So Kambree has an appointment down in Des Moines on Thursday afternoon...Holly can not leave work as her boss is in Florida on vacation soooo we will be going by our lonesomes. The ENT doctor is a couple of blocks from Penzey's and a culinary uniform shop! Kambree and I are hitting BOTH with money in our pockets!!!
Well, work continues to be hectic. My Chef and I finally had a blow up that ended up putting him in his place when management laughed at his threats and I ended up being advanced to his position and am now a "Co-Executive Chef." We have a couple of weeks until the headache of Easter Sunday Brunch and then I am gone to Las Vegas and come back with a couple of weeks until we have the May from H.E.double hockey sticks...the first weekend of May is a 380 person buffet wedding reception, then comes Mother's Day, the weekend after that is a 350 person PLATED wedding reception and then we end the month with a 450 person plated wedding reception for the great-great-granddaughter of the person the Hotel was named for and the great-granddaughter of the original founders of the Hotel! No pressure on that one!!! Did I mention we are in a hiring freeze and still have a cook staff of SIX!!!???!!!
The new house is still coming along. It is very livable but still needs work and time to finish...ugh!
Kambree is getting bigger and smarter! She is now 20 months old and is up to 17 pounds 7 ounces and walks and dances and sings and LOVES the Noggin "pre-school" television network. She LOVES Dora the Explorer and Wonder Pets and the Backyardagains...Holly is doing well and almost as busy as I am with work and the house and Kambree. We are soooo tired when we get home that I barely have time to check my email let alone stop by here!
I will be doing a one hour cooking demo on Monday, August 17th at 4pm at the Iowa State Fair for anyone that will be around the mid-west that week to stop by and see...also judging a cooking contest that day as well.
Just a bit busy still...and the busy season is still to come!
Well, work continues to be hectic. My Chef and I finally had a blow up that ended up putting him in his place when management laughed at his threats and I ended up being advanced to his position and am now a "Co-Executive Chef." We have a couple of weeks until the headache of Easter Sunday Brunch and then I am gone to Las Vegas and come back with a couple of weeks until we have the May from H.E.double hockey sticks...the first weekend of May is a 380 person buffet wedding reception, then comes Mother's Day, the weekend after that is a 350 person PLATED wedding reception and then we end the month with a 450 person plated wedding reception for the great-great-granddaughter of the person the Hotel was named for and the great-granddaughter of the original founders of the Hotel! No pressure on that one!!! Did I mention we are in a hiring freeze and still have a cook staff of SIX!!!???!!!
The new house is still coming along. It is very livable but still needs work and time to finish...ugh!
Kambree is getting bigger and smarter! She is now 20 months old and is up to 17 pounds 7 ounces and walks and dances and sings and LOVES the Noggin "pre-school" television network. She LOVES Dora the Explorer and Wonder Pets and the Backyardagains...Holly is doing well and almost as busy as I am with work and the house and Kambree. We are soooo tired when we get home that I barely have time to check my email let alone stop by here!
I will be doing a one hour cooking demo on Monday, August 17th at 4pm at the Iowa State Fair for anyone that will be around the mid-west that week to stop by and see...also judging a cooking contest that day as well.
Just a bit busy still...and the busy season is still to come!
"Ponder well on this point: the pleasant hours of our life are all connected, by a more or less tangible link, with some memory of the table."-Charles Pierre Monselet, French author(1825-1888)