An update.....
As many of you know, Cliff and I have re connected and spent quite a bit of time together since my return to Colorado. I was able to see Cliff today for the first time in 3 weeks. Before that, we spent a night together a week for 6-7 weeks. I have witnessed some amazing things with Cliff and Ali.....Today, I witnessed something that almost floored me.....absolutely had me speechless, and almost giddy!
Cliff showed me his legs today and he was bending his knees like he was riding a bike....I was, as I told Cliff, "TICKLED".....I was on the verge of tears! LITERALLY! I even told him...."Dude, I am gunna cry man, THATS FRICKIN AMAZING" and we even knuckle bumped that shit!
WAY TO GO BRO!!
Remember now, the last time I saw cliff, it would take he and I, working together, took 10-15 minutes to stretch his legs and bend his knees....And would leave us both sweating, he was so tense, it was WORK, just to get his joints moving....
Today, I saw Cliff move his legs with almost no effort and pulled his knees almost to his chest (smiling as he would show me)! His arms were more fluid, his body not as tense his head was turning easier, his eyes were clearear, his speech was clearer and "crisper" his arms moved more free, he was more "sharp"....(And Sorry Cliff) and getting a little chub on his tum tum, keeps it up, its gunna be a "dickey-doo" ;) !! He looks AWESOME!
Its been a few weeks since I have seen Cliff, but the guy I saw today has come MILES since I saw him last.
Its is so good to see him doing SOOO DAMN GOOD! He and Ali are so deserving of these breathroughs!! Keep up the good work guys....So blessed to have you guys in my life, this time of you lives. So happy for you both! Keep up the good work...And the good massages! ;)
See you guys Saturday.....Be ready to be AMAZED!
Peace.... Brad
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Testing our faith!
What a weekend!
Donna called me on Friday and I could hear in her voice that something was going on. She started to talk to me and explained that the place we had secured in Silt was no longer available....That we wouldn't be able to move into that place. The owners said their horse was sick, had pigeon fever and they would not be able to leave like they thought they would so they were "sorry" but there was nothing they could do!
I felt like someone kicked me in my stomach!
Donna and I were both overwhelmed with emotion and as usually goes when people get frustrated and angry, we kinda took it out on each other and used each other to scream our anger....Was not a good discussion and ended with us both very frustrated and hanging up with each other...
WTF are we going to do now?
I went to go see a friend play music at a bar down the street from my parents house and tried to find something to occupy my mind because my head was SPINNING! I had not had a drink in a while and the alcohol kinda kicked my butt...I went to bed that night and woke up feeling terrible and immediately, as soon as my eyes opened, I my head started spinning again... WTF are we going to do?
The stress of this, with the hangover and the reality that Donna was really freaking out and there was nothing I could do was so overwhelming that I actually felt nauseous all day....There were times I would be on the verge of tears as I was trying to find a place to accommodate us at a reasonable price in the area... I was finding NOTHING!
On top of all of this, I started to question our leap to move up there and FELT like I wanted to just pack my shit and go back to Texas... I just felt defeated, helpless, exhausted, worn out... I just couldn't believe that through all of this, here we were, Donna already IN MOTION to get here with three horses, 2 dogs and a cat, along with the rest of our stuff. Donna has her resignation in and I am due to start working on the 31st of December and we don't have a place to live!
Donna found a small one bedroom apartment, 700 sq ft in Silt, for a reasonable price but definitely NOT what we were looking for. I called the landlord and talked to her and she was hesitant about the two dogs and would not offer a lease shorter than 9 months...BUUUT it was a place to live!
The landlord sent us some pics and it seemed like a nice, clean little place and if we had to do it, this place will work...
Man, on Saturday 12-8-2012, my emotions were so up and down, I was panicky and really sad...Apparently Donna was feeling the same way and we were just feeding each others fears and I can say, that day was NOT a good day!
