Kimmy and Nathan

I guess I fibbed about writing more frequently…  oops!

I kept pretty busy during the three months that I was laid off.  In case you didn’t notice from the title of the post, I am once again employed!

During that time I landscaped the backyard – It’s AMAZING – posts to come on that soon.

I also wrote a proof of concept application for a start up that was seeking funding.  I am still waiting to hear about the results there, but things sound positive.  The proof of concept had two purposes: the first being to potentially get a job after the company was funded, and the second to prove that I could do what I do to some of the folks higher up.  Since the work was a form of sweat equity, aka free of charge, I was working mostly towards goodwill.

Turns out the goodwill that I generated landed me a great opportunity with my current employer.  I am now the lead developer for a start up based out of Florida.  I am currently telecommuting and will have my own office space in downtown Eugene soon.  The whole situation is very exciting as I am officially on a start up team, which is the starting point for several of the goals I made when I graduated from the university.

At this point I bet you are curious what this has to do with Eggs Benedict.  Well, telecommuting occasionally  gives me the opportunity to cook more challenging meals in the morning  and the other day I tackled Hollandaise Sauce.  In combination with the egg poacher I recently picked up, it made a very very tasty breakfast (see picture above – the sauce is from The Joy of Cooking)