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Keeping in Touch:  Jane's of all Trades....  |
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MulberryMama
Farmgirl in Training
37 Posts
Jill
Prospect Heights
IL
USA
37 Posts |
 Posted - Oct 09 2008 : 12:12:39 PM
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We women are just good at a lot of things. Let's see: Farm hand, bovine midwife, dairy hand, field hand, deli clerk, bakery assistant, cake decorator, cemetary mower, college dorm resident assistant, "drunk" shift at fast food restaurant, bartender, cafeteria server, office asst to college president, docket clerk, paralegal, asst. to hotel developer, purchasing agent for hotel chain and Big Ten university, shop clerk in italian ceramics store, strategic sourcing manager, mary kay consultant, business development manager for law firm, contract negotiator, plus good mom, adequate wife and horrible housekeeper.
I wasn't born in a barn, but I was raised in one. - FarmGirl #162 |
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5 acre Farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1007 Posts
~~~*Terri*~~~
WA.
USA
1007 Posts |
Posted - Oct 09 2008 : 12:23:24 PM
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  OH!!!! I forgot about the Dairy goats we have had for 12 years....delivering babies, c-sections, suturing, recusitating animale, deworming, the list could go on and on...veterinarian,chief cook and bottle washer, accountant,,,This is great, my mind goes on and on with all that I have done....
And we all thought we were boring,,,,,   
Farmgirl Sister #368
http//:froccsfrillsfurbiloesandmore.blogspot.com
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proudnanaof3
True Blue Farmgirl
54 Posts
Kim
Denton
NC
USA
54 Posts |
Posted - Oct 12 2008 : 6:09:55 PM
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How interesting, we all are such a diverse group of women.
Here goes my list, not nearly as interesting as some.
Most of my first years included hosiery work: clipper, folder, sewer, knitter, and boarder.
NAFA took care of that type of job, I went to: Cook then housekeeper in a rest home.
Then went to fulfill my passion for children in Girls Scouts and a Pre-School Teacher to Program Coordinator of a child care center.
Now I am working at my dream job: A librarian in my hometown.
One top of my jobs my unpaid jobs includes: woman, mom, grandma, wife, sister, aunt, van taxi driver, Sunday school teacher, circle leader, mentor, caregiver, and what ever came along in my life.
Farmgirl Sister #295
If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. Booker T. Washington |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Oct 17 2008 : 6:42:24 PM
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I've got to write all this down so I'll have it to see later.
Started babysitting at 13. My first "real" job was at a hospital in L.A. at 16 doing EKG's and lab work.
On to Ga. and I waitressed for several years. Worked at the Dairy Bar in Metter, Ga. Dairy Queen in Statesboro, GA. Several restaraunts there. I think I worked in every one there in that town at one time or another.
In Orlando, Fla. worked at a bar as a cocktail waitress. Almost forgot that one. That was a wild time there. Got tired of that and worked at another Pizza Hut. Back to Ga. again.
Got married. Worked at Pizza Inn awhile. Then off and on at Pizza Hut. Had kids. Mowed several yards when hubby was laid off. Went to landscaping school at Chatt. State 1 year. Did landscaping a few years. Got too hot.
Then worked at the Ace Hardware 5 years. Quit for about a year. Worked at Toys-R- Us til I couldn't take the noise any more. Then a little rest. as a prep cook. I forgot another one I prep cooked for way before that. And also at a church cooking on Wed.
And I also worked for a jewelry maker-repairer as a courier delivering and picking up jewelry. Oh, I also worked in a jewelry store, too. Oh and at the mall at a Christmas store.
Now I do market gardening for a farmer's market. Sell milk. And am a caretaker for my friends parents. And another lady, too.
Hmmmm, I think that may be all. That was tough thinking of all I've done. But Ihtink that's it for now.
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bohemiangel
True Blue Farmgirl
2087 Posts
Bridget
Ligonier
pa
USA
2087 Posts |
Posted - Nov 21 2008 : 5:50:47 PM
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OH THANK YOU for this post!!!! It's soooo me! I always feel unfocused or at least in regards to other people's eyes. I think I just find so much to do and actually do them!
musician, soap maker/retail manager, pie shoppe employee, assistant to a celtic carver man for a week long workshop 2x, waitress, hostess, secretary for a lawyer, avon lady, quixtar person, cookie lee jewelry (currently new), private music teacher, accompanist, organist/pianist for church, teacher, sub, penny whistle teacher, taken irish step dancing, house cleaner (1 house), babysitter, daycare teacher, tanning salon retailer, horse shop retailer, kindermusik instructor, entrepreneur (so many ideas and talents, tooting my own horn), that's all I can think of currently. Oh and undergrad in music education and getting my masters in instructional design.
whew!
