If you donate food for a canned food drive. Could you please make sure that it isn't expired?? If there is no expiration or use by date, you can call the number on the can and they will tell you what it is. If it isn't expired, write the date on the can. And it wouldn't hurt to give something yummy... why so many cans of cranberry sauce??
Not complaining, because we really need the extra food, and it was nice to get things we could use, but one of the cans of corn expired in 2004. And several other were less expired but expired. My kids don't need food poisoning because we are poor. I would rather they eat plain rice every single day than a can of nasty old corn.
Just saying.
But really I am glad we got the stuff we did. Except for the expired ones.
Friday, January 04, 2008
They're all sick!
Eliza had a temp of 105.2 the other night. She has an ear infection. Anya has an ear infection and a goopy eye. Pie had an ear infection and as of this morning has been puking non stop. Janai, well, she is just crazy. :p We are woking on potty training... but she isn't sick...yet.
I have to work on potty training because we have no money to buy her diapers (I don't make her diapers.) So I have a few training pants that I guess we will have to keep washing until the money drought leaves... (I am going to start holding my breath now!)
Here is something... something. I got a letter from the state of michigan saying that they are going to decrease the amount of hours I can bill for (not just me... everyone) from 100 to 90 every two weeks. Just perfect. In essence it is a pay decrease, because while I am going to try to get the money from the parents, I can't count on them being able to come up with it. I know for me, trying to find an extra $20 in my budget is an impossibility. Well, I logged on today to see if those kids that were on, but got taken off, but are waiting to be put back on, are on, so I can bill for them... (they aren't... of course) that we are going to get an increase per hour. But it doesn't say how much. It just says *increase*. I guess they feel bad about not raising the subsidy for the last 15 years, and now that they decreased the hours we can bill for, so now, we get more per hour, but that certainly will be less over all than if we could bill for 10 more hours. LOL
I can't wait until I am done with daycare. I want a midnight weekends job. I am looking... finding one that make enough money is a challenge!
School goes back on the 7th. I am excited. Only two more terms until I am turned down for the nursing program. LOL
And then we get our taxes back. For a short while we won't feel so strapped for cash, a few months. I told Shawn that starting Monday he needs to get up at 6:30 so he can be to work by 7:30. That will increase how much money he gets by $36+ a day. Hopefully, he will follow my plan. If he doesn't... well... I don't know what I will do. Give up, I suppose.
I have to work on potty training because we have no money to buy her diapers (I don't make her diapers.) So I have a few training pants that I guess we will have to keep washing until the money drought leaves... (I am going to start holding my breath now!)
Here is something... something. I got a letter from the state of michigan saying that they are going to decrease the amount of hours I can bill for (not just me... everyone) from 100 to 90 every two weeks. Just perfect. In essence it is a pay decrease, because while I am going to try to get the money from the parents, I can't count on them being able to come up with it. I know for me, trying to find an extra $20 in my budget is an impossibility. Well, I logged on today to see if those kids that were on, but got taken off, but are waiting to be put back on, are on, so I can bill for them... (they aren't... of course) that we are going to get an increase per hour. But it doesn't say how much. It just says *increase*. I guess they feel bad about not raising the subsidy for the last 15 years, and now that they decreased the hours we can bill for, so now, we get more per hour, but that certainly will be less over all than if we could bill for 10 more hours. LOL
I can't wait until I am done with daycare. I want a midnight weekends job. I am looking... finding one that make enough money is a challenge!
School goes back on the 7th. I am excited. Only two more terms until I am turned down for the nursing program. LOL
And then we get our taxes back. For a short while we won't feel so strapped for cash, a few months. I told Shawn that starting Monday he needs to get up at 6:30 so he can be to work by 7:30. That will increase how much money he gets by $36+ a day. Hopefully, he will follow my plan. If he doesn't... well... I don't know what I will do. Give up, I suppose.
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