What a crazy few weeks. The current score is currently Grill: 5 Kori: 1, Chipmunks: 36275, Kori: 4. Yea….those chipmunks are out of control. I’m slowly becoming a better shot with my slingshot though. We are pretty certain that the chipmunks are inviting all of their friends to come eat out of our trash bin. Now, there are often at least 7 or 8 chipmunks that run out of the trash bin when you walk by. I’ve also almost completely ruined the main course of the most important meal of the week and forgotten more things in the oven. Oops.
Today marks the day that we’ve been here for exactly two months. With about 3 ½ weeks to go, it seems like eternity but yet an insanely short amount of time. Not gonna lie, I’m really kinda secluded living on a mountain. I don’t know what is going on in the world. I don’t necessarily mind, because I think that the constant barrage of the media clouds our judgment and our decisions. I’ve decided I don’t mind some seclusion…I don’t think that I would like to live on the side of a mountain for the rest of my life, but for the 3ish months we are up here, it’s ok. It’s so crazy that within our diverse group of people, the majority of us know someone who knows someone who works here. The seclusion has also been good for working out issues that have never really been dealt with. Issues that, if left alone, will only cause intense hurt further down the road.
It’s been amazing seeing God answer prayers. A few times in the kitchen we’ve been running low on food, with not enough time or resources to get or make more and I’ve prayed that God will multiply it. Every single time that’s happened, we’ve had enough with a little extra. Last night was an amazing example of answered prayer. A few other girls and I went into Pueblo to see a movie and beforehand we prayed that the deer would stay out of the road. For the majority of the way there and for quite a bit of the way back, deer were all along the side of the road and a few were even in the road. As we would pass, the deer would either stay still or run the other way. It was like God was showing us His power, and the deer were a reminder of how He is in control of our lives.
At first, I wasn’t sure how I would like living with the people I work with. For the most part it’s been ok. It’s been kinda weird living with people you don’t see a whole lot because of different work schedules. I barely see my roommates. I love the people I work with to death. We get along really well. Probably because we all have similar tastes and personalities. Which can be a good thing…and a bad thing because we can goof off really easily.
Well, almost time for me to go back to the sweat shop, aka the kitchen.
Forever smelling of bacon and onions,
Cook out
~Kori
Friday, July 23, 2010
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Bears, Olympic athletes, and life
Well, this blog would have been posted earlier....but silly Blogspot ate it and I just haven't had the time to re-type everything. So sorry it's been awhile since the last time I wrote.
This last weekend was really fun. The Lodge crew went to Colorado Springs on a "fun day." We went to the Olympic training center and stood in long lines to get autographs from people we had never heard of before. We also saw 6 year olds karate chop adults and (pretend to....i hope) incapacitate them. We also saw a fencing demonstration and a BMX (if they were on bycicles, is that still BMX?) demonstration. After our adventure there, a group of us went thrifting and then went to Manitou Springs. In all, it was pretty epic. We also saw a bear on our way to the Springs.
Since I've been here, I've realized a few things about myself that are pretty significant. I've realized that I am a very touch oriented person. Since I've been here, there have been times when I've gone up to two weeks without a hug. That's been pretty tough for me. When I'm not touched, it's really easy for me to withdraw into myself. I've never really thought I would be in this postition. But, seeing as how I have a negative response to not being touched, I think that this summer will really help push me closer to feel the touch of Christ. One of the girls in my house brought the book God Speaks Your Love Language by Gary Chapman. I read the chapter on physical touch because I was curious about how God could fulfill something that is so physical, so here and now. It really opened my eyes and made me realize that God can speak to me and tell me He loves me through my love language.
Something else that's really hit home with me is how much I dislike change. I've fallen into doing everything I can to avoid change. This last month has been full of changes. Some have turned out for the good, and some are still too early to see if they are good or bad or neutral. I hope that I can get out of this habit by the end of the summer.
As a cook, I'm pretty behind the scenes. I don't have much interaction with the guests. I don't get to hear their life stories like the servers and the programmers. It's kind of frusterating sometimes. Sweating in the kitchen for food that people you don't know will eat, or not eat depending on the night. It's hard to be in the kitchen from 7 in the morning to 3 in the afternoon...and then back again from 5 to 8.... many days without a hi or a thank you from the guests. Oh well, I just hope that if the food is good, people can open up to what God is trying to teach them while they are up here.
Speaking of being a cook, we have way too much fun in the kitchen. "More fun than a human otta have" as Dr. Noebel would say. Today we burned a cookbook (accidently...) and yesterday we found food that had been left in the ovens for a whole week. It's been epic.
Well back to the grind...if the chipmunks don't get me first....and that baby chipmunk people are keeping in my house doesn't give me rabies....
