Fantastic news, congraulations Peaches.

Coz

Wow - you are doing so well. Keeping an interesting eye on your canning projects for ideas!

There is one thing I would really like to get finished for the winter and that is a rag rug I started  - to go in front of my Aga - but I can't see it happening, too many dog and music things taking up time at the moment along with work and ordinary home life stuff.

Coz

I am one of those truly loving my job.  Its now been two years since I packed up and moved to take up this post and I have no regrets what so ever.  Life is wonderfully amazing in every way.

Coz - A very happy PA

UK - I wasn't allowed to take my dogs into the office of the previous company I worked for, but where I work now I can if I wish.

Oh my gosh - I used to live Spirograph.  Loving the link - thank you 

Scarf

Love it 

Starting with first company I worked for:-

Concert Hall - Director's Assistant
Car Auctioneers - Secretary
Recruitment as a Recruiter then bought the business and ran it myself.
Building & Design Company - PA to the MD
Private Individual - PA - Dream Job

with the odd bit of temping here and there for all sorts of businesses.

I come into the 'I get paid VERY fair' range.  The salary in my new job is a lot higher than my previous job and also the benefits I have in my new job are 100% better!  I think it would be hard for me to find a similar job with similar benefits that I would love just as much as what I am doing now.  I still have to pinch myself sometimes!!

Stick to your gun AtlantaZ3 - you are not paid to tidy up after everyone else

My job has NO stress.  It gets very very busy but certainly isn't stressful and it has many challenges.   Perhaps I have just been very very lucky.

I think Atlanta has give some excellent advise there.

I guess I am very lucky though, I don't have to fight for time really with my boss, I can always call her, email her or just knock on her door anytime and she give me some of here time.    What I tend to do is say "can we have 5 minutes at some point" and 9 times out of 10 she will say "lets have it now"

I am lucky as I have an office to myself.  I love music whilst I work, I tend to use my ipad to listen to the radio on the net.  My boss doesn't seem to mind but I normally turn it off when she comes in so we can talk without my music in the back ground.

I can't really say what my busiest time of the year is - have only been in the position for 8 months and it seems to have been a very busy 8 months so far

Working as part of a 'household' my dress code can be very varied depending who is about and what is going on.

Today I am wearing jeans and a jumper, but tomorrow I could be dressing up in a skirt and jacket it just depends.  Because I live next door to my employer I have even been seen in my dog walking clothes including the muddy boots!  The joys of living in the country