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Five to Nine

I'm a mom, grandmama, daughter, sister, friend.

I've been working as an executive assistant for as long as I can remember... but it's not my passion: I make and sell handcrafted jewelry on several websites online.  One of the sites is http://fivetoninedesign.etsy.com and I also sell at craft shows.  LOVE it but it's not yet lucrative enough to be able to do it full-time.  Someday, I hope.

I have also dipped my toes into the waters of freelance writing and am slowly, slowly, slowly making some headway.  Yay!

I also blog:  drop by at http://fivetoninedesign.wordpress.com.

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my VN interview

How did you get to where you are now?

A long and winding road....

How do you see yourself differently now than you did 10 years ago?

I'm smarter. Calmer.  Funnier, I think.  Slightly more confident.  10 pounds heavier - ugh!

Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

Smarter, still?  More financially solvent, I hope -- been struggling with that one for a loooong time.  Hope I have pushed through self-doubt and am following my true creative passions:  making jewelry and writing for a living.   As for the rest, we'll see...

a postcard to my younger self

Never settle.

my role models

Don't believe in role models; we all follow our own path in this world...

my posts

Help Desperately Needed

Posted in work & money on July 28, 2011

Haven’t been here in awhile… but I’m trying to help someone who’s in worse straits than I am and thought maybe someone here has the heart — and the means to help.…

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Employers, Please Read

Posted in work & money on September 08, 2010

Dear Potential Employers -

We are all painfully aware that we’re in an employers’ market. You can pick and choose and take as long as you like to select potential candidates for…

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Another Day Older and Deeper in Debt

Posted in books & entertainment, family & relationships, spirituality on September 06, 2010

For those who don’t know, the title is a line from a very old song, “16 Tons”, made popular by “Tennessee” Ernie Ford.  I think it was about coal miners… in any…

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Adventures in Dealing with Debt Collectors

Posted in work & money on August 24, 2010

Just have to share: Despite all of my efforts, talent, and skills, I’ve been unemployed for quite some time like many Americans, and this means I am literally living on a shoestring.…

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Making Peace with Time and Gravity

Posted in spirituality on August 12, 2010

Let me start this by saying that I haven’t quite made peace with time and gravity — but I’m working on it.

From the time I was about 30 until just a…

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my comments

Response to: can't buy "me" love

Comment posted on September 27, 2011 at 8:35 pm:
"Jackie O had connections most of us will never have.  Nice story but not relatable to me. I've worked my whole damned life; been married more than once and though they were lovely people, none of them ever took care of me to the point where I had a ..." (read comment)

Response to: Help Desperately Needed

Comment posted on August 7, 2011 at 7:21 am:
"On the contrary, right now I very much want to be supported. I have supported myself my entire adult life but right now, when the government has allowed corporations to get away with murder, I very much want to be supported. These days, employment a..." (read comment)

Response to: Help Desperately Needed

Comment posted on August 6, 2011 at 7:22 am:
"I don't understand people who say "99 weeks is too much".  There are very few jobs available - VERY few and those that are available pay barely above minimum wage.  No one was using unemployment benefit extensions to party hearty; they were using t..." (read comment)

Response to: Help Desperately Needed

Comment posted on August 4, 2011 at 7:05 am:
"Thank you, ThurmanLady.  Appreciate your reaching out... just wanna say though -- please do not post your personal email on public forums. Would not want you to get spammed to death because of me! (^_^) I guess there is more than one way to skin a c..." (read comment)

Response to: Help Desperately Needed

Comment posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:40 pm:
"So sorry to hear about your troubles, ThurmanLady.  Had to give one cat to a shelter and a friend is fostering the other one.  But he can't take care of him forever and if I can't find a means to live on my own, he will be lost to me forever.  Kil..." (read comment)