Nanny Adventures

There are just so many things happening at work right now I could write several posts and still not be done
Rewind to last week, I went away for the 4th of July weekend to my Aunt & Uncle’s house in Virginia Beach. It was very relaxing. I sat on the couch and worked [...]

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HAP Birt Da 2 Me  aka Happy Half Birthday to me!
I just love my birthday, just ask my friends. I even had a countdown on my website once counting down my birthday. Silly I know.
I told my friend I was going to celebrate my half birthday as a joke this year. My birthday kinda of [...]

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This was the topic that several speciality nannies from the INA choose for their essay contest that concluded March 1, 2009.  The essay needed to be 300 words or less. Basically short , sweet and to the point. 
I entered the essay contest, not thinking I would win, but more of a challenge to myself to complete the [...]

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Well today was a huge day for me…I put in the last of $2500 for my 2008 IRA contribution. Bringing my total contribution to $5000 for 2008!  YEAH!!!  2008 was my first year of having an IRA.  It was kinda of interesting since I invested $2500 at first and that quickly shrunk to $1800 over [...]

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Today my mom is retiring after 23 (heck it could be 24 sorry) years of working in Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources.  She was there before Cultural Resources was added to the title :) 
This has been a long journey for her and my brother & I , she went back to college in the early 80s [...]

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I was doing so well with daily blogging then the holidays hit!  I had the kidlets at home, packing for my family thanksgiving to Virginia Beach for 5 days and my birthday yesterday to organize and get through.   Then somewhere in the middle of it all, I have gotten a pre-sinus infection.  You know those [...]

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This am I had to take Kidlet #3 to school.  I don’t really do that but this week I have taken him three times.   He has been pretty sad about my dog, Poohbear passing away on Wednesday evening.  He keeps asking me questions etc.  When he came downstairs this morning, he asked for a photo [...]

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Not sure who knows and who doesn’t, but my dog Poohbear who is 12 years old has Congestive Heart Failure, it was diagnosed in February.  When I went home in March for Easter I spent the day researching online pet pharmacies for her drugs…4 twice a day. I found some great places to get her [...]

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My good friend Amy sent me a link to a news article today regarding something I could do with all my crayola crayons I have left from my Big Yellow Box days.  You ask “How many does she have left?”  I have 200 boxes of 24 crayons and 48 boxes of 64 crayons which gives [...]

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Kidlet #3 is out of school today like alot of the kids around here, so he was going with me to vote.  He is very much an Obama supporter and wanted me to vote for Obama.  He was curious about how things worked with the voting booths etc.  We got there right before 10am.  Maybe [...]

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