Jan. 25, 2006
Still on the run...and getting moldy!
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Well my goodness, it seems like I blink my eyes and a whole week just dissapears! We have been dealing with "mold issues" in our house. Last week we discoverd that the wall that our bed was up against was all moldy! So of course part of the box spring is too (grrr...the bed wasn't even touching the wall!). We talked to the landlord's agent and he came over to check it out. I have to spray the walls where the mold is with clorox every other day for a week and then wait a few days to see if it comes back. If it doesn't he has a painter on standby who will come and treat the walls and repaint the entire room. Unfortunately, I had shoes under the bed and on a shelf against the wall and had to throw away about 8 pairs of shoes! (most of them were from my working days so I wasn't too devastated as I don't wear them much any more, but still...). Then yesterday, I took a sweatshirt out of Emeline's bottom drawer and it had stuff on it...upon closer inspection...yep...MOLD!!! Her dresser was in her closet and the entire bottom drawer was completely moldy. Luckily the clothes were able to be washed and are okay, but the dresser is a gonner (kind of a thick particle board so washing will ruin it anyway). I called the landlord's agent again and he asked about the dresser, I told him I got it for about $20 at Kmart a few years ago so he gave me the money to get another. Unfortunately, I could not find them at Kmart or Target. So I posted a note on Freecycle last night and there was a lady who was going to post a dresser today so she called me instead. Emeline has a beautiful white dresser with white knob handles that have roses on them. She was so excited about it she wanted to put her clothes in it before I even had the drawers back in! It is bigger than he old one to so I have a place to put all her sweaters and sweatshirts now. Yesterday was our daddy's birthday and I goofed and had to babysit (ooopsie!). We went to our friends for dinner and then I took Emeline babysitting with me so he could hang out with them for a while then we picked him up on our way home. The good news is, I had a last minite babysitting call on Monday and made some money to get him a nice birthday present! As you can see, I have started doing some babysitting, it amazes me the prices people pay for babysitting now-a-days!!! I remember charging $1/hr. When I started spreading the word I was available for babysitting about a week ago I talked to my friend Amy to see what I should charge, she said if I have Emeline with me (for during the day 'gigs') I should charge $10/hr for one child and $13-15 for two or more, and if I did not have Emeline I should charge $15 for one and $18 for two or more. WOW, I thought no one would want me...boy was I wrong! I have gotten at least a dozen inquiries in the last week and have already set up four dates. Looks like I may not have to go back to work just yet! Hoorayy!!! The last minite gig we did on Monday was cool. The mom called to talk to me around 1:30pm about meeting (they had never left him with a sitter before except for her cousin). She happened to mention, as a 'for instance' that they had an appointment they had to go to in the afternoon and they had to take their son with them as they had no sitter. I told her she was welcome to bring him over and give us a try. So they came about a half hour before their appointment and her son (14 months) seemed very comfortable with me and Emeline. Emeline was soooo cute. I had told her before her nap that a little boy was going to come visit us while his mom and dad were at a meeting. I told her she was going to have to help me take care of him because he might be sad that his mommy and daddy were gone. She took him under her wing right away, she shared everything with him, even curious George (her favorite toy) and she didn't fuss when I held him when he was fussy. They had a little tea party with her kitchen stuff and then we went for a walk and I put him in her stroller so she pushed him all the way around the block. Then we played outside, if he got a little sad or started to cry she went to him and said "its okay, its okay". What a little mother! His parents were very pleased with the whole "experiment" and I know have a new little chickadee to babysit! We had gymnastics again today, boy does Emeline love that! She does really well too, although her favorite part is eating a snack at the little table in the lobby when we are done (go figure!). We are hoping her daddy can get some time off and go with her to one class too (she has 3 left), she is so much fun to watch. Tomorrow I am hosting at the toy co-op, I am in charge of the mommy snack, so I am making banana bread right now and it smells sooooo good! well, I guess I've rambled long enough! that's all for now. |
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