I survived the first day…..

April 30, 2007

Well I survived the first day of a full house of kiddies, needless to say I am totally EXHAUSTED!! The day went fairly well for a first day I think! A ton and I mean a TON of no-no’s, or no running in the house, someone may get hurt, over and over. I thought about recording it and just pushing a play button LOL. The baby did great, he only fussed when he was hungry, needed changed or tired! Poor thing has to start nebulizer treatments for a few days, as he has asthma but has congestion in the lungs right now. So that will mean two treatments with me! Nap time was interesting, but I did manage to get all 5 of them sleeping for at least an hour and a half. One on the loveseat, one in my rocker who cried for mommy cause he said “I’m not tired” and I said ok just sit in the chair for some quiet time and next thing ya knew he was out, the girls sleep in bedrooms down the hall and baby in car seat! That was my cue to check mail, grab a banana and a slice of cheese.

I tell ya, I am very tired tonight. But it was a good day over all. Everyone plays and gets along well. That is what is important. I think the girls seemed a bit calmer cause they have others to keep them busy. They just love the baby!! I bet the neighbors were thinking they were moving in today with all the stuff they brought lol. Plenty to keep busy that is for certain.

I have to get a hold of medicare as dad’s doctor wrote a prescription for a hospital type bed for my dad. The arthritis has taken a stage where he can’t lay and get comfortable since majority of the area is in his shoulders and back. He has had to get up in middle of night and come out on the couch to sleep, althought last night was his best night in weeks as he slept till 6!

So gonna go tidy up, pick out my clothes for tomorrow, if I had my way I sleep in em LOL, take my meds, and head to bed and get ready for CSI Miami!!

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Unconscious Mutterings

April 29, 2007

Mood : amused

It’s that time again!! I really enjoy playing along with this. Ya never know what I might think of first!!! You can find Unconscious Mutterings here……ready? Here we go!!!

Affair :: Cheating Bastard
Mortician :: Creepy, wow the thought of working with the dead gives me the heebie jeebies
Determine :: Mind Set
Ignore :: Not worth my time
Guy :: unisex
Crush :: Orange Soda
Garlic :: Toast with Pasta yummy
Wacky :: Loco
Parent :: Protector
Burning :: Gut feeling deep inside that naws and eats at you!!

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I’ve decided…..

April 27, 2007

I have decided to go for it with taking on the two lil ones from the interview last night. This means this coming Monday I have three new ones coming to my home for care!! So on Mondays and Tuesdays I will have 5 kiddies, then Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays I will have 3 kiddies. I think it will balance out!

When I called the parents, their grandma answered and wasn’t ten minutes, dad called me back and was heavily relieved that I made this decision. The kids were in a bad situation for child care, as matter of fact they didn’t even take them there as of today thus why grandma was with them. He says they loved my family and our values and think I will do really well. So time will tell.

They are gonna bring over some toys so I don’t have to buy new ones, isn’t that nice!! A pack n play for naps for the 9mo. I am excited.

Now I gotta work my magic with hubby to get a rocker/glider so I can rock the lil one when he needs to be rocked. I had one but it was destroyed during the move. Walmart has one for like 80 dollars and that is not a bad price really. So thats the plan jack LOL

So off to finish dinner and get my daughter off to the high school, tonight is state finals…….a nail biter of a night!!!

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Decisions Decisions…

April 27, 2007

Mood : indescribable

Goodness I am already yawning today!! Well I was up with dad at 2:30 this morning. He still is not able to sleep well with his back the way it is. I am hoping they can perhaps help to get him a hospital type bed so he can adjust the head for comfort and be able to sleep. I think his doctor has to write a script for it. I am going to check into that in a bit. He is off to get his shot..

