23 Things I Learned Living in the Mountains
By Cal Orey
Back in the summer of 1999, I left the San Francisco Bay Area and moved to Lake Tahoe. I knew it would be a different lifestyle than being a city girl. But wow, little did I get that being self reliant is part of survival. So, today I made a list of things I've learned to do that if you told me it would happen two decades ago--I wouldn't have believed it. At all. So, here is my short list of things you have to do for yourself.
23 DIY Things for Surviving Lake Tahoe
1. I became an online shopping addict; I've purchased a bed, furniture, and all my clothes (95% fit.)
2. I ditched my waterbed for comfort and enjoy an amazing bed layered with comforters and pillows during the cold months; I have survived minus 10 temperatures.
3. I learned how to make a perfect fire fit for a princess.
4. I made a faux garden tin the summer hat is beautiful.
5. I planted trees and they lived...
6. ... I called authorities and complained about people who killed healthy pine trees.
7. I allowed a battered woman in my home and called the police because nobody else wanted to get involved.
8. I evacuated a wildfire and took two dogs and one cat.
9. I experienced a 4.8 and two strong 5.7 earthquakes and lived to tell my stories on national radio.
10. I survived a three day power outage with two dogs and was okay.
11. I didn't die living without a man for 20 years...and I feel like I am still a sexy, vibrant woman of God.
12. I loved and lost three Brittany spaniels (I thought I was going to die of a broken heart), two cats, a variety of fish...
13. ...I am blessed to be owned by an Australian Shepherd and Siamese kitty.
14. I learned to use my intuition and work two psychic networks; one in the U.K. (I have mastered the art of understanding the accents.)
15. I survived the Great Recession in 2008; I worked for a luxury real estate firm similar to the film The Devil Wears Prada.
16. I was a magazine journalist; now I am the author of a book series which ignited in 2000...
17. I landed number nine book and am still working.
18. I can shovel snow and make trails on the deck and yards.
19. I learned to love thunderstorms in the summer; and taught my dog and cat to go with the flow.
20. I revived my cooking and baking skills; and I am the author of a food column in the local newspaper.
21. I found my lust for travel; I have gone to British Columbia (Vancouver and Victoria), Washington, Los Angeles, and will be going to Eastern Canada.
22. I swam in the snow outdoors and indoors--and loved it.
23. I won 2000 playing the dollar slot machines and knew I would win that day.
Back in the summer of 1999, I left the San Francisco Bay Area and moved to Lake Tahoe. I knew it would be a different lifestyle than being a city girl. But wow, little did I get that being self reliant is part of survival. So, today I made a list of things I've learned to do that if you told me it would happen two decades ago--I wouldn't have believed it. At all. So, here is my short list of things you have to do for yourself.
23 DIY Things for Surviving Lake Tahoe
1. I became an online shopping addict; I've purchased a bed, furniture, and all my clothes (95% fit.)
2. I ditched my waterbed for comfort and enjoy an amazing bed layered with comforters and pillows during the cold months; I have survived minus 10 temperatures.
3. I learned how to make a perfect fire fit for a princess.
4. I made a faux garden tin the summer hat is beautiful.
5. I planted trees and they lived...
6. ... I called authorities and complained about people who killed healthy pine trees.
7. I allowed a battered woman in my home and called the police because nobody else wanted to get involved.
8. I evacuated a wildfire and took two dogs and one cat.
9. I experienced a 4.8 and two strong 5.7 earthquakes and lived to tell my stories on national radio.
10. I survived a three day power outage with two dogs and was okay.
11. I didn't die living without a man for 20 years...and I feel like I am still a sexy, vibrant woman of God.
12. I loved and lost three Brittany spaniels (I thought I was going to die of a broken heart), two cats, a variety of fish...
13. ...I am blessed to be owned by an Australian Shepherd and Siamese kitty.
14. I learned to use my intuition and work two psychic networks; one in the U.K. (I have mastered the art of understanding the accents.)
15. I survived the Great Recession in 2008; I worked for a luxury real estate firm similar to the film The Devil Wears Prada.
16. I was a magazine journalist; now I am the author of a book series which ignited in 2000...
17. I landed number nine book and am still working.
18. I can shovel snow and make trails on the deck and yards.
19. I learned to love thunderstorms in the summer; and taught my dog and cat to go with the flow.
20. I revived my cooking and baking skills; and I am the author of a food column in the local newspaper.
21. I found my lust for travel; I have gone to British Columbia (Vancouver and Victoria), Washington, Los Angeles, and will be going to Eastern Canada.
22. I swam in the snow outdoors and indoors--and loved it.
23. I won 2000 playing the dollar slot machines and knew I would win that day.
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