no. i am computer illiterate and am waiting for my son to set me up with a site that might have blogging possibilities. although, i think it turns people off of job related web sites. they think you have too much time on your hands and are wasting it. perhaps this would be my case. i need to make some money ASAP - so i will mostly be advertising piano lessons and performance repertoire currently in the system.
i am also considering writing. but, i don't know what about yet. have to start on the five pages a day thing, still. i would be most interested to see your five pages. perhaps we could share the five pages here for a while? we could make them short pages.
perhaps i will start my blog here with a preface. that is always a way to bring readers into an understanding of where you are coming from. (loony world in some places of the brain).my most recent blog interests are job hunting. when you are a mom for 15 years - you get into this mode of 'what can i do here and there to make money' because you still have to maintain getting the kids to the bus- taking care of them when they get sick - shopping - cookng -laundry. all this is a job in itself - but a sort of expected unpaid type of job that continues on whether you work outside or not. so, in effect - when you take another job you are taking on two jobs.
ok. so to make the story short - whenever i'd look for outside employment it ended up being more of a hassle than working for myself. for instance, once i had this brilliant idea of foster care. i thought 'i already have a child at this point... i'm going to be a foster mom.' so i take the required classes (anything government related is full of tons of paperwork) - and then find out that i have to jump through about 100 hoops as well. one of which means completely rearranging my house. so i do that. get everything in order and what happens? i get pregnant with the second child. all that work is basically wasted time - although the house was in very good order. must be murphy's law.
then, i think - well, in my last location i was working for self - teaching piano, tutoring, and sewing. so, now in my current location - i've dropped the childcare idea. basically, ican't stand working with young children anymore. they make too many messes. am thinking one is enough. she goes around literally like a squirrel. everywhere she has these little pockets of adventure. i'm sure we have a praying mantis loose in the house - as bug catching was the latest 'thing.' she probably left it in the music room (of all places). also, she uses markers for everything. and, has been leaving messages here and there for everyone in the family. i love you. i hate you. misha is a bugger. things like that.
so, when i think about tutoring - i start shaking. this is not a good sign for an indication of job satisfaction. i feel in need of a cigarette and i don't even smoke. perhaps piano for young children will also cause the same feelings. basically, i want to move on to teenagers, young adults, and adults. but, how can you advertise and say 'piano lessons' - please no children. this would be somewhat bigoted. and yet - if another child touches my piano with peanut butter fingers - i am liable to scream in their ear.
will i ever find a job that pays the grocery bills and extra spendable income without resorting to working out of my home? i don't want one of those 'working mom' internet jobs - where you sell insurance and they have access to your home computer. and, don't mention exotic dancing. i've never been good at it. perhaps painting is my other passion. i want to paint birds on ceramic tiles. how much money can i make at this? i'm buying some tiles from a wholesaler when i get the money.
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