A New Leaf for Good Knite
And so it begins. Good Knite is turning over a new leaf. Peach has agreed to let me, Peach, man the family blog after an 8 month hiatus. I'm excited to tread on this new technological ground and see where it leads. In the next few days, I will post some new pictures of our 2 beans and keep you peeps updated on our crazy life.
Good Knite. And wish me good luck.

The Coworking Space

For almost a year I had a plan to build a creative space for freelancers. Then I found that this crazy idea had actually been given a name and had been a growing trend for several years.

Coworking.

I am excited to announce that in the near future we will be developing a coworking space in Salt Lake City (or thereabouts.) It will also house full video studio space & have podcasting necessities. I'm open to any other ideas for this new creative space. It will be a fantastic place for networking, community workshops, playing, growing and working. I will keep you posted. The working name for this space is
"Montage Coworking Studios"

If you want to know more about coworking, read on.

Great Coworking Sites.
Cowork Utah
Colab Orlando
Citizen Space

COWORKING IS, “…the social gathering of a group of people, who are still working independently, but are interested in the synergy that can happen from working with talented people in the same space.” (The all-knowing Wikipedia, 2008)

"Where coffee shop meets cubicle" - Newsweek

“Co-working facilities blend the appeal of an independent environment with many of the
advantages of the traditional office” - Business Week

“Shared workspaces a wave of the future” - San Francisco Chronicle

“Coworking is about providing affordable, open, collaborative spaces for people as an alternative to working from home or from noisy coffee shops. It’s really tied to the nomadic worker who is part of a growing movement of people who don’t have traditional offices to go to, but want to work in an environment with other people. It’s like an artistic collective with a technology twist.” (Tara Hunt aka @Missrogue aka The Queen of Coworking)

That's the short answer for what is 'coworking.' There are prbly 60+ in the Nation and over 15 outside the US. Stay tuned for more information about Salt Lake' (or thereabouts) newest Coworking facility.

The Bean in the Kitchen
Well here's the update.
The kitchen was a GREAT HIT! She played with it for nearly 4 hrs on Christmas Morn!! That's amazing! Grandma gave the bean a little muffin play set with some fabric muffins and an apron, oven mitt and muffin tin. She must've cooked muffins 50 times that morning.
Since then she's woken up in the early morning, and in the dark of her room, turned on the boiling water sounds and started cooking. Too Cute! Well worth the time it took to put it together.

Playing Santa

We decided to get the little bean a nice Christmas gift.
A play kitchen.
We found a great looking set that was half the price
of one we were hunting for.
Luckily the super-talkative Wal-mart associate tipped me off that it would require some time to build. I pulled it out on the 23rd and spent 90 minutes cutting the pieces apart
and doing some assembly.

After another 90 minutes+ while watching A Christmas Story...I finally got all the bits and pieces assembled. Now I just hope it stands up to her wild playing.
(This is over 3 hours of cutting, trimming, and Screwing.)
I'll post her response... post-Xmas..

The Russian Bean
Last night our sweet bean decided to try on the cap her Uncle Nate brought home for Peach from Russia. It was knitted by a babushka (or old woman, in Russian), who lives on the streets and sells her wares to survive.
If I do say so myself, these snapshots are darn cute and reminded us that we have the most adorable little girl in the world! (Not bragging or anything).
Enjoy. They'll make you smile... honest!

This is the bean's 'smile'...don't know where she learned that.

"The Bean Supremacy"

We had the ultrasounder write down the gender in a sealed envelope,
which we might open for Christmas. :)
I think we should name this one "Number Two" or "Mackie" maybe
"Rice Nugget" but peach probably wants something
a little more ... normal. :P




The Bean Ultimatum
Here is a snapshot of the original bean in her element.
Greed, MoneyLust and Power.

Survey Invitation

I am wrapping up my final semester of classes for my Master's degree at BYU. I still have a thesis to write but that's next year's worry.
I am currently working on a short survey for a research paper I will be writing in the next couple of weeks.
If you have some time, 5-10 minutes please consider following this link and taking it. Then as you are able share this link with others you know. Of course with any research the more responses you get, the more valid the results.

Follow this link to the Survey: https://byu.qualtrics.com/SE?SID=SV_5A4MrSAQQhGVC9m&SVID=Prod

Thank you.

Feeling Good!

The Peach has been feeling much better this week, so to celebrate, she cooked up a doozy! We love to cook here, we can often be found watching the Food Network and trying new recipes. But for the last 6 weeks or more we haven't done much in the kitchen.
Tonight Peach decided to cook a corn/potato chowder and let me build a nice apple crisp.
Here's a few shots, they were delicious! We had the Chowder in bread bowls, nice touch :)