Things

Right now there are some things I am loving and another, loathing...

I am thrilled it is almost spring and we have had some nice weather! I have had a few small flowers bloom (crocuses), which makes me desperate for more. My neighbor, Tiffany, has some adorable little hyacinths. They are so cute. I thought I planted some in the fall, but so far none have came up. I am wondering if it takes a year for them to bloom or something?

I took the kid on a bike ride to the duck pond and around the neighborhood the other day. We have also been playing outside everyday, of course today we can't now as it is rainy.

Did I mention before that I won Sesame Street Live tickets from the radio station? That saves us a bit of money. We even get to meet the characters. I am pretty excited to take G. as he is loving Sesame Street right now. We have tickets for both Sun. & Thurs. I still can't decide if we should go to both or if I should try to sell the Thurs. night tickets.

Speaking of Sesame Street, I love when they have (most) celebrity guests on, especially singers. Some of the favorites I have seen on are Alicia Keys, Feist, Norah Jones, Jason Mraz, Cameron Diaz, Sarah Jessica Parker and Adam Sandler. Brandon Frazier has also been on, which was just kind of weird. Michelle Obama was also on once though I will not further comment on that. I know I am forgetting some others.

I am loving a few new scents I have recently found. Bath & Body Works has an awesome pineapple mango candle. There are times I think that I need to eat it. I also sometimes feel I need to eat the strawberry tangerine shaving cream I bought. I don't know why I haven't bought this sooner. I guess I was being loyal to Satin Care and never looked at Skintimate?! Silly!
Gavin has been saying some funny things. He has a few phrases he uses some incorrectly though some in the right context. He cracks me up. I am so thankful for him, it seems he is the one who always helps pick me up when I am upset.

Some girls from church started a bunko group. Our first night was Thursday. It was pretty fun. :D

I took G. to the library the other day looking for kids' stuff as we hadn't been in a while. As I was chasing him through the place i saw a book on display, "Nights in Rodanthe". I recognized the title as it is also a movie with Richard Gere on the front cover. I am now halfway through it though I think it is kind of bland. It kind of surprises me that a man wrote it too since it is a love story. This is the first time I have read 'for pleasure' since being in middle school but it gives me something to do other than clean if I get all the kids to sleep at the same time. I even reserved another book to read next, "Push" by Sapphire the story from which the movie "Precious" is from though I haven't seen it.

Soo, my loathe is about the same childcare parent that I complained about in my last post. I sent her child home Mon. AM as he was sick and has been now for a while. She didn't bring him back in the rest of the week as she didn't want to take him to a Dr. to check him out. All she really had to do was to get a note from him stating he was not contagious. She told me the Dr. was full and didn't respond to my text when I mentioned the after-hours cliincs that are everywhere. Thurs. she called and informed me that his last day was that (previous) Monday. My parent contract that she signed states she is responsible for an additional two-weeks pay if she fails to give me two-weeks notice to find another child to fill his spot. She of course doesn't want to pay, so I am having a lawyer send her a letter, and adding a few payments that I let her slide on throughout the year. So if that doesn't get her to pay, I guess we will be going to small claims court. I don't know what she is thinking. She is clearly in the wrong. It blows my mind and really I have been fairly upset about it. Not just money-wise, but that she thinks she can just walk over people. Even if I have to pay fees that equal to what she owes me, I am going to do it, just to teach her a lesson, though it probably really won't, huh? Blah!