We have not vanished off the face of the Earth, just in case you were wondering!
I've been a workin' fool. First I covered a week for one of the girls to go on vacation and then covered last week and this coming week for the other girl who had her gall bladder taken out emergently.
The boys will be done with school on Thursday of this week. They are pretty darn excited and I'll admit too that I'm ready for a homework break!
I am looking forward to my girls week in Mexico that's coming up right around the corner! After all this working stuff, I'm really going to cherish my time away!
So, most likely, until mid June ****gasp****poor bloggy blog will take a nap! We are so crazy busy, the blog probably won't even cross my mind! But I should have some good blog material after all the upcoming excitement!
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Happy Mother's Day: Here's Your Paycheck!
I find it so interesting that every year about this time an article or news clip talks about how much a mother should be compensated for in a dollar amount for all of the professions she juggles to make her family run. The article I got these numbers from said that a mom should earn $375,000 per year for all her hard work.
Here's how they broke it down:
Childcare - $13,000 ( X 3 please!)
Recreation Worker - $15,000 (That would be about right!)
Chef - $40,000 (I'd feel guilty to take that much so go ahead and cut that one in half!)
Food Service Worker - $20,000 (dishwasher, server....I'll take it!)
Meal Planning, Dietitian - $41,600 (ya, no good at this one either, take all but a 1/3 of that one away)
Housekeeper - $9,000 ( I'm pretty sure I deserve WAY more than this!)
Nurse - $35,000 (What? Nurses make way more than 35K!)
Management Analyst - $41,000 (delete!)
Family Financier - $44,000 (does it mean because I pay the bills, I earn this?)
Investment Manager - $39,000 (investments? In what, love? who has extra money to invest-besides retirement?)
Psychologist - $29,000 (I do believe I have some experience in child psychology)
General Office Clerk - $19,000 (that'll do)
Social Worker - $30,000 (that's a little on the high side)
So after the negotiation, I'll be willing to take less than the recommended yearly salary of a mother. How does $244,000 sound? Oh, and I would like a week of sick time and 4 weeks of paid vacation too! Deal? Deal!
How much are you worth?
Happy Mother's Day to my mom, mother-in-law, Grandma, Aunts, Cousins, and girlfriends! I hope you are all spoiled rotten on Our Day!
Here's how they broke it down:
Childcare - $13,000 ( X 3 please!)
Recreation Worker - $15,000 (That would be about right!)
Chef - $40,000 (I'd feel guilty to take that much so go ahead and cut that one in half!)
Food Service Worker - $20,000 (dishwasher, server....I'll take it!)
Meal Planning, Dietitian - $41,600 (ya, no good at this one either, take all but a 1/3 of that one away)
Housekeeper - $9,000 ( I'm pretty sure I deserve WAY more than this!)
Nurse - $35,000 (What? Nurses make way more than 35K!)
Management Analyst - $41,000 (delete!)
Family Financier - $44,000 (does it mean because I pay the bills, I earn this?)
Investment Manager - $39,000 (investments? In what, love? who has extra money to invest-besides retirement?)
Psychologist - $29,000 (I do believe I have some experience in child psychology)
General Office Clerk - $19,000 (that'll do)
Social Worker - $30,000 (that's a little on the high side)
So after the negotiation, I'll be willing to take less than the recommended yearly salary of a mother. How does $244,000 sound? Oh, and I would like a week of sick time and 4 weeks of paid vacation too! Deal? Deal!
How much are you worth?
Happy Mother's Day to my mom, mother-in-law, Grandma, Aunts, Cousins, and girlfriends! I hope you are all spoiled rotten on Our Day!
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Notable Nonsense!
I have lots of little things on my mind to write about so I thought a tidbit post would be best before I forget everything notable!
*Cats DO NOT like to be pushed into the bathtub especially when there's water in it and most especially by a two year old!
*It's getting hot here, I'm going to have to break down and turn the a/c on! suck! We've been lucky and have had a wonderful spring!
