Chat Date Anyone?!!!!

[Pepper_Mom]

It's been a while since we got together to chat.  Anyone interested?

Let's make it this Friday evening (Jan. 21st) at 9:00 p.m. EST.

See ya in the chatroom!

[Julie]

Friday evenings don't usually work good for me...so If you don't see me, know that I'm just not around..not avoiding you all.....

[Pepper_Mom]

When would be a good evening for you to chat?  That goes for everyone else.  Post a convenient night and I will see if I can get a few of us bichon lovers together  

[Julie]

For me evenings are pretty hit and miss...I usually chat with my new found daughter which is of great importance to me right now.  I'll stop in from time to time to see if anyone is chatting...

[Marla]

I work evenings, but from home. So depending when I'm scheduled to be on air, (I do closed-captioning on tv) I could log on.  As of now, I'm available Friday at 9p.m.

[Pepper_Mom]

I work evenings, but from home. So depending when I'm scheduled to be on air, (I do closed-captioning on tv) I could log on.  As of now, I'm available Friday at 9p.m.

That's an interesting job...tell me all about it!

[Julie]

Wow that sound so cool..I want a job like that...how did you get it? what exactly do you all do???  Tell , Tell.

[Marla]

Well, I'm a court reporter by trade. I used to work in court and do depositions. After about five years of working with attorneys,   , I went to work for a company in Pittsburgh that does national captioning for TV.  As a stenocaptioner, I use my reporting skill and steno machine to caption live shows. This is all done through modems, so I'm able to work at home now, which is great.  
So tonight I captioned an NCAA basketball game on ESPN and a local news in NYC.  I hear the shows at the same time you do, thus the delay in  captions on your TV.
There are captioners who do "offline" work, or shows that we can get ahead of time. Those are just quick typists who are great with grammar, spelling, current events etc. As far as I know, those are on-site jobs.
Anyhoo, I've been reporting/captioning 15 years and most of the time really love it.

[Pepper_Mom]

That's great Marla.  There are great benefits to working from home.  It's hard to find people who love their job.

I currently have 3 part-time jobs and it works well with our lifestyle as I want to be home for my 4 boys when they are out of school.  I am a lunch supervisor at 2 schools (I just started the 2nd one at my younger boys' school and they love having mommy there   )  It's only for an hour at each school but it gets me out and I earn extra money to spend.  I am also a Welcome Wagon hostess in our town.  I've been doing this for 3 years now and love it.  The only bad part is having to go out when it is cold during the winters  :-/   That's where I get most of my income.  I have my office in the basement where I keep all my supplies to make up the gift bags for new residents moving into our community.