**~~Farmgirl Sister #60~~**
"... to thine ownself be true."
http://liggybitsandpieces.blogspot.com/
http://ligonierliving.blogspot.com/
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Susan G
Farmgirl at Heart
2 Posts
Susan
Los Angeles
CA
USA
2 Posts |
Posted - Dec 05 2008 : 4:29:58 PM
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| Ok this is fun.....daughter...clerk at drycleaner...worker in commerical greenhouses (have you ever been to tired to chew?)...mall store manager...flight attendant(sounds more fun than it actually is) wife(hard)...mother(harder)...care taker for elderly parents( heart breakingly rewarding)...dairy goat farmer (my favorite) airline reservation agent (3 different airlines)resident manager of a mini-storage(surprisingly weird)small business owner...now I am a former empty nester raising a grandchild... you just never know what tomorrow will bring but everything in your life has led up to this point, so draw upon your past to enrich your future! |
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sleepless reader
True Blue Farmgirl
1022 Posts
CA
USA
1022 Posts |
Posted - Dec 07 2008 : 07:14:01 AM
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Let's see how the memory has held up.... babysitter, fast food worker,fast food worker (Knott's Berry Farm), sales clerk (Montgomery Ward),waitress(Coco's & a small local place) YMCA afterschool staff& site director, summer day-camp director, summer camp craft lady, sales clerk (antique store),tour guide (LA/Hollywood/So Cal), specialist/teacher outdoor education camp, tour guide/trolley driver (San Diego), waitress (local coffee shop), bank teller,pre-school dance instructor, kids camp owner/director/worker(resort hotel),pre-school teacher, school registrar mom to Adam and Manda (BEST job so far!)....that's it...for now
Sharon
Farmgirl Sister #74
Life is messy. Wear your apron! |
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Lainey
True Blue Farmgirl
2401 Posts
Elaine
Waco
Kentucky
USA
2401 Posts |
Posted - Dec 16 2008 : 09:57:29 AM
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Hmm, not sure how many I've had. Let's see... babysitter, student, office clerk at a used car lot, title clerk, office clerk for a country music singer, cashier, gift shop worker, restaurant hostess, sales clerk at a Christmas store in the mall, wedding and events singer, title clerk again, service and parts cashier, accounts payable and receivable clerk, babysitter again, assistant office manager, office manager, caregiver to my grandmother (Alzheimer's patient) for nearly 5 years, and now office manager for a steel fab shop and a real estate developer, and accounting clerk for a used car lot. Now some of these jobs were at the same businesses, just changes in positions and promotions.
Farmgirl Sister #25
http://countrygirldreams.blogspot.com/ |
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paintnpencils
Farmgirl in Training
31 Posts
jessica
glen rock
pa
USA
31 Posts |
Posted - Jun 13 2009 : 8:38:07 PM
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wow everybody has had some really neat jobs, well here is my list of the jobs I had as an adult, art teacher for elderlyand mentally challenged individuals, newspaper graphics assistant, Dick Blick art store sales associate, community security "guard" footpatrol and on bike, I cleaned the insides of Airplanes, I stacked and packed tractor trailers for Ups and Walmart, I was a freelance designer for Bath and Body Works, parts assembler for AMP, I tried to sell kirby vacumes, and I placed telephone orders for many popular catologs. I picked packed and wraped orders at United Natural Foods, then worked in quality control, I have worked as an electrical utility meter reader, and now work as a electrical construction and maintenance substation opperator! I love the job I have now! but the best job I don't even get paid for and that is being a mom!
each day is a new oportunity to create,improve, expand, and share. |
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Sue Feely
True Blue Farmgirl
1044 Posts
Sue
Buffalo
New York
USA
1044 Posts |
Posted - Jun 14 2009 : 06:38:23 AM
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Dawn -
How long is your resume'? Gotta be 15 pages long!
