daycarepal

@daycarepal (1998)

United States • Age 49

Joined myLot 17 years ago

Things always have a way of working out

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Discussions (204)

daycarepal's Discussions

Who usually pays?

daycarepal @daycarepal (1998) • United States 24 Jul 07

As an adult, who usually pays when you go out to eat with your parents? My dad is visiting with us right now and he always tries to pay for meals when we go out to eat. Sometimes we are lucky enough to grab the bill from him, but...

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See my new deck....

daycarepal @daycarepal (1998) • United States 17 Jul 07

Attached is a picture of a 3 level deck that my husband built. It might be hard to tell just how big it is from the picture, but it is huge! But I wanted to get a picture that showed all 3 levels of the deck. My husband built...

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Corn on the cob......

daycarepal @daycarepal (1998) • United States 7 Jul 07

We are having a big family barbecue at my house next weekend. I would love to have corn on the cob. I've only cooked it in a pot of water on the stove. I've never tried to cook it on the grill. I've heard that it comes out really...

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Handprint Rainbow Fish

daycarepal @daycarepal (1998) • United States 3 Jul 07

We made these today and I just had to share with you. I think they turned out adorable! I included a photo of 3 completed projects. The children that did the project in the photo are 5 years old, 4 years old and 3 years old. I...

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Can I talk to a human, please!!!

daycarepal @daycarepal (1998) • United States 28 Jun 07

Remember the good old days when you could pick up the phone, call a company, and actually have a HUMAN pick up on the other end??? Oh how I miss those days!! I'm just a little ticked off today. I called an insurance company and...

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Fireworks Art Project...With Picture :)

daycarepal @daycarepal (1998) • United States 27 Jun 07

I remembered to add the picture this time LOL. Here is an art project I did with the daycare children this morning. I wasn't to sure how well the project would turn out since we've never done this one before. I gave each child...

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Getting called into work.....

daycarepal @daycarepal (1998) • United States 26 Jun 07

When it is your day off from work, have you ever gotten called in to work? Did you go or did you tell them that you had plans and couldn't help them out? Today my son got called to see if he wanted to work. He just worked...

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4th Of July Flag Craft.....With Picture!!

daycarepal @daycarepal (1998) • United States 26 Jun 07

Attached is a picture of a 4th of July Flag craft that my daycare children did today. We used a file folder for the background, but you can use white construction paper. I had alot of file folders and used those. Older...

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Online Clothes Shopping...

daycarepal @daycarepal (1998) • United States 24 Jun 07

Have you ever bought clothes online? If so, what was your experience. I've bought many things online, but never clothes. I'm one of those people that likes to try on my clothes before I buy them. I'm afraid if I ordered clothing...

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New baby....New things?

daycarepal @daycarepal (1998) • United States 24 Jun 07

When you had your first child, did you have to go out and buy the crib, changing table and everything else that you needed? Or did someone help you purchase some of those big ticket items? When I had my 1st child 20 years ago,...

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Closets.....how many do you have?

daycarepal @daycarepal (1998) • United States 23 Jun 07

How many closets do you have in your house and what rooms are they in? We have 1 in the master bedroom, 1 in each of the other 3 bedrooms, 1 in the hall bathroom, 2 in the hallway, 1 in the den, 1 in my daycare room. So I guess...

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Pet Peeves.....What's yours?

daycarepal @daycarepal (1998) • United States 23 Jun 07

I thought this would make an interesting discussion. Everyone has pet peeves. Share with us yours. Mine are......the drive up at the bank....why oh why do people pull up to the drive up and not have their transactions ready? If...

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MyLot feature.....

daycarepal @daycarepal (1998) • United States 22 Jun 07

Is there a feature that you would like to see added to MyLot? I would love to see an edit button added. The other day I started a discussion and forgot to add a photo that went along with it. Rather than being able to go in...

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What to wear.....

daycarepal @daycarepal (1998) • United States 21 Jun 07

Do you go to the closet each morning and wonder......what am I going to wear today? Or do you plan ahead so you don't have to deal with decisions so early in the morning? I pick out my clothes the night before and lay them on...

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Earrings and night time....

daycarepal @daycarepal (1998) • United States 21 Jun 07

I wonder what other do...do you take out your earrings at night before going to bed or do you sleep in your earrings?I would say that 90% of the time I sleep with my earrings on. Unless they are dangling earrings that would be...

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Pay Attention! LOL

daycarepal @daycarepal (1998) • United States 21 Jun 07

I guess I should pay attention to where I'm walking! Today I opened my back door to go outside and was not looking in the direction I was walking. I walked right into a spider web!! ICK!! I have felt creepy ever since. Have you...

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Parent/Child Activities

daycarepal @daycarepal (1998) • United States 21 Jun 07

Every month in my daycare, I send home a little project for the parent and child to do together at home. My hope is to encourage parents to spend some one-on-one time with their child and to have fun doing it. When the project...

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Night time snacking....

daycarepal @daycarepal (1998) • United States 20 Jun 07

If you have a snack at night, do you try to eat it before a certain time? Like for me, if I'm gonna have a snack, I try to eat it before 8:30pm. I don't like to eat anything too late cause I feel it just goes right to my thighs...

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More kitchen photos...Backsplash

daycarepal @daycarepal (1998) • United States 20 Jun 07

Here's a photo of the backsplash we added to our new kitchen. It is stone and we added a decorative design across the middle of it. My husband did this all himself. He's very handy. If you haven't checked out my new kitchen...

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My new kitchen floor.....with picture!

daycarepal @daycarepal (1998) • United States 20 Jun 07

I want to show off my new kitchen floor that my husband did. We just got done redoing our entire kitchen and it turned out great. I'm attaching a picture of the floor. We did ceramic tile and in the center of the floor we put a...

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