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Post by Amy on May 6, 2006 19:00:19 GMT -5
We haven't done this since the board started. We have so many new members I thought I'd again start the thread.
I own my own business retailing/wholesaling craft supplies over the Internet. I started in my garage in 2000, now I'm in a 12,000 sq. foot warehouse and ship orders all over the world.
What do you do?
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jan
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Post by jan on May 6, 2006 20:38:46 GMT -5
im a stay at home mom for 2 girls and they are 6 and 9.the 9 yr old has a terminal illness called MLD and is in a wheelchair my six yr old is mormal.
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chanvre
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Some things never change.
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Post by chanvre on May 7, 2006 12:09:56 GMT -5
I'm the Reservations Manager for a line of 10 luxury boutique hotel and resorts. (Suzie McNeil has even partied in the hotel bar at our Santa Monica property!) The hotels are very high profile and attract a lot of cool clientele, including celebs, musicans, etc. It's so much fun, but yet a very high-stress job. I love it!!
Amy, that is unbelievable about your business. You must have worked insanely hard to get where you are today. Props, sister.
Jan, I know what you must be going through. My best friend's daughter is terrminally ill and has been in a wheelchair all her life.
Her strength amazes me to no end. (as does yours!)
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Post by cjspas on May 7, 2006 15:44:13 GMT -5
I'm a hypnotherapist. I work primarily in the areas of stress management, life balance (finding out who you want to be and doing it) and coping with illness. (I haven't made anyone quack like a duck yet!) I also am co-owner of a company that provides staff development workshops for corporations (stress, goals, change etc.)
Jan--bless you. You and your family are in my prayers.
Carol
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hot4mc
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Memories of you still stand strong.
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Post by hot4mc on May 10, 2006 1:26:09 GMT -5
I used to work in a intermediate care home as a recreation therapist. I did the activities with the seniors. I left my job due to cut back in health care, it was also not worth having my 3 kids in daycare. I am now a stay at home mom. My son is now 10 and my girls are 8 and 5. My youngest girl has special needs. She has a severe speech delay and we just recently found out that she has a seizure disorder. She is on medication now.She keeps me very busy with all the different appointments, speech therapy, occupational therapy, hearing test, etc, etc.
Jan, my thoughts are with you and your family.
Amy, maybe when I do go back to work, I can get some craft supplies from you. Do you have a site I can look at??? PM me
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Post by yakketyyak on May 10, 2006 8:24:19 GMT -5
I am an engineer/technical operator at a CBS TV station where I work the 3PM-midnight shift (yes, I got paid to watch Marty on "Rockstar"!). I began my career in broadcasting in 1971 (way before many of you were born  ) at a radio station in San Francisco. In 1973 I switched to a CBS TV station doing misc office type jobs. Eventually I began working on a show called "Evening Magazine" which premiered in San Francisco and became syndicated as the "PM Magazine" show airing all over the US. In 1981, I transferred to a TV station on the East coast where I now do several different jobs in the broadcast operations/engineering dept (my favorite is running the robotic studio cameras for the nightly newscasts). I love my job...except on the bad days when the computers fail! |
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Post by Hoot on May 10, 2006 8:28:13 GMT -5
I'm a stay-at-home mom (and everything that comes with that) for my two kids, 4 and 7.
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Mad For Martay
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Bad Girls Do It Better! ~ I Just love Dick~BB8
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Post by Mad For Martay on May 10, 2006 11:32:39 GMT -5
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Post by Ceeje on May 10, 2006 18:11:04 GMT -5
Dude! Mad For Marty, I've got four kids too! I thought I was the only one crazy enough to have four.
I used to be a teacher at an alternative school, but now I stay at home with the kids. My boys are 11, 9, and 4 1/2. My girl just turned 3. She is spoiled rotten too. She loves princess dresses and all that, but she loves to run with boys too. Wherever you find her best buddy Will (4 1/2), you'll find her.
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Mad For Martay
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Bad Girls Do It Better! ~ I Just love Dick~BB8
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Post by Mad For Martay on May 10, 2006 18:50:07 GMT -5
Dude! Mad For Marty, I've got four kids too! I thought I was the only one crazy enough to have four. I used to be a teacher at an alternative school, but now I stay at home with the kids. My boys are 11, 9, and 4 1/2. My girl just turned 3. She is spoiled rotten too. She loves princess dresses and all that, but she loves to run with boys too. Wherever you find her best buddy Will (4 1/2), you'll find her. WOW Ceeje!! .....another crazy lady like myself having four kids .....and we both had three boys then the little Princess  Thats really cool!!!...My daughter loves running with the boys too you can dress her up but she still wants to be one of them....she has informed me that she will also be playing hockey like her brothers!!She probably will be real good at it she has had a hockey stick in her hand since she was 6 months old!!!! |
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pammy
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Post by pammy on May 11, 2006 15:52:08 GMT -5
I work in a clothing store four days a week the rest of the time I`m looking after my 3 kids - a daughter aged 8 and twin boys aged 6.
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Post by shuckra on May 14, 2006 21:57:32 GMT -5
I own a housepainting company that consists of me and my husband, and starting in July I will start teaching yoga a couple times a week! ;D
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Post by dreaming1 on May 21, 2006 22:01:47 GMT -5
I stay at home during the day. I have 2 girls. One that will be 11 and one that just turned 3.
I work part time 2nd shift every weekend (ARG!) and 1-3 weeknights at a local hospital in computers. Also, I just started to sell Mary Kay cosmetics which I am very excited about.
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velvet
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I don't want to live to regret
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Post by velvet on May 21, 2006 22:24:18 GMT -5
I teach preschool (4 year olds) 3 days a week and take care of the bookkeeping for the school also. I'm also mom to a 10 year old son and 7 year old daughter who keep me extremely busy when not working.
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Post by kbgirlref on May 23, 2006 14:53:53 GMT -5
I work at University of Missouri. I take tuition payments from the students and hand out their financial aid refund checks. It is very low key compared to what I did a couple of years ago. I was a toy store manager and trainer for the company. I loved it! But things changed and I needed a job with set hours so I could chauffer my daughter to all of her activities. Voila! A new job that allows me to spend most of my time on the boards. I couldn't have asked for more!!! LOL!!!
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Post by Joan S on May 25, 2006 13:08:49 GMT -5
I'm a Mom and both of my kids are in college. I work at a chemical company where I work in Sales and International Shipping!
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Post by katiplrgrl on Jun 4, 2006 7:01:21 GMT -5
I too am a Mom with a special needs child. I usually feel really alone in that respect, but seem to not be the case here. My son is 15 and has a dx of Asperger's Syndrome. To pay the bills I'm a reservations sales and service rep for an airline (what i really do is manually exchange tickets.)
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Post by hot4bob on Jun 6, 2006 19:15:31 GMT -5
I work in corrections, I supervise people serving community sentences ordered by the Court/Parole. I love my job, but really it just pays for the important things, like everything my two little girls (1 & 2) need/want.
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Post by goneaway on Jun 6, 2006 19:25:28 GMT -5
I'm a high school student, and thats about it lol, I'm a music & art junkie on my free time though if that counts for anything. I'm going into my senior year so I'm going to have even more of a hectic life coming up. I want to major in art once I get into college though so that's what I'm looking forward to.
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Post by Cindy on Jun 7, 2006 7:29:19 GMT -5
I am co-owner of a web design firm. I sit in front of a computer all day at work and most workdays is 10+ hours. I love my business and my job....and am online nearly all of those 10+ hours at work. But some nights when I come home, I just don't even want to turn on a computer if you know what I mean.
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