chefann
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Hi, everyone!
Here I am, post 88 and I'm just now getting around to introducing myself.
My name is Ann and I'm a Pampered Chef addict. (You: "Hi, Ann.")
Just kidding.
I've been doing PC pretty much as a hobbyist for 5 years now, but I'm starting to get into gear with it. I work full time as a mainframe programmer, and I really hate the day job. So my goal is to get PC to the point where I can have a serious discussion with Dan (my DH - Yes, we're Dan 'n' Ann) about leaving corporate America.
By day, I work for a computer software and services company that has offices around the world. But I don't usually work at their office, they "pimp" me out to other companies that need programmers (AKA 'contracting'). Right now, I'm between contracts. That means I don't have a client or a specific project I'm working on. But I do have to report to my employer's HQ in downtown Detroit for a full 8-hour day (with nothing much to do but computer-based training). Boooooring!! Which is why I've actually had time to read and post here over the past week.
Dan and I are very active in a car club, the Michigan region of the Lincoln and Continental Owners Club (LCOC). Dan's the Treasurer and Webmaster; I'm the membership chairperson and newsletter editor. Dan also maintains http://www.thelincolnforum.net/phpbb, where you can occasionally find me posting under the ID "Ann Szwarc." (I know, it's not original, but it identifies me.)
Dan and I met in High School. He actually dated my twin sister - really! (That makes a great ice-breaker.) We're in our mid-30's, and are pretty nerdy. I think the new Weird Al song "White and Nerdy" could have been written about us. We document a lot of bizarre things on our website, including pics and a movie of our birds Beaker (an African Grey) and Bunsen (a yellow-crowned Amazon).
I got started in PC to pay for a trip to Italy. I'll never forget when I signed my contract, either. I had an all-day choir rehearsal for the beginning of the season, where the director announced that we were going on tour to Italy the next summer. Then I stopped at my awesome Director's house to sign the paperwork on my way home. The next Tuesday was 9/11/2001. Our choir trip still went on, but there were only about half of the original estimated group, and we were the only non-European group participating in the Genoa choral festival that summer (usually there'd be several from the US). Once the trip was over, I decided that I loved the people in PC. From hosts and customers to the other consultants. So I stuck around.
Now I've got 2 active recruits, who really sound like they want to do something with PC. So I'm getting my rear in gear and trying to kick up my show schedule and recruiting so I can eventually quit the day job.
Thanks for letting me ramble.
(You'll find some cool stuff if you click on the various links in this post.)
Here I am, post 88 and I'm just now getting around to introducing myself.
My name is Ann and I'm a Pampered Chef addict. (You: "Hi, Ann.")
Just kidding.
I've been doing PC pretty much as a hobbyist for 5 years now, but I'm starting to get into gear with it. I work full time as a mainframe programmer, and I really hate the day job. So my goal is to get PC to the point where I can have a serious discussion with Dan (my DH - Yes, we're Dan 'n' Ann) about leaving corporate America.
By day, I work for a computer software and services company that has offices around the world. But I don't usually work at their office, they "pimp" me out to other companies that need programmers (AKA 'contracting'). Right now, I'm between contracts. That means I don't have a client or a specific project I'm working on. But I do have to report to my employer's HQ in downtown Detroit for a full 8-hour day (with nothing much to do but computer-based training). Boooooring!! Which is why I've actually had time to read and post here over the past week.
Dan and I are very active in a car club, the Michigan region of the Lincoln and Continental Owners Club (LCOC). Dan's the Treasurer and Webmaster; I'm the membership chairperson and newsletter editor. Dan also maintains http://www.thelincolnforum.net/phpbb, where you can occasionally find me posting under the ID "Ann Szwarc." (I know, it's not original, but it identifies me.)
Dan and I met in High School. He actually dated my twin sister - really! (That makes a great ice-breaker.) We're in our mid-30's, and are pretty nerdy. I think the new Weird Al song "White and Nerdy" could have been written about us. We document a lot of bizarre things on our website, including pics and a movie of our birds Beaker (an African Grey) and Bunsen (a yellow-crowned Amazon).
I got started in PC to pay for a trip to Italy. I'll never forget when I signed my contract, either. I had an all-day choir rehearsal for the beginning of the season, where the director announced that we were going on tour to Italy the next summer. Then I stopped at my awesome Director's house to sign the paperwork on my way home. The next Tuesday was 9/11/2001. Our choir trip still went on, but there were only about half of the original estimated group, and we were the only non-European group participating in the Genoa choral festival that summer (usually there'd be several from the US). Once the trip was over, I decided that I loved the people in PC. From hosts and customers to the other consultants. So I stuck around.
Now I've got 2 active recruits, who really sound like they want to do something with PC. So I'm getting my rear in gear and trying to kick up my show schedule and recruiting so I can eventually quit the day job.
Thanks for letting me ramble.
(You'll find some cool stuff if you click on the various links in this post.)
