- Paper "person." Coronado Reminder, weekly paper. I was 6th or 7th grade. I made about $3.50 a week.
- Riding lessons. After we moved to the "country" when I was in 8th grade, both Diane and I gave lessons to the neighbors' kids. We made $2 for a 30 minute lesson. Built up quite a clientele, too.
- Hostess at IHOP. My first REAL JOB! Minimum wage was $2 an hour, but ten cents an hour was deducted for meals, whether we ate them or not.
- Hotel Front Desk Clerk at Caesar's Boarwalk Regency. Caesar's was the 2nd casino opened in NJ and it was a mob scene all the time. I hated the front desk. So I transferred to the credit department even though my mom said not to, that I couldn't afford to buy work clothes and should stay where I could wear a uniform! $4 an hour.
- File clerk for the municipal court in AC.
- Playboy Bunny -- Playboy opened a casino in AC. I worked as a cocktail waitress in the Theatre and a couple of the bars. A good night back then was $100.
Cocktail waitress - again. I went to the Tropicana so I could waitress on the casino floor. Money was good, real good!
Video store About '85 or '86 I moved to Orange County, CA, and found a job in a video store. Probably $4 an hour. I don't remember.
Globe Industries - (publishers for National Enquirer) Did all sorts of stuff in grocery stores. I was the person who installed those little coupon machines in the aisles. Yippee!
Cocktail waitress at the Hanalei Hotel in San Diego. Tried to serve food, turns out I'm rotten at that!
Court reporter. I became a licensed CSR in California. Worked hard to get that license.
Pony Tracks, Too -- started a mobile tack store with Liz.
NPGA judge - go figure, I love it!
San Diego Saddlery - November '07, Liz and I opened a real store!
So that's the sum total of my adventure in careers. But here's the thing, I still haven't figured out exactly what it is that I really want to do yet...
