This past weekend at work was brutal! We have four different reservations for three different days and I am now played right out. We were so busy that I wasn’t able to get a small break to eat. But all the customers got fed and were happy so I guess that’s all that counts. I really hope that I don’t have to put in another weekend like this for a very long time. But in the restaurant business, you just never know. But thankfully it’s all over now and I have all day today and tomorrow to recuperate.

As you can see by my lack of posts in here, I haven’t been bloggging very much these days. I decided to try my hand a general dictation. Well, I got my first contract and that’s what I have been working on for six days straight. I pretty much only took time out to go to work on the weekend and to sleep a little bit. Otherwise, it’s been six strait days of typing.

But, I’m happy to report that I finished the contract. So hopefully you’ll see me in here a lot more often.

Wow! It’s been a very busy, yet productive week. This week because I had the entire house to myself, I decided I would clean out the spare room and try to get my home office/craft room all in order. It took me all week to do it, but I am finally moved in. Of course the room isn’t exactly the way I want it to be, but it sure is better than sitting at my kitchen table.

So, today I plan on putting the finishing touches on my room. I still have to sort through a lot of things and put up some pictures and my spoon collection. But all that will come in time. I’m just so happy that I got as far as I did with it this week! When I finally get it looking the way I want it to, I’ll be sure to take some pictures and come back in and post the final results.

In a previous post I mentioned the fact that I have started looking into getting into general transcription work from home.  Well since that post I have been doing a lot of research and have indeed decided that this is something that I really want to do.

So I have taken a few steps towards this goal.  I have signed up for three different transcription forums and have gone into them and read and read and read.  Yeah, you get the picture.  I have also purchased a set of headphones from Amazon and have even taken a couple of tests to see if this is something that I not only want to do but will be able to do.

Although I am still quite new and slow at this type of work, I am quite confident that with enough practice I will do pretty good in this field.  So for the next couple of weeks I am still going to do a lot of research as well as a lot of practicing and then after the two weeks are up I will then start contacting companies.

I’ll be sure to let you all know how I make out!

So I’ve decided to spread my wings and try to earn a little extra income off the Internet. Currently I do some paid blogging, but that income has slowed down considerably during the past couple of months so I thought I may branch out to other different areas.

The first thing I have been looking at is possibly to do some general transcription at home. As I am a complete novice in this field, I have decided that I really need to do a lot of research and then a lot of practicing before I can ever present myself in this field. But…it looks like something that would be of serious interest to me, so I’m going to give it a whirl.

Wish me luck and if you are a general transcriptionist yourself and have any advice or opinions to pass on to me, I would seriously welcome it.