When you are about to have your first kid, you know at some point in time that you are going to have to answer some questions. You don’t know how you will answer, but you know the questions are coming. The questions fall into two categories: The ones that might make you a little uncomfortable. […]
Your Daily Dose
One part tough. Two parts irresistible.
Contrary to what you may think after reading yesterday’s post, I liked the Alice I interviewed on Monday. A lot. And I’m really looking for much more than an Alice. The job I posted was entitled ” looking for nanny/personal assistant/housekeeper.” I made it clear that it wasn’t strictly watching the kids. Or cleaning. Or running […]
They’re not going to make this easy for me.
Last week I started the search to find my Alice. I interviewed my first candidate yesterday. On paper, she seemed perfect. Mid fifties, mother of two grown girls, used to run a daycare out of her home… I found her on Sittercity. We’ve had luck there before. We’ve also met a couple of winners from that […]
Chutes and Ladders? Yes… Ipad? NO!
Last week, Number 3 and Number 4’s school had a school-wide “game day.” It was a reward earned by the all the students in the school for good behavior in the hallways. 30 minutes of game time. The children were told they could bring in games from home. Sounded good to me. Let the children […]
The reader created issue
I love This Old House Magazine. And every once in a while they will have a reader makeover section. And in a lot of other magazines there is a section where readers can contribute. After yesterday’s compilation post of pictures I’ve received from readers, I started thinking about it. I’m going to put together my […]