Let's see, mines pretty boring though, stayed in most of my jobs for many years!
Waitress for 33 years, insurance co for 7 years, cashier 2 years, and currently a medical transcriptionist for 11 years! |
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countrygrace
True Blue Farmgirl
1181 Posts
Grace
Salkum
WA
USA
1181 Posts |
Posted - Jun 14 2009 : 07:27:02 AM
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I have been first a daughter, sister, grandaughter, student, Mom of 3 son, quilter, crafter, wife x3, Holiday Inn maid, student again, file clerk, Insurance CSS, caregiver, widow, Admin Assistant, Helpmate to farmer Dave now & Grandma.
There are alot of others but they are connected with being a wife & momma.
"From Our Heart With Our Hands"
“I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.” - Laura Ingalls Wilder
http://home.earthlink.net/~daveandgrace/ |
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Tammyb
True Blue Farmgirl
511 Posts
Tammy
Bluffton
Ohio
USA
511 Posts |
Posted - Jun 16 2009 : 9:21:59 PM
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What a fun topic. We all have probably done more than we think. Here is my list ... hope I remember everything. I started out babysitting, does student count? or daughter, sister, wife and mom? Then office clerk at a department store and cashier, Secretary to Credit Union President, loan officer, head cashier, babysitter in my home, telephone sales rep for plastics company, home school mom to 3, accounting person/secretary for garbage company, Amish furniture sales clerk, sales clerk at artistic store, American Greetings merchandiser, now I am a student again and work at a health food store. Plus household chores and chicken chores and garden / yard chores :) I think that is it!
Tammyb chick #541 |
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vintagediva1
True Blue Farmgirl
1251 Posts
Michele
Brighton
Michigan
USA
1251 Posts |
Posted - Jun 18 2009 : 07:56:43 AM
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This is tons of fun.
Here goes... babysitter, clerk in a dress shop, credit manager in same dress shop, office manager in an automotive business, bookkeeper at a department store, stay at home mom for a lot of years, worked in a needlework shop, started a business making and sekking kid's personalized books, hot and spicy foods business, worked and taught in a yarn shop, caregiver for my disable granddaughter, online vintage business, etsy shop.
Whew, I'm tired just thinking about it all.
Michele
www.2vintagedivas.etsy.com
www.stitchingby2sisters.etsy.com
Love that good ole vintage junk |
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chaunzee
Farmgirl in Training
11 Posts
Teresa
Kentucky
USA
11 Posts |
Posted - Jun 18 2009 : 09:19:50 AM
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Holy smokes let's see here....(great question btw),
Hmmm...I've been a waitress, short order cook, Dairy Queen employee of the month, food service employee for a local college, manager of the snack bar at the local college, Dollar Tree Associate, Spencer Gifts Associate (fyi don't fill out an app unless you know what products you are selling *blushes*), temporary work for Bluegrass Museum, housekeeper, laundry room attendant, consignment clothing clerk, secretary of an electronics repair company, Discovery Toys, substitute teaching assistant, special education assistant, family resourse center assistant, special education assistant (again), Instructional Assistant, Photographer, Singer.
Wowsers I didn't realize how many hats I'd worn either!
~*~If I die from insanity, it is because another song was stuck in my head.~*~ |
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gspringman
True Blue Farmgirl
387 Posts
Gail
Bonanza
Oregon
USA
387 Posts |
Posted - Jun 18 2009 : 2:46:15 PM
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What an awesome thread Dawn. Here goes....babysitter, waitress, fast foods server, many time receptionist, factory book binder, costume maker, school lunch server, nursery school cook, auto cashier, scheduler of auto repairs in service and bodyshop, payroll clerk for rose company, billing clerk for a winery, worked on bull ranch doing many things, layaway clerk, soccer coach, baseball coach, tour guide in living museum, high school secretary, house cleaner, and clothes ironer, craft maker, pager sales and service, typed resumes, labels and sold cell phones. I'm sure there are more but can't remember at this time. Ohhh but the memories.......
