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We are forging ahead with all the home improvements before my brothers house gets put on the market.  My brother and I laughed so hard when we were left home alone painting, and then staged what it would look like on our business cards if we were actual painters. Yes, we are both actually on the same ladder painting – but nobody even noticed when...

Happy Friday!  Not much to report today on the last couple days of this trip.  Hannah and Jacob have been having fun, hanging out with my stepson and his wife and traveling to meet friends who’ve moved here back from their high school.  I am glad they are enjoying their trip!  When we first suggested coming to visit back in early January, my brother and...

Every day since we’ve been in Austin the weather forecast has called for thunderstorms, but luckily it’s only sprinkled a little bit or completely blown over.  On Monday Hannah and Jacob were spending the night at The Driskall Hotel in downtown Austin, which is known to have ghosts.  They love that stuff.  My niece and I drove them downtown, and after we checked them in,...

Hello from Austin!  Before I go any further, I need to wish my daughter Hannah a happy birthday.  I really can’t believe I have a 24 year old daughter.  Seems like she just started high school and in the blink of an eye she’s nearing a quarter century old.  I love you to the moon and back Hannah and so happy you and Jacob are...

So here’s the first lesson I’ve learned being self-employed.  Um, you may have to check your emails more than twice a day.  I was up by 7 on Monday and I think I checked my email around 8 before heading out for a walk and then getting ready to go downtown.  By the time I caught the train at 10:08, I’d already walked 5k steps! ...

I thought my last day of work was going to drag, but surprisingly it went by pretty quickly!  Around 3 in the afternoon we got together in the small conference room and had some treats – my co-worker Janice knows me just a little too well – she knows I love cheese and I’ve always found red velvet cupcakes insulin worthy!  Although I do scrape...

It’s so weird to me sometimes that a few simple ingredients can create such delicious food.  Take flour, salt and eggs and a splash of water.  What have you got?  Homemade pasta! So we’ve declared Thursday nights as “spin the fridge wheel” and use up/eat up just what is on hand.  And I didn’t cheat all that much!  Last weekend my store had roma tomatoes...

Healthy Chicken and Dumplings It was interesting because usually I view the weekend as “get all the shit done and keep going, going, going.”  But knowing that I only have two weeks left at my job, well, the pace felt a bit different.  Yes, I had a list of things I wanted to get done, but not all of them got done, and well, it...

You guys!!  I am overwhelmed with the comments on my last post, the email messages, Facebook messages and messages in Instagram about me quitting my job.  It only solidifies that I am making the right decision.  It seems there is a general consensus that “it’s about time!” that I do something I love.  And I do think that having that Chef coat on last week...

Social media is a remarkable phenomenon to me.  When I think back in high school when my sister and I got an EXTENSION telephone in our bedroom we thought we were hot shit!   With social media you are connected to so many more people than you ever would have encountered in your normal day life.  There are so many inspiring people out there to follow,...