Fabulous Food Show

The Fabulous Food Show returned to Cleveland November 9-11. I took advantage of being a pourer volunteer for the Cleveland Wine School. The volunteer perks included free admission to the show, lunch, parking, and a tee-shirt. While I thought I was going to be pouring wine, I got assigned to pour beer instead. All of my life I have never been much of a beer drinker. But by the end of the night, I believe I drank more samples of beer than I've drank my entire life. Fortunately, this beer pouring experience gave me a new appreciation for beer that certainly never existed before.

Opportunity Knocks...

I'm answering. My director at work put together a stock market challenge for my new department using paper trades. I'm enjoying the challenge so much that I'm going to give it a shot in real trading. A couple of months ago, I took advantage of some credit card balance transfers and lower interest rates. This freed up some OPM (other people's money) that I'm going to use for trading.

I've really got that gleam in my eye to make it happen; becoming debt free, buying a home, early retirement. It's not going to happen tomorrow, but it is going to happen. I can feel it!!!

The Key Party

My cousin invited me to join her book club and I saw it as an exciting opportunity to force myself to get more reading done. I love reading about new thought provoking topics but the fact of the matter is I am terrible at forcing myself to read more often. Even when I do read, I've developed a habit of reading the first chapter or two and never actually finishing the book. Again, I am looking forward to the change of pace.

The first book on the agenda with the book club was the Key Party by Lisa Nicole & Siddeequah which we discussed this past Friday, October 26, 2007. Since I've already admitted to not reading more and keeping up with the latest authors, I had no idea about the content of this book. In fact, I was definitely taken aback.

So if you don't know what a key party is, far be it for me to spoil it for you. You'll have to find out for yourself.

Gratitude

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow."

I'm not sure where HL got this from, but I love it, love it, love it!

Things That Make You Go Hmmm

Yesterday I had my cavity and despite a little anxiety, it was not so bad. First I had some numbing gel put on my jaws to prepare for the anesthesia injection. After the anesthesia settled in a little, the dentist drilled out the decay in the tooth. Last, the dental assistant filled in the cavity hole. Since the cavity filling is now white instead of black, nobody has to know I even had a cavity unless I tell them.

He's a Winner

Byg is doing his thing and I think it is phenomenal. What started out as one man with a camera and his dream turned into a real solid opportunity. His posts Make That Money Boo and the latest follow-up give the details.

Question: What am I doing in my life right now so that I can be a winner too?