by Curvy Industry Editor Olga Gonzalez-Ramos
Finding the 'perfect' sitter for the holidays
December is such a busy month for childcare providers and
baby-sitters. There are so many company parties, festivities and
family dinners for 'adults' only that this leaves us with agonizing
reality of trusting a stranger to watch our children.
All you need to do is your homework and the proper detail research to
find this sitter. It is not a hard task but a very important
one. Word of mouth I believe is the best way to find a caring and
responsible baby-sitter. You can find them in your local church,
during your book of the month club meetings and let's not tune out the
possibility of a very mature high school student. My all time
favorite are 'Stay-at-home' moms. They have the patience and 'know how'
that you want your child provided with. Last but not least they
are so affordable. They can charge any where from $7.00 to $12.00
an hour.
Talk to your friends and ask around. Everyone family and friend
knows that one person that every child gets along with and loves to
watch children.
Do not wait until the week of to book this sitter. Look at your
calendar today and start your baby-sitting planning early. If you
find someone whom you don't know, definitely go for the background
check! They cost as low as $10.00 at some websites. Better
to be safe than sorry.
Out with the old in with the NEW
I love Spring-cleaning so much that I do it twice a year in, spring of
course and in December. I am a firm believer that we need to get
rid of things that we don't need or use in our lives and homes to make
room for the things that we do need and benefit from.
I want to welcome the 'New Year' with less clutter and I start doing a
room at a time. It's not really time consuming, which is a major
concern with Christmas being such a huge holiday. Between the
gift shopping, decorating our homes to make them belong in a Christmas
Decorating magazine, to planning our dinner on Christmas Eve (that is
the time we celebrate, it's a Spanish thing). There is a LOT to do!
You know you are going to be getting gifts from family and
friends. So you will need to make some room for those new items
heading your way. I know I have things that I say I am going to
get rid of... things that are old or broken that I place it in the basement
and then totally forget about it. I then go to my basement to
take out my Christmas decorations and I find myself in a room of things
that were to suppose to be GONE a long time ago.
It has happened to me so much I decided to do a December cleansing for
my home. I get the entire family involved and this makes the
process so much easier. We do it the first week of the month so
this gives us three entire weeks to enjoy the remaining days of 2008.
Ladies, go around your home, take a nice and slow walk and see if you
find those 'clutter' items that stopped working ages ago. Get rid
of it!!!!!
I hope everyone gets what they asked 'Santa' for. Merry Christmas to all of my beautiful Venus Divas and your families.
