Nanny Adventures

Back in 1999, my one nanny family offered to pay for one class a semester for me to go to school.  I was so excited.  I choose to take a Business class.  Over the next few years I took several classes.  I was able to transfer a large portion of my classes from my BS […]

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Recently there have been a lot of nannies in my online groups and locally that have been leaving their nanny jobs.  Some of these nannies have been with their families for 15 years, 8 years and just 2 years.  Each nanny has wondered how to leave their family.  Being a nanny is not an easy […]

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Today Kidlet #3 and I went out to dinner then went to a school supply store to get some supplies and a memory card for the new camcorder.  
I was checking out in line and a gentleman asked if he could go ahead, he had one item and was getting on a bus.  I said sure […]

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Kidlet #1 has been gone for 2 days now.   Kidlet #2 and #3 have been here doing various things.  It has been really interesting seeing the dynamics of the Kidlet #2 and #3 together.  I think over the next two weeks they will have a special bonding period that normally doesn’t happen. 
Dinner has been drama […]

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So Kidlet 1 & 2 are out of school. Kidlet #3 has 2 more weeks of school.  This will be an interesting week as they are home and one in school.   I wonder if there will be fighting ensuing
Kidlet #2 and I will most likely get our haircut on Monday or Tuesday. I […]

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I have been off work since Thursday evening.  It has been great, exhausting, profitable and exhausting!   I loaded my car up twice with items for my yard sale that I was having at my friend’s house in Pennsylvania.  
But more on that later, today my oldest, Kidlet #1 is home because school is out.  He came […]

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Kidlet #3 and I watched the movie  The Final Season this afternoon. It was a great baseball movie. It recalls the story of the Legendary Norway High School’s final season as a team and school in 1991.   Norway, Iowa is all about baseball.  The team had won 19 state championships and then in 1991 it was […]

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was the last statement my Kidlet #1 said as he stomped up the stairs just a few minutes ago. I was laughing silently.  He had come downstairs to see what I was doing on Friday. I said going to my Grandma’s. *see side note below on my Grandma*  What about during the day. I said um doing […]

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Today I was at my weight loss group meeting and one of the ladies brought in a beautiful vase of Lilies of the Valley.  I call this lady one of my Grandmas, since I am the youngest in the group :).  She also happens to be one of four nuns in the group.  She is […]

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I have received several positive responses to my blog post on Turn off that Playstation and computer!   I even had one person ask if this “electronic time” could work with her husband.   I am sure you could use this for all ages.  You might have to change the consequences for those over the age of […]

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