get the full value. Depreciation is a real thing to deal with. Going through it, I am on page 76 of 100 and almost every line I need to do some research or ask a question. Things like a table upstairs that they have valued at something you buy at Target, and it actually came from Lazyboy. There will be a difference in that value.

I don't expect any problem when I show them the difference, but I need to go and do the research to give them real numbers. As the day wore on I kept wondering is this something others can help me with? I'm not sure. I want to organize a room with half a dozen people with computers and I sit in the middle and say look up ..... and then I write that down and everyone is working at once and it is so efficient and quick. We all need our daydreams.

It will happen, it will just take time and then I will go to Dana and get the kinks out of my neck.

Story - We stayed Tuesday and Wednesday night after the fire at Sue's house. She is a wonderful hostess; cooking for us, adjusting to our schedule, giving suggestions and just offering a safe haven. On Tuesday night, ky and Mike came over bearing gifts including stuff from the salon that Ray had sent. And they brought laugther and love. They invited us to go to the Celtic Christmas presentation on Satuday night. It ended up being Sue and I that went with them. Dinner at Austin's first and then the show. I was glad to be out and I really wanted to be at home. It was a really strange night for me. The company was wonderful, the show was really good and I was having trouble being in the moment. I told Tracy later that I couldn't order our regular Austins meal of pecan/strawberry salad because that was a happy meal and it didn't fit how I was feeling. I also think it takes a lot of energy to eat that much lettuce and I didn't have the energy to do it.

At the show, they had three groups performing. I was a wiggle wart during the first presentation and when they were switching I went to the back of the room to stand. Standing was easier, I could move without feeling I was disturbing others and it helped to release some of the energy that felt trapped inside me. It was dark at the back of the room, so I could stretch and move with freedom,

Sue drove and dropped me off at the door. When she parked she met a lady that was taking a big bag out of her car and somehow told Sue that is was for a lady who had had a fire. It was Danette who had come and performed at a Sunday morning service a few months back and had heard about the fire from ky. She was performing that night and intended to give the bag to ky. So Sue put the bag in her car and later gave it to me. It was full of essentials. It was another moment of receiving love and practical things we needed.

If you ever have a situation where you need lots of help, tell ky. He knows lots of people, shares with them and they just naturally get on board and share what they have. There are many stories like the one above. On Thursday the day we moved into 201, ky called and asked what I needed. I need a chest of drawers to put our undies in. He is standing in the book store next to where he works telling the owner about the fire and that he is looking for a chest of drawers and a customer said, "I have one I am getting rid of this weekend, would you like that?" ky went and got it and brought it to us that night. It is nice to have a place to put things away. Thank you to a lady I never met or even know the name of and thanks to ky.

I am off to meditate and then work on inventory. When you have as a big a job as inentory, you need lots of prep/meditation. Last night at 6, no one was here. So, I rang myself in, put on the music and started to meditate. I needed a time of relaxation and Spirit focus. By 6:05 there were four of us. A sweet blessing to share that time with others.

Have a wonderful day!

Rev. Carolyn