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What do you do for a living? - 5/29/2008 6:00:15 PM   
isaacsmom


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Status: online 		Just for kicks! I'm curious! I'm always interested to know what kind of cool jobs people have.

What do you ladies do for a living? I know several of you work, but I have no idea what you do! Several of us are SAHM/SAHWs, but have you worked in some field previously? What do your husbands do?

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RE: What do you do for a living? - 5/29/2008 6:09:33 PM   
isaacsmom


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I am a SAHM. My husband is a production supervisor with a poultry company. He supervises the shipping department and one of the product processing lines and its employees. We've had these jobs for a little over 2 years.

We worked our way through college as a real estate agent/office manager (me) and a police officer (him). We did those jobs for 5 yrs (me) and 7 yrs (him).

That's us!

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RE: What do you do for a living? - 5/29/2008 6:16:29 PM   
crimsonfollower


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From: the middle of nowhere
Status: offline 		I am a teacher to wonderful students of many ages (music classes) and for most of the day 10-12 year olds that occassionally act like they are 5-6 again I really do love my job and getting to work with kids all day long. I have been doing this for 2 years and will continue to do it till God moves me to something else (hopefully being a SAHW/M).

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RE: What do you do for a living? - 5/29/2008 6:21:22 PM   
HisCovenant


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Status: online 		I'm an Interior Decorator (7years) turned SAHW (2 years.) Dh is an Electrical Engineer (5 years) turned Computer Software Programer (10 years.)

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RE: What do you do for a living? - 5/29/2008 6:34:15 PM   
nicole6598

 

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Status: offline 		Just curious Rachel, why did he quit the force? and Zippy why did hubby leave engineering?

I am a SAHM but I was a teacher before that. And while in Uni I worked as a checkout chick as we call them here, I was the supervisor of the checkout area on the weekends too.
Hubby is a trained mechanic, he has also done some builders labouring work, he is working as a diesl mechanic for a mining company.
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RE: What do you do for a living? - 5/29/2008 6:56:47 PM   
isaacsmom


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Just curious Rachel, why did he quit the force?


It's just not what he felt the Lord had in store for him permanantly. He couldn't support our family on the pay and the politics involved were sadly ridiculous. He wanted to obtain his business degree and get into some kind of agri-business.

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RE: What do you do for a living? - 5/29/2008 7:05:15 PM   
Georgia-Peach


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From: Georgia on my mind
Status: offline 		I have worked as a:
- Daycare Worker
- Substitute Teacher (this was at the same school I worked at doing daycare. Sometimes if they needed me to I would substitute teach during school hours)
- Receptionist at a law firm
- Receptionist for a mortgage broker - though I learned nothing while there, it paid the bills though
- Now I am a SAHM/SAHW

Hubby is a computer engineer who does contracting for the air force base in our community.

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RE: What do you do for a living? - 5/29/2008 7:14:03 PM   
karlie


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From: Central California
Status: online 		My husband is a building contractor. He and his father are partners in their business and build mostly custom homes. He's been in the field since highs school, so for a very long time now!

I was a dental assistant briefly, then became a stay at home mom when my kids were born. I did daycare in my home for awhile too.

Now that the kids are on their own, I'm back in school and nearly done with my bachelors in psychology. I'll start grad school next year and get my masters in counseling, with a child emphasis.

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RE: What do you do for a living? - 5/29/2008 7:32:10 PM   
Brandy


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Status: offline 		For over 12 years I've been involved with animal medical care in some fashion. Be it starting in highschool as kennel help to leaving my current place last week as Docman's right hand/receptionist/technician/jack of all trades.. It's been interesting.

Hubby makes video games. He does Aritificial Intelligence, he makes the video game smarter than the player. or rather, smart enough for the player. They have a game out in August and I can't wait to his name in the credits and start to get royalties He loves his job.

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RE: What do you do for a living? - 5/29/2008 7:39:32 PM   
peculiar_lady2


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Status: offline 		hubby joined the US Army eleven years ago...he was a "63-T"...now he is a "63-M"...basically the same thing...he is a "Bradley Fighting Vehicle Systems Maintainer" (IOW mechanic on THESE)

I am a SAHW/M...previous jobs include....
Television station... Janitor.
Television station... Master control operator (the person that does the switches between spots and programs).
Television station... audio technician.
Television station... camera operator.
Theme park...Ride Attendant (the person who loads you into the ride, runs the ride, then gets you off the ride).
Worked at a doughnut shop when I was engaged.
worked at a gas station for two days once...they didn't like me cause they said I was "too nice" to the customers.


