"IF HE BRINGS YOU TO IT, HE WILL SEE YOU THROUGH IT"

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

on track

I'm getting out of the shower and I text a girlfriend of mine, who gave the good word about me at countrywide (which by the way I did take, thanks to a dollar more and possible childcare assistance) and asked her if there was an employee fridge, sounds like a silly ? But I thought I'd better ask. So she says yes and then asks "your coming in thursday right?"
Hold the phone..
Thursday?
Is the 30th!
And all week I had been thinking I started wednesday, thinking its the 30th. Bummer, but hey I get my home prep day back, since I spent most of today downtown serving my jury duty by sitting in a room, fiddling with my phone, and hearing names called off, and by 3 we were all dismissed.

I think sweet little benji is teething, for the past two weeks he has been drooling like no other, gnawing on his fists and anything he can manage to get to his face, and he now has those rosey red cheeks. I hope it doesn't hurt him too bad.

In closing, if times are tough, and you have kiddies, I must say that some great therapy is just simply entering their rooms at night and seeing their sweet peaceful faces, because honestly, what are we without our kids...? Sometimes I think about what would it be like if we had waited to have kids. But I truly believe and feel with my heart that I wouldn't trade it for the world. The proof is in their amazing smiles and sweet innocence.

P.s. I feel so lost without my bella and edward saga contiuing... Breaking dawn is complete and I'm a week out and jonesing, I have been trying to find a digital copy of midnight sun that I can read on my curve. Oh cullens how do you do this to me??

Thursday, April 16, 2009

jobs

and also!!!
Job status update.
I think I have the Countrywide (balboa insurance/ bofa) job in the bag. Just waiting for everything to go through the new BOFA hiring system. Of corse bofa has fantastic benifits etc etc... it would only be 11 bucks an hour.

But I have an interview on Monday for Mini Skool (a learning center). With this said. I would ABSOLUTELY love to get back into teaching kiddies. I mean I am soooooo happpy doing that and it would be a monotonous job that you dread going to. I never ONCE dreaded going to work when I worked at KinderCare. Along with LOVING my job, I would get child care discounts for my boys and they also offer insurance and education reimbursement. I think I may be able to get away with asking for 9 at the most for being hired on at Mini Skool. I would love to work my way into this center and sometime in the future become a director. I am fully aware that you have to start at the bottom to rise to the top (where you want to be)

this is what I am mulling over... kthanksbye

admission

Ok.
So I watch American Idol. And This season has some really great contestants.
BUT I really TRULY don't understand what the hoopla is all about with Adam Lambert...................

I think he is TERRIBLE!!! TERRIBLE.
He screams, he doesn't belt it, its screaming.
Simon thinks he great. But he soooo isnt
He doesn't even have any heart. It just looks like
he needs a MAJOR reality check. In fact I wish I could
tell him to stop screaming, the only episode I thought
he was decent was when he was sitting in the chair and
the song was completely stripped. and guess what. no screaming.
Just a rant about that.


any how, I love breaking dawn, after you think the story is done and you can't do anything with it, Stephanie throws you a curve ball. I love it.
And oh Edward. How you make the name Edward not so geeky. *sigh*

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Daycare vs office work

Umm...

So we absolutely loved our day care lady diane. Sterling adored her. But today he came home with a new outlook. He pretty much told me that she said that she thought she had mason figured out "At first I thought he was kind of shy and slow but I think he is just defiant when he doesn't listen. **crickets** minus the fluff... She just said she thought OUR son, who just so happens to know 5 words in sign language and is talking in sentences at 2! YOU don't say something like that to a parent. Just before Sterling told me this, he said "I really think you should put an ad to teach kids online".

If you have read my previous post... Kids are my passion. I absolutely adore and love seeing little kids learn and expand their horizons. Unfortunately, Child care centers pay about 8-9 an hour. Which doesn't cut when you have to pay for child care your self.

I had an interview with country wide, and Im pretty sure I got the job in the bag. This job is 11 bucks an hour (2.50 pay cut from my previous job) but with fabulous benefits. Of corse the benefits are the REAL reason I would take such a huge pay check and not look for my other options, which with the economy really is slim pickens.

With his statement earlier, I think I am willing to try and run a LEARNING CENTER out of our home. I say LEARNING CENTER because it wouldn't just be baby sitting, the kids would be learning and interacting as if they were in a day care. On top of that I know from personal experience that the rates I would require would be at least a 1/3 of what you would have to pay at a regular day care. And personally I would rather have some I knew and trusted watch my beautiful boys instead of someone "going to work". Not to say that people at day care don't love their job (Because I was once one of the few that absolutely loved "going to work" when I worked at Childrens World. NEVER a day that I didn't want to go to work, it was an escape for me, the children were bliss.)

With all this said, I am leaving a little gap to see if there are any possible families that would want to take me up on my offer. Friends = Family. And thats EXACTLY the kind of care I would give. If you know of anyone who may be interested. Please pass my number or email off to them. THANKS!
4809079417
ashleymlloyd@yahoo.com