Saturday, July 31, 2010

title pic Pins and needles

Posted by Janice on July 26, 2009

I have been a sub bus driver for two school years now. I liked having the flexibility of being able to take days off when I needed them without having to beg for them. But money for sub drivers is sporadic, and I need the regular paycheck, so I’ve asked to be put on as [...]

title pic Already there

Posted by Janice on

After we closed on the house, we went back to the house to look around and spend the night.  We had brought air beds with us and a few kitchen and bath essentials with us.  We figured that after all the money we spent on buying the house, we didn’t want to spend extra money [...]

title pic New house

Posted by Janice on

When we were first looking to move into this area, we spent several days looking at houses to buy.  What a whirlwind of houses!  Some were way too fabulously expensive for our budget, some needed too much work.  One seemed to fit our needs just perfect – it had three bedrooms, two baths, and everything [...]

title pic Tutoring

Posted by Janice on July 23, 2009

One of the things that I have been very proud of with my kids is that they have always been willing to help other students to learn.  When they were in high school, and even now while they are in college I hear of their busy schedule, which always includes helping other students with algebra [...]

title pic Temperamental wheelchair door and lift

Posted by Janice on July 22, 2009

Since I’ve been acting as the aide on a handicap bus the past couple of weeks, the driver has asked me to work the handicap wheelchair door and lift.  She said she would take care of securing the wheelchair once the child was safely inside the bus.  I readily agreed, since I seem to always [...]