Valery Few:  

ked by and commented about Patty sitting with the peasants. Well, with my interest in the Renaissance Faire (even then), my friends and I secretly gave titles to all the popular kids (King Kenny, Queen Marianne, etc.) We would bow to them call them "majesty" and "my lord" or "my lady" until Mr. Kuppers made us knock it off. Another of my favorite funny memories from Bethany was when Cherie and Melanie and I used to watch Grimsley on Saturday nights, then on Monday morning we'd talk about it in class and bust up laughing. We got sent out of the room more than once over it! Last funniest memory was also at Bethany, in the 4th grade. Karen and I brought her Ouija board to school. We'd been playing with it at her house the night before and putting her cat on it, so we thought it was just funny. They don't think Ouija boards are very funny at Christian schools. ;) We ended up in the principal's office. We were laughing and I remember Mr. Rodriguez,even before he was the principal, saying "this isn't a picnic, girls". Since then I've come to understand the seriousness of using occult tools like that, but at the time we had no idea, so I've always thought it was a pretty funny story. Workplace My first job was at the McDonalds on Painter. Hated it. After high school I went to work as a file clerk for Bedline. They had a layoff a few months after I started, so I took the summer off to have fun (and met my husband!) Went back to work for Bedline as a customer service rep. Did that for a couple of years. Took time off and my daughter was born, then went back to work when she was about a year old as a library clerk for the Wardman Library at Whittier College. Took time off from that when my son was born. Went to work briefly for Wickes furniture to try to bring in some extra income. It was hard being away from my kids, so I did some telemarketing from home for a leukemia charity. That didn't last too long because I couldn't believe how rude people can be. Once my kids were in school I went to work at Acorn Engineering in Industry as a Personnel/Human Resources clerk/assistant. I did that for about 6 years and loved it, but there were a lot of personal issues in my life that caused me to have to resign. The next job I had was as a receptionist/clerk for a CPA firm. It was a good job and I liked it for the most part, except I hated having to account for every single minute of my day. Plus, I wanted to work part time as my husband's career was doing well, but they needed someone who could work full time so that eventually ended. For a little while I worked as a clerk at Blockbuster Video. That was a fun job, but I didn't really make enough money at it. Finally, I went to work for Barcana, where they manufacture artificial Christmas trees. I was an AP/Payroll/HR clerk. It was part time, and I liked it, but again, an opportunity to stay home with my kids was presented and I took it. I've been a stay-at-home mom/homemaker ever since. Lately, now that the kids are grown, I'm thinking about working again. I'd love to work at Disneyland if it wasn't so far away from where I live now.