Paying the Way through the Kitchen

Well this is a picture from my camera phone, of my son! This picture was taken the third day that we were at the Shelter.... (Emergency Housing Consortium). I know that we have been going through alot of emotional stuff.. and we still had adjustments to make about our lives. Doesn't he look so enthused??? LOL ... He knows that I am just kidding around. This was also before we got the information that we could even work there as volunteers and that would guarantee a place to lay our heads at night! Yea, there was the lottery system there for the most part, which meant that we had to throw our ID's into the bucket and they could call a certain amount of people and those are the ones that 'won the lottery' for that day.
Luckily, My son and I had won the lottery each.. with our fingers crossed behind our backs! :) Then we found out that there are 'programs' there! Programs to become volunteer workers, and depending on the program, it could guarantee a bed for your either 30 or 45 days! I thought, that is a good idea... I sure would feel better about working for a place to sleep, rather than to just bum, and hope and a prayer that I would know where I would sleep at night!
My son and I were told about working in the Kitchen. WE went into the kitchen one Wednesday morning, and well... we were in luck! We shouted in to the kitchen to a cook named Sherman, asking if he needed help in the kitchen... and lo and behold, we found out later on that day, they had to get rid of the crew that was there, just yesterday... meaning the day before we stuck our head in to ask! So that started the career as a volunteer in the kitchen area. I had worked for a YMCA summer camp before, so I understood the work, and the safety issues that an industrial kitchen needed to operate. My son had worked for fast food places, so he understood the commercial kitchen as well. I thought.. this is not bad... I have experience in this stuff... with all the sanitation, and cleanliness of that type of kitchen
We found out that we actually got to have lockers to put our stuff in, which is something that is so much of a luxury...
So, our first meal prepared was Scrambled Eggs, Waffles and bacon. Of Course there was juice, and water and COFFEE!
I know I was feeling productive at this point! We even got a special table for the Kitchen Staff to sit at! HeHeHeHe.. I know that sounds kind of funny, but working in a kitchen feeding approximately 150 people per meal, is hard work. This picture is one of my son.. before we started in the kitchen.. we were standing in line... waiting on a meal....

PEACE!

A Long and Stressfull Day!

Well, My kids and I went back to my brothers apartment today. I am still looking for the Insurance stuff, and anything else that maybe of inportance. I am so Overtired that I could not sleep. , I tell you.. I left my house at 8am this morning, and got back about 8pm... that makes for a long day.

I could not believe all the tools that he had. I mean, my goodness. Should we sell then? I mean, really.. .I do not have the room to keep any tools A drill, or something smaller than that ..well... it can cost you lots of money. When I looked in the garage, ..WOW.. and being that I work for a company that does distributes small hand tools, it really amazed me. Computers, TV's, some jem stones... I know that he was into various types hobbies, and stuff... and I can see that he did keep himself qute busy. :)) I called my younger brother about it when I realized just how much he has. Well, he told me that Dad does not want anything to do with his last pocession, and that I was to do what I wished with Wayne;s stuff.

He definately had a stocked kitchen. But, yes, he always did have a nice kitchen. He has a dehydrater, a couple of rice cookers, and you can see from the simple to the fanciier one. Crock pots, dishes, of course, he had convience, which I think is good to a point, I really do not know what to do with all of that. Water filtration pitcher(s) WOW is all could think. \

When I went up there on this past Tuesday, I know that I had to get the papetwork that my dad needed..... I really did not have a chance to look around in his apartment. Today the kids got to know their uncle a lil more than they had, and realized, that just because he lived so far .. Well. You know what mean. The kids found things from the past that surprised them. LOLOL.. they found a picture album, and it happened to be the my Mom and Dad;s wedding pictures, an wthin that photo album, there was aot of loose pictures. .LOLOLOL ... kids found a picture of me when I was in Kindergarden... Jeeeze, and to think that I would have never even thougt that I would see those pictures EVER again.....LOLL

Yes, they seen some pictures of acouple of my cousn;s weddings. I even forgot that those were even still around.. anyways, I am soooo tired, I am nodding at the wheel. OOOPSSS nodding in front of this compurte ......sooo off I go. wll update later ll\ I think tha I am used to driving again;))

PE@CE!