# What kind of jobs can I do from home instead of resuming regular employment? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 28, 2004, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-jobs-can-i-do-from-home-instead-of-resuming-regular-employment/252514 "2004-06-28T05:48:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2004, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-jobs-can-i-do-from-home-instead-of-resuming-regular-employment/252514/1 "2004-06-28T05:48:36Z")
I’m currently unemployed. I’ve recently bought an old farmhouse and 14 acres out in the country, making it an hour drive into Nashville if I want to work there. There are smaller towns in between, of course, but these smaller towns don’t have a lot in the way of available employment. My mortgage isn’t a great deal, and once my other house sells (that’s right - two houses, no income) I’ll be able to put a good bit extra down on the principal if I choose. My wants and needs are pretty simple. I have 4 dogs and a horse (and myself) which like to be fed on a regular basis. I have dial-up internet. I have a 10-year old truck that gets 26 miles to the gallon. I go to the movies about twice a month and eat out very moderately about the same. My mortgage (PITI) is about $600/month. My professional experience is as a credit manager, although I am also a certified paralegel. At my last job I taught myself Cognos, a database query language, and became good enough at it that I became the query writing for our area and even the Database Administrator would refer questions from other departments to me. I really enjoyed doing that. Some of the things I’ve considered doing are taking in a few extra horses to board. I could probably pull in $75 - $100/month per horse for pasture board, more if I want to do stall board. I’m 15 minutes from the local college and I’ve thought about converting the upstairs (two large rooms) to a suite and taking in a renter or college student. I don’t know how I’d like sharing my home, though. If I invested money in the equipment I might be able to mow hay and sell it, but that’s hot, hard work. I really enjoyed my query language work - it appeals to my logical mind, but I don’t know if I could freelance that. I love all kinds of animals and would love to do something related to that. Any suggestions? Feel free to ask any questions about my background, likes and dislikes, etc. FTR - I’m a 43 year old woman. (Prostitution is out) StG ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2004, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-jobs-can-i-do-from-home-instead-of-resuming-regular-employment/252514/2 "2004-06-28T05:57:42Z")
There’s a job I’ve heard about and might have pursued if only the schools were in this state: Scopist. Apparently they correct courtroom transcripts because the court reporters can never get everything as right as they want it, for obvious reasons. It can be done online, I believe. It just occurred to me because you mentioned paralegal experience. ---
**Author:** ![wireless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f14d63/32.png) [@wireless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wireless)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2004, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-jobs-can-i-do-from-home-instead-of-resuming-regular-employment/252514/3 "2004-06-28T06:35:49Z")
Honeybees? I jsut thought of this becasue there was an interesting [article](http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/states/new_jersey/counties/burlington_county/cities_and_neighborhoods/9007862.htm?1c) in my sunday paper about farmers making money on “gourmet” honey. They even “rent out” hives to other farmers and orchards so their crops/trees get well-pollenated. The hives do have to be trucked around at varous times during the year, it seems. But the work is periodic/occasional, remunerative under the right circumstances, and since you have a lot of land (and there’s more open space around you, I presume), it might work.