Appilcation For Assistance

I swore up and down I would never travel down this road again but I've made myself our to be a liar. After 2 years of committed work my husband lost his job and with him being the sole bread winner these days we've had to sign up once again for Food Stamps and Medicaid for the children.

Just sitting in this office makes me sick to my stomach I'm having to do this again. They treat you like trash because you're in need of their assistance. Not knowing that some of us really are trying to make it on our own. There was this little girl in her stroller and when she got out to play for a bit the back of the seat read "Dream On Me". WOW!

Lazy Days (Snap out of it Girl!)

I can't believe the summer is already here and with the kiddos out of school you would think I could get things together and work none stop. Well, that's just not happening. I would love nothing more than to take them to the park, to the mall and swimming every day but I have so much to do. I'm trying to keep the weekend open for family things so that the week days are spent working on the site, researching, networking, and blogging.

I have so much left undone. I need to find a photographer for this book cover. I also need to come up with my upgrade fee for my self-publishing so they can do my layout for me. Learning Adobe Indesign was getting me no where, because that program is way too hard for a beginner who needs to know what she's doing ASAP to get this book DONE! I want to retest all my recipes so I can get all my food photos taken.

Once all of those task are completed I can then submit all my materials to my publishing company. The production of the book will take approximately 6 weeks and then they'll send a proof copy for me to look over and once that's approved Raising Chefs...not just good cooks! will be ready for distribution. Lord, I can't wait! Pray for me.

I'm the blame this time...

I know the last time I posted I was faced with my photographer cancelling on me. Well, since then and since the rescheduling of the new shoot on May 12th, that was cancelled as well. He opted to go Golfing instead...I suppose that's what I get for trusting and hiring family to do me a favor. Which it wasn't even me who asked, he (my husband's uncle) volunteered. Anyhow, since then I've just been sitting around moping, not getting anything done. Consumed by the disappointment, depressed. And knowing that I need to get at this my website completed by my own deadline of June 1st. I tend to get very lazy and disconnected with what I need to do to get this book done when I'm faced with another set-back. I'm so tried of this whole process, but I can so see the beautiful outcome that's right in front of me, I can't stop anymore even though I have no photographer to do the book cover photo. And even if I found one I can not afford it right now. We are so far in debt it's very scary! I feel helpless, and hopeless!

Minor Set Back

This has got to be the worst week ever. I asked my husband about a week ago to call his uncle to ask him if the 21st of April would be a good time for him to take the photograph for my book's cover. (He's my chosen photographer.) And when I talked to him today I was told he thought the shoot was scheduled for the 24th. So needless to say the shoot will not happen this weekend for the book cover, instead we'll be taking some promotional photos for the website http://www.raisingchefs.com/. So I suppose it's all good, but I still feel as if I'm faced with yet another obstacle. Will this book ever get done is always my question?


Latrice -

Supermom, that's me!

I find myself pulled in so many different directions and at the end of the day I still manage to have a list of things I didn't get done. This is a never-ending battle in my household as in others I'm sure. Being a wife and stay at home mother of 3, while trying to write and publish my first cookbook and building a sCorporation there just isn't enough hours in the day. I just needed to take a minute and rant a little. I'm going to bed early tonight, I can't do another 2am'er. Night!