Cook out
~Kori
This last weekend was really fun. The Lodge crew went to Colorado Springs on a "fun day." We went to the Olympic training center and stood in long lines to get autographs from people we had never heard of before. We also saw 6 year olds karate chop adults and (pretend to....i hope) incapacitate them. We also saw a fencing demonstration and a BMX (if they were on bycicles, is that still BMX?) demonstration. After our adventure there, a group of us went thrifting and then went to Manitou Springs. In all, it was pretty epic. We also saw a bear on our way to the Springs.
Since I've been here, I've realized a few things about myself that are pretty significant. I've realized that I am a very touch oriented person. Since I've been here, there have been times when I've gone up to two weeks without a hug. That's been pretty tough for me. When I'm not touched, it's really easy for me to withdraw into myself. I've never really thought I would be in this postition. But, seeing as how I have a negative response to not being touched, I think that this summer will really help push me closer to feel the touch of Christ. One of the girls in my house brought the book God Speaks Your Love Language by Gary Chapman. I read the chapter on physical touch because I was curious about how God could fulfill something that is so physical, so here and now. It really opened my eyes and made me realize that God can speak to me and tell me He loves me through my love language.
Something else that's really hit home with me is how much I dislike change. I've fallen into doing everything I can to avoid change. This last month has been full of changes. Some have turned out for the good, and some are still too early to see if they are good or bad or neutral. I hope that I can get out of this habit by the end of the summer.
As a cook, I'm pretty behind the scenes. I don't have much interaction with the guests. I don't get to hear their life stories like the servers and the programmers. It's kind of frusterating sometimes. Sweating in the kitchen for food that people you don't know will eat, or not eat depending on the night. It's hard to be in the kitchen from 7 in the morning to 3 in the afternoon...and then back again from 5 to 8.... many days without a hi or a thank you from the guests. Oh well, I just hope that if the food is good, people can open up to what God is trying to teach them while they are up here.
Speaking of being a cook, we have way too much fun in the kitchen. "More fun than a human otta have" as Dr. Noebel would say. Today we burned a cookbook (accidently...) and yesterday we found food that had been left in the ovens for a whole week. It's been epic.
Well back to the grind...if the chipmunks don't get me first....and that baby chipmunk people are keeping in my house doesn't give me rabies....
Cook out
~Kori
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Wow, I've already been here for three weeks. In some ways, it feels like I've been here for six months and then in some ways it feels like I've only been here for a few days. I'm starting to know my way around the kitchen...but every day us still an adventure. I am oftentimes covered in food at the end of the day. Small burns on my fingers and hands are pretty much a common thing around here. This last week was pretty interesting because us Lodge folk didn't have a group in, so we helped the two other two camps. I'm biased...I think that I have perfect group of people to work with this summer. :) We seem to be getting along really well. We'll see about that though....if the chipmunks don't get us first!
For me one of the things that has kinda taken some time getting used to is living with the people I work with. It's also been an adjustment sleeping on a twin bunk bed. I always feel like I'm going to fall out or something. It's been weird. For the most part, I think the transition from home life to camp life has been good. The days have been long and filled with hard work. The nights have been short, oftentimes filled with fun things and maybe a little sleep. In whole, I think that living here on the side of a mountain for the whole summer will be a good growing experience for me. I think that I will grow to learn more who I am and more about who God is and who He wants me to be.
Cook out.
~Kori
For me one of the things that has kinda taken some time getting used to is living with the people I work with. It's also been an adjustment sleeping on a twin bunk bed. I always feel like I'm going to fall out or something. It's been weird. For the most part, I think the transition from home life to camp life has been good. The days have been long and filled with hard work. The nights have been short, oftentimes filled with fun things and maybe a little sleep. In whole, I think that living here on the side of a mountain for the whole summer will be a good growing experience for me. I think that I will grow to learn more who I am and more about who God is and who He wants me to be.
Cook out.
~Kori
Friday, June 4, 2010
My Thoughts on Life at the Moment
So, instead of taking a nap, I thought I would update on camp life.
My walk to work is a grand total of 5 minutes. I used the grill for the first time earlier this week and succeeded in catching it on fire. My room that I'm sharing with three other girls doesn't have a door. It's interesting. I've been learning lots of new things about cooking. Like the fact that the ovens in the kitchen aren't like my oven at home. These actually bake things in the amount of time they should be baked. A few trays of cookies were sacrificed in this discovery. Pizookies are amazing, and so are dance/lip syncing parties in the kitchen. Combined they are pretty dang amazing. On Wednesday, which was my day off, a group of us summer staffers went to Salida which is about an hour away. I was kind of amazed at how many people said it was so far away. By hearing 'far away' I was thinking that maybe it would take two hours or more to get there. It was only an hour, which was about what I was driving to school and work before my summer adventure here at Horn Creek. The drive from camp to Salida is so much prettier though! Salida is an interesting little town. I think it's pretty popular because it's the closest town with a Wal-Mart.
