What do folks do besides take care of chickens I mean!

[Chicabee19]

~ Private editor

~ Coordinator of 3 teams (about 60 people) who proofread English, Spanish and Chinese texts. Afterward I markup the texts for digital publication (usually on the Internet)

~ Former special education Jr. high teacher (BD/ED) & ran a special-needs daycare.

Recently closed my houseplant business

Hobbies: art, composing & singing, plants



The amazing DH (way more talented that I am!):

~ Inventor/designer; Luthier; professional composer, singer, recording engineer; Artist, desk-top publishing/graphics (his paying job). His grandfather was Borromeo-Lou, composer & big-band leader.

~ Currently designing a man-made self-sustainable island to be built off Macau.

 

[RockyToggRanch]

I run a chain of small retail stores (11 and growing). I drive a lot, deal with tons of stress and for some reason enjoy it. Then I come home and chill with my animals.

 

[tfpets]

~I have worked for my County as an employee for the past 17 years, the most recent 8 years as a Childrens Services Senior Social Worker.

~I am the mother of 4 sons, 3 are adopted from the foster care sytem with Special Needs including attachment issues and ADHD.

~I am the wife of an ASE certified Mechanic who loves to bring his work home, and we play as hard as we work, including 4x4ing, Geocaching, travel and camping, and tons of other stuff. My favorite part is..........chickens.

 

[the1much]

well,,,, guess im just plain,,hehe

i own a alternator and starter rebuilding biz,
own a auto-body biz, along with boat repairing ( hull&deck, not motor), and painting,, and am a partner in a biz that rents 3 phase test separators to the oil fields, and my broken neck feels like a job, heh

you people are to dang smart fer the likes of me

EDIT: we also sell chickens like crazy from the front yard

 

[Katy]

My husband and I farm and have a cow herd. Mom to three, grandmother to 4 with number 5 on the way.

 

[lleighmay]

Retired cop, security/abuse investigator in a special needs health care setting, wildlife rehabber.... and in my spare time I play with power tools and do work around my house

 

[JohnL11935]

Former - Commercial Fisherman (8 years) - In-shore charters, lobster & eel pots, scallop dredging and offshore dragging & set lines.

Former - Registered Nurse (15 years) - Critical Care, Emergency and Flight

Current - Financial Analyst - I build financial simulation models used for negotiating contracts between health insurance companies and hospitals.

In my spare time I coach fastpitch softball and goose/duck/deer hunt with my two daughters. I also make custom Texas Hold'em poker tables.

I sometimes lay awake at night wondering what my next career will be.

I figure I have one more left in me.

 

[the1much]

Quote:
that fishing is hard aint it,, specially playing with those COLD scallops!! ,, i grew up with dads side of the family all fishermen, and moms side loggers ,, man they worked me to death.

 

[momofdrew]

I am an old fashioned stay at home housewife...Mom and grandma; my youngest son being 21 and in the Army waiting for deployment...my oldest son being 45 and a Dad to 2 wonderful kids...I teach Sunday school...am a crossing guard during the school year.. Teach quilting...Chair of our church's Woman's guild...am a board member on our church's day school...I run a puppy daycare out of the house...no they do not bother my chicks...and love to read garden knit and quilt...Pam

 

[momdogz]

masontender
organic vegetable farmer
homesteader
Registered Nurse
Medical Surgical
Psychiatric
Geriatric
Surgical
and now - been working in the RN Vascular Access field for 9 years, and am Nurse Educator for the IV Therapy team at a large teaching facility.
Still homesteading with my ex-Wisconsin farmer husband, but in Vermont.