That night, Donna sent me an email and found a place in Silt that was a 3 bedroom house with one bath, on 10 acres, barn, corral, and would take our horses and our dogs...However, the ad was almost a month old and we didn't know if it was rented yet. Donna sent them an e-mail and we waited...
Today, Sunday rolls around and I woke up and went shopping with my sisters and my mom to get out of the house and try to get my mind off of the spinning freefall I felt like I was on. Well, I am not too much the "shopping type" and had them take me to the movie theater to see Lincoln.
As I waited on the movie to start, Donna called me and said...
"I heard from the owner of that house...."
"Well, tell me!"
"Apparently its a 3 bedroom, 100 year old house with a small bathroom. It sits on 10 acres and will completely accommodate the horses. She is a horse person and said the house is an old house, the carpet isn't the greatest, it has a fireplace but it has a crack in it, it has electric heat and she said the property is just beautiful. She said she would hold it for us until we get there and that she would be willing to do a month to month rental for us. It has a well and we would need to put up a hotwire for the horses but it sounds perfect..."
I said....
"If she will do month to month, call her and tell her we will take it and lets send her a check! Lets get this place secured!"
"Well, she said she would hold it for us until we could get there to look at it and as a matter of fact, its open now and we could really just bring our stuff up there and unload it."
"Shit, this is MUCH better than the other place, more property, bigger place, more accommodating, and only 100.00 more a month than the other place...Lets do it hun... DO IT!!"
So, we have come through yet ANOTHER storm to get to our dream and although we were just totally sick and "giving up" on the process, the process showed us again its PERFECT!! Man, I feel like a weight has been lifted and we are on an even better path than we were before in regards to a place to settle in for a bit and find our bearings....
Man, this has REALLY been one HELL of a ride and although we are still really in the middle of it, it sure has tried everything in us! We had a plan to make this happen and it has been much tougher and longer than we anticipated... I am trusting the old saying that "The harder the struggle, the greater the reward" is another truth....
Below are the first round of pictures we got of the place...There are some more coming and I will post those here when I get them, so come back and look for the updates...
Man, what a frickin rollercoaster....I am really an adventurous spirit but I am telling you, this experience is having me take a look at that part of who I am and I really don't think I want to do this again...I REALLY need to settle my ass down and just be happy with the life I have.... I am getting to old for this Gypsy blood... Its time to build me a nest and be comfy in it!
I will be able to say, we have lived one hell of an adventurous life! I sure love Donna and am so grateful she loves me...Even my wild side! I feel for her sometimes because a "nest" would be JUUUST fine with her!
I love ya babe...You did a GREAT job on this.... You are a pretty amazing woman Donna....You truly are!
Ok folks...Here are the pics!
Donna called me on Friday and I could hear in her voice that something was going on. She started to talk to me and explained that the place we had secured in Silt was no longer available....That we wouldn't be able to move into that place. The owners said their horse was sick, had pigeon fever and they would not be able to leave like they thought they would so they were "sorry" but there was nothing they could do!
I felt like someone kicked me in my stomach!
Donna and I were both overwhelmed with emotion and as usually goes when people get frustrated and angry, we kinda took it out on each other and used each other to scream our anger....Was not a good discussion and ended with us both very frustrated and hanging up with each other...
WTF are we going to do now?
I went to go see a friend play music at a bar down the street from my parents house and tried to find something to occupy my mind because my head was SPINNING! I had not had a drink in a while and the alcohol kinda kicked my butt...I went to bed that night and woke up feeling terrible and immediately, as soon as my eyes opened, I my head started spinning again... WTF are we going to do?
The stress of this, with the hangover and the reality that Donna was really freaking out and there was nothing I could do was so overwhelming that I actually felt nauseous all day....There were times I would be on the verge of tears as I was trying to find a place to accommodate us at a reasonable price in the area... I was finding NOTHING!
