Yoga this morning.

Today is the birthday of my ex-husband, Ron.  Tomorrow, Gunther, Eliza, Anders, and Auggie and I are flying to visit him and his wife and son in Boise, Idaho.  Sigrid, Jim, Chloe, and Trevor will fly out on Tuesday, and then we are all going to a vacation place on Redfish Lake for a few days.  I'm really looking forward to it!  

I bought Ron one of my favorite books, The Consolations of Philosopy by Alain de Botton.  I highly recommend it!  I'm going out with Robert in a few minutes to buy some nice cheese and sourdough bread from the Cheese Board--a Berkeley institution.  I haven't been in the store for a long time--I'm supposed to cut down on cheese!

However, last night, I finished my writing about 7, and decided to make chicken parmigiana.   Fumiko pounded the chicken, and then I floured, and breaded it (I mashed up some rice crispy cereal that I wanted to finish.)  Made a tomato sauce, and topped with mozzarella.  It came out great.   Robert and I can have the leftovers tonight.  I packed last night.

While I've been packing and doing chores, I learned some great ideas from TV.  On the CBS Early show they did a segment on the two women who started www.mommycast.com.  Great story of how they decided to be at home with their children, but their podcast now has  corporate sponsors!  Through their word of mouth network, they helped make March of the Penguins a big film!  It's giving me ideas....

Another segment showed Terry Gault, a former TV actress that had a rough time financially and decided to teach others what she was learning about saving money grocery shopping.  She started www.grocerygame.com.  Now she's very successful!! Don't you love it? 

A Food Network show was about a woman who started working after her kids were grown.  She took an entry level job in a travel agency, and today has her own successful company called International Kitchens--making over 2 million a year--booking cooking class tours in Europe. It just kept growing.  Very inspirational.  Another woman quit a high-powered corporate life of constant travel, invested in building a Bed and Breakfast, and added on cooking classes.  She still works a lot, but she loves it.  None of these transitions were easy and required lots of hard work.  But these women are doing what they love. 

Gotta go!