Golf tournaments make for some awesome photos. In thinking about one of the parties I would like to showcase on one of my blogs.

Maybe something along the lines of Tea Time at The Masters.

There will be menus, recipes, great photos, a how-to video and even advertising opportunities for some different Golf Equipment companies.

Looking at this blogging assignment, jogged my memory to recharge the battery in my digital camera.

I'm going to a wedding shower tonight and want to have a fully charged battery to take pictures.

Since getting my camera, I have not been able to put my pictures on my blogs because the camera software requires vista, something that my pc doesn't have.

That situation is about to change! I can't wait to start adding my own compelling photography to my websites and blogs.

If money were not an issue I'd probably go retread. I'd like to take some classes, maybe get a masters degree in film or creative writing at FSU.

I think both of those would be beneficial to me in my culinary career.

But, I don't suspect that is on the radar at the present time. So in my spare moments, I study these subjects on my own, learning all that I can.

But then I heard about school loan consolidation and pondered the possibilities of getting a student loan to help me with my studies.

Prophix offers a financial reporting software that is worth investigating.

I honestly can not endorse it, since to the best of my recollection I've never used it. I think I'll ask my accountant about it and see what he says. He should be able to tell me if it is any good.

At any rate check it out!

Where Is Canopy Rose Catering?

Looking for Canopy Rose Catering in Tallahassee? Kathi Dameron is now teaching private cooking classes and doing some Personal Cheffing.

For more information call Kathi at 850-422-3599

Everyone needs a great resource for battery replacement.

Personally, I like to keep a ready supply stashed away in a convenient spot. At my house I keep this cache of assorted batteries on a shelf in my laundry room.

I run through some batteries! So when I staret running low on replacements, I just plug into my vendor and they'll drop ship me a new supply.

Choosing the best office furniture is not as easy as it might seem.

Believe me! I've been there and done it. Take my advice. Be patient. Shop around. Take your own measurements of the space. I went by the buider's measurements and boy were they ever wrong!

Owning a nifty thrifty coin sorter makes sense for anyone who collects pockets, purses and jugs of assorted change. Which probably includes just about all of us.

Truth be known, I've lived on these jugs of change during lean times.

How nice it is when we can condense them into nice organized rolls.

I hope that one day I will own another dog. In recent years my circumstances have not been condusive to dog ownership, but perhaps that will change.

I miss that unconditional love that dogs are so free to give. You don't find love like that in the everyday world.

Premium dog food will be my choice for my pooch.

Powdered and Sugared Funnel Cakes

While attending Cottey College, a small private women's college near the Ozarks of Missouri, trips to Silver Dollar City and Branson were a popular special event for my classmates and I.

The delightful memories are forever etched in the secret places of my heart. When I open the treasure chest of my most favorite memories of vacations-past, my taste buds dance in memory of my first bite of powdered and sugared funnel cakes. Mmmmm.

Whatever Happened To Canopy Rose Catering?

A few years back the owner of Canopy Rose Catering and Special Events closed her doors so she could concentrate on another passion of hers- writing.

While not surprising, Kathi's writings soon became deliciously seasoned with her lifelong passion for eclectic cuisine.

While Canopy Rose is no longer in operation in Tallahassee, the delicious hand-crafted food that made Canopy Rose such a popular and busy cafe and catering company is now available in the following ways:

1. Through Kathi Dameron's How To Create The Wow E-zine

2. Through the regular Entertaining with Kathi newspaper column

3. Through private cooking classes

4. Through personal chef services

For more information contact Kathi directly at 850-422-3599

Portable Water Filters were always carried aboard the Canopy Rose catering van when we jaunted to moveable feasts.

"Forget straight tap water," I told the staff. "If you are serving water or brewing coffee, use the filters."

The Florida vacation produced a powerful takeaway message.

He knew that the only way a future marriage would have a chance would be if Lillie was first and foremost healed of the deep wounds within her heart.

He took her hands in his and said, "Let us pray."

Then he began...

Do They Really Deliver The Bang For Your Buck?

marketing pens were a strategic component of the Canopy Rose Marketing plan.

Did they really deliver good bang for the buck?

I think they did because they kept Canopy Rose in front of a target audience. It is a known fact that is easier to sell to an existing customer than a brand new one.

As a business owner, it is well worth the investment to continually court our customers. If we don't, we just might lose them to someone who will.

Think about it awhile. What does it say about you and your business goals if you really don't care if you retain your current customers? If you don't want to court them perhaps it is time to sit down and reevaluate why you are even in business and if possibly you secretly want out and want to morph into a new version of yourself. Its ok... just alot better if you know what you want.

A Boating Lifestyle

When I lived in South Florida on the Intercoastal Waterway, a boating
lifestyle defined much of my life.

Having our boat on a lift on our very own dock brought immense pleasure to me.

The boat, the dock, the screened-in swimming pool, the sun-room and the house that I adored was the setting of so many parties.

It was during this era of my life that I was in my own custom-designed apprenticeship for a future culinary career.