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Entries from June 2009

Great American Scrapbook convention

June 29th, 2009 · No Comments

This past weekend I went to the Great American Scrapbook Convention.  Kellie and I walked around the Expo center for five hours!  I saw more scrapbook paper then I ever imagined. I still couldn’t locate scrapbook paper that has the puzzle pieces for Autism.  I really want some so I can make some ribbons with [...]

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Tags: Stamping Stuff

Tips for leaving a family..

June 27th, 2009 · No Comments

Sittercity’s blog has published my good friend Glenda’s “Tips on Leaving a Family”   please go check it out
Congrats Glenda!

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Tags: Nanny Support

La Clase española Uno

June 16th, 2009 · No Comments

Spanish Class One.
Tuesday started Class One at 5pm.  The unit was on La Casa(The House) and used the phrases
¿Es= Is it?…           Es=It is…               No es.= It is not…
There are 10 pictures of items found in a house, and they have a question under them. We are to determine if the correct word is used. If [...]

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Tags: Spanish class

¡El verano es ahora mismo tomo Clase española!

June 16th, 2009 · No Comments

Summer is here and now I am taking Spanish Class!
No I am not fluent in Spanish yet. Hopefully in 30 days my Spanish grade will go up a letter grade. That should go from a F to a D then :)  Kidlet #3 has struggled with Spanish the past two quarters and ended up with [...]

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Tags: Kidlet #3 · Spanish class

Leaving a family after 16 years….

June 12th, 2009 · No Comments

Today is my friend, Jen’s last day at her nanny job of 16 years! I have been a professional nanny for 14 years this June. The longest I have been with a family is four years. I am hoping I will be with my current family for 7 years, 2 down this July.  I hope [...]

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Tags: Making life easier as a nanny/parent · Nanny Support

You said to buy Fruit!

June 8th, 2009 · No Comments

Last Thursday, I went to Sam’s Club and the store, to get some stuff. Kidlet #1 asked me to get apples, bananas & pears. I said OK. Kidlet #3 and I have been eating grapes and cherries for the past two weeks.
I pick up a bag of apples and container of Grapes & cherries at [...]

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Tags: Kidlet #1 · Kidlet #2 · Kidlet #3 · dinner · lunch

The winner of the INA Membership is……….

June 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

 
Over the past two weeks, Glenda and myself, have given nannies the opportunity to win an INA membership for the upcoming year. It is valued at $95.   We tallied the entries from the 31 nannies who entered and used random.org to draw the number.  The winner is:
  
 Number 18
belonging to
  
Mallette
from Minnesota! 

Congratulations on receiving the INA membership from [...]

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Tags: INA MEMBERSHIP GIVEAWAY