Nothing much to report tonight. It was a crazy busy day at the preschool. That place can wear me out! I find it interesting that I managed a busy fish restaurant during Lent and never felt as tired as I do at the preschool. I guess that's a lot of emotions to absorb on a daily basis. Let me tell you teachers are so underpaid! But another topic, another time.
My original plan was to do some baking this evening but the quick cold front that brought snow today has affected my fibromyalgia. Evil pain in my neck (literally and elsewhere)!
I did a little genealogy work for my 95 year old grandmother this evening.Sad to say I did not find any new information. I think I'm at the point of leg work now. My Cherokee roots still elude me but I am determined to find the story. Somewhere I will uncover this mystery. You know what's interesting about tracing one's genealogy is that you highly romanticize the people while researching. For example, I discovered my 3x great grandfather died in the Civil War. How brave he must have been, I think. And then BAM I discovered he died from chronic diarrhea. In no way is this considered a romantic out of the pages of novel of a young man who dies for his beliefs. Oh well, such is real life.
See you again on my road to happiness!
Monday, March 24, 2014
Sunday, March 23, 2014
Wow! I have not posted here in a very long time. This is an oversight I will correct now. So let's get started here!
Update 2010-2012
I was still living in an area that removed me from quick access to family and friends. I continued catering, enrolled at Capella University, and helped my daughter establish her preschool business. Both in-law parents were still ill and Randy was such good help to them. I did the cooking for them. I continued working in travel and it was fun but I realized my heart belongs to the culinary arts. I know what road to take!
Sadly my mother-in-law lost her battle with blood cancer in 2011. She is missed! Very sweet lady. In 2012 my father-in-law passed as well. How badly I felt for Randy and his sister! My life was transitioned again. I have to be honest here, I enjoyed it just being Randy and I after 3 years of him caring for his parents. I really think that on some level I felt liberated. It was nice just to be responsible for myself. However, I would do it again if needed.
Update 2013
I'm still enrolled at Capella University and well on my way to finishing my degree. I did take a semester off because of the new changes in my life
After the passing of Randy's parents, we began looking for a new home. We probably looked at a hundred houses, and then there it was a cabin style house sitting on 3+ acres of secluded woods! It was the home we dreamed of having! The house was a bank foreclosure and I have to say I felt bad gaining something someone lost. I knew we would love the house as much as they did and if I was in their position I would want someone to love and care for it. The house was in solid condition but, oh my, was it dirty and full of nicotine! It was time to make it our own. We knew we were undertaking a big project! Carpet was ripped out, new flooring installed, new appliances installed, walls scrubbed, sealed and painted, new light fixtures, new ceiling fans and biggest of all was downsizing 3 households of stuff to fit into 1 new house!
Family Christmas in our new home was so wonderful! It will be a cherished memory always!
And now I am up to date! I am ready for 2014!
This is the year to fulfill my passion! I am continuing my business education at Capella University and I am now enrolled in a pastry arts program at Escoffiers. I have decided to start a family cafe that specializes in gourmet comfort food, baked treats, and ice cream complete with a soda fountain counter. I want to bring business to my small town and I am in the process of choosing a location. I am putting together my business plan, making lists, lists, lists! I am loving it! It is going to be so rewarding using my experience and education to achieve my happiness!
See you next time!
Sharon
Update 2010-2012
I was still living in an area that removed me from quick access to family and friends. I continued catering, enrolled at Capella University, and helped my daughter establish her preschool business. Both in-law parents were still ill and Randy was such good help to them. I did the cooking for them. I continued working in travel and it was fun but I realized my heart belongs to the culinary arts. I know what road to take!
Sadly my mother-in-law lost her battle with blood cancer in 2011. She is missed! Very sweet lady. In 2012 my father-in-law passed as well. How badly I felt for Randy and his sister! My life was transitioned again. I have to be honest here, I enjoyed it just being Randy and I after 3 years of him caring for his parents. I really think that on some level I felt liberated. It was nice just to be responsible for myself. However, I would do it again if needed.
Update 2013
I'm still enrolled at Capella University and well on my way to finishing my degree. I did take a semester off because of the new changes in my life
After the passing of Randy's parents, we began looking for a new home. We probably looked at a hundred houses, and then there it was a cabin style house sitting on 3+ acres of secluded woods! It was the home we dreamed of having! The house was a bank foreclosure and I have to say I felt bad gaining something someone lost. I knew we would love the house as much as they did and if I was in their position I would want someone to love and care for it. The house was in solid condition but, oh my, was it dirty and full of nicotine! It was time to make it our own. We knew we were undertaking a big project! Carpet was ripped out, new flooring installed, new appliances installed, walls scrubbed, sealed and painted, new light fixtures, new ceiling fans and biggest of all was downsizing 3 households of stuff to fit into 1 new house!
Family Christmas in our new home was so wonderful! It will be a cherished memory always!
And now I am up to date! I am ready for 2014!
