I realized this morning it has been almost two weeks since my last blog entry. Wow, time flies when your having fun... This past few weeks has been so incredibly busy I have hardly has time to breathe.

Brittney and I have been hitting the trail at 5:00 every morning and then from there the day seems to fly by. Our training is going really well. We seem to be shaving off minutes every time we go up the mountain. Last week we started hiking the mountain twice every morning and we were really proud of our progress. This week we are moving to the more difficult Camelback Mountain. I am really excited about it. It is one of my favorite trails in the Valley.

I am relieved to have this weekend behind me. I helped put together a reception for the Mexican Consulate and several other consuls including; Honduran, Guatemalan and French. It was a great time and they all really enjoyed the reception and the Easter Pageant being presented in Spanish.

Work has been extremely busy with several different projects in full swing. The property management aspect of my job is currently keeping me running in high gear. I have several properties I am remodeling or at least refreshing two new properties in acquisition and then the 48 that are constantly in need of some repair or maintenance. I am happy to say I have my old Friend Evan back in my employ and he is a tremendous help. My new employee Omar is also one of the hardest working people I have ever known and he makes my job a million times easier. It makes all the difference in the world to have responsible, dependable employees.

This weeks hottest fire is preparation for a political fundraiser I am working on for Maricopa County Supervisor's Don Stapley and Fulton Brock. We are holding the fundraiser at our office on April 3 and invites have to go out this week. It is like pulling teeth sometimes to get the necessary information out of all the participants. I am also going to be catering the event so I am working on the plans as well. the menu I used for the event Saturday night seemed to be a big hit so I think I will do the same with a few alterations.

I will tell you that I have decided catering is one of the most exhausting jobs one can have. I worked in my kitchen from 5pm on Friday until 1:30 Saturday morning, slept about 6 hours and started back at 7:30 am and did not even sit down until it was all over at about 9 Saturday night. By the time I got home and unloaded my car I was exhausted. And then it took me until late last evening and 5 loads in the dishwasher to clean up.

If catering isn't enough I have also been working diligently on another project. After months of working on a series of workshops for emotional eaters I have finally produced something I feel really good about and have been working with a new client twice a week. I absolutely love it and hope to begin taking on many new clients at a time through my 8 week program in weekly 2 hour workshops. I plan on starting out slow in my home and then slowly growing this to be a much larger business. I am really excited about the prospect of helping people who struggle with body image and weight control issues.