She called

Well Miss Melissa called said all the right things about Ms. Samantha leaving. She also tried to alleviate my concerns about Toddler Club. I sure hope things go well and all this worrying was for nothing.

On a more positive note I got my prints back for my scrapbook and the quality is awesome! I put some in the albums this morning waiting for my shower to warm up.

No reply?

I guess I am naive thinking someone would call today about my letter about Miss Samantha. The more I think about it the more hacked off I get. A nanny just isn't a good option I would pay for all my time commuting and our house isn't as child proof or fun as baby school. I can't believe no one called!


Here is the random scrapbook page of the day Valentine's Day - the last one I did in my 2008 book:

Baby School

I am totally bumming - here is the letter I wrote about one of the teachers leaving:


Dear Ms. Melissa:

My daughter Mary is a student in Infant 3 and lovingly cared for by Miss Stacey, Miss Jessica and Miss Samantha. I was very upset to learn Miss Samantha is leaving Crème, what is more upsetting is her leaving could have been prevented.

I found out when Mary started Infant 3 in October of 2007 Miss Samantha had a daughter and was curious why she wasn’t at Crème. She said she was on a waiting list but there had been no openings. She is no way complained just answered my question as to why she wasn’t there. I understand the primary reason for Miss Samantha leaving is finding a job where her daughter could be with her and she wouldn’t have to pay day care at a facility where she was not employed. I can’t help but wonder why enrolling Miss Samantha’s daughter wasn’t given higher priority than enrolling new students. Finding good employees is not easy and Crème cannot put a price on keeping an exceptional one like Miss Samantha.

By making it difficult for mothers with young children to work at Crème it is restricting itself from an entire market of employees that have a unique perspective. I know of a person who applied there with prior experience and is great with kids but couldn’t consider taking a position there because she has two toddlers. From I have observed there seems to be a lot of turnover recently and many of the new employees seem like “fillers” and not necessarily trained teachers.

I have been very happy with the Infant program. Crème has real standouts there, Miss Barb, Miss Theresia, Miss Karen, Miss Jessica, Miss Stacey and Miss Samantha. I hope special consideration is given to all of them and Crème does what it takes to keep such exceptional employees.

I am dreading April 1 more and more, so far of the 5 kids who have moved from Infant 3 to Toddler Club not one parent is happy about it. I don't want to start complaing before she goes but how can I not be worried? All of the parents are giving it a month to see if the situation improves and already looking for alternatives. If we didn't live so far away (and if I hadn't signed an agreement) I would consider trying to hire one of the Infant 3 teachers for a Nanny.

Here is one of the pages from this time last year when the Gilbreath girls came to visit come back Gilbreath girls come back.

36 hours without Courtney

Courtney went to Oklahoma for a banquet and to ride horses and we were on our own. We had to feed twice (horses and dogs) with Mary and Hopey. Hopey was the biggest issue she barks and bites and the horses. Poor Bucky isn't getting around very well I have a call in to the vet to see what our options are he has some sort of spinal issue and seems to be in pain and is really cranky with his kids.

Hard to believe Mary has changed so much in a year!

Procrastination

Since I have been losing weight I have tried to get back into the "maintenance" part of being a woman; getting my nails done, hair highlighted and not putting my hair into a pony tail everyday. While I was pregnant I got into this mindset that no one really cared how I looked so I kind of let things go. Anyway today while I was getting my nails done I realized it had been a couple months since my last pedicure and I really would like to have one done - then I realized the stumbling block - not work - they can wait, not Mary - she is as baby school, its my legs and the lack of grooming - I can't remember the last time I shaved them. The last time I remember was the first Monday in January. Before the comments start about how "lucky" Jim is to have the "hairy woman" keep in mind this is the man who told me when I started going gray that the only thing he was concerned about was my butt getting big - the way I see it I really have one job right?

For those of you who are concerned (or grossed out) I made an appt Tuesday for a pedicure so I will have to shave my legs before then.

Happy Birthday Jim

Today Jim is 44! That sounded so old when we were in our 20's now it doesn't sound that old - especially when you consider we have a 1 year old! We will probably have a dual celebration on 2/22 - Hopey's birthday she will be 2!

Mary has been really crabby this week after I get her home I don't know what is wrong with her. Last night she pointed to the Tylenol I asked her if her teeth hurt and she nodded yes. I have no idea if she knew what I was talking about but I gave her some. A little tylenol never hurt anyone. Last night she had cookie, fish sticks and a cheese stick for dinner and yes I gave her the cookie with the fish stick I just wanted the crying to stop. Of course I will not make a habit of this if she tries it again tonight it won't work.

My secret is out

I confessed to Jim yesterday I am now a digital scrapbooker. He said "so you don't need a big area to work on your books" I said "no" feeling a little guilty about the cabinet full of stuff in the living room along with the bins up in the guest room. I told him one day all my paper etc would be great for craft projects for Mary. He looked less than amused. So since I am out of the closet - here my latest layout. I am working on 3 books at once finishing 2004 (when I finish that a Disney Album, Hawaii album, then 2005 & 2006 OK feeling a little overwhelmed now) working on 2007 and trying to stay current on 2008. Here is a good memory of my niece Ellie's first birthday party - you can click on the images to see them bigger.