: About Me

BARBIE FINNEY
57 YEAR OLD DROP OUT
BEEN IN THE HOSPITALITY BUSINESS
RESTAURANTS/BARS IN MANAGEMENT AND
OWNERSHIP FOR 30 YEARS
ALWAYS KNEW I HAD A WHOLE LOT OF
FUNNY STORIES IN ME.

LIVE IN OREGON AND SOMETIMES IDAHO AND
CALIFORNIA.. SINCE MY DROP OUT I LOVE TO
WORK SMALL JOBS AND VISIT MY KIDS.

2 YEARS OF COLLEGE THAT DIDN'T HELP ME A BIT
NEITHER DID ALGEBRA.

SPEND A FEW YEARS IN MARKETING AND SALES IN
TELEVISION AND NEWS.

WIDOW GROWN CHILDREN

My passion is ...

helping people

I know too much about ...

my x husband

My parents always told me ...

CLEAN YOUR PLATE OR NO DESSERT!

My childhood ambition ...

to rule my empire like I did my little sisters and brothers.

My favorite memory ...

When I gave birth to my son and my husband asked "is she fixed" not if it was a boy or girl.

Why I write ...

reliving memories makes me smile.writting brings on the memories

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

I read spiritual and improvement books, and now Helium, I watch people, and I listen to older folks I just love them.

My first job ...

at 13 I worked in the potato fields in Idaho at harvest break and made over $400.

My best moment ...

The day I discovered I could have sex and not get pregnant.

My inspiration ...

My mother from Germany, who lived thru wars and still was always happy,

Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Unemployment

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UNEMPLOYMENT.... Unemployment means new opportunities.... A new chance to invent the person you really want to be. A new adventure, a new group of friends, a new group to listen to their drama's and most important a new story to tell. Yes I am unemployed, have been for 2 years now.. So let's look at the fun you can have.. The word employ is a synonym meaning to use or to be used. The employer is the person that is using you. So to be un-employed (un meaning not) means that you are no longer being used.. I just started 3 years ago looking at my pay checks, and deiced, after one year, I shou...

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