On top of all of this, I started to question our leap to move up there and FELT like I wanted to just pack my shit and go back to Texas... I just felt defeated, helpless, exhausted, worn out... I just couldn't believe that through all of this, here we were, Donna already IN MOTION to get here with three horses, 2 dogs and a cat, along with the rest of our stuff. Donna has her resignation in and I am due to start working on the 31st of December and we don't have a place to live!
Donna found a small one bedroom apartment, 700 sq ft in Silt, for a reasonable price but definitely NOT what we were looking for. I called the landlord and talked to her and she was hesitant about the two dogs and would not offer a lease shorter than 9 months...BUUUT it was a place to live!
The landlord sent us some pics and it seemed like a nice, clean little place and if we had to do it, this place will work...
Man, on Saturday 12-8-2012, my emotions were so up and down, I was panicky and really sad...Apparently Donna was feeling the same way and we were just feeding each others fears and I can say, that day was NOT a good day!
That night, Donna sent me an email and found a place in Silt that was a 3 bedroom house with one bath, on 10 acres, barn, corral, and would take our horses and our dogs...However, the ad was almost a month old and we didn't know if it was rented yet. Donna sent them an e-mail and we waited...
Today, Sunday rolls around and I woke up and went shopping with my sisters and my mom to get out of the house and try to get my mind off of the spinning freefall I felt like I was on. Well, I am not too much the "shopping type" and had them take me to the movie theater to see Lincoln.
As I waited on the movie to start, Donna called me and said...
"I heard from the owner of that house...."
"Well, tell me!"
"Apparently its a 3 bedroom, 100 year old house with a small bathroom. It sits on 10 acres and will completely accommodate the horses. She is a horse person and said the house is an old house, the carpet isn't the greatest, it has a fireplace but it has a crack in it, it has electric heat and she said the property is just beautiful. She said she would hold it for us until we get there and that she would be willing to do a month to month rental for us. It has a well and we would need to put up a hotwire for the horses but it sounds perfect..."
I said....
"If she will do month to month, call her and tell her we will take it and lets send her a check! Lets get this place secured!"
"Well, she said she would hold it for us until we could get there to look at it and as a matter of fact, its open now and we could really just bring our stuff up there and unload it."
"Shit, this is MUCH better than the other place, more property, bigger place, more accommodating, and only 100.00 more a month than the other place...Lets do it hun... DO IT!!"
So, we have come through yet ANOTHER storm to get to our dream and although we were just totally sick and "giving up" on the process, the process showed us again its PERFECT!! Man, I feel like a weight has been lifted and we are on an even better path than we were before in regards to a place to settle in for a bit and find our bearings....
Man, this has REALLY been one HELL of a ride and although we are still really in the middle of it, it sure has tried everything in us! We had a plan to make this happen and it has been much tougher and longer than we anticipated... I am trusting the old saying that "The harder the struggle, the greater the reward" is another truth....
Below are the first round of pictures we got of the place...There are some more coming and I will post those here when I get them, so come back and look for the updates...
Man, what a frickin rollercoaster....I am really an adventurous spirit but I am telling you, this experience is having me take a look at that part of who I am and I really don't think I want to do this again...I REALLY need to settle my ass down and just be happy with the life I have.... I am getting to old for this Gypsy blood... Its time to build me a nest and be comfy in it!
I will be able to say, we have lived one hell of an adventurous life! I sure love Donna and am so grateful she loves me...Even my wild side! I feel for her sometimes because a "nest" would be JUUUST fine with her!
I love ya babe...You did a GREAT job on this.... You are a pretty amazing woman Donna....You truly are!
Ok folks...Here are the pics!
Donna was able to get some more pics of the house..... Here are the ones sent to us on 12-10-12.... Man, this place is SOOOOOO COOL!! Also, Donna negotiated a 100.00 a month decreese in the rent per month....The girl, dont put ANYTHING between here and her horses....YOU WONT WIN!!
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Donna kicking butt!
