Journeys Unexpected

Originally published on 11/25/2018 As some of you old hats to my blog may remember, I began working for VIPKID back in April 2018. That didn't really pan out for me so I had to find something else. Back in August, I started looking for something in sales. I came across a post on ZipRecruiter about insurance sales and applied. Little did I know that first interview would begin a new journey for traveling! Larry and I were able to go to North Carolina earlier this month for a Leaders' Summit. I learned all sorts of good stuff about becoming a leader for my own team. I look forward to implementing that information very soon. We also decided that, since we were there, we would make the most of the trip... Boy, did we ever! The first thing you should know is that we thought we could check into our motel any time of the day. We took a red eye flight from Salt Lake City, UT over to Charlotte, NC, had a rental car waiting for us, and drove two hours or so back to Asheville...

Originally published on 02/22/2019 I've been cooking and baking for most of my life. My aunt told me I was cooking chicken dinners when I was only four years old! I love cooking and baking from scratch. When Larry and I got together, he taught me how to make bread by hand, which I had really only done one other time in my life. Pies, cookies, brownies, bread, pasta, you name it, I love making it! (Not my own picture) My mom knows I love to bake and make my own foods as much as possible, so she gave me her Hamilton Beach stand mixer before we left California. It was a good mixer, but really small. I sometimes had a hard time making a full batch of cookies because of that. Both my sister-in-law and mother-in-law have a KitchenAid Professional Stand Mixer... I was rather jealous because of all the cool stuff it could do! Some people don't know, I know I didn't until they showed me, that the KitchenAid Stand Mixers are able to use different attachments! There are sooo...

Originally published on 02/19/2019 I love food... it makes me super happy. I love food that I don't have to cook even better! We don't go out to eat too often, but for Valentine's Day, Larry and I went out to our local mom and pop Chinese food restaurant, Fong's Cafe. I love the quiet atmosphere of this place. The staff are genuinely happy to serve and if something isn't right, they'll do what they can to make it better. Our entrees that night includes egg drop soup (I love egg drop soup, it reminds me of when my grandma and I would go to King Soopers and get a quart of it from the deli and scarf it down back at her home!). I like that they add just a few chow mein crunchy noodles in there, gives it a bit more substance. Before we had even finished this small bowl of soup, our appetizer plate came! I didn't realize this was part of the deal either! Score! Egg roll pieces and pot stickers with sweet and sour sauce. And again, before we could fin...