For those of you who do some baby-sitting, how do you determine your rates? I am a nanny and also do evening and weekend abby-sitting, and I find a huge range of rates people are willing to pay. I have over 15 years of experience, having taken CPR and first aid classes as well as classes in child development and education, and taught in ( Read more... )

This Saturday 9am-6pm---shop at The Red Hen at 201 Weaver St. in Carrboro and mention THE LITTLE SCHOOL and my wonderful school will get 20% of what you spend...PLEASE come out and support us!!!

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My shoulder hurts. I don't know why. It hurt a little yesterday but more now. My wrist does a little, too, but less so.

Damn pain. Pain = not fun.

I teach in a mostly 2s class in which there are 3 teachers and 18 kids per day (same are part time). Our lead teacher has finally gotten around to assigning the kids to groups that have some semblance of permanence. I have all of the part-timers except for one (not at all my choice, but such is life). On Mondays through Wednesdays, I have, and I ( Read more... )

Today, I didn't do a whole lot that was useful, though I wish I could get myself to just sit around and watch tv and not feel guilty about it. Or even to actually take naps when I try. Anyway, I did go volunteer for the Obama campaign. I did data entry from canvassing done by others. We filled in forms on a website based on whether people had ( Read more... )

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-fraud18-2008oct18,0,1216330.story

A group called Young Political Majors changed people's party affiliation without their permission. Sounds pretty sketchy and illegal to me.

http://www.marketwatch.com/quotes/gm "John McCain graduated 5th from the bottom of a class of roughly 900 at Annapolis."

Wow. I wonder where Bush fit in in his Yale class.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is at its lowest point in 5 years and has lost roughly 39% of its value in the last year. Today, it closed at 8579. One year ago today, it closed at an all-time high of 14,164. According to msn (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/), the S&P 500 ( Read more... )