*The boys only have 16 days left of school! It's hard to believe that LOB will be going into 3rd grade and DJB into 1st grade in August!
*Overheard in the gameroom on Sunday: DJB to DVB: "What, do you think this is an open invitation to put your train on this track?"
*I hollered at the kids multiple times recently when the cat went missing and I was sure it was because they were leaving the doors open! Then when I knew the doors were all shut, he got out again! He must have been just waiting to escape while the door to the dog kennel was open and he could go through the dog's door! Little poop! I think he wants to leave us!
*Airline ticket prices are ticking me off! Enough said!
*The Deputy that ALMOST gave us tickets for having "illegal" quads on Easter weekend, got shot in the abdomen by an AK47 by a group of 17 illegal immigrants that ambushed him! He lived!
*I'm soooo happy Siobahn got kicked off AI! I couldn't stand her!
*Apparently I am getting old and no longer know the cool lingo/slang! When a neighbor put on FB that her daughter said the new trees the association planned by their fence "were up in their grill", I was confused. I drove by and saw the trees and they were no where near their grill! After admitting I didn't get it, everyone was laughing their butts off like I was an idiot! "Up in your grill" is equivalent to "Up in your face!" You learn something new everyday!
*LOB and DJB think they need their own cell phone! Really? Let me think about it. Um? NO! Crazy!
*Toni, the dog, is going to be three years old next week! Which one of you promised me that she would be well-mannered by now?
*I am getting extremely excited to go on my all-girls trip to Mexico in a couple weeks! Momma needs a break!
*I had heard that it was cool to light a scorpion with a blow torch. We tried it, and it really wasn't cool. It's guts just boiled out it's body! Yuck!
*A friend of mine told me to hang a plastic baggie of water and pennies up to keep flies away! For real! I'm gonna try it the next time I don't want to be bothered by flies!
*That's about all the notables that come to mind at the moment! Toodle looooooooo!
*Cats DO NOT like to be pushed into the bathtub especially when there's water in it and most especially by a two year old!
*It's getting hot here, I'm going to have to break down and turn the a/c on! suck! We've been lucky and have had a wonderful spring!
*The boys only have 16 days left of school! It's hard to believe that LOB will be going into 3rd grade and DJB into 1st grade in August!
*Overheard in the gameroom on Sunday: DJB to DVB: "What, do you think this is an open invitation to put your train on this track?"
*I hollered at the kids multiple times recently when the cat went missing and I was sure it was because they were leaving the doors open! Then when I knew the doors were all shut, he got out again! He must have been just waiting to escape while the door to the dog kennel was open and he could go through the dog's door! Little poop! I think he wants to leave us!
*Airline ticket prices are ticking me off! Enough said!
*The Deputy that ALMOST gave us tickets for having "illegal" quads on Easter weekend, got shot in the abdomen by an AK47 by a group of 17 illegal immigrants that ambushed him! He lived!
*I'm soooo happy Siobahn got kicked off AI! I couldn't stand her!
*Apparently I am getting old and no longer know the cool lingo/slang! When a neighbor put on FB that her daughter said the new trees the association planned by their fence "were up in their grill", I was confused. I drove by and saw the trees and they were no where near their grill! After admitting I didn't get it, everyone was laughing their butts off like I was an idiot! "Up in your grill" is equivalent to "Up in your face!" You learn something new everyday!
*LOB and DJB think they need their own cell phone! Really? Let me think about it. Um? NO! Crazy!
*Toni, the dog, is going to be three years old next week! Which one of you promised me that she would be well-mannered by now?
*I am getting extremely excited to go on my all-girls trip to Mexico in a couple weeks! Momma needs a break!
*I had heard that it was cool to light a scorpion with a blow torch. We tried it, and it really wasn't cool. It's guts just boiled out it's body! Yuck!
*A friend of mine told me to hang a plastic baggie of water and pennies up to keep flies away! For real! I'm gonna try it the next time I don't want to be bothered by flies!
*That's about all the notables that come to mind at the moment! Toodle looooooooo!
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