This past month has been busy, we were able visit Stacy, Ethan, Sophie and Sadie for a couple of days, to short of a visit for sure.

Working on Sweet Potato Chips, and Clear Coat Batter for sweet fries.

I finally let them transfer my membership to the Lumberton, Branch they do need some help for sure. It will be interesting to see what they decide to do...we have had a couple of visits with the BP about what the needs are.

Sylvia will be flying back to Idaho on the 30th. hopefully in time for the arrival of our newest granddaughter. We are excited for Rachel and Jeremy Isaac and Bella.

Off to another food show Monday thru Wednesday, prettty sad, it's at Disney World Swan Hotel; just joking....fun fun fun after the food show, of course.

It has been a few years since we have been to Epcot center so I am looking forward to going. Yes we will be thinking about all of you and wishing that you could be there too.

Steven wants to plan a family reunion to Disney World when he returns from his current Tour of Duty, we told him to figure out a date and let everyone know.

Think Mickey & Minnie, Donald & Pluto, and Nana and Papa having fun.

It was so great to be home for Easter, listen to conference, and see most the grand kids. But here we are back in North Carolina, yes; we meaning Sylvia came back with me. It is great to have her here.

Fed Ex delivered a new/used Dell laptop for Sylvia to use late last night and I mean late for delivery after 9:00 pm. I stayed up way to late to get everything running on it.

Tested my new batter that a company blended for me, I am very happy with the initial test.

79 degrees today NICE.

Food Shows are keeping me busy, off to Nashville tomorrow for another US Food Service Show on Monday. They wanted us to bring some new ideas for restaurants that come to the show. I made julienne strips of sweet potatoes with my wet crispy batter on them, three types of twice baked sweet potatoes, and french fry strips to fry at the show. I will be by myself, first the 550 mile drive to get there, set up and 5 hours of show time. Then pack up and start home Monday evening.

We did a blind test comparing my sweet potato fry against a couple of other brands. I was very happy about the results, my fry was picked 9 to 4 over the others. Amazing...

Thursday is the day that I am really looking forward to, I am flying home for Easter. I think that we are going to Canada the week of the 12th. to visit the french fry plant that will be processing fries for us.

Busy Busy Busy

76 degrees today and the my bicycle was begging me for a ride. So off I went, I used the heart monitor today, man that Garmin is nothing short of cool. Rode in a neighborhood just to the north of the Condo, nice nice homes. Been busy I have go go to another food show on the 28 - 29 of the month in Nashville WooHah! Yippy Yih Yeh!

Had a company in Canada do a test sample of sweet potato fries, just received them Friday and they look very good.

Best thing coming up is I will be home for Easter......I am so excited.

Got a new Blackberry Tour last week from the Company. They were on Altell/now Verizon, so everybody that had a company phone got a new one, not very many of them have the Blackberry. If it was my choice I would have liked the Droid.

Saturday was a nice day, they had the annual Rumba on the Lumbee festival. Races, walking, carnival and a chili cook off, I rode my bike to the event, 10 miles in all. Love the Garmin.

We are in the process of closing down and selling the plant. They have decided to have another company manufacture sweet potato fries for them, at least for the time being and until we can build sales to over 8 million lbs per year. We shut the freezer off a couple of weeks ago, there is still 200,000 lbs of sweet potato puree in the freezer, shipping it out as fast as I can. I told them that as soon as everything is out of the freezer then I was going home for a week. (I am the last man standing at the plant). They said that would be fine, then; a change in plans, I have to cover a food show for one of the salesman.

They asked me to to provide the batter and help build sales once we get them made. The mission has changed but the objective is the same, sale sweet potato fries.

Last Thursday they asked me if I would go to a Food Show, Monday - Thursday, at the MGM Grand Foxwoods Resort in Ledyard, CT. It is a Bazzuto's Food Show, George does a lot of business with them.
The salesman that was going can't, his mother is in the hospital and the Dr. recommended that he stay home. She is 88.
SO MUCH FOR GETTING TO GO HOME. If not before I will be home for Easter and General Conference.
Monday up a 4:00 am to catch 5:45 flight zowie.