On Nov 5th, 2012, I started my official training with the Colorado Department of Revenue. I trained in Denver for a week and as I worked and started things rolling with the job, Donna kicked it in gear and started working on getting the house sold in Texas and finding a place that will be a fit for us in, or around Glenwood Springs. She is determined to have her three horses and all her animals so she was on the move.
Once I completed my procedure training, I was informed I would be training in Colorado Springs for 6 weeks and would relocate to Glenwood after that. This was a shift from what I thought was going to happen, as I was told I would be training in Grand Junction. This was a great thing for us because it would save a lot of travel time and money...Just another sign that everything is perfect and going JUST as it should. I figured my target date to be in Glenwood would be in or around Dec. 18th and started to plan as such.
We immediately dropped the price of the house again and Donna started her process to find a place to keep the horses. On Thanksgiving day Donna called me and said...
"I think I found a place. Its on 5 acres, we can have our dogs, our cat and all three horses. Its a one bedroom apartment above a barn and its short term. There is a house on the property that will be coming up for rent and after living in the apartment, we could move into the house. We can also just decide to board the horses there if we want, but it sounds PERFECT"
That is what tripped me up....If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is! I asked her...
"Where did you hear about this? Craiglist? This sure sounds too good to be true. Why don't you follow up on this, see if you can contact a real person and if you can get it set up, I will drive up there this weekend and look at it."
Donna got off the phone with me and she was able to contact the owners and speak to them. They sent her pictures of the place and verified all the details and I made plans to go up and see it on Saturday, Nov 24th. Mom wanted to go with me so we set out early and made it in about 3 hours.
The town this place is located is called Silt Colorado and it is West of Glenwood Springs, about a 20 minute drive. The layout of the land is more Grand Mesa type mountains and is pretty spectacular. Its a REALLY small town with a population of about 3k people but that is JUUUST our speed!
As we followed the directions into the place, we found the road the house was on and ran into a herd of about 30 mule deer. The surrounding area is beautiful....The place lays at the base of some mountains and looks out over a grand mesa looking toward Grand Junction. When we puled up to the property, we found a mechanical front gate with a cowboy hat on it and at this point, it just felt "good" to be here.
We drove onto the property and mom and I were both awestruck...the place was BEAUTIFUL and although it seemed a little small for the horses it was boarding, it was DEFINITELY doable. The owners met us in the front yard and they were all smiles and friendly. Angelo and Toni were a very nice couple, about the same age as Donna and I and they started to show mom and I around. I will explain more with the pictures below.
This is just inside the front gate...The barn and the apartment are the building on the right.
That is BLM land and National Forrest behind the place...You can see the little front porch to the apartment on the left of the building.
This is the view East from our bedroom window and our front yard...
This is the end of the run where our horses will be kept...If you look back the other way, you will see picture number 2 here.
This is the view out of the living room window.
Kitchen...
Living room....
Bedroom....Notice the view looking West!
After meeting with Angelo and Toni, taking some pictures, getting a feel of the apartment, we came to an understanding that they would rent the apartment until April 1st, that they would leave it furnished with everything but their couches and bed and if it all worked our positively, we would discuss renting the house when they returned.
Although we wouldn't have use of the barn, we would be able to have the horses literally right out our back door and had only 40 acres between us and BLM land and Whitewater National Forrest. About 20 minutes away is a national park and reservoir and we have almost immediate access to all of it.
Oddly enough, after going back an looking at it, Donna had found these folks a month or so before for boarding and re connected with them and they had decided to short term lease the property shortly before she contacted them....NO ACCIDENTS!!
As we pulled out of the property to head home, there was a heard of 30+ elk greeting us... Man, this IS perfect!
I tell ya man, there truly is something magical about this "Trusting the process" thing....So far, just following the direction of our dreams is unfolding a really bright future and adventure. Let me explain...
So, I was told I would be in Glenwood by the 18th of December, the Angelo and Toni told us we couldn't move in until the first of January so now I was going to have to find a place to live from the 18th until the 1st....With 2 dogs and a cat.....I started looking.