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RE: What do you do for a living? - 5/29/2008 8:02:40 PM   
artemis


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Status: offline 		I'm a jr. high Spanish teacher. My husband is a pastor, at least for another month, but he has resigned and is looking for a new job (still in ministry, but not as a senior pastor). IF he finds something before the start of the next school year, I'll quit teaching so I can be a stay at home mom

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RE: What do you do for a living? - 5/29/2008 8:06:14 PM   
nicole6598

 

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Status: offline 		Wow Sarah you have had interesting jobs! Did you ever forget to put the switch on for the adverts etc?
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RE: What do you do for a living? - 5/29/2008 8:30:07 PM   
InBetweenDreams


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Status: offline 		I'm a stay at home wife, but I have:

helped out mall security typing out reports and looking through the "bad people" files
worked in a craft store where vendors were chosen to sell their products. That was a fun job!
Many different clothing stores
Jewelry/ear piercing which was fun.
My last job was working in a warehouse as a receiving receptionist, but I did way more than I was supposed too.

Lorne is an Avionics Technician. He builds small planes for people who have too much money. He does all the electrical stuff (starts by putting everything on autocad and then puts everything he needs in the plane to make it go vroom), but has been learning how to do everything else (from body work to whatever needs to be done). His boss and he will be designing a new aircraft that has never been built before. Before that he worked on military aircraft. Hercules to be exact. He started off working on the planes then got promoted to the offices doing autocad stuff.

Oh, and I like staying at home way more than working. I've never had a job that made me love working. They all started off fine, but ended up to be not so great jobs. The only job I liked (craft store) was put out of business so I had no choice but to leave and find another job.

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RE: What do you do for a living? - 5/29/2008 8:31:17 PM   
InBetweenDreams


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ORIGINAL: artemis

I'm a jr. high Spanish teacher. My husband is a pastor, at least for another month, but he has resigned and is looking for a new job (still in ministry, but not as a senior pastor). IF he finds something before the start of the next school year, I'll quit teaching so I can be a stay at home mom


Why is he looking for a new job? I hope you can quit teaching soon,.

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RE: What do you do for a living? - 5/29/2008 8:40:36 PM   
HisCovenant


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ORIGINAL: nicole6598
Zippy why did hubby leave engineering?

Partially due to pay (an uneducated programer makes more than a Masters carrying Engineer,) partially due to interests changing, and partially to work with newer technology.

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RE: What do you do for a living? - 5/29/2008 8:41:06 PM   
LaurainAL


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Status: offline 		I'm an accountant and DH is a pastor. I have done this for 12 years and DH has been pastoring for 5. He was a financial analyst before.

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RE: What do you do for a living? - 5/29/2008 8:45:08 PM   
artemis


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ORIGINAL: InBetweenDreams

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ORIGINAL: artemis

I'm a jr. high Spanish teacher. My husband is a pastor, at least for another month, but he has resigned and is looking for a new job (still in ministry, but not as a senior pastor). IF he finds something before the start of the next school year, I'll quit teaching so I can be a stay at home mom


Why is he looking for a new job? I hope you can quit teaching soon,.


He's a part-time pastor at a church an hour away from our apartment and they asked him to move down there this summer and start working full time. That was the plan for a while, but then there were... um... issues at our church and we decided that it was not in our best interest or in the best interest of the church for us to move there and have him become their full time pastor. So now he's looking for somewhere else to work. I'd definitely prefer to quit teaching, but I'll survive another year if that's what I have to do

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RE: What do you do for a living? - 5/29/2008 9:10:18 PM   
reach


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Status: online 		I am in Human Resources. I kinda fell into it. I have a history degree. I was going to be a teacher, but then I found I could make more money and not work as hard. Plus I teach in church.

I have been:
Newspaper carrier
Taco Bell
LIttle Ceasers Pizza
Subway
Portraits
Loans
Roofing - office work
Toy company - Importing
HR - For the past 5 years. 2 or them I mostly did Workers Comp.