I think this next week will kind of be an interesting one. As people start to get more comfortable with their roommates and new friends, I think that this next week will be kind of crucial. I think that this might be the week that people will find life-long friends here. I hope I'm going to be in that boat too.
Gotta get back to the kitchen!
Feel free to shoot me an email or some snail mail.
~Kori
Horn Creek Camp
Attn: Kori Wells
6758 County Road 130
Westcliffe, CO 81252
My walk to work is a grand total of 5 minutes. I used the grill for the first time earlier this week and succeeded in catching it on fire. My room that I'm sharing with three other girls doesn't have a door. It's interesting. I've been learning lots of new things about cooking. Like the fact that the ovens in the kitchen aren't like my oven at home. These actually bake things in the amount of time they should be baked. A few trays of cookies were sacrificed in this discovery. Pizookies are amazing, and so are dance/lip syncing parties in the kitchen. Combined they are pretty dang amazing. On Wednesday, which was my day off, a group of us summer staffers went to Salida which is about an hour away. I was kind of amazed at how many people said it was so far away. By hearing 'far away' I was thinking that maybe it would take two hours or more to get there. It was only an hour, which was about what I was driving to school and work before my summer adventure here at Horn Creek. The drive from camp to Salida is so much prettier though! Salida is an interesting little town. I think it's pretty popular because it's the closest town with a Wal-Mart.
I think this next week will kind of be an interesting one. As people start to get more comfortable with their roommates and new friends, I think that this next week will be kind of crucial. I think that this might be the week that people will find life-long friends here. I hope I'm going to be in that boat too.
Gotta get back to the kitchen!
Feel free to shoot me an email or some snail mail.
~Kori
Horn Creek Camp
Attn: Kori Wells
6758 County Road 130
Westcliffe, CO 81252
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Late nights and early mornings.
This week so far has been really fun.
It's like I'm at a summer camp. It doesn't really feel like I'm actually working here yet. We've been doing lots of fun things like sleeping, eating, taking naps, eating again, running around in the dark playing sardines, sleeping, having midnight snacks of cereal from the kitchen. Things like that. Yesterday we all found out what specific camps we were working at. Horn Creek has four little camps inside of the main camp. I'm going to be working at the Lodge. It's one of the two family camps here. I'm excited because it won't be as long of a walk as one of the others. I'll have to be at work by at least 7 every morning. :-/ I think that I will be able to get used to it though. Today we played dodgeball with our cabins. Sadly, the Lodge team was full of the 'artistics' who weren't terribly athletic. Tonight we are playing some Ultimate.....I'm predicting it will end up the same way. Oh well though.
Well, off to a camp meeting.
~Kori
It's like I'm at a summer camp. It doesn't really feel like I'm actually working here yet. We've been doing lots of fun things like sleeping, eating, taking naps, eating again, running around in the dark playing sardines, sleeping, having midnight snacks of cereal from the kitchen. Things like that. Yesterday we all found out what specific camps we were working at. Horn Creek has four little camps inside of the main camp. I'm going to be working at the Lodge. It's one of the two family camps here. I'm excited because it won't be as long of a walk as one of the others. I'll have to be at work by at least 7 every morning. :-/ I think that I will be able to get used to it though. Today we played dodgeball with our cabins. Sadly, the Lodge team was full of the 'artistics' who weren't terribly athletic. Tonight we are playing some Ultimate.....I'm predicting it will end up the same way. Oh well though.
Well, off to a camp meeting.
~Kori
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
This Summer
Hey Everyone :)
I thought that I would get a blog to keep people who wanted to keep in touch with me this summer an opportunity to do so. Since I don't wanna tell the same story over and over and over, I thought this would be a nice gathering place for all my adventures up at Horn Creek. For those of you who don't know, I got a job at Horn Creek camp in Westcliff this summer. I think it's a good thing they didn't hire me according to my skill level in the kitchen. I hope they have some pepto handy :-/.
So yea, uhm I am currently in the process of packing and such for the aforementioned camp. It's kinda hard to figure out what I really need to bring. Why can't I bring my giant stuffed giraffe? Or my lava lamp?
Well, gotta get back to packin!
I thought that I would get a blog to keep people who wanted to keep in touch with me this summer an opportunity to do so. Since I don't wanna tell the same story over and over and over, I thought this would be a nice gathering place for all my adventures up at Horn Creek. For those of you who don't know, I got a job at Horn Creek camp in Westcliff this summer. I think it's a good thing they didn't hire me according to my skill level in the kitchen. I hope they have some pepto handy :-/.
So yea, uhm I am currently in the process of packing and such for the aforementioned camp. It's kinda hard to figure out what I really need to bring. Why can't I bring my giant stuffed giraffe? Or my lava lamp?
Well, gotta get back to packin!
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