It looked like I was going to have to simply get a hotel room for a couple of weeks and pay out the ass for it. The more I looked at the dates, the more I realized I wasn't positive about my start date in Glenwood. I called my boss to verify. When I got ahold of her, she said....
"Oh no Brad, we are keeping you in the Springs through the Holidays, we will plan on having you start here on the 3rd of January."
Now tell me there is no truth in that theory...TRUST THE PROCESS because the process is perfect if you just let it happen...With intention mind you, but its perfect!
So, Donna decided that hell or high water, she was leaving Texas on the week of the 17th of December and planned to be here in Colo Spgs by the 20th. We worked out the payment for the rent, had things rolling, dropped the price of the house again and started getting lookers....We had 3 people in a weeks time come and look at the house...THIS SHIT IS HAPPENING!!! OWTFDWIT!!
The house isn't sold yet but Donna has gone from a skeptical woman to a maniac on a mission with her hair on fire! WOOOO-HOOOO!! I LOVE THIS!!
I remember when this all started and I was talking to Donna and she was sad, scared and unsure and she said...
"I don't like this, this isn't fun, it doesn't feel like an adventure"
After all this fell in place, I was on the phone with Donna and she was just tickled, excited, anxious, ready to get here, ready to settle in and on the phone I said...
"So let me ask you, does it feel like an adventure now?"
She laughed and had no other response but "Yes, THIS is an adventure"
Today is the 4th of December, I did catch a cold on my trip to Glenwood that grew into a severe case of tonsillitis that has had me laid up and off of work for the last four days, but I am getting over it, and believe it or not, Sunday, this bug hit me so hard I had fluctuating fever, cold sweats, could not swallow, the poops and was about out for the count....And my insurance went into effect on Saturday....Yep, the process is PERFECT!!
So as I heal, I daydream about Donna and I together again, snuggled in our little apartment in the mountains, with all of our animals with us and living the live we dreamed of in July of this year. This just reminds me that dreams do happen, what we want can be created and life truly is a process of creation...Go make it big!!
Once I completed my procedure training, I was informed I would be training in Colorado Springs for 6 weeks and would relocate to Glenwood after that. This was a shift from what I thought was going to happen, as I was told I would be training in Grand Junction. This was a great thing for us because it would save a lot of travel time and money...Just another sign that everything is perfect and going JUST as it should. I figured my target date to be in Glenwood would be in or around Dec. 18th and started to plan as such.
We immediately dropped the price of the house again and Donna started her process to find a place to keep the horses. On Thanksgiving day Donna called me and said...
"I think I found a place. Its on 5 acres, we can have our dogs, our cat and all three horses. Its a one bedroom apartment above a barn and its short term. There is a house on the property that will be coming up for rent and after living in the apartment, we could move into the house. We can also just decide to board the horses there if we want, but it sounds PERFECT"
That is what tripped me up....If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is! I asked her...
"Where did you hear about this? Craiglist? This sure sounds too good to be true. Why don't you follow up on this, see if you can contact a real person and if you can get it set up, I will drive up there this weekend and look at it."
Donna got off the phone with me and she was able to contact the owners and speak to them. They sent her pictures of the place and verified all the details and I made plans to go up and see it on Saturday, Nov 24th. Mom wanted to go with me so we set out early and made it in about 3 hours.
The town this place is located is called Silt Colorado and it is West of Glenwood Springs, about a 20 minute drive. The layout of the land is more Grand Mesa type mountains and is pretty spectacular. Its a REALLY small town with a population of about 3k people but that is JUUUST our speed!
As we followed the directions into the place, we found the road the house was on and ran into a herd of about 30 mule deer. The surrounding area is beautiful....The place lays at the base of some mountains and looks out over a grand mesa looking toward Grand Junction. When we puled up to the property, we found a mechanical front gate with a cowboy hat on it and at this point, it just felt "good" to be here.