I had my second interview last night. It went well for them, as they would like to bring their kids here. I on the other hand need to take the day to think about it. The baby is just great and content, very laid back, but his 2yr old brother, WOW!! He would definitely give me a run for a bit. I mean he was even crawing behind my couch and love seat to get my kitties!! Turning the lights on and off, not listening to his parents at all. Grandma came with them. She tried to assure me he isn’t like that when his parents are not there. She lives a few streets over so the location would be perfect for them. The current child care for the kids is a family member on dad’s side who doesn’t pay attention or scold her own kid when he does things like pinching and running the 2yr old with is 4×4 or when the dog bit her son she didn’t scold or yell at the dog. Grandma and mom said they noticed a huge change since he started going there! Nap time could be a challenge, I think he would be my couch buddy where he lays on the couch and I would sit on the other end till he would fall asleep.

I feel for the parents as she also feels she needs to give this other a notice, being its a member of his family. Personally if that was my kid they would not be there now but that is just me. So do I take on this challenge? Would things be different once he adjusted to our schedule and rules?

I left myself an “out” as of sorts as I said I had another family I was meeting with today! I do have another mom considering me but she would not need me until July as her baby is due soon. Do I put the ad back in one more weekend? My husband and daughter were debating and I Love how they were saying WE this and WE that, hello I am the one home, this would me MY job so what is with this WE? You think when he is home he helps?? Hell no! So I got disgusted and went to bed and he was pissy because I didn’t want to talk about it. I said I think you all think the final decision is yours and its not. It’s mine. But yes they were saying well this and well that to debate the factors in MY taking the kids on. That doesnt’ exactly help!!!

This is the hardest part in my taking on kids. I feel I have to follow thru with all parties even the mom who wants to meet with me who is not due until July. I mean who is to say I say ok and take kids on and someone calls and changes their mind and I already told others the spots have been filled you know what I mean??

So still as of this morning I am undecided.

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First Interview a success!!

April 26, 2007

Wow after meeting the first mom and lil cutie and got the a ok, I was just so worn out from being so nervous I just kicked back and put my feet up after my bath last night. Yes that is correct, my first interview went well. He is just a sweet lil cutie. I had ran to Walmart yesterday morning because well I have all little girl toys, you know baby dolls and stuff, and picked up some cars and blocks. That was a total success right there. He came right in took his shoes off sat down to pet my kitty and I brought out the container with the toys for him to explore while mom and I (and hubby) got acquainted. He had a ball playing!! He has awesome manners. They were here for almost two hours. Poor thing has so many allergies and there is so much he can not eat or have, poor lil guy. Mom will bring his food. She definitely wanted to commit before she left so I gave her the paperwork, it just a sheet I made up for basic information that I keep on hand in a folder so if an emergency comes up I can find what I need quick! She said she let me know by today with the dad’s approval of sorts (they are divorced) but said my home felt warm and comfortable and feels her son will just thrive here! She was putting her shoes on and trying to get him ready, he DID NOT want to go home. How cute was that!! That is always a good sign and seems to be the norm when parents come to pick up their kids they don’t wanna go home LOL. She called me back last night about 1/2 hour after they left and she said it was definite and they start Monday!!

Tonight is my second interview so we are crossing fingers again! It’s hard to not be nervous ya know. The interview goes both ways as I am interviewing the parents too, if I do not feel comfortable I won’t take their kids on. You can tell usually. Hard to explain but you can tell.

So hopefully my last day to be nervous LOL. Once I find out for sure if I will have other little ones I need to go and pick up two new sippy cups. Everyone here that I babysit has their own sippy cups. That’s right sippy cups that don’t spill LOL

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Sunny but cool today…..another interview Thursday!!

April 24, 2007

Wow what a long day. The sun was out, it looked so warm and beautiful out and whew it was COOL to COLD!! It was a BRR kind of day! The girls and I took a “short” walk as it was chilly. We live close to the lake so I am sure that had a lot to do with it. My phone has been ringing off the hook lately. I get those I seen your ad in the paper how much do you charge…. nothing like HI my name is…I am calling about your ad….I have x amount of children… etc….. I usually will go high on purpose because I get so annoyed. You can usually get a good feel for someone, pending on the length of a conversation. One gal called today we talked a while I answered her questions and we shared baby stories then when she realized I was clear across town, it would be out of her way so her search continues.