Gail
Farmgirl #486
Planting Zone 5
http://grammasladybug.blogspot.com/
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naturemaiden
True Blue Farmgirl
2569 Posts
Connie - Farmgirl #673
Hoosick Falls
NY
USA
2569 Posts |
Posted - Jun 21 2009 : 09:26:18 AM
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I had my first son at 19, (my older son will be 21 this august!) then I went to college for nursing then dropped out. I took care of people for 10 years as an aide. I had my next son 6 years later. Then I worked in greenhouses. I then returned to college for horticulture. I then started a landscape business. I then hurt my back and neck(lifting something toooo heavy) & went back to being an aide. (still doing some landscaping on the side). I then started making lip balm in 2007, which snowballed into MANY other products, and I now have a product line that consists of too many items to mention. I currently work full time at Sea Tow International in NY. There are Sea Tow's all over the US, and internationally. Sea Tow is a boat towing company. I hope to leave there when my business picks up enough full time. I don't plan on working for anyone else after Sea Tow. I had neck surgery over a year ago and have a donor bone & plate in my neck, I still do landscaping for only 1 client, but my husband does the lifting. Other than that a Jane of all trades?, sure. Aren't we all?
I am always told I take on too much. I cant just sit around, even when I want to, I have to keep moving. and of course, I do all the gardening, starting plants from seed, and cuttings, for my home, and for others.
Connie
http://naturemaidenbathbodyproduct.blogspot.com (Personal Blog)
http://site.naturemaiden.com/blog1/ (Business Blog)
Also visit my online store @ www.NatureMaiden.com -Handcrafted Bath & Body Products that I make myself- including soaps, salves, lotion bars, lip balms, natural deodorants, body sprays, hydrosols, salt scrubs, and MUCH more! |
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TurkeyGirl
Farmgirl in Training
12 Posts
Carrie
Wellington
OH
USA
12 Posts |
Posted - Jun 23 2009 : 8:44:49 PM
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OH my. I'm glad I found this thread because sometimes I feel bummed out and question my direction in life because I didn't hop on some hard-and-fast career path. I'm always pulled by "doing what I like" vs. "doing what pays the bills"!!
I worked on a dairy farm (that's a whole lot of jobs right there), I've sold dog food and supplies (family business as a kid), babysat, bussed tables, fair concession stand frying sauerkraut balls, (this was all up until I got out of high school).
Then I was a college student, campground gatekeeper, worked catering and in a deli, classified ad sales for a newspaper, student again, newspaper reporter then editor, short stint feeding rodents & other weird animals and cleaning their cages for a pet store distributor, antique & junk dealer, assistant magazine editor, turkey farmer, newsletter editor for an association, mom, worked in a hatchery, school bus driver, mom again. Whew. And I'm only 37.
Carrie
North Coast of OH
Opportunity is often missed by most people because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like work. Thomas Edison |
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mollymae
True Blue Farmgirl
694 Posts
Molly
Visalia
California
USA
694 Posts |
Posted - Jun 23 2009 : 9:15:48 PM
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Hmmm...I've had so many jobs! Fast food wrangler, Retail sales, more retail sales, Chuck E. Cheese cashier and sometimes Chuck E. (Yes I got to be THE Mouse a few times..haha), more retail, Purchasing Clerk for a local poultry company, Customer Service Manager for Wal-mart, cashier for a car dealership, instructional assistant for a preschool, instructional assistant for *another* preschool, Stay-at-home mom for 10 years and homeschooling mom for 4 of those 10 years, Certified Nursing Assistant, and now I have THE BEST job ever, working as a program assistant for the Network for a Healthy California promoting fruits and veggies and physical activity to low-income children in our county! WHEW!
Molly - Farmgirl #625
"As waves upon my head the circling curl, So in the sacred dance weave ye and whirl. Dance then, O heart, a whirling circle be. Burn in this flame - is not the candle He?" -Rumi |
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Cabinprincess
True Blue Farmgirl
682 Posts
Melody June
Athens
TX
USA
682 Posts |
Posted - Jun 29 2009 : 3:24:21 PM
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Let's see if I can even remember. Baby sitter, burger flipper, bus girl, waitress, assembly worker in electrics, Senior Planner in manufacturing, Air Force jet mechanic, Maintence controller, quilting teacher, special ed teacher, sub teacher, Chaplain, founder of Women's Ministry, home school mom.
My main job that I love the most has always been being a wife and mom.
