Some People Work, Some People LIVE!

Hi Dan,

I have read your No More Mondays book and follow your 48days newsletter & blog. Last year I opened an online jewelry boutique, but closed it a couple of months ago. I started a blog to write about jewelry, but found myself writing about food.

2 years a go, my husband and son sat me down for a "food intervention" where they told me how bad my cooking was. I couldn't argue because they were right. My sister suggested I try the recipes on Food Network since they were the "experts". Since then I have prepared over 400 recipes and now freelance write food features for my local newspaper. I also entered a recipe contest, Bush Beans Perfect Pair Grillin', and made the top 12 nationally. Now its up to votes to see if I make it to the top 4 for the cook-off.

If my jewelry store had been successful, I would have never had the energy to embrace this new freelance career. The best part of this new career is the free-dom I feel when I do my work.

Thanks for the inspiration & don't forget to vote for me!

The final winner gets a $5000 backyard makeover and gets to do a commercial!
Please vote for me!

http://www.perfectpaircontest.com/vote.asp?meid=25&guid=

Melanie Knight

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