Nanny Adventures

I am sitting here attempting to clean my desk, as I came across a pile of fortune cookie fortunes.  I decided I will publish them on my blog and then recycle them in the trash.  I can share with others and still have my desk space :)  I have kept these for one reason or another.  As [...]

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according to my friend’s 8 yr old son!  She just called me to tell me about her son’s conversation with his friend.
friend’s kid: Yes my aunt is SuperNanny
friend: No she isn’t
Friend’s kid: Yes she really is SuperNanny.
I am so tickled that my friend’s son, whom I have only met twice and talked to a few [...]

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I left last Thursday am to visit my brother and his wife and their “two kids” in Kenmore Washington outside Seattle.   We arrived to a bit of sprinkling and 50 degrees around 6pm.  On Friday it was crystal clear and high of 50.  This remained throughout our stay till we woke up on Monday and [...]

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school style.  This past week was the Student Council elections for the 8th graders at Kidlet #3’s school.   Apparently each of the candidates spoke on their “promises” and what they could do for the school.
One kid promised no more school on Fridays.  They get out at 12:30 now anyways.
Another wanted a football team or a [...]

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When my phone line turned to static!!!!!!!!  Then my DSL took 15 plus minutes to load a page!  I seriously wanted to cry.   Then I talked to a nice guy at Verizon who told me how to “reset” my phone line and if that didn’t work to call back and set up an appointment.  I [...]

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Yesterday I didn’t get a chance to post any wisdom so I thought I would combine it with today’s thinking post. 
Recently on some of my nanny groups/message boards , a few nannies have made comments about not wanting to leave their jobs because they feel bad for the kids for xyz reasons, and then others [...]

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Out of 10 questions I got 5 wrong!  I stink at simple algebra I guess.  It was graded in pink marker, bc I didn’t have a red marker!  There is even an F and unhappy face on my paper by the kidlet!  Kidlet #3 was cackling saying he enjoyed grading papers!  I can’t believe this. [...]

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One would think this is in reference to the kidlets, but really it is regarding me!  On August 25th, I started an online class called Business Mathmatics.   I have yet to take the 10 question pre-test.  Kidlet #3 just had a talk with me.
Kidlet #3(while stretching for his run) “You didn’t come upstairs and do [...]

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Lately my weekends have consisted of sleeping in and attempting to not be productive.  Last Saturday I went over to a friend’s house and invaded it while making some Stampin Up cards and postcards. Have I sent those out yet?  Heck no!  That is on my agenda for this week though.  I am in the [...]

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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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