What do you do for a living AND what would be your ideal job?

[BigLyd1]

Maybe I should have made this two threads. And yes, I consider SAHM a job. And yes, if you're retired, or want to be retired, just say that. For ideal job, let's pretend that money is no object. So it doesn't have to be a good paying job.

For me, I'm technically a police specialist, which means I have an office job at a police department.

My ideal job would be a travel/ vacation planner.

[may1792]

I am a SAHM. Which, to me is the perfect job. I just wish it comes with pay.

[ahippiechic]

I do photo editing, website and graphic design on the PC. I work from home and it love doing it. (Most of the time!)

[Shancopp]

SAHM and sorely underpaid (unless you count all the hugs and kisses!)

[DBackFan]

I own and run a mobile home park plus I am a Foster Mom. The ideal job for me would be to work for Child protective Services as an investigative specialist.

[earnhardt1]

i am sahm and wish it paid money lol/
my dream job is being a lawyer im so always ready for a good debate

the more i think about it the more i have to say nascar driver would be the best thing i could ever imagine doing

[buttrfli]

I was a SAHM for 14 years, went to work at my kids' school 2 years ago and last summer I got a job at a ticket office... and I have to say that I absolutely LOVE my job! I get to meet famous people, go to shows and events for free and I get paid really well to do it :)

[krissy904]

I would love to be the proud wife of Harry Connick Jr.

[lizmolik]

Currently laid off, but Monday will be starting a job in a warehouse doing shipping and receiving. I am currently going to college for criminal justice, and am unsure of what I am going to get into after I finish that. I would love to be a SAHM and do a work from home job, but I have gotten scammed twice.

[maysie]

I run a computer lab and am a test proctor at the local community college. I would love to be able to stay home and work our farm.

[JKATHERINE]

I am a preschool teacher and love my job. I receive decent pay, but no benefits at all. I work part time (25-33 hours per week) and get to spend a lot of time at home with my kiddos. I'm also back in school for my Early Childhood Education degree through the same school where I went to study Elementary Education. Ideally things would pretty much be the same, but I'd have good benefits (insurance, sick days, vacation, maternity leave, etc.).

[loris520]

I am a SAHM. I would love to work with animals or the post office lol!

[jedmatters]

I am a physical therapist at an alternative medicine office.
I was a housewife (but went to work after the kids were both in school)
My ideal job..... Actually I love my job, and the office. I do not care for ONE employee. I have a great boss, and a fabulous manager. I like helping people feel better.

[cabby92]

I am a semi-retired accountant. That means I still work full time but don't have a job that makes me crazy and requires long hours anymore. I guess I'd keep my current job but make the hours more flexible and disconnect the phones.

[teenies*mom]

I'm a SAHM - and I couldn't tell you what my "perfect" job would be - lol

[MistyWolf]

I am a mom and a server and I actually like serving. My ideal job though would be to be retired and to travel whenever I felt like it, so I'd have to be independently wealthy ;)

[Bahet]

I'm a SAHM but also run a website (see my title :) ) and I do taxes and financial planning - all from home.

My ideal job would be heiress. :lol

[WVCindy]

I work my butt off as a Assistant Teacher @ Head Start. I take care of 20 3-4 year olds!!! How lucky am I:star: :dancing: Then I go home and take care of a soon to be 16 year old boy and YankeeMary's favorite brother-in-law. Life is GOOD:elefant:

[ladybugva]

I am a SAHM and work some nights and weekends at Kohls in the housewares/bed and bath dept. I like it fine, gets me out and most nights I don't have to talk to a lot of people and that is fine w/ me.

I would love to be able to do something crafty like be one of those stampin up consultants where I get paid to rubber stamp or sell my crafts.

[sheila_361]

Me I have my ideal job now, I am what I call a Domestic Goddess, I stay home and take care of the furbabies, and the house.

[catdance]

Executive Chef, but my ideal job would be a 'food stylist", taking food and making it look nice on magazine covers..did you know when you see a picture of say, cake with WHIP Cream, thatis actually Shaving Cream.. or Food Science, the kind that makes and decides how say "Hamburger Helper or Tyson Chicken Skillets" would be made, packaged and taste.
So I think that is also under Research and Devolpment.
But I don't do either.
Just a Chef..hmm..ugh!

[Heidi]

I'm currently in school for medical assisting. Eventually, my dream job is to be a pediatric nurse.

[SLance68]

Well my business card say's Office Manager - which means, bookkeeper, receptionist, purchasing & about 20 other things. My perfect job - that would be hard - I really like where I work so I would say my current job but I want my Bosses paycheck. LOL

[LunaChick]

I'm a clinical laboratory tech at a major hospital in Philadelphia. I would love to be home full time working on a book that I always wanted to write or restoring old furniture.

