Charmed

I recently had a conversation with my father about how my "moneymaking" life has truly been charmed.

How I've never, not once in my entire life, interviewed for a job that I wasn't 100% sure I was going to get. That I always felt my employers were lucky to have me on board (I am typically not so cocky but this is just a true description of my emotion at the time) and I was curious what they were offering me.

Not that I've had such good fortune in every area of my life, mind you, but this area has just been easy. Thank God--I figure it's just one of those karmic "giveaways" that I have taken, but truly need to stop taking, for granted. A lucky charm is always a treasure.

In this vein, I was recently offered another part time job. Once again (as has happened to me at least two other times in my life) a prospective employer has seen a quality in me, unseen in myself, and offered to pay me for something I'd do for free.

In this case, I will be blogging regularly (3 times per week) for Phoenix New Times on "food treasures" I find around town. And they are paying me for it! And everything I purchase toward this will be a writeoff for me! Like finding a fun gadget at a food store, some lovely spices at Penzey's to write about or....drumroll...my new Samsung pink camera en route to me right now!! Yes I will need to take alot of my own photos to use in my entries. As in this blog, I will be taking photos of recipes I try out or food I enjoy in a local restaurant such as this amazing Cashmere martini I had the other day.

Once again, an angel has appeared before me, flung open a door and yanked me through it handing me a paycheck on the threshold.

If you're interested in reading me there, at least for now I will be generally blogging under the Chow Bella heading at www.phoenixnewtimes.com.

Or more directly:

Chow Bella