This is the year to fulfill my passion! I am continuing my business education at Capella University and I am now enrolled in a pastry arts program at Escoffiers. I have decided to start a family cafe that specializes in gourmet comfort food, baked treats, and ice cream complete with a soda fountain counter. I want to bring business to my small town and I am in the process of choosing a location. I am putting together my business plan, making lists, lists, lists! I am loving it! It is going to be so rewarding using my experience and education to achieve my happiness!
See you next time!
Sharon
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Just a sidestep?
As I mentioned in my last post, I have been traveling on my road to happiness. I think I should clarify that I am, by nature, a very happy person. I am traveling my road exploring where my passions will lead me. Besides my passion for my family and friends, I have 2 great passions in life: traveling and food! I have extensive experience in the food service industry and education in the travel industry.
In my last post, I mentioned that I was wondering if my road is leading me into the catering business, which I am very good at and love doing. I started pursuing the possibilities and I got shut down fairly quickly. The little place in my home town was going to cost so much money to meet health codes. I would need to work from my home. The problem is that in the state of Missouri, you must have a kitchen that is not used by a household and must have a closing door to separate it from the rest of the home. Again, the cost would be too much to build a room that would meet code. Therefore, I am considering that maybe this was just a sidestep that I needed to explore before traveling on.
My travel passion seems to be the road I should be traveling. Sure, the travel industry is down right now but I have made some good contacts, I can work from my home, I can set my own schedule, it is not physically demanding on my body; so my fibromyalgia is better controlled, I am partnered with my awesome friend Denise and some pretty talented travel experts, and I am doing something that is fulfilling my need for personal happiness. I think I will travel along and see where it might take me.
I really would like for this to work! I could work in the travel hospitality industry forever!
In my last post, I mentioned that I was wondering if my road is leading me into the catering business, which I am very good at and love doing. I started pursuing the possibilities and I got shut down fairly quickly. The little place in my home town was going to cost so much money to meet health codes. I would need to work from my home. The problem is that in the state of Missouri, you must have a kitchen that is not used by a household and must have a closing door to separate it from the rest of the home. Again, the cost would be too much to build a room that would meet code. Therefore, I am considering that maybe this was just a sidestep that I needed to explore before traveling on.
My travel passion seems to be the road I should be traveling. Sure, the travel industry is down right now but I have made some good contacts, I can work from my home, I can set my own schedule, it is not physically demanding on my body; so my fibromyalgia is better controlled, I am partnered with my awesome friend Denise and some pretty talented travel experts, and I am doing something that is fulfilling my need for personal happiness. I think I will travel along and see where it might take me.
I really would like for this to work! I could work in the travel hospitality industry forever!
Monday, February 22, 2010
Should I pay closer attention to my latest events
Since last Monday, not much is different in my life. The exception to this statement is becoming a fan of my hometown (actually the hometown of my high school) on facebook. This has been a good place to reconnect with old classmates and take a trip down memory lane. We were remembering the different businesses that Pacific had when we were younger. I knew the old Miller's Sandwich Shop was vacant from a previous trip when I visited my dad. I asked if the shop was still vacant and if anyone knew who had the property now. I got several responses back. The first response was answering my original question. He told me the original owners' daughter has all the property, that it was never sold. The following responses inquired if I was going to open a business similar to the shop's past. I wasn't really asking from a business standpoint, but I was just saying to my mom and sister that I would really like to pursue a catering business full-time instead of the sporadic jobs that come my way. I have always had great success with these jobs. In the meantime, mom got a phone call from a retirement center in Pacific where her name has been on a waiting list since late summer '09. We made tentative plans to go out and see the progress on the new condos on Saturday. My sister came to St. Louis Friday for a few days and we all took a field trip to Pacific to go to the retirement center and to have some lunch. Mom, for some reason, got off the highway onto the first exit that will take you into town. This route takes you right to the old sandwich shop. Of course, we stopped. My sister and I got out and looked through the windows to see what the old shop currently looked like. Pretty much all the walls, windows, counter and the sinks are left from the previous days. It would take a lot of work to make it operational as a restaurant but definitely doable. What has really caught my interest is that it would take less work if I started a catering company out of it and then worked toward opening to the public. At this time, I am trying to decide if I should pay closer attention to these latest events or am I reading too much into it? I think I will have to look into it more and decide if these latest events are along my road to happiness. Is this my destination or just a quick stop before continuing on.
Monday, February 15, 2010
My Road to Happiness
Creating a blog page is something I never thought I would do. As of right now, I will use it to share my journey on the Road to Happiness. I am happy by nature, but I feel I am still traveling on the road looking to fulfill my passion in life. These things I know are true about me, I love my family and friends, I love to read, I love to cook, I love to travel, I love the outdoors and I love seeing people find pleasure in the simple things in life. I know somewhere in all these things I love is my life's calling; that everything I have done, am doing, or about to do will lead me to find purpose for my passion giving me complete happiness.
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