It is time....

I know it has been quite a while since I last posted a blog. I got really sick. It started with a bad case of the flu which was piggybacked by bronchitis. UGH. My doctor thought it could have been Valley Fever also. Luckily for me it wasn't Valley Fever. One of my office roommates had Valley Fever a couple of years ago and it knocked him out of commission for over 8 months. It is nasty. So I am over all of that now and feeling much better.

Yesterday was the first day that Kim and I started taking Chantix to help us quit smoking. Kinda nervous about it but......hopefully the Chantix will help the process. We have to take one pill for the first three days, and then two pills the rest of the time. We continue to smoke for the first seven days. Our official quit date is Saturday May 17th. Wish us luck.

Brian moved out here April 26th from Michigan. I am so excited about that. We have been really busy getting him situated in his new home state. We got him into his own apartment, renters insurance, AZ ID, supplies for the new apartment...... and that was the first Monday he was out here!!! The last thing that we have to do is get him a job. We thought we had two jobs lined up, but Target T363 at the Scottsdale Pavilions really screwed up. He did his application, it took forever for him to get acknowledged that he was waiting for his interview. Then he got his interviews and the executive told him that he would be perfect for the 4am presentation team. Told him about the process and we thought he was in. Someone dropped the ball in the HR department. He called them several times in order to follow up. The HR exec never seemed to be around. When he finally got a hold of her 11 days later, she said that he should be getting something in the mail. That means, turned down. I am still upset about that whole process. Fry's is waiting for his background check to come back and he will have a job there.

After much deliberation and research, I have decided not to open the personal chef business. Like real estate, the personal chef business won't bring in a consistent enough income, and that is what we need. Like I have said before, I am still going to keep my license for my past clients and their referrals, and for my own personal investing. I checked out culinary school and the 8 month certificate program was going to be over $23,000!!! Ouch. So Kim and I decided that I am going to get a real job and she is going to go back to school instead. So the last couple of days I have been hitting the pavement with Brian looking for a job. If anyone knows of a full time job opening with benefits, please let me know.

On the poker front, we have found a new place to play free bar poker. Pranksters 2 on Hayden and Thomas. It just started last week, but it looks like that will be the new place for us to play. We played at the Fort the first Sunday that Brian was here. I had a horrible night. I got felted twice in the cash game before the tourney by some really bad players. Then went to the tourney and my big hands ran into bigger hands. It was a brutal night. I didn't even make the first break. Oh well, maybe next time. As far as online poker goes, still playing in the donkaments.....not getting very far with them. Won a few of the round one's, went deep in the round two's but not top 2 positions. Mark my words, I will get a big score this year I can feel it in my bones.

As most of you know Caylyn goes to Young Chefs Academy for cooking classes. The owner chef Allan called us a couple of weeks ago and asked if Caylyn would like to be part of a special class that 3 TV was going to film. Of course we said yes. Last Monday we let her skip school and go to this special class. (She is getting straight A's in school so we thought she deserved to miss one day). The class went great and at the end they interviewed her. Now this week the 3TV reporter and camera guy are coming to our house to do a follow up story. They want to film us cooking at home and interview me about how YCA has changed our eating and cooking habits. I will let everyone know when the piece is going to air when I get the date. Good stuff.

That's about it for now. It is about 8:45am on Mothers Day and the kids and I have to start getting breakfast in bed ready for Kim. We are making heart shaped french toast with strawberry sauce. DOH!!! She woke up early... Gotta go.... HAPPY MOTHERS DAY to all the mom's out there. Talk to you later.