We have hired an absolutely wonderful nanny name Sarah for the girls. She started by working a half day Sunday so Will could be home with her to see how she was and then started full time on Monday. When she came on monday she had shirts and puffy paint for her and Seda to…
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The iPod Flea
The iPod Flea Ad SpoofThis week, David Pogue has arranged for a special guest video artist: Scott Kelby, Photoshop maven. Last week, as he keynoted his own Mac Design conference, he played a hilarious Apple ad spoof for something called the iPod Flea, which I’m pleased to offer in its Web debut.” This is a…
Nanny search 2005
We interviewed a nanny on Monday night. She wanted about $50 more a week than we could afford to pay her but we really liked her. I called her yesterday and told her that she had the job if she wanted it but we could only pay her $50 a week less than she wanted….
It’s raining nannies
We now have three or four decent candidates for nannies. We are doing a face to face interview tonight with a woman who is a singer songwriter. I just got a call from another woman who had picked up a thing from a sign I hung at a coffee shop. She’s older than me and…
Utter frustration
The nanny never showed yesterday. I’m not sure if there was confusion over where to meet even though I explained that we were meeting at a different location than the town we live in or what. I called and left her a message but I have not received a reply. It’s quite frustrating. I had…
Mother’s milk improves long-term
United Press International – Study: Mother’s milk improves long-term TEL AVIV, Israel, Oct. 6 (UPI) — Israeli researchers have determined the nutritional value of mother’s milk is much higher after one year of breastfeeding than at six months. Pediatricians Dror Mendel and Ronit Lubetzky at Tel Aviv’s Sourasky Medical Center studied 61 women, 27 of…
The Nanny Search
So we have three things that we need to get done: Get a house Get a nanny Get a car Obviously we have accomplished the first one but the other two are taking much longer than expected. We have been searching for a nanny since July. We have offered three different nanny’s the job, one…
Our new house… and our new neighbors.
Jane, Ella and I We settled yesterday!!! It wasn’t as much paper signing as I had immagined and was over in about 30 min. It was nice we did the walk through with the owner at 9am and then we all walked up to settlement together and Bruce (the old owner) told us about all…
Soon we will be homeowners, settlement is tomorrow.
I go between being completely excited to stressing that we won’t be able to afford this house. I really am not quite sure how I will feel tomorrow. We have our walk through at 9am and settlement at 10am. I’m going to try to take some pictures tomorrow of the inside of the house. This…
Laura Bush to appear on "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"
The Seattle Times: Television: Laura Bush to appear on “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”: “Facing criticism that he appeared disengaged from the disaster wrought by Hurricane Katrina, President Bush has been looking for opportunities to show his concern. But the White House will take the effort a step further Tuesday, venturing into untested waters by putting…