2012?

There has been so much hype about 2012....

"end of the World!"

"enviromental catastrophy!"

"Apocolypse!"

So what will happen? No idea. The ancient astronomers say it will be a solar flare of sorts. What will that do? No idea, I haven't researched it enough. What do I think? I think I need to be prepared for anything.

I've had many thoughts and discussions about being more self sufficient. I've also had discussions with The Handler as to our plans should any major catastrophy occur. We've had those plans in place for many, many years. So what about the NOW? What if its not something like you see in the movies? What if its just a financial/economical collapse? How will I be prepared?

My first and foremost want is to be completely self reliant. If the electricity goes out, I won't be affected. If the water gets shut off, I won't be affected. If the grocery stores get looted bare, I won't be affected. I want to be growing my own food, producing my own power, and not relying on Big Brother. So what does this mean?

It means every chance I get, when I'm home, I'll be working on preparations. Digging the well, building the windmill or solar panels, getting animal pens ready, etc. Am I in a panic? Nope. I just believe in being well prepared. Plus, this just expedites my plans for being SS and quiting this job. Its not that I don't like it, I just want to do things for myself. I want to be home digging in the dirt, and cleaning up after my animals.

One day shit will hit the fan, and this country, or even the world, will collapse. I'll be ready.

Wild Wild West

Ok, so once again I've been a slacker in blogging....but give me a break on this one, I've been busy in the new territory.

Our first week started us in Lubbock, TX for 2 days. I will say that it started out great. No crappy accents, so fake bullshit, nice weather, and nice people. We left there and headed to Albuquerque, NM for one day. It truely wasn't bad, except for one idiot. Of course, there is always one, but I didn't expect him to surface so soon. Yep, the first stupid comment of the year goes as follows (keep in mind we give hearing tests):

"You should give this test in sign language so people can get a better score"

WHAT THE HELL???? I don't think he thought about what he was saying when it came out of his mouth....but then again, maybe that is his mentality. Who knows, but that is by far, the dumbest thing I've heard since starting this job. Hell, I think its the dumbest thing I've ever heard in my life.

After New Mexico, we landed here in Arizona. Kingman, to be exact. We'll be here through Wednesday morning, then we'll head to the Phoenix area. We'll stay here in AZ through the 2nd week in Feb. It will be great missing the hellish winter we were going to be subject to had we not been sent to this territory. I am a happy camper!

We still aren't sure how long we'll have this territory. The man side of the team that was here had a 7lb cancerous tumor removed from his abdomen. Its such a rare form of cancer, that he has to be treated at a completely different hospital than the one he is in. The problem is he can't be moved until this huge incision heals, and that is projected to be at least a month. As for treatment.....nobody seems to know if they can cure him or not. He is 62, and his mother died of cancer at the age of 65. We don't know if they can cure him, or how long it will take. This means we don't know when or if they will be back to work or not. So until then, we work around all of their things that were left in the truck.

As I said, we are in Kingman. Located in the north-west corner of AZ, its close to the Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, and California. Its also home of the heart of Route 66, the Mother Road of the USA. The original cross-country highway, starting in Chicago, IL and going all the way to California. And until the interstate was built in 1952, it was the only way to get between the 2 places. Talk about a road trip! Hubs and I have always wanted to travel this historical highway, and we really want to do it on a Harley. But for now, we'll see what we can at the cost of our company...hee hee. Today, we decided to take a portion of this highway from Kingman to Oatman. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oatman,_Arizona If you are inclined to read the article from this link, you'll see that the town was named after a daughter of a man from La Harpe, IL. My house is in La Harpe, IL. My husband and his family have been residents of LaHarpe, IL for 3 generations, at least. So I found it both awe inspiring and a certain connection to this little mining town. How crazy is it that we visited????

Tomorrow we are going to an indoor archery range for about an hour, then after that I'm not sure. Is Martin Luther King, Jr Day, so many places will be closed.

Beyond that, I have nothing else to report, so I'll leave you to read about Oatman, AZ