Other Fun Stuff for later

• April’s Mompreneur: Fresh Baby Bites (sanfranciscomompreneurs.wordpress.com)
• National Small Business Week: The Mompreneur (bizfilings.com)

Basically I bought 1/2 of a whole chicken – de skinned it.
Placed in crock pot with water, stock and cannellini beans that I had soaked over night. (Enough to cover all ingredients) 4 carrots
1 onion
5-6 fresh sprigs of thyme – can’t remember.
3 large cloves of garlic that I smashed.
1-2 tsp salt — I just throw it in there, so I’m not sure.
Oh and a couple of shakes of cumin.

Let that all cook on high for about 6 hours — then removed chicken pieces — tried to keep bones in the pot for more flavor. Cook for another 1.5 hours add chicken back in– then add chopped kale! I used Dino Kale for soups and such — hearty! Turn it down to low and viola!
Eat at leisure!

One huge note— check your beans and how they are cooking– or you might prefer a different consistency… Watch the heat. Some pots cook a lot faster– I have this old school Hamilton that I’ve had for years. I hear the new crocks work very differently…

Enjoy!!!

Sent on the go!

Who would have ever imagined that I, Lane Kennedy would be a mother?  WHOA.  Well here I am a mom.  Recently I had the opportunity to listen to someone tell me that they were indeed going to be the next …. and I just stared at them as they spoke… I listened to this person’s dream… awesome.  BUT….

keep dreaming.

I am here at home with my mother, as my husband is away with the fishes.  Oh, how I wish I were with the fish… anyway.  Today I’ve come to to this… and I will share it with you.  Being an entrepreneur is not always what it’s cracked up to be, especially when you are like me, who is always demanding more of myself.  People are constantly asking me what I do, and I tell them I am about to launch a company and they say, “Oh you are so lucky, you don’t have a boss… you work for yourself… how great!”  Immediately I have a reaction, I shriek inside.  Being an entrepreneur is not about luck, being a boss, or making lots of money.  Working for myself means I don’t make money unless I am hired, have a product that is bringing value to someone (and they want to purchase it), or someone thinks I deserve a payment for my kick*** service.  Working for myself means a lot of hours of alone time.  It also means that I have to constantly be in action, and I have to be accountable to my calendar!

I am constantly setting reminders and checking my calendar.  It seems crazy but it works.  My husband is a huge fan of time management.  He has been working solo for years, and I have always been baffled at how he gets anything done.  He sits in his office all day long and works, checking items off his list.  I on the other hand can become completely distracted by the ping pong game that I have going on in my head of what to do next, or is there another way to do this…  crazy.

One more thought about this entrepreneur journey, I often find it to be a bit of a curse because there are so many things I want to do, and create.  Most of them I do, which is good, but not all are successful in the sense of how I want them or expect them to turn out or be.  I am going to step out and give myself credit for being successful because as an entrepreneur I keep on creating and living in this lifestyle, which in my opinion is HARD!  A very successful friend of mine says, “If you have ‘entrepreneur’ in your linkedin profile I automatically replace it with douchebag, in my head. I am not sure why.”  I will tell you why… (it’s CRAZY making).  We are people who don’t make sense, we think differently, we are people who keep trying even after losing.

I could continue but I won’t.  These are my thoughts for the day.

Keep dreaming.

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When I entered the world of technology I really had no idea what I was getting myself into, and maybe that has been a good thing.  Maybe naivety has been my advantage in this whole thing, maybe that is why I just keep going?  Developing technology without a technology background, or a principle player nearby is (BIG WARNING FOR NEW ENTREPRENEURS) deadly!  For anyone out there who thinks they have the next great idea, and are not tech-inclined… STOP.  Save yourself.

oh, keep dreaming… dream big!  I know you have to do what you are going to do!

Something else for you eyeballs.

• The case for Enterprise Social Networks (wearesocial.net)
• Hiring Trends in the Technology Industry in 2012 [Infographic] (saleschase.com)

Again, I am baffled at how quickly time passes me by!  When I began working on Living My Dreams I was set on a five month launch date, now into it over nine months I’m beginning to question my expectations.  I recently read a post in Quora on software development and the real length of time that is takes, and after reading it I wanted to throw myself off a cliff!~

Other stuff you might find of interest

• 6 Ways to Use Quora for Research (socialtimes.com)
• Job Search | Interview Street Is Holding CodeSprints Every Week | TechCrunch (jobmarketmonitor.com)
• Outsourceable Software Development Projects for Startups (davidcummings.org)
• Estimates and hiking (mt-soft.com.ar)

I realized a couple of weeks ago that I use to really be active in helping others achieve their dreams whatever it was, then baby happened… And then everything fell into the time machine and slowed down to a halt, no holidays, no nights out, no last-minute shopping sprees just because… BUT the good news is that I am continuing to live my dreams... and complete this project for all of you to be a part of, so that I can get back to my mission of helping others achieve their dreams!  Which leads me to my husband… who I am crazy about!

something else you might want to read from me

• Say Yes. (lanekennedy.com)

Vacations come and go, for some they are planned, two weeks or seven days.  For a mom like me there are no vacations, before baby there were vacations every month, silent get away retreats, mental day breaks, and month-long sabbaticals.  It was awesome… and now, I am living the high life if I can have a two-hour nap!  Here I am watching the Oscars, alone, drinking non-filtered apple juice at the Other Place.  My dog wants to be outside with the critters and I am crawling into bed.  Two simple days to reflect, regenerate, and regroup I am thrilled to sit.

funny something to read

• Anger, Frustration, and Celebrity-Worship: Live-Blogging the 2012 Oscars (themoderatevoice.com)

Something that is of interest…

• Pregnant Women More Likely To Achieve Recommended Exercise Levels If They Care For A Dog (medicalnewstoday.com)