I started this blog in 2011. I wanted this to be about one of my most favorite things in life and that is MY HOUSE.
We were still adjusting to a 45% cut in pay after leaving the Silicon Valley. My husband was on unemployment part-time and could only get part-time work. I was out of work as well. Not much work for a Nanny. All I could find were babysitter jobs that paid incredibly low rates and all they wanted me to do was, "babysit." It wasn't that those wages were beneath me - but I used to make more than my husband, being a Nanny. Plus I had health coverage and many perks. I was being offered about $100 a week for 3 kids! We felt that it wasn't worth it and I might as well stay home and run my own household.
We still had my husband's military pension and his service-related disability. During this time, my youngest son got out of the Navy and came to live with us and Foodie came up as well.
I had a full house!
Back when I was 10 years younger.
The year my husband started working at the Cal Vet Home, we had to go the full month of January without a paycheck - to be paid in February.
That's hard to do at first!
So I created a 31-day Challenge to eat what was in my pantry and wrote about it on here.
So that is how this blog came to be -
Have you ever gone back and re-read your blog from the beginning? It's enjoyable and embarrassing at the same time.
You can read My 31-day Challenge here.