Today's Interviews

Ok...if by any chance any parents looking for daycare are reading this...just to let you know, when you go to a daycare provider's home for the interview, she is interviewing YOU just as much as you are interviewing her!!

I had a "double" interview today. I had one mom call for an interview last week and then called at the end of this week to see if she could change the day and time AND see if her sister-in-law could come too, as she is needing new daycare.
Fine! Great! The more the merrier. LOL

Well, let's just say that the wildness of the interview caused my mom (who was upstairs in her room) to call me from her cell phone an hour later to see if it was "safe" to come downstairs. She wanted to know if "that yelling mother and hyper little girl" had left yet. LOL What a mess!!

I think the first red flag was the fact that this mom was trying to explain to me that they left their old daycare because they couldn't pay but the provider still expected payment and yet somehow, that it was their last provider's fault for not understanding! WHAT?! They weren't paying her, and were upset because she was asking for payment. Ummm hello, we don't watch kids for free! Then she went on to say something about how the little girl was sick one week but that the provider still made them pay. Well, YES, you are holding their spot, so you still pay! I think the kicker was when she asked me if her mom picked the little girl early on occasion, would I take money off for the next payment since she would be leaving early? Umm, NO! Are these people crazy? You want me to prorate by the hour? I don't think so! The scary thing is, I had a dream about this last night! I dreamt she argued with me over $4 because her daughter left 2 hours early on Thursdays.

Anyway...during the conversation, I just politely mentioned that I provide a service and I expect to get paid, that I have a contract that guarantees me payment and that unfortunately I have had to go to court to get the money that was owed for my services. She stopped asking about my payment policy after that.

The original family that called first was great and I would have NO problem taking her kids at all, but this other mom...I would really have to think about it. Not so much because her little girl was kind of hyper, but because she obviously doesn't get that she has to pay for daycare and just because I expect payment for giving her child care services, it doesn't mean I don't like her child. She said the other provider kept asking her for payment and at that point she thought it was all about the money and that she really didn't care about her daughter. No, we just expect to get paid! We have bills too! This isn't a hobby!!

Plus, she tried using the whole "it's my daughter's bio dad's responsibility to pay for child care and he hasn't been paying" Whaaaaaaaaa!! I told her that I have two kids and haven't gotten support for years!! You just do what you have to do! Plus, she is married, so it's a 2 income household. There is no excuse for her not paying for daycare!! Sorry, I don't do daycare for free!

I was hoping to have better news and have 2 new daycare families, but I guess I'm going to have to run an ad again this week and keep searching. There has to be some more great parents out there. I have 3 wonderful families now...there has to be more!!

OH and I have to mention...the hyper little 4 yo girl spilled her BLUE "Bug Juice" drink that she brought in with her... on my nice off white carpet in the daycare room. Of course I had to clean it up after they left. Mom just saw the bottle laying on its side and yelled at daughter, didn't offer to clean it up or anything and didn't even apologize for getting it on my carpet.

On a good note...The McRib is back!!! LOL - I love those things! Had one tonight!

OH MY GOSH...I almost forgot...the most drastic part of my day....I colored my hair. I am now a stunning brunette! Bye bye blondie!! I'm really going to have to get use to it. I'm SO happy I got the kind that washes out in 28 shampoos!!

~C ya~

Anti-globalists...Sex tests in schools...RANTING

I am sitting here watching FoxNews and watching the whole violent attack on
Mar Del Plata, Argentina. It makes me sick. Ok, so I can agree with their movement in that underdeveloped countries will never out sell/trade with America. But, HELLO, how can we not keep free trade??!! Globalization is going to happen, we all know that. The problem I have with the anti-globalist is that they are so violent and destructive! It's horrible! I think that they HAD to know this would happen as soon as Bush and other leaders arrived in Argentina. Why do they make these summits so public?? Go somewhere private and have your meetings! I mean these world leaders ARE suppose to have the best security right?