We drove onto the property and mom and I were both awestruck...the place was BEAUTIFUL and although it seemed a little small for the horses it was boarding, it was DEFINITELY doable. The owners met us in the front yard and they were all smiles and friendly. Angelo and Toni were a very nice couple, about the same age as Donna and I and they started to show mom and I around. I will explain more with the pictures below.
This is just inside the front gate...The barn and the apartment are the building on the right.
That is BLM land and National Forrest behind the place...You can see the little front porch to the apartment on the left of the building.
This is the view East from our bedroom window and our front yard...
This is the end of the run where our horses will be kept...If you look back the other way, you will see picture number 2 here.
This is the view out of the living room window.
Kitchen...
Living room....
Bedroom....Notice the view looking West!
After meeting with Angelo and Toni, taking some pictures, getting a feel of the apartment, we came to an understanding that they would rent the apartment until April 1st, that they would leave it furnished with everything but their couches and bed and if it all worked our positively, we would discuss renting the house when they returned.
Although we wouldn't have use of the barn, we would be able to have the horses literally right out our back door and had only 40 acres between us and BLM land and Whitewater National Forrest. About 20 minutes away is a national park and reservoir and we have almost immediate access to all of it.
Oddly enough, after going back an looking at it, Donna had found these folks a month or so before for boarding and re connected with them and they had decided to short term lease the property shortly before she contacted them....NO ACCIDENTS!!
As we pulled out of the property to head home, there was a heard of 30+ elk greeting us... Man, this IS perfect!
I tell ya man, there truly is something magical about this "Trusting the process" thing....So far, just following the direction of our dreams is unfolding a really bright future and adventure. Let me explain...
So, I was told I would be in Glenwood by the 18th of December, the Angelo and Toni told us we couldn't move in until the first of January so now I was going to have to find a place to live from the 18th until the 1st....With 2 dogs and a cat.....I started looking.
It looked like I was going to have to simply get a hotel room for a couple of weeks and pay out the ass for it. The more I looked at the dates, the more I realized I wasn't positive about my start date in Glenwood. I called my boss to verify. When I got ahold of her, she said....
"Oh no Brad, we are keeping you in the Springs through the Holidays, we will plan on having you start here on the 3rd of January."
Now tell me there is no truth in that theory...TRUST THE PROCESS because the process is perfect if you just let it happen...With intention mind you, but its perfect!
So, Donna decided that hell or high water, she was leaving Texas on the week of the 17th of December and planned to be here in Colo Spgs by the 20th. We worked out the payment for the rent, had things rolling, dropped the price of the house again and started getting lookers....We had 3 people in a weeks time come and look at the house...THIS SHIT IS HAPPENING!!! OWTFDWIT!!
The house isn't sold yet but Donna has gone from a skeptical woman to a maniac on a mission with her hair on fire! WOOOO-HOOOO!! I LOVE THIS!!
I remember when this all started and I was talking to Donna and she was sad, scared and unsure and she said...
"I don't like this, this isn't fun, it doesn't feel like an adventure"
After all this fell in place, I was on the phone with Donna and she was just tickled, excited, anxious, ready to get here, ready to settle in and on the phone I said...
"So let me ask you, does it feel like an adventure now?"
She laughed and had no other response but "Yes, THIS is an adventure"
Today is the 4th of December, I did catch a cold on my trip to Glenwood that grew into a severe case of tonsillitis that has had me laid up and off of work for the last four days, but I am getting over it, and believe it or not, Sunday, this bug hit me so hard I had fluctuating fever, cold sweats, could not swallow, the poops and was about out for the count....And my insurance went into effect on Saturday....Yep, the process is PERFECT!!
So as I heal, I daydream about Donna and I together again, snuggled in our little apartment in the mountains, with all of our animals with us and living the live we dreamed of in July of this year. This just reminds me that dreams do happen, what we want can be created and life truly is a process of creation...Go make it big!!
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