I'm not as tall as I thought I was. Several years ago I thought I was about 5'6". A friend burst out laughing when she saw that height listed on my driver's license. Apparently, that was funnier than the weight I had put down. Fine, so I'm not 5'6" like I As we were approaching the Cessna for the photo op at the Air & Space Museum, the volunteer told Donnie to watch his head as he ducked to get under the wing. The volunteer looked at me and said, "you're probably fine--the wing is 5'3". I chuckled at his comment then found I could stand perfectly UNDER the wing. In fact, it was such a good fit that I could easily wear the wing as a fancy hat if I ever attend the Kentucky Derby.
Have I told you I volunteered for our adoption agency's benefit that's happening tonight? I wanted to get involved and then ended up being a co-chair. Yikes! In any event the cocktail party, silent auction, performance and reception is now just a few short hours away. It's been a
I found my missing black bra. It was in with the towels. Go figure.
Question for you...what's the going rate for babysitters where you live? Typical rate here ranges from $12 to $15/hour, which is why we stay home a lot. A far cry from the money I made a gazillion years ago. Biggest payday for me was to watch the little boy the neighbors called Dennis the Menace. I made $1.50/hour. The family I babysat for once...four kids under five and I made .25/hour.
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I love the name of your blog! So cute! I made $2.00 a kid per hour - I had no idea the rates had gone up so much!! My babysitter is getting seriously underpaid! I only pay her about $6 and hour!! Glad you gound your bra!
ReplyDeleteWhat?! 12 to 15, that's more than minimum wage, even in Oregon where the minimum wage is almost 9 bucks an hour!! Whoa, I think girls around here do it for a couple bucks an hour at most.
ReplyDeleteSo exciting for you to be doing the event! I think that's really cool...
And don't feel bad about being 5'3"...I'm only 5'. : )
Are you kidding me with those rates? That is absolutely outrageous. I made $1 an hour when I was young. I was paying $5 for my kids' babysitters.
ReplyDeleteLove your fancy hat!
WTF? Seriously? Can't be. I don't live in a big town, so there isn't really a supply of sitter's, but the one I did have for a short time was $3/hour. I'd be telling those sitters charging those prices that they need to go and see a shrink and to shrink their prices with a major steep decline while they are at it. Hope you enjoy the benefit!
ReplyDeleteI couldnt pretend I was taller even if I wanted to. Those babysitting rates are ridiculous! When I worked full time our sitter was $3 an hour!!
ReplyDeleteWhats a babysitter? lol....
ReplyDeleteWOW! I think my highest rate every was $2 per kid per hour. Wow. Maybe I should just babysit, not even like nanny or daycare. Just be a random babysitter.
ReplyDeleteWould it make you feel better if I told you I am only five feet tall.
When I first went to my current doctor, the nurse taking all of my vitals invited me to step up to get my height measured. I told her "I am five feet tall; I have been five feet tall since I was 13 years old." (Note: I am now 46.) She cast an appraising gaze at me and said, "Oh, I think I can assure you that you're taller than that."
ReplyDeleteI was...by a quarter of an inch. To think I missed out on that career in professional basketball for no reason.
That's not a babysitting fee - that's extortion. Do they insist you address them as "Godfather" too?
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Oh I can so relate to enhancing your height and being light on reporting your weight. Think that something a lot of us gals have in common! So far, I haven't hired a babysitter for my 3 1/2 year old, for now I'd rather just leave her with her dad when I need to get away. When he and I have a place to go, I just get my mom to fill in, for FREE of course!
ReplyDeleteMy sister is 5'6" - I got stuck at 5'3-3/4"... :)
ReplyDeleteHave fun at the event tonight!
Those babysitting rates seem high...though the one time we got a babysitter for Princess Nagger we paid her $10/hour. And she didn't have to 'do' anything because Princess Nagger was already in bed! When I babysat I got paid $4/hour for 4 kids...and they were a handful! :)
Happy RTT! :)
I think maybe I could start babysitting again... I used to babysit full-time in the summer - 7-4/5 days a week - and I got $50 a week and was glad for it! (OMG I'm so old!!!!!)
ReplyDeleteI thought I was 5'6", too. Then 5'5". Last I was measured I was 5'4". Now why can't my weight go down like that?
5'3 is very close to 5'6....that's like deducting about 50lbs on your drivers license. It's standard. Though one year I had the girl at the dmv ask me to verify my info, I said it was all the same, and she said to me, "even the weight?" and then I said, oh, I gained 15 lbs (meaning 35) - do I really need to change my license for 15 pounds? And she said, 15? hmm...yes, you should. (so then I was only 40 from reality. perfect).
ReplyDeleteI used to babysit for $2/hour and that was a good rate for one child.
15 years ago, I was paying $3.50-$5.00/hour for my sons babysitter.
Is inflation really that high on babysitting fees???
I know I'm five four, but I feel taller. I look at people taller than me and think we're the same height. They find this funny.
ReplyDeleteGAH, I passed out at your babysitter prices. I will move and babysit for you for less than that. The most I've ever paid is $10 and that was an extreme case.
ReplyDeleteI remember being paid $1 an hour and my mother making me go back to tell the parents it was too much. ha. The times they have a changed.
Yay for the bra. It's always the towels.
ps...congrats on the big night. Can't wait to hear about it. :)
ReplyDeleteyup, sitters are $15 an hour here, too. Thank goodness the In Laws are free or we'd never see a weekend outing! I can't wait to hear about the event. Sounds fantastic!
ReplyDeletewow. i think $12-$15 is crazy. i would never leave the house.
ReplyDeletei would say between $5-$7 and hour. maybe a little more if the sitter is just awesome or you really trust/like them.
i tell everyone that im 5'6. the last time my height was measured i was 5'5 1/2. i rounded up.