Anyway...now I am looking at a piece on schools
that sent questionnaires home for parents to approve so they could ask the students these same questions. BUT...after they were approved, and most of the
parents approved them, they added 15 more questions about sex. Asking "Do you want to have sex with Susie, or Johnny?" Things about if they felt "dirty"....etc.
That is just sick! I would be pulling my kid out and hiring a great lawyer!!
Schools in the western part of the US are still giving these "tests" and giving them to children as young as 5 yrs old. This is without parental consent! Ok, does anyone want to ask me again WHY I homeschool?? I think it's obvious!!
And if it's not, anyone who can't see why, probably shouldn't have children!

Ok, there's my 2 quick rants...I'm off to start my weekend!
Going out to eat tonight and hitting blockbuster. Renting a steam cleaner to clean the carpets tomorrow. OH, and I have 2 interviews tomorrow morning...wish me luck! :o)

~Have an awesome weekend~

13.5 Hours Left

Of my 4 day weekend....whaaaaaa!

Tomorrow will be a busy day. I will have 5 kiddos here. It's always a little scary when you have new children starting, because you never know how well, or not well they will do. But, I'm happy for the new kids and the income they will bring. They seem like very well behaved kids, so hopefully things will go well. Plus, I know that it may be a little difficult due to their situation.

I was suppose to have another interview today and ended up calling and canceling. I felt bad and explained to the mom why I couldn't take him and that her hours would effect my daycare kids' normal naptime. She was very very nice and said she understood. Then asked if I may be able to take him every now and then during the day. I said I could. Then she mentioned that he usually stays with his grandparents and sometimes they just need time off and that they watch him at night too and she was trying to give them a break at that time. So, I mentioned that if they could bring him at a later time and not during nap, I could watch him the days she needed. She asked her mom and they thought that it would work. She was really super nice and I think she'd be a great mom to work for. She is suppose to come over tomorrow morning. I hope it works out.

Ok, so I thought that I would be a great mom and plan something fun for us to do today, so I planned to take the kids to see "Wallace and Gromit". We haven't been to the movies forever so I thought it would be fun. Well, I decided to keep it a secret and drive them crazy trying to guess where we were going. And it did drive them crazy. They were begging me and asking me for hints. I gave them some and they never even guessed going to the movies. So, we are almost there and I ask if they want to know, they say yes, so I tell them. I got a big sigh from them. They didn't want to go. BRATS!! lol Well, they did want to go, but they didn't want to see THAT movie. Well, neither did I really, but I would have sat through all 94 minutes of it for them. So... we didn't go. We ended up at WALMART...and the funny thing about that is that they were begging to go to Toys R Us earlier because "we never go anywhere but walmart". So, we ended up there. Tyler didn't even get anything, but Taylor used his $15 ($10 for tomorrow instead of trick or treating and $5 for cleaning up the back yard). He got a John Deere dump truck and 2 bags of farm animals. LOL Yes, farm animals...and for only 88 cents per bag. You can't beat that. The only problem is the cows are smaller than the pigs. I picked up milk for the daycare and a 4-pack of Starbucks frappuccino for me. I need something to comfort me tomorrow and since I don't drink (at least not yet-lol) I'll stick to my Starbucks. Then we ran through Burger King (this is in a different town from my incident last weekend), rented "Herbie Fully Loaded" and came home.

Ok, so see if you're smart...play this game I found a couple days ago.
Here is the link: http://www.gamesloth.com/games/crimsonroom.html
It took me two days, but I figured it out. And just a hint...it's all about pointing and clicking!! I'll just start you out with this one, then we'll move on to harder games. Like Dr. Stanley's House...ok, how high of and IQ do you have to have to figure these games out??

Well, I'm off to get this house cleaned up before tomorrow.

~have a great new week~

Trying AGAIN....

Ok, so this is the 3rd time today that I have tried to post to this blog. The 2 prior are floating somewhere out in cyberspace. So...for the 3rd time, I will try to update anyone who reads this blog on what is going on with us.