At dinner time tonight I got another call, and it was another mom, which was an hour conversation that lead to another interview this Thursday evening at 7ish! She has a 9mo and a two year old (boys). They sound so nice. They are very familiar with our area plus their grandma lives close by so.. I got a good feeling on this one.

I may consider taking both families, that would be three full time and the girls (two) part time, so could be 5 lil ones total. If I had to choose just one or the other it would probably be the family with two lil ones. I can only guess-timate but the gal coming tomorrow evening with being a divorce and dad coming on certain days to pick up, I went through this a few years ago and felt in the middle of a tug of war and frankly I don’t want to get into that situation again. So until I meet n greet, I won’t know for sure.

I am a bit nervous. It’s so much easier to talk on the phone…my tummy just been so upset. I had an anxiety attack a lil while ago. Nervous Nelly..

So I am gonna do a few more things and head to bed…..and hope tomorrow doesn’t play even harder on the ole nerves…

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I have an interview Wednesday!!!

April 23, 2007

I just hung up the phone a little while ago and just had to come blog and shout I HAVE AN INTERVIEW WEDNESDAY with a mom for possible child care!! I am excited. This was the first ad I have placed in over 4 years!! She has a two year old little boy, and it would be full time, 7:30 to 5:30 Monday thru Friday!! He has some food allergies so she wants to provide his food and drinks.

He was in daycare but constantly sick!! So we are meeting at 6:00 pm my time! I guess she is divorced and his dad will pick him up on Tuesday’s and Thursdays!! She said and its none of his business of what we arrange LOL

This was the fifth call, but two were just price checkers (I hate that) and one is on bed rest and due to have a baby boy and wouldn’t start till July! So if this worked out its spaced out enough and the child would be adjusted and comfortable by then, time will tell…..

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Spring has sprung…Work to be done!

April 23, 2007

Mood : achy

Me think’s spring has sprung. And since the sun finally peeked on Friday, we have been just working none stop. I ache all over from all the work we did so far. Yesterday I was cleaning, running errands, and working outside again. Hubby tore up a mini flower box area he wants to just seed with grass and keep our soon to be L shape flower bed. Its gonna be about 9 feet across and then 11 feet down. I will take some pictures later on once flowers are planted and blooming to show how pretty it will look. BUT we didn’t even begin to get that started!! Never enough hours in a day sometimes it seems as of late. Now that I think about it when we were renting, the only yard stuff we did, well at the condo NONE it was done, at the house with the black mold, just hubby mowed grass and trimmed. Wasn’t our yard so we didn’t do much but keep it neat and clean. Was not ours to do, so when I think the past five years prior to this I had lots more computer time…cause we were renters and now that we own a house there seems to be always something to do! I have to say the screened door we put on sure is nice, I have a awesome breeze going in the house today. WE still need to clean windows I have two windows done. So two open! I want to tie the curtains back and put up some vertical blinds in just two windows in the living room so can have some privacy but still get some air circulating. I don’t like my curtains wide open and people can just see right into our house. I just don’t like that. I am a private person I guess who knows.

My finger nails, cause I didnt’ wear gloves..well trimmed right short now and they are so sore it hurts to type!! Dirt is bad for your hands!!! And I don’t remember when we were kids playing and making mud pies our nails and nailbeds hurting like that LOL

This afternoon sometime it suppose to rain a bit. Which is good since we seeded the lawn last night. OH I got the girls this cute lil plastic picnic table for the back yard, 18 dollars at Kmart. Mondays and Tuesdays I know if the sun is shining and its not raining I will be outside!!! With having them 22 hours in two days I know we will be busy outside playing!!! So this cute lil table they can sit outside to have lunch they will love it! Plus if I take one new toddlers as my ad ran this will just be a great thing even to sit out side and color and such….

So I hear my dryer buzzing, sigh more work for me to go do!! But I have to say my house looks clean, smells awesome and I feel I am being energized by the sun!!!