Fuzzy's Farm

[BackyardFarmMom]

Nova... your pic search results have scarred me...

BFYM, I agree with Nova. You are doing them a service and they are taking advantage of your doing it for a discounted price from what they would have to pay otherwise. With times the way the are and the cost of living rising every day, they can hardly expect you to continue providing for their children at the same financial level as before. Can I ask, are they going to pay extra once the new one comes? Not only that, but do you take care of the older two at all like on days when there is no school or they're sick? Do they give you any extra then? I know it can be hard to find extra money to pull from your wallet, but if they were at an established daycare, they would have no choice and would be paying more anyway. They are quite frankly trying to bully you along with the guilt trip. I say good luck to them at finding someone to care for their kids at the same price and care that you do.

I do have to say that they do send food with the kids and we share the food we buy too... (can't let one 3yo eat one thing and make the other eat something else) However, we buy healthier food for our son and ourselves... It seems they like to send junk to our house. They send boxes of mac n cheese... their son NOR my son will eat it. I have sent boxes back many times and told them that if I make it (which I do not) I have to force him to eat it. I do not want to force a kid to eat something I would not want to eat. It is junk.
My family likes the frozen mac n cheese (no preservatives) and they all eat that up like mad!

Yes, sometimes I have the older 2, and no they do not pay me extra.
They bring the kids over sick... unless one have vomited.

I really got to thinking about the money situation when I told them I had a nephew on the way and was thinking about watching him for my new SIL
and the dad responded "Yeah, and you could give them a family discount... Like $100 a week..."
He seemed rather pleased with his suggestion... THAT IS WHAT HE IS PAYING PER KID (usually)

Nova... I could do a shift after BF gets home but he does apt maint and goes on call... I would have to make sure I was not scheduled when he is on call.
I don't want DS to go to daycare... I worked in a daycare... got so sick after the flu went through 3 times and couldn't work one day... they fired me.
We are looking into pre-school for this fall.

I thought the whole gig was temporary until they could find a new sitter to come to their house... Another friend volunteered to do so... but she would have to bring her kids too and that would mean that some days up to 8 kids would be in their 2 bedroom apt!!! I really thought they would find someone else (but why would they with such a great deal? No dishes at their house. No mess after work. No electric bill for the whole day, just at night.)

I know they were doing me a favor by letting me have some income while staying home and I am doing them a favor by providing a safe place for their kids...
I feel greedy. I feel cheated.

If I can make it until she goes on maternity leave...DS could start pre school by then... and I can make pizzas or something... IDK!!!

 

[NovaAman]

I wanted to respond last night but my tp died...

anyway, the rooster were going off because the neighbors bird was having a fit. Their coop was still open after 10 pm. Not like them...

tee... Don't get to soaked today. I don't have to work! Lol

I think a $1 an hour raise is quite fair.

Morning everyone.

 

[BackyardFarmMom]

Good morning!

 

[NovaAman]

Hey there Robin.

 

[NovaAman]

So... took mom to her appt. Talked to her doctor, and he's scheduled her for some more extensive testing to see if it may not be the beginings of alzhiemers. Definetly agrees that she is showing signs of dementia. So, finally one doctor is going to look at it. They are supposed to call with a date to go get a brain scan, blood work up. Took her to the lab for another pee test just to be sure its not a bladdler/uti

 

[NovaAman]

How ya feeling there Kim?

How'd it go today Ash?

 

[fuzzybutt love]

So... took mom to her appt. Talked to her doctor, and he's scheduled her for some more extensive testing to see if it may not be the beginings of alzhiemers. Definetly agrees that she is showing signs of dementia. So, finally one doctor is going to look at it. They are supposed to call with a date to go get a brain scan, blood work up. Took her to the lab for another pee test just to be sure its not a bladdler/uti

So not med induced?

 

[fuzzybutt love]

I forgot to say yesterday that i got the book i had seen in the bookstore, got it at goodwill for $1! The Dave Ramsey financial makeover one;

I have been reading frantically and have gotten almost half through already! Most of it is motivation to do what i've been doing all my life; I have been doing most things correct, by driving a car i can afford to buy and not putting things on payments; i wish i had read this before i took out student loans though! My issue is that though i can live within a budget and am already living well below poverty i need to find a way to increase funds to include emergency planning, which would have kept me from the misc. debts that i do have......

That i already had figured out myself, but even so there are many helpful tips on HOW to spend $$$ correctly, such as which insurances to buy, what not to. Which things to prioritize when starting paying off. Common $$ mistakes that seem like good ideas but bite you in the backside later, some of which i've fallen for, bleh.

Very helpful, so i am trying to do the extremely (not) fun thing of while i am sorting and purging for the move i am also tracking down as many debts as i can find that i haven't payed. Bleh.

At least a few are older than 9 years fortunately, so at least that's one bonus!

 

[NovaAman]

He doesn't think so, about it being the depakote. He does think though that the 40 odd years on medications, her not being socially active outside of home, not being physically active outside of the home, and her age are contibuting to her cognitive state and abilities. He does suggest that she gets 30 minutes or more of active physical exercise a day, but she won't go out for a walk, and I have yet to see her even use the bike I got. BUT at least he's going to dig deeper and see what else may be going on in there and what steps to take to improve or slow it down.

Last night I thought for sure I was going to lose it with her. I was making dinner, and I had to get into the drawer she was standing in front of, I said, excuse me, and so she starts walking towards me, and I was like what are you doing? She tells me getting out of the way, Why are you walking to me, she says, well I have to get around you, WHAT? She had to go past me, in order to turn around, to go sit in her chair, that was behind her to begin with... I was very... WHAT THE?!!!

My bio mom is supposed to come tomorrow. I have to still mat the picture... I will post in a minute what it was supposed to look like, and what it does look like... I am going to start a picture of a rooster soon. I just need to ask Decoyman if he minds if I do it first, since it is his bird my son wants the painting of. AND I also fell in love with one of Johnn's pictures... Want to do a painting of that one too...

 

[fuzzybutt love]

Is this something like what you were referring to on the med???

http://www.foyspigeonsupplies.com/p...-medications/545-albon-powder-sulfadimthoxine