Last Week

I survived and quickly remembered how much I hated working 12 hour days at 119 Chops. Our house looked like a mess all week and the clothes piled up really high next to our dresser.
Unfortunately before our week ended Nathan got laid off from his job on Thursday :(. It was a major blow that we weren't expecting but we're excited to see where God will have him next.

Friday night after I worked from 5 to5 I went home took a shower and we jumped on the bike and headed back down to work for the concert. Our restaurant was giving out tickets so I snagged two. There are perks to working at a restaurant; free beer and food!. It was a great free date and a nice night out.

I did have my interview on Saturday that went really well but I did not get the job :( Boohoo.

So I'm still working here...

...too bad the people that own/run the restaurant aren't as cute as the outside.

This is the wine bar next to our restaurant

And the Piedmont Town Center where the concert was held.

Bachelorette Cake

Last week we had a bachelorette party in our private dinning room. They wanted a cake so...tada!

Little Blessings

So last night was another slow night at the restaurant. I'm not sure if it's the play that was going on at the Averitt Center or the weather but it was a slow Friday for the second week in a row. Anyway due to to fact that it was slow I was expecting morning prep to be quick and easy this morning. At ten till ten as I was leaving the house Gary texted me and told me not to come in that there wasn't enough for both of us to do. So I get the morning off!!! What am I going to do with my morning off? Read, sleep (didn't sleep well last night), hit up Hobby Lobby or Books-A-Million...the possiblibilites are endless. Yay for litte unexpected blessings!!!!

And Six Months Later...

...I finally have my official chef coats. I was told last week that they had been sent to the embroiderer and I asked if they had my last name right (most people leave the H out). It was a good thing I asked because they had already done two without the correct spelling. I'll have to wait for the first two to be taken out and redone. At least they won't have to fix all 4!!

Finger Update

I keep getting the "how's the finger" question so...here it is. What I cut off has grown back except for the nail.

Tuesday Morning Baking

So I started last Tuesday going to the restaurant and baking in the mornings. Today I got up and was at the restaurant by 8. I made cranberry/apple bread pudding which turned out really well. I had a hard time not make myself a bowl full. One of the other desserts that we sell a ton of is our blondies. We ran out twice last week so I wanted to make sure I wasn't having to make extra during the week again. I love to going in a bake and it's nice because no one else is usually there so it's nice and quite.

Mixers make things sooo much easier and faster

The begining of the bread pudding

New Shoes

New Danskos for work. My old ones were starting to get really worn out and gross. I'll be glad to throw the old ones out!!!

When You Chop Things For a Living...

...sometimes you chop the wrong thing. Thursday night I was chopping basil and next thing I knew I had sliced the corner of my left index finger off. Nothing could be done because there wasn't anything to stitch. Just keep it clean and dressed. It finally stopped bleeding yesterday. This picture is quite gross...hope it doesn't make any of you sick.

Thursday night

After my nurse friend Jess helped bandage it on Friday

My Christmas Present from 119 Chops

My knife set from Chops for Christmas. Can't wait to use it!!

Something New

So I've been bored at work for quite a while because I'm not learning anything new. It's frustrating when you do the same thing everyday and I'm not really advancing in my knowledge of my field. It's discouraging sometimes because there is so much to know and learn about in culinary arts and I feel like I'm stuck were I'm working. Anyway, I did get to do something new today!! It might not sound interesting to everyone else but I got to butcher a swordfish. No, not the whole fish but we do get these large pieces of meat that have to be butchered and cut down to portions we can serve. It was really fun and it made my morning a little more exciting. It made me want to go deep sea fishing...those things have some crazy thick skin. Yeah for learning something new!!