Busy, busy, busy

On Saturday Alex was finally able to start his class. (He was going to do it in January but one of the days was when my brother was visiting, so he decided to wait until February.) Since he is under 16, I had to take the class with him. At first I was there because I had to be but by the end I was loving it. It is just cool. Really, really cool. We got to operate a camera (one of the big 'tv' cameras!,) direct, edit and run the sound board. It was just really cool. Any show that we want to produce will be put on the air. We decide to make it, line up the guests, come to the studio - or on location - and film it, edit it and load it onto the server and they will put it on the air. It is that simple. (But not simple at all, really. It is going to kill me to learn the editing part this Saturday.) Luckily, there were only two other people so we got to learn a lot.

One of the woman taking the class with us was there because she works for a nonprofit whose goal is to help kids and adults get the technical training they need to compete in the workplace. Seriously. How perfect is that?! We were chatting and I mentioned that Christian is interested in being an Auto Technician and she said that they can set up a 'job shadow' for him. They also have some kind of career counseling where they will help him figure out what the right career for him is. For example - She said that just because he is interested in being an auto tech he shouldn't rule out the possibility of owning a garage, so he might want to focus on the business aspect, too. They can also work with Alex, too. Of course, I got her card.

Today was Marty's day off so we spent it cooking and getting ready for SCD. We made SCD legal beef broth (made chicken the other day), SCD legal garlic powder and finally got the yogurt to work. I was right... the thermometer is broken. Luckily, we have about 10 kicking around the kitchen. The freezer is going to be full of SCD legal foods in no time.

We also did a zero based budget for March. Three stinking hours! I don't know why it took so long but I suspect that it had something to do with the fact that I was not doing it alone. Usually I just do it and then Marty says "ok, cool!" but this time he was right in there getting his hands dirty. All together we did the Allocated Spending Plan, Consumer Equity Form, Major Components of a Healthy Financial Plan, and Monthly Cash Flow Plan (budget.) We will do lesson 4 on Friday.

"We must never forget that what the patient takes beyond his ability to digest does harm." - Dr. Samuel Gee

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