Time really does get away from me.

I spent a lot of time today working on some documents we need to get notarized. There is a UPS store here in town that has a notary, and we usually go there. Our bank used to do it for us, but not any more. One time Mr. Troutbend participated in a blood drive at a gas station, and they had a notary service of all things to have at a gas station.

And I spent far too much time posting some flood pictures on my Brown Trout Lane website. I will try to post some more there soon, now that I think I have the kinks worked out, so you should check back from time to time. For some reason I've never been able to ftp files to my host account when I'm in Colorado, have to wait until I'm here in Las Vegas to do it.

We are still eating leftovers from Thanksgiving, and I think they taste better than the actual day of the feasting.

Monitoring the weather at my home in Colorado, the forecast says 12 to 20 inches of snow may fall through Wednesday, a 90% chance. I am mostly glad I'm not there because I still can't drive up to my house, and I'd be parking my truck way up by the highway in case the upper driveway would collapse from the weight of the snow, or when it starts melting. Also, it will be very cold - 2 or 3 degrees below zero, if not colder.

During the September flood, the weather men kept talking about what if all that rain had been in the form of snow - it would have been at least 100 inches deep, falling in a 4 or 5 day period. At that time of year, with the leaves still on the trees, there would have been a lot of utility outages as tree branches broke and pulled down power lines. Buildings might have collapsed from the weight of the snow. We would have had a lot of snowmelt to deal with, but it would have been spread out over a longer period of time.

Yesterday I vacuumed the flood sand out of my truck and rearranged my emergency preparedness kit. Since Mr. Troutbend was here in Las Vegas when I went shopping for things to fill the kit, I bought whatever I wanted. He would give me the stink eye. I bought emergency road flares, a tow strap that won't break until 9000 lbs of weight is reached, a little folding shovel, and hand warmer packs, among other things. I hope I never need to use them.

Here's a makeshift rest stop for the highway workers in Colorado with a sign salvaged from the flood debris.