Just Another Manic Monday...

Out with the old, in with the new..

peeshapie — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:41:47 +0000

Jeff resigned from his job on Monday. Although it wasn’t a great situation, it was the best it could’ve been. His company restructured at the beginning of the fiscal year, and store expectations are ridiculous. He decided to resign, and got pretty lucky because the manager was visiting his store specifically to terminate employment. I think it was somewhere around 20 store managers of the 45 in his district were terminated or resigned. This is not just in his district, but neighboring districts in San Antonio. Chuck, one of his good friends who also was in our wedding, works at Game Stop as an assistant manager. He’s the next in line in his district for a store management position, and is highly considering putting in his 2-weeks. Overall, I think GameStop will see a lot of changes in the next few years as they determine how they will be dealing with the growing digital marketplace.

Along with the loss of Jeff’s job comes opportunity. Jeff had been told several weeks before leaving GameStop of a guy in SA that owns several franchised New Balance shoe stores. Jeff was excited about the opportunity, but after talking with his parents about their business and where he wants to be in the next few years, he decided against it.

What Jeff has decided he wants to do is sell insurance! When Jeff’s dad left the golf business, he worked closely with a guy that sold group insurance. Jeff’s dad worked with this guy for about 6 months, maybe even a year. It was Jeff’s dad’s plan to learn the insurance business from this guy and then branch off to begin his own business. In less than 2 years of running their insurance business from their home office, they are making $75,000+/yr with minimal effort.

At this point the family business is focusing on group policies for businesses, but are also offering individual life policies. They are looking to expand to include property, casualty and burial insurance. Jeff talked with his dad about burial to start off with, which will pay $300 per sold policy, and 1% residual. Jeff’s parent’s would pay for his certification and help him by doing some joint accounts with him to get him instant income up front with some residuals starting out. They say he could easily be making $1500 a week within a year and $100,000/yr within 5 years. Jeff is convinced he could do much better than his dad.. but we’ll see. Hehe

I’m very excited to see where this goes. I’m excited for Jeff, because he feels like this is the time to take the jump and do something that will become more of a career that can support us and a family in the future. I am looking forward to being debt free and owning a house. If Jeff can make $1500 a week in a year.. that’s more than what he and I made combined with his GameStop job. Wow. Bring it on.

Chicka-Boom!

peeshapie — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:45:30 +0000

Today started with an extra bit of sleep, as my day started at 9. I took full advantage of the fact that I could sleep an extra 2 hours!

The day was gross! Cold and wet, lots of sleet – we even got some snow! Too bad it wasn’t cold enough for it to stick. We mostly got sleet and lots of misty rain.

Starting the day later also meant ending the day later, which is never what I like about the whole deal.. So dinner started a bit later than usual and took a shortcut of store-bought dough. Mistake.. Either way, it turned out quite the way I would imagine it… Green.

I really wanted to put pictures on here.. but I’m a doofus, and I lost them in the transferring process from SD card to laptop. Soooooo, I owe you some juicy ones next time.

Green Pizza

6 servings – Time: 30 total; 20 active

Ingredients

1 pound prepared pizza dough, preferably whole-wheat (although it would be best with handmade)

2 cups chopped broccoli florets

1/4 cup water

5 ounces arugula ,any tough stems removed, chopped (about 6 cups)

Pinch of salt

Freshly ground pepper to taste

1/2 cup prepared pesto

1 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese

Preparation

Position oven rack in the lowest position; preheat to 450°F. Coat a large pizza stone with olive oil and corn meal.
Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface to about the size of the pizza stone. Transfer to the pizza stone. Bake until puffed and lightly crisped on the bottom, 8 to 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, cook broccoli and water in a large skillet over medium heat, covered, until the broccoli is crisp-tender, about 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and break into small peices.
Spread pesto evenly over the crust, top with the broccoli and arugula and sprinkle with cheese. Bake until crispy and golden and the cheese is melted, 8 to 10 minutes.

I would definately make this pizza again, but certainly would go with the hand made crust. It had a great fresh taste and was quite a bit different than a traditional pizza. I could imagine this pizza would be great with a white sauce even! Served with a great big salad, this was a lovely dinner.

Ehh? Here again?

peeshapie — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:52:29 +0000

So yes.. It has officially been since the stoneage that I posted last.

I have decided to begin placing all my recipes here for easy storage and tagging possibilities. I may actually use this as not only a way to catalog my recipes, but a blog.. as it is meant to be. We shall see.

Let the recipes begin!

Why hello there!

peeshapie — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:17:31 +0000

So.. basically, I’ve decided that I’ve got to have a way escape the harshness of reality. This will be my way. I will pour out everything that is me – that I enjoy listening to, doing, and being to no one.. or to an audience of what may become many.

And so it begins!

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