December 2011
24 posts
Dear Republicans,
No matter how many tax breaks you give to businesses (small and otherwise) they will not be able to grow or even squeak by if their customer base is pushed further into poverty. Money doesn’t work that way.
No love,
Nata
If you do not adhere to the maxim if you don’t have anything nice to say don’t say anything at all when conversing with someone you don’t know in a public space I’m going to walk away.
And if you proceed to shout after me I’m going to ignore you.
Really people, really.
nanny sick time
I was getting ready for work this morning when it became apparent (without going into gross details) that I really shouldn’t spend my day around young children about to go on vacation because I could very well get them all sick. It’s hard in this job to find the balance between taking time off when you are sick and knowing that there’s usually no one to take over for you when...
At work, but both girls are asleep so I’m trying to get a head start on planning tomorrow night’s grocery run which only leads to one conclusion…my life is not nearly as exciting as it could be.
Despite being rather sick this past week (ew.) and still a bit sick I’ve actually gotten a lot done in the last week.
I’m still functioning as my mom’s chauffeur until she’s completely recovered, so yesterday I took her out to finish her christmas shopping and I managed to get a few more presents finished as well.
I can’t wait until this Thursday! I have to work...
Per usual I’m spending Wednesday morning clipping coupons and putting together a grocery list for a stop after work. I’m contemplating how much housework I can get done before I leave and if I should just assume I’ll be able to do coupons at work durning naptime. But really, sometimes naptime happens right before the older girls get home from school which means I’ll be...
I’m not sure why I must remind myself that popcorn and orange slices do not a balanced lunch make.
Guess who walked through a big pile of poop today?
Hint: it wasn’t me.
I was just working on balancing my budget on mint and then decided to fiddle around with their comparison graphs and what not which led to the discovery that in the last year my “net worth” has increased by $396.
1) It’s weird to even think I have a “net worth”
2) I was surprised how excited I was that it had gone up
All in all, “net worth” is still a...
After certain events this past weekend meant we really didn’t get anything done on Sunday I’m going to spend the day wrapping presents and working on the house. It’s a three day work week so I’ll only be gone Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday which means I should have plenty of time to get things done today and Friday. I still have some shopping and errands to run before...
I’m trying to crochet a goldfish this morning, and I’m getting really frustrated at abbreviations.
No one uses the same ones universally in crochet patterns, so there’s generally a key at the beginning spelling out what they mean, but frequently the writer will leave out some of them. I’ve now had FIVE abbreviations that don’t mean a damn thing to me. I don’t...
There must be a direct correlation between how many times I say “fuck this” while Christmas shopping and why I start to dislike people more this time of year.
Two things being a nanny has taught me:
1) Patience
2) How to say no. Repeatedly, if necessary.
So really, go ahead, waste your time trying to get me to say yes cause I can say no every single goddamned time.
1 tag
- One coupon stack down, two to go.
- First load of laundry about to be folded, second and third in the washer and dryer, and when those are done I’m taking a shower in preparation for the heating/vent guy coming over at four.
- Sara is with Mom so I’m not going over today, but probably on Thursday.
Sill need to…
- make short grocery list for stop tomorrow after work
-...
I have three stacks of coupons, and my goal this morning is just to get through one and then start more laundry.
Mom is recovering from her surgery last week and I’ll probably go spend the afternoon at her house.
As for the rest of the week, I have more days off then on so I’m hoping that I can get everything for Christmas done by Saturday when we do Candy Cane Lane.
The Wisconsin Lie Exposed - Taxpayers Actually... →
Since lately everyone has been quoting “Walker facts” at me regarding the numbers here’s a small reminder of how the numbers actually break down.
Let’s go over this one more time. In the plan that was outlined to us we know that next year my family’s health care benefits will be cut. And we will be expected to pay more for it. So much more that we won’t have...
Things I am going to do today
- eat pop tarts
- drink theraflu
- watch Battlestar galactica
I am an adult. And I make great decisions when I’m sick.