[azwup05]

I'm a mailcarrier. I love the job once I'm out on the street. My dreamjob would be an advisor to the postmaster general. ;).

[Shann]

right now I'm not doing anything but staying home w/ the furbabies. I started school for skin care (aesthetician) but the school pretty much screwed me over (along w/ another student) so I have not finished and need to start my lawsuit against them (it was a very bad situation) I think once that is taken care of next year I'm going to pastry school, I'm undecided if I'll finish up my aesthetician degree as I'm half way through and think that would make a great business - could make their wedding cake AND give facials/wax/ and apply fake lashes ;) LOL

Quite honestly though, I LOVE staying home doing nothing.. I'm such a lazy soul :D I really don't get bored being at home all day like people say they would, so I guess my ideal job would be finding the perfect man to take care of me :lol and then I could help and foster animals who need homes. :D

[mirage7000]

Stay at home now but the ideal job for me would be Queen of England! lol

[jkmiller]

I am multi-tasking at my life right now. I am a SAHM, a private music teacher (when I have advertised and actually have students! LOL) as well as a substitute school teacher. My ideal job would be... a (really big) winning lottery ticket winner!

[tsquared]

Grocery store manager right now, but as i get older i think the ideal job i would like to have is a travel agent and go along on some of the tours

[Tammyx2]

I am a Flight Attendant. I guess you can say that I have my dream job, travel and only working 6/8 days a month. Cant beat that.

[evrita]

I am a dispatcher for an ambulance company and I am a FT mom yes I can do both because I work a swing shift so I do all the dr appts and games and all that good stuff. My dream job humm to be my own boss for what not sure ..

[BeanieLuvR]

I am a SAHM. My dream job would be to get paid to eat chocolate. :D

[tngirl]

Professional Pet Groomer. Believe it or not, this is my ideal job even though it is hard and dirty job, and mostly unappreciated. Seems everyone thinks they can do it. I thought about going back to my old profession, used to be a Full Charge Bookkeeper/Office Manager, but I love working with animals and the flexibility.

[stresseater]

i am sahm and wish it paid money lol/
my dream job is being a lawyer im so always ready for a good debate

the more i think about it the more i have to say nascar driver would be the best thing i could ever imagine doing

I think you and I need to form a team and get tampex to sponsor us. Or even better the carefree pad company. Can you hear it now.... "The dots are coming, the dots are coming..." I too am a stay at home mom. If I get a job it's should be in the school cafeteria that way when the kids messed up I wouldn't have to travel so far. :rofl: :rofl:

[onfire4god57]

Well I don't really work outside of the house. I am a full time caregiver to my husband, which of course comes with no pay or mdical benefits. However I do Love my husband very much and wouldn't ever think of having some one else take care of him. Now for my Me time I am a volunteer firefighter, which also comes with no pay or medical benefits, but I really enjoy helping others. And then in my spare time I do a whole lot of crafting, and if I'm really lucky that does pay all through the Christmas holiday season, if I'm not so lucky I know what the family will be getting for Christmas.


Before my husband needed full time care I managed a Days Inn Motel. I really loved the job and would some day like to be able to do that again, of course that I hope will be reality.

However my dream job would be to work in a CSI Crime Lab.

[okie]

I do photo editing, website and graphic design on the PC. I work from home and it love doing it. (Most of the time!)

That's what I am going to school for. I'm also a sahm and do auctions on Ebay.

[belle5691]

I'm a clinical laboratory tech at a major hospital in Philadelphia. I would love to be home full time working on a book that I always wanted to write or restoring old furniture.

Do you happen to work at Allegheny General? I met a great doctor from there this week.

[cabby92]

Before my husband needed full time care I managed a Days Inn Motel. I really loved the job and would some day like to be able to do that again, of course that I hope will be reality.

I did that years ago when I was in school. It was a fun job. I was in Dallas and met some really interesting people.

[funshine82]

what is sahm?

[Shancopp]

Stay At Home Mom

[garyandpam]

I am disabled, a mother of three grown girls , a grandmother of 4 great little ones, and wife To a disabled Vietnam veteran. We hang out at home are go to town to our local diner once a day. play with couponing, play with our grandchildren, play with our stamp collection or our 2 cats and 1 dog.

My ideal job would be to work with children. Like a kindergarten teacher.

[OmaLisa]

I am currently a Sales Liaison Specialist for Yellow Book USA. My dream job . . . hmmmm, I'm not sure. I would love to be a SAHG. (Stay at Home Grandma) It would be nice to be able to spend more time with my grandaughters.

[LucyFan]

I am a SAHM and I love every minute of it.

