Kitchen Diva
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Hey y'all (I'm practicing for when I move to the Suoth)
Being that DH and I are unemployed- I got to thinking about jobs and careers and what do I really want to do with my life. My #1 passion is FOOD- so culinary school is a must for me in my very near future. I was accepted to a top culinary school last year but because of family reasons, I had to move my start date. After having to move it 4 times, I felt it just wasn't the right time to attend Culinary School, so I put it on hold.
As I was sitting at my desk earlier this week I started writing down other things that interested me. I've always been interested in helping troubled teens and kids, and with the event of learning that my 4 year old niece was molested by her dad- I added sexually abused kids to my list.
DH sent me two emails the other day inquiring as to my level of interest in packing EVERYTHING up- selling most of what we have, taking a 50% pay cut (well 50% less of what we were making when he was employed, it would be more like a 65% paycut if we included any of my income) and moving to either Texas, or NC (where these two positions were) to be "house-parents" for troubled kids and teens. These positions are essentially minister positions- we would be not only these childrens "parents" but their spiritual mentors as well...
They provide either an apartment or a room in the home- they pay you a fairly decent salary, and all utilities are covered. We wouldn't have a mortgage and we could sell one of our vehicles, and just have my car and the Goldwing. I told him that it was funny that he sent those emails to me because I had been drawn to the same thing- working with teens/trouble kids...
Has anyone out there ever done this, or known of someone who has? What did you like about it? What didn't you like?
Taking a job like this would be an amazing LIFE change- I think it would be good for us, and both my husband and I have a heart for troubled kids. I'm not sure if we even qualify- but it's been on my mind, and it would be one way to get us to NC! By the way, where is Falcon, NC and is it nice there?
I'm not too fond of Texas (mainly because of their freakishly LARGE bugs) and no water to cool you when you get hot unless you have a pool- but that one looked like the better of the two.
I was just wondering if you guys had the chance to start over what would you do, and would you be willing to sell almost everything you had, take a big paycut and do what DH and I are considering?
I was just curious on your thoughts and experiences and wondering what would you do if given a chance to start over?
TIA
Being that DH and I are unemployed- I got to thinking about jobs and careers and what do I really want to do with my life. My #1 passion is FOOD- so culinary school is a must for me in my very near future. I was accepted to a top culinary school last year but because of family reasons, I had to move my start date. After having to move it 4 times, I felt it just wasn't the right time to attend Culinary School, so I put it on hold.
As I was sitting at my desk earlier this week I started writing down other things that interested me. I've always been interested in helping troubled teens and kids, and with the event of learning that my 4 year old niece was molested by her dad- I added sexually abused kids to my list.
DH sent me two emails the other day inquiring as to my level of interest in packing EVERYTHING up- selling most of what we have, taking a 50% pay cut (well 50% less of what we were making when he was employed, it would be more like a 65% paycut if we included any of my income) and moving to either Texas, or NC (where these two positions were) to be "house-parents" for troubled kids and teens. These positions are essentially minister positions- we would be not only these childrens "parents" but their spiritual mentors as well...
They provide either an apartment or a room in the home- they pay you a fairly decent salary, and all utilities are covered. We wouldn't have a mortgage and we could sell one of our vehicles, and just have my car and the Goldwing. I told him that it was funny that he sent those emails to me because I had been drawn to the same thing- working with teens/trouble kids...
Has anyone out there ever done this, or known of someone who has? What did you like about it? What didn't you like?
Taking a job like this would be an amazing LIFE change- I think it would be good for us, and both my husband and I have a heart for troubled kids. I'm not sure if we even qualify- but it's been on my mind, and it would be one way to get us to NC! By the way, where is Falcon, NC and is it nice there?
I'm not too fond of Texas (mainly because of their freakishly LARGE bugs) and no water to cool you when you get hot unless you have a pool- but that one looked like the better of the two.
I was just wondering if you guys had the chance to start over what would you do, and would you be willing to sell almost everything you had, take a big paycut and do what DH and I are considering?
I was just curious on your thoughts and experiences and wondering what would you do if given a chance to start over?
TIA
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