Talent Sharing. Check.

Again, if you know me, being the center of attention is not my thing! It used to really intimidates me to have people watch me. I had the blessing though of being the FHE co chair for almost a year when I was in one of my wards up here. I was the "in charge" person and had to conduct and give lessons in front of a lot of people.

By the end of the year, my voice stopped shaking, I was able to actually think and process thoughts while speaking instead of choking up, and I stopped turning completely red. My cheeks still had a tinge of pink, but the bright red had faded. *grin*

Then an opportunity at work came up a few months later to make a customer service video and my manager asked me if I wanted to be a part of it. I said I would.

Ahhhh!!! Why did I say I would?! I was freaking out! I talked myself into thinking... I wasn't as nervous being in front of people as much as I was a year before and because the people who would be watching the video had NO idea that I was nervous. I would just have to "fake it" until I made it.

And made it we did.

I ended up not being as nervous doing it because all of the parts I "played" were things that I do for my job. This time I just happened to be be mic'd and being videotaped while doing it. I don't really want to see the completed video, I'm sure I'll feel dumb watching myself, but it allowed me to be comfortable with the idea of making a cooking video when I saw adds for a contest that came up last month.

I truly LOVE the way our Heavenly Father works in preparing us for future events with the current situations in our lives. I would have never thought I would make a cooking video, post it online, and have the confidence to turn it into a contest! (by the way, I thought it was REALLY REALLY fun and will be probably making more videos even though there is no contest now)

The contest is call "Real Women of Philadelphia" and Paula Deen is the host of the contest. It's a contest with Philadelphia Cream Cheese where you make cooking video with an origianl recipe using their cream cheese. I made up all the recipes the day of the shooting. Thankfully they all turned out quite tasty! hehe

Silvia was my camera man. We used my digital camera and tri-pod (shout out the Mechelle and Andy for the amazing camera and Scoot for the tri-pod, they are gifts that keep on giving.) We made a total of three videos. It was funny and a little akward at first, but by the last video, we were pro's. Hopefully you can also tell that each video got a little better. I got to play with editing, which again, I found out was really fun!

I've also learned that if it's something I am comfortable in doing and feel I have a knowledge of already, that it isn't as hard for me, or that I'm not as nervous doing it. Kinda nice.

So the contest: there are 16 semi finalists that will be flown out to Georgia and from those 16 they will choose 4 winners. The 4 women will receive prize money, a cook book deal with Philadelphia Cream Cheese, and all the adventures of making and promoting the cookbook over the next year!

Isn't that cool?! I'll find out if I'm a finalist in the next week or so. I can't wait to go to Georgia! *wink*

I really do love this adventure of life! The experiences we have all been given and the influence we each have to share from those experiences is truly a blessing! Sharing Talents. Check. Well at least the talent of cooking, not acting so much. haha.

Now how can this adventure apply to "Findin' My Ore"? Only time will tell, but I'm voting trying something new and venturing out of my comfort zone won't hurt with the dating stuff in the future! haha


I hope you enjoy the video!