Housekeeping, laundry, running errands, grocery shopping, meals, assist with personal hygiene, companionship, transportation.

§ Created, designed and produced ads for local newspaper, including special sections, daily, weekly and monthly publications. Selected style and size of type and arranged layout based upon available space, knowledge of layout principles and esthetic design concepts. Typesetting legals, announcements and paid obituaries. Created, drew, modified and changed design to achieve desired effect. Conferred with customer and supervisor regarding approval of desired changes to design. Prepared original artwork and designed models. Identified problems, diagnosed causes and determined corrective actions. Consistently met or exceeded advertising goals. Reviewed, approved and presented final layouts to client and department head for approval. Keyed information into computer equipment to create layouts for client and supervisor. Maintained high standards of excellence. Wrote, designed and produced speculation ads for sales representatives to present to current and prospective advertisers.

Business Communications, Quickbooks, Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, Power Point, and Access. Created Power Point presentations about Computer Basics and Files and File Management for teachers to use at the school.

Certificate program. Macintosh OS, Adobe PhotoShop and Illustrator, QuarkXpress. Learned to develop, design and produce brochures, business cards, flyers, forms, logos, stationery; work with desktop publishing; do creative advertising; create greeting cards, calendars, and photographic montages.

Took classes whenever life didn't get in the way. Made the Deans List, while raising 4 children.