When life is totally upside down there is nothing quite like comfort food to stop the chaos for a few moments and make everything feel almost normal. This past week we moved back into our home to ‘camp out’ until the water rises or goes away. Almost all of our belongings are still scattered to the wind, boxed up and safely stored until fall. We have a few camp chairs, a card table, our bed and a crib to make the house habitable.

First off, a big thank you to everyone who left comments and words of encouragement. It meant a lot to know that you were sending positive thoughts our direction during the past two weeks.

Where to start? We are all safe and our belongings are stowed in 4 different locations out of the flood zone. I packed and moved our entire house in less than 6 hours while Mr. B was outside building a 6′ high x 130′ long sand bag wall. It was in a word- insane.

We are in the middle of building a sandbag levee, evacuating our house, and trying to move out everything in 24 hours. The Missouri river is flooding our house and they expect the water to remain high all summer. We live far outside of the 100 year flood plain and never thought this could happen to us. My parents who live nearby are in the same situation. It is too horrible for words. I will post an update once we get through this craziness and come out the other side. Please keep everyone along the Missouri in your thoughts and prayers.