God's gift to you are your talents, your gift to Him is how you use them. |
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farmmommy
True Blue Farmgirl
500 Posts
Kelley
Texas
USA
500 Posts |
Posted - Jun 29 2009 : 5:09:57 PM
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| Wow, let see......Nanny, ranch hand, fabric dept clerk, cashier, Customer Service manager for a huge chain, waitress, heavy equipment operator in dirt contracting and concrete fields, in home pet sitter, house and church cleaner, veterinary technician (for 6 years, and my ABSOLUTE favorite!!) retail store department manager, Mary Kay, office manager, pooper scooper, traveling retail sales of pre 1840 goods and historical reinactor, dog and cat rescue and fosterer, jewelry store sales, then sold my own jewelry, and owner of a historical accutrements store, now a stay at home mommy and wife, and more tired and busy than ever!! |
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4HMom
True Blue Farmgirl
720 Posts
Kelly
Montana
720 Posts |
Posted - Jun 29 2009 : 5:20:26 PM
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My very first job was as a tour guide at an historic mansion. I did that for seven summers. I've been a high school science teacher for 20 years, but always seem to find something "else" to do  : camp counselor, river otter tracker, bear trapper, red deer park planner (in England), volunteer coordinator (at the Seattle Aquarium), art gallery salesperson, textbook editor, hunting check station manager, sold Avon, sold Tupperware, 4-H leader, "mini-farmer", and of course all the hats that go along with being a wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, and cousin.
"Be the change you want to see in the world" -Gandhi |
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Julia
True Blue Farmgirl
1949 Posts
Julia
Shelton
WA
USA
1949 Posts |
Posted - Jun 29 2009 : 7:25:39 PM
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Berry picker, bean picker, babysitter, worked creating file systems,nursery worker (plants, not kids) best of all wife and mom.
For tomorrow and its needs I do not pray, but keep me, guide me, love me, Lord just for today.
St. Augustine
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crafter
True Blue Farmgirl
2313 Posts
lori
Fort Atkinson
Wisconsin
USA
2313 Posts |
Posted - Jun 30 2009 : 1:38:58 PM
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My list is sooooo long, babysitter,warehouse picker/packer, factory worker, fast food cashier, womans clothes store associate, mary kay consultant, day care provider, meat market,manager of beauty supply store, manager of another beauty supply store, hair stylist,sale associate at dept store,receptionist at dr office, stampin up demonstrator, pharmacy tech,manager at chiroprators office, receptionist at dr office ,gold canyon rep. Not to mention single mom of 3 daughters, 3 cats and a dog, and running a household- Whew what a list!!!
xoxo-Lori
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Lynner
True Blue Farmgirl
225 Posts
Sheri
Missouri
USA
225 Posts |
Posted - Jul 07 2009 : 3:01:54 PM
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I think it might be fun to see how much I can remember...taco fast food server, insurance, waitress, shoe salesperson, shoney#347; waitress while attending Bible College, missionary in training, Wife and Mother, Toy salesperson, house cleaning, missionary, Thistle digger, milk maid, Home interior decore sales,Hardees Fast Food, Sewing Factory, Hospital Switchboard Operator, Admin 2 for seven doctor clinic, vitamin sales, Receptionist for car lot, Credit Card assistant, Real Estate, Admin for Car sales, Catalog Sales, Avon Rep, Grammy, Most recently urban farmer, produce seller.
That kinda makes me tired... Really, I am not 200 years old. Just a happy 54.
Sheri
Missouri
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FARMALLChick
True Blue Farmgirl
978 Posts
Lora
Alexandria
IN
USA
978 Posts |
Posted - Jul 07 2009 : 7:02:50 PM
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Let my try to remember back that far............................Lawn mower, babysitter, soda jerk, auction clerk, auction ring help, antiques sales, Arby's, Red Lobster, Lone Star, The Diner as a waitress and a cook, transcriber, data entry for a bank, receptionist for an automotive company, receptionist for a mortgage company, movie theater, administrative assistant in a hospital, light fixture factory worker, pet sitter, chiropractic office manager, customer service for Lowe's home improvement, property manager at vacation condos, dispatcher state police, data entry for state police, motor carrier inspector for state police, mother, wife, farmer, Pampered Chef consultant.....I'm sure I'm forgetting something...
Man, I've been busy and I haven't even hit 40 yet! Almost, but not quite.
Lora #358
If it ain't red, leave it in the shed.
www.CountryFriedAcres.etsy.com
www.farmallchick.blogspot.com
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