Adrion,

I know very little about units and such in the military. When you say you were in Iraq with an A-10 unit, does that mean the A-10 airplane? That is such a cool plane! If I was given the choice to ride in any military airplane I think I would choose the A-10. The SR-71 would be cool too. Those two are about equal to me. 

vmaxguy:

 Adrion,

I know very little about units and such in the military. When you say you were in Iraq with an A-10 unit, does that mean the A-10 airplane? That is such a cool plane! If I was given the choice to ride in any military airplane I think I would choose the A-10. The SR-71 would be cool too. Those two are about equal to me. 

Quite the disparity between those 2 planes...!!

Bell Photique:

I'm a weather forecaster in the Idaho Air National Guard 

Boise...?

I did 6 years at Mtn Home AFB...

dgrits:

vmaxguy:

 Adrion,

I know very little about units and such in the military. When you say you were in Iraq with an A-10 unit, does that mean the A-10 airplane? That is such a cool plane! If I was given the choice to ride in any military airplane I think I would choose the A-10. The SR-71 would be cool too. Those two are about equal to me. 

Quite the disparity between those 2 planes...!!

 

Yes, they don't have much in common but both are very cool planes in thier own right!

I am in the U.S. Navy on active duty. Then after that I work at Target part time (for the next 2 weeks then I quit) And 24 hours a day I am a Mom to 3 great kids and a Wife to a BIG kid. lol.. I am starting up my Arts store again. I sew, draw, do photography, and a whole slew of other things. I am going to Florida in Aug to do a photo shoot at my friends wedding. (this will be my first real shoot) I am excited!!!!!

I too am loving seeing all the fascinating "jobs" everyone has...how cool!

vmaxguy:

 Adrion,

 When you say you were in Iraq with an A-10 unit, does that mean the A-10 airplane? That is such a cool plane!

Yes, the A-10 Warthog.  I love it - it's low, slow and ugly but it's an awesome plane!  It's pretty picky when it comes to weather parameters too so it keeps things interesting for me as a forecaster. 

dgrits:

Bell Photique:

I'm a weather forecaster in the Idaho Air National Guard 

Boise...?

I did 6 years at Mtn Home AFB...

Yep, I'm at Gowen for drills and the 6 months AD that I just finished was at MHAFB.

Day Job: Property Management - I manage and maintain a private portfolio of an individual. The portfolio consists of banking and commercial real estate properties from NYC to CA.

Night Job: Full time Mom...I miss it terribly during the day.

I am the music teacher at a very small K-12 school in southern Wyoming.  I LOVE it!  Our school has 135 kids in it from grades kindergarten-12th grade.  I am also the mom to the coolest little 1 1/2 year old boy in the whole world, and we spend a lot of time at my husband's activities- he's a high school science teacher and also coaches high school football and high school basketball.

Kara

Mom, Wife, Maid, Chauffeur, Chef....I'm sure there are alot more too! LOL

I am an accountant by day and photographer by night, also a mom, a coach, a youth group leader, PTO Rep, and committee member for Cub Scouts

Bell Photique:

Yes, the A-10 Warthog.  I love it - it's low, slow and ugly but it's an awesome plane!  It's pretty picky when it comes to weather parameters too so it keeps things interesting for me as a forecaster.

A few months ago while walking from a restraunt to our car I saw 2 A-10's that had just taken off. It was the highlight of my day but my wife really didn't understand. She just thought I ws crazy.

I am a tax advisor (yawn !!!!!!!!!)/ wanna be phothgrapher.  Maybe I should move to the finance field.  For now I am better at that than I am a photography but I am getting better thanks to all of you. 

vmaxguy:

A few months ago while walking from a restraunt to our car I saw 2 A-10's that had just taken off. It was the highlight of my day but my wife really didn't understand. She just thought I ws crazy.

I live 10 minutes from THIS.

If you like the A-10 that much, go look at my gallery. (click on the left banner below... more to come!)

dgrits:

I live 10 minutes from THIS.

You are so lucky to live that close! I am green with envy! Great photos too. That is a great shot of the A-10. You can even see the pilot. I also loved the lightning and the girl holding the setting sun in her hand. You do great work, keep it up!

Day job that pays: Photographer. Have been full time in photography for the last 5 years. Before that I worked for a lawn care company doing payroll and billing for 5 major territories. (YAWN!....Think glorified monkey doing data entry all day!)

Shan has been full time in photography with me for the last 4 years after an unexpected release from his job. Before that, he was an inside sales rep for a tire distributor. He sold tires to car dealerships all around the country. Funny enough...his old company just hired us to do the photography for their awards banquet. Great way to make a grand on a Thursday night!

Jobs that don't pay cash: I keep my kids alive each day. They get fed and sometimes dressed. I keep my husband from hatching more crazy ideas. I also encourage some of his crazy ideas. LOL I plan Mpix conferences in exotic locations like Mentor, OH. (Oh...and the Caribbean, but that IS actually exotic). Ocassionally I do some laundry or dishes...but that can usually wait until someone is naked or has nothing to eat with! LOL

All in all...I love being in business for myself. I love the freedom that it allows me. What I don't love is the ebb and flow of the finances and the way it seems to take over my whole life. We are trying to put a stop to that this year! Outsourcing a lot of work so that we can spend more time with our kids and each other! There is nothing worse than sitting 2 feet apart, working on separate laptops and feeling like you never see each other. That has to end! 

Steph  

I am self employed. I own Campbell Signs & Graphics. I have been doing this working at various sign shops for the past 24 years. I had always done jobs on the side, which led to me starting it full time on my own. I am just starting with photography jobs, so we will see how that goes.

My Hubs owns G&H Logging. He hauls logs from the woods to the saw mills. Mostly for the Amish. Being that this is the type of business that is dependant on the best working weather conditions. He doesn't work, when they don't work type of situation. He invented, yes my Hubs is an inventor, a tracked log forwarder that replaces log skidders, that can't get into the woods when conditions are extremely wet. This machine can work 24/7 in any condition with very low ground pressure that won't damage the roots of trees and plantlife. Thus, our new business is called EnviroMax LLC. I am an equal partner with my Hubs. We will be debuting this machine at the Richmond, VA logging show, May 15-18. We are very excited. We built 5 proto types last year from used parts, and sold them all. They are working everyday in the woods. Three were bought by the Amish. We will now be targeting high level industries with hopes of drawing interest from overseas markets where they can't harvest trees because of rocky turrain. Anyway, I am also the marketing manager preparing brochures, and materials for trade shows and mailings for the EnviroMax business.

I am a Mother to two boys, one living in Columbus, OH, one graduating from film school located in Orlando, in June. I have Two Step Children, one Daughter, in DC area with one 1 1/2 year old Grandaughter, and a Son in Ft Hood, TX just returning from Iraq for the second time, with one Grandson that is 3.

I also have two dogs, two cats, and two Belgian Draft horses, I take care of.

My Hubs and I play in a Senior Drum and Bugle Corps on weekends starting now through Labor Day. I am the first and only female on the board of directors for them.

Whew!

Sorry for the long post, but we are busy people.

Cheri