I got another call for daycare kids and they are starting Monday. YAY! But...I'm having a hard time being too excited. The reason they need daycare is because the mom is too sick to care for them. The mom called on Monday, set up an interview for her husband and he came over Monday night. Things went well and he said he would call me. (She was too sick to come.) Well, Wednesday I got a call from him, mom had been admitted to the hospital and they needed daycare asap. So he stopped by and got all the forms and paid his enrollment fee and they will be coming Monday morning.
I guess the doctors can't figure out exactly what is wrong with the mom and she's had all kinds of tests. How very sad to not be able to take care of your own children. They are 2 yrs (boy) and 4 yrs (girl) and they are adorable! I feel so sorry for them. They have my heart already!! I'm sure they'll get a lot of extra attention here. I plan on visiting mom in the hospital next weekend if she's still there. I mean, wouldn't you want to meet the person who was caring for your children? I plan to take lots of pictures of her kids this week and have them do come crafts and coloring pages to give to her. And I'll probably take her some flowers or something. I just want to meet her and reassure her that I will take great care of her kids and her job is to just get better! It has to be breaking her heart to be laying in that hospital not being able to be with her kids and not knowing what's wrong with her. Please keep her and her family in your prayers.

I got another call for a 3 yo little boy and they need care 2 days a week from 1:30pm-10:30pm. I'm not too sure about this one. Only because of the hours. If they drop off at 1:30 that is right in the middle of our naptime and I'm sure with them having to come in the front door right by the daycare room, it will wake everyone up. That will make for some very grouchy kiddos in the afternoons. Then, I'll have him until 10:30 and I've been going to bed around 10:00 so, I'm not sure it this one will work or not. I'm suppose to meet mom on Sunday , so I'll at least talk to her and see what we can work out. I told her my normal rate, but I think I may raise it because of the hours. I guess I could do it until Christmas for some extra cash.

I have had the last two days off and it's been great!!! I took the daycare kids to the pumpkin patch on Wednesday and got them each a little pumpkin to take home. It was fun, but I was worn out by the time we got home. I'm not used to having to get little ones ready and going out with them. It's exhausting!! My boys can get their own shoes on, get in the car themselves, get buckled up themselves....easy!!!

Well, I broke down and cancelled Taylor appointment with the allergist! There are many reasons why I decided not to go that route, but mainly, I just don't think sitting for 3 hours, having pins stuck in his back and then having it itch like crazy was going to be something my son was going to be too happy about. Plus, even if they did find out what he was allergic to exactly, what are they going to do but send us home with more prescriptions?? And he doesn't need any more prescriptions, he has enough sitting up in the cupboard! So, I think we are going to go back to the lady at the health store and see what she can do. She can do a muscle test and give him something natural to take care of it. He's not on breathing treatments, nor has he ever had one. It was his pediatrician that said he had asthma and that was just at a routine office visit, he wasn't actually having one. Plus, it's never been bad enough that we've had to rush him to the hospital or anything like that, so I'm not real worried about it. He just gets coughing and wheezes. The lady at the Health store said she thinks he has a build up of yeast in his system and she has something natural that he could take a tsp. of daily and it would get rid of it. I guess we'll see what happens. I can always call the allergist back and reschedule. I would just rather take a more natural route and see if that clears it up first. I don't want my kids to be prescription junkies...I'm so against un-needed meds it's not funny. If people would eat right, exercise, take their vitamins and live a healthier life, most meds would not be needed. But then, the poor doctors wouldn't be making all that money! Awww, what a shame!
And I'm not bashing the medical profession...but excuse me, when pharmaceutical companies hand out trips and things for the most prescribed medication to the doctors who are prescribing it, I think at that point it's more of a selling point thing that has them prescribe that medication.
I didn't need zoloft, but I was prescribed it because it was an easy fix. So, I went on it for 18 mos., had my head in a fog the whole time, didn't really care what happened, wanted to sleep all the time and gained 30 pound that I still can't get off (not that I've tried real hard). When all I really needed was to get out of the bad relationship I was in, have a little support from friends and family, and start eating better and get some exercise. I could go on, but I won't bore you!!

Besides, it's Friday night, I'm hungry and we're heading out to meet my mom for dinner.

~have a great weekend~