My Purple Bus became the Black Bus!

Today was Scotts first day as a Sous Chef at Ember and so I decided to drive 2 towns away to rent
our entertainment for the next couple of days... Breckenridge has no video stores just Red Box which
we have found to be very limited on the kind of movies we enjoy! I have been transitioning out of t.v. land
due to the fact that it costs fifty dollars just to have cable hooked up and honestly that is just ridiculous if
you ask me! Really enjoying all of the free time we have to watch all of our Seinfeld and family guy dvds
but...we have gone through them all!! So today I ventured out to Blockbuster 20 minutes away! Oh, the
days of convenience are 1140 miles behind us and well...its not so bad.

 Frisco is the town 16 miles outside of Breck and it has only redbox and blockbuster box after renting
enough to last us 3 days I stopped at the Starbucks to check email look for new possible jobs and start
this really cool blog! It feels really weird here listening to everyones conversations about their day on the
mountain how perfect the snow was.. all sizes lil peanuts sipping on their hot chocolates telling their parents
they had a great time skiing or boarding. I realize then I have to get going and off I drive 16 miles to Breck.

The plan was to leave the car in Embers lot and take the bus home which is a 15 minute ride home. Made it
in plenty of time called and talked to Uncle Bill to pass the time and the cold and darkness..Then the bus comes I get on get comfortable and take in the route when 3 blocks away the two remaining passengers
get off and the bus stops and parks! I then ask the driver what was going to be next when he says that this
Purple Route (my route!) is now the Black Route!!! He tells me it will change back to the Purple Route after
after he goes up the hill (whatever that means?)  So I guess I had no choice but to be patient and ride the black bus up the hill and back down till it became the Purple bus (my bus) once again and took me back home.

There at the top of the hill four passengers get on.. did I mention the bus is completely dark while riding? It
is and its weird... So the four people get on and they all begin to talk about their day at work...two girls were
talking about how they waited on Luke Wilson! I am interested in the convo! yea celebrity gossip on the Black  Bus (who knew?) One guy chimes in that he waited on him and his very attractive "lady friend" who
could this be?? I am out of the loop no cable no gossip mags but, here on the Black bus!! Hilarious in the
dark I am giddy:) The bus changed into the Purple bus again and I made it home safe and sound at last!

The Search

What a great Idea! Start a Blog about moving all the way from the comforts of Cincinnati to the Rocky
Mountains. Where to Begin? Scott and I have  been here for almost two weeks and we have managed to survive altitude sickness while unpacking every little thing that we own  getting our very own p.o.box to
catching the bus into town to finding our way around town! Our house is now a home and the animals are getting all settled in and loving all of the White that came just days after we arrived! Henry is too getting cozy in his new digs not a big fan of coming out from under our covers but, he is cozy.

 The next thing which is a Big thing is for me to find a job! Not sure I have ever felt so defeated in doing so
my mind is spinning and I know the best thing is to get a Serving job because this is what brings in the most
$ during the Season but.....there are almost none to be found!! Season is a little early this year and all the good serving jobs are almost all taken by the locals and peeps moving here to spend their days on the mountain and their nights serving all of the travelers.At first I was a little hesitant to getting a job with Scott
and working at Ember but, then once I got here and got frustrated at the lack of jobs I ended up getting
a nice two days a week which is a start and maybe who knows maybe it will lead to more.Fingers and Paws
Crossed and any prayers would be great.

So the Search is on! Working on a resume' have really not done this in a while but....it will be good for
me to get out there and meet as many people as possible and I do love to meet people so this will be fun:)
Hope all is well in Cincinnati and hope you know that the place is ready for visitors we get our first this Sunday Dan and Nancy(Scott's Parents) will be here and we are planning a great Thanksgiving feast with the works and yes for all of you that know Mashed Potatoes will be a plenty and I am baking my first Pie from scratch!

                                                                     Love to all,

                                                                                        Mary,Scott and the furry gang