[jcw]

well until a couple of years I was a sahm now I am assistant manager of a grocery store. I don't know what my ideal job would be

[Kyla Kym]

I own a B&M store.

My dream job would have been Steve & Terri Irwin's personal assistant. :)
But now that he's gone, I don't know what my dream job would be.

[freebielover]

Currently an equipment specialist for a large manufacturing company. I'm going to school for computer engineering but would love to be a geneticist. I will eventually open my own network installation and support business but for now my job pays for school 100% so I can't give that up.

[tngirl]

I own a B&M store.

My dream job would have been Steve & Terri Irwin's personal assistant. :)
But now that he's gone, I don't know what my dream job would be.

You could be his daughter's assistant.

[lola24]

I am a registered nurse in the operating room and love it!

[flute]

I subsitute teach for my $ job. the pay is decent.

Other than that I'm a hair dresser, chauffer, cook/baker...time & money manager, lol.

My ideal job is to be an elementary school teacher. I have my degree. Maybe it will happen someday. ?

[flute]

a substitute school teacher.

Hi, I've never saw someone on bbs say this too :)

whoop.

[Kyla Kym]

You could be his daughter's assistant.

Just wouldn't be the same....sigh....by the time she is old enough to jump crocs I would be to old and would break a bone or something. :laugh:

Can't wait to see what his son is going to be like when he's older. He looks just like him. They have showed pics of steve when he was a toddler and they look identical almost. :)

[Aloha from paradise]

I stay at home and take care of my Father-in-law who has Alzheimer’s. If I could go back in time I would become a vet:) Sure would save on my vet bills:)

[MsLynn]

I'm a 911 dispatcher, volunteer fire fighter/first responder.. currently in school to be an EMT... wouldn't change it, but wish they paid more

[Kyla Kym]

I'm a 911 dispatcher, volunteer fire fighter/first responder.. currently in school to be an EMT... wouldn't change it, but wish they paid more

Well just keep climbing up that ladder and you will eventually make the big bucks. My best friend was a high school drop out. Now she is the head of respiratory therapy in a big hospital. She did it all by herself without any help from family. And she had 2 small children at the time. I don't know how she did it, but she did. Put herself through school, and worked a job. Plus had her kids to worry about. But now she's rich! When I first meet her she was dirt poor.

My cousin just completed LPN school, she also was a high school drop out with 3 kids. She started out as a EMT then worked her way up. :)

Since you already love that type of stuff, I bet you can do it too. You just have to have the desire to do it. :)

[tracyb]

I am a sahm...told my job that I would quit once I had my little one and I did.....I am truely satisfied being home...I get to be at my girls school any time I want to help the teachers.....My dream was to be a NeoNatal Nurse ...had every plans of going ...was excepted to a school and all but for some reason I just didnt.....I told myself that I could not handle the lose of those little ones very well...so talked myself right out of it and never went to school

[Char]

I am a floral designer... I do everything, funerals, weddings, hospital, anniversary pieces etc... I used to be a part owner of our city's largest floral shop... it's been here since the 1940's. We purchased it in 1985. I do love it, but, it's sometimes hard to be 'creative' on demand... that's where all your skills and experience kick in... the works look great, if you were in a creative mood or not.

I did manage an office for 6 years (and, of course, the floral shop's business end for the whole 8 years we owned it.)... that was awesome... I am great at business taxes, spread sheets, payroll, ordering, bill paying, and tons more company sales/goal forms and double-entry bookkeeping... I find that VERY fun work.

The perfect ideal job ??? Gee, I don't know... there is a chance I haven't done it yet...lol - I love to 'manage' things... keep things in order, running like a well oiled machine etc... Honestly, I have LOVED everything I have done, and am happy doing it.

I did get into 'computer stuff', and all that implies, back when Win-95 first came out... but, I got SO bored with it. I am not the type to sit in front of a computer 24/7... not even close ! LOL, I try to get in here (BBS) at least once a day, for like an hour (gotta check out the deals, coupons, contests, pass out rep etc...) everyday... and I moderate/admin another board as well... I give that about an hour a day... that's all the 'computer time' I can stand !!! I want to spend time with hubby... or I figure someone else might ! LMAO

I think the only thing I wanted to be as a teenager that I didn't try, was being a teacher. I used to 'make up' tests and stuff, and 'teach' my two nephews, when they were like 4, 5, 6 etc... I did it all the time, and made it fun... they loved it to ! They both became honor roll students all through school...lol

[ttistin]

I was a SAHM for 9 years, I am now back at work in a school cafeteria. I love my job. I get great benefits, insurance and lots of paid time off. I do wish I got paid a little more but it isnt to bad. I work 6 hours a day. I drop the kids off at school, go to work, pick the kids up. It is great.