My husband is Asst Parts manager for an auto dealership. He has been there for 16 years.
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RE: What do you do for a living? - 5/29/2008 9:25:17 PM   
InBetweenDreams


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ORIGINAL: artemis

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ORIGINAL: InBetweenDreams

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ORIGINAL: artemis

I'm a jr. high Spanish teacher. My husband is a pastor, at least for another month, but he has resigned and is looking for a new job (still in ministry, but not as a senior pastor). IF he finds something before the start of the next school year, I'll quit teaching so I can be a stay at home mom


Why is he looking for a new job? I hope you can quit teaching soon,.


He's a part-time pastor at a church an hour away from our apartment and they asked him to move down there this summer and start working full time. That was the plan for a while, but then there were... um... issues at our church and we decided that it was not in our best interest or in the best interest of the church for us to move there and have him become their full time pastor. So now he's looking for somewhere else to work. I'd definitely prefer to quit teaching, but I'll survive another year if that's what I have to do


Oh, too bad it didn't work out for him. I am glad you are willing to work another year so your husband can find the right job. You are too nice!

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RE: What do you do for a living? - 5/29/2008 9:26:51 PM   
JoyfulLady


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Status: offline 		I have:

Been a Sonic carhop (loved it!!)
Worked at a daycare (hated it due to staff issues)
Worked as a CNA at a nursing home (loved and hated it lol)

My husband's full time job is independent grain farmer. He works 1200 acres. For 2 months in the spring he runs a custom planter-calibration business. In the winter/off season he builds and repairs computers "for fun".

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RE: What do you do for a living? - 5/29/2008 9:40:48 PM   
Karaboo2


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From: Ontario, Canada
Status: offline 		My official job description would take up too much space, so let's just sum it up this way ... I'm a mom! (Nose wiper, bum cleaner, maid, chef, chauffeur, etc)

Prior to momhood, I ...
Taught music in my house (piano and vocal)
Worked in the shoe department at Sears
Babysat a LOT
Worked as a caregiver for disabled students during the summer
Was a substitute music teacher in my former highschool
Cut grass in highschool

***I NEVER had a paper route or sold lemonade at a roadside stand!***

After becoming a mom, if dh wasn't working, I put in a few hours here and there tutoring kids ... and when dd was in a private school, I taught there for 3 months when the grade 5/6 teacher got a nasty concussion and had to be off work for the remainder of the school year -- so taught 5/6, plus taught 7/8 French and was the band director fpr grades 7-10.

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RE: What do you do for a living? - 5/29/2008 10:39:02 PM   
uponeagleswings


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ORIGINAL: karlie

My husband is a building contractor. He and his father are partners in their business and build mostly custom homes. He's been in the field since highs school, so for a very long time now!


My dad is a carpenter/contractor, as are most of my uncles. Its the family trade- my dad started working summers when he was probably about 14.

Brandy- that is a cool job your hubby has! How did he break into the field?

I work in early intervention, which means I travel from house to house working with families who have kids ages 0-3 who are at risk or have developmental delays. I adore my job, although I would give it up (or go to part time) in a heartbeat to be a SAHM (I don't have kids ATM).
Prior to that I:
Respite worker for a 9 y/o with autism- I did this during the summers when I was in college
Worked in my university library
Worked in alumni relations- I called alumni trying to get them to donate to the school. Actually it was fun to talk to people.
Taught 1st grade
Taught in a self-contained special ed classroom

My hubby is in school working on an accounting degree. He hopefully has about 2.5 years left until he gets his BA.

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RE: What do you do for a living? - 5/29/2008 10:47:38 PM   
purejoy


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Status: online 		My husband is a carpenter and owns his own business. He's a contractor doing mostly home improvements/remodeling at this point, and some new construction. We started the business about a year ago, and man has the Lord provided! Prior to that he was a lead carpenter doing rough framing for about 5 years.

I am a registered nurse- medical/surgical/pediatrics. I do love my job. Of course I have my days, but I feel so blessed to have a job that is also truly my calling and ministry. Once the baby comes I will work part time and be home the rest. I am sooo blessed to have a job with such flexibility to be able to mostly be home, and continue my ministry as well. I have also worked at JCPenny, bank teller, CNA, and nurse intern.
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