Job?

I possibly have a new job babysitting 4 1/2 kids. Yes, I said 4 1/2. There is a thirteen year old, eleven-year-old, seven year old, a one year old, and a fetus. I posted an ad on local classifieds website and within a couple hours I received an e-mail.

Hello:

I was wanting some more information on your availabilty. We are looking for babysitters on different days of the week so that we can attend trainings or just a night out. We currently have 4 children and a newborn on the way in 3 weeks. We have a 13,11,7 and 1 year old. We live near St. V’s. Would you be interested?

Thanks,
Lori

I replied with this:

Hello Lori!

I am available from 2:30 PM until 10:30 PM Monday through Thursday, 2:30 PM until anytime on on Friday, anytime on Saturday, and from early Sunday until about 10:30 PM. I am great with kids of any ages! I currently babysit a fourteen-year-old, a ten year old, and a three year old. I have babysat these kids for seven years and have experience with newborns.

I should probably note that I am currently seventeen years old. This seems to be a problem with some people but I can assure you that I am responsible. I have references if you would like them.

If you need any more information, feel free to e-mail me or even phone me. My name is Michelle and my phone number is [REMOVED]. I hope to hear back from you soon!

Michelle

I have a feeling I won’t be hearing from Lori again, though. People seem to have a problem with my age. Apparently a seventeen year old is not able to take care of children, even though she has nearly seven years of experience. I bet you could put me, a seventeen year old with great references, CPR knowledge, reasonable price, and who loves children next to a thirty-five year old with no experience, no references, no CPR knowledge, charges $10 an hour, and who hates children and they would choose the thirty-five year old just because she is older. I’m really hoping that I am wrong, though. I would love to have this job!

I dyed more yarn the other night with the Lion Brand Wool-Ease. I used the Grape, Berry Blue, and Raspberry Reaction. The BB and RR looks the same. The Grape looked okay but I used a lot more water than I should have so the color is somewhat muted. My mom really seems to like it, though. I ended up dyeing the entire skein with the Tropical Punch. I love the color! I think I might knit some mittens out of it.

I think I am going to knit Amanda some baby booties, a baby hat, and a baby sweater for Natalie. She is due four months from tomorrow (June 8!) so I have some time to get it done. If I’m really fast and hop right to it I could get it done in time for the baby shower (Either the first or second Saturday in May).

I really can’t wait until Natalie graces us with her presence. Four months seems like such a long time!

Apparently I’m not meant to have a blog/website. I still can’t get to michellealicious. It’s been over two weeks now. Hmph. I with wordpress.com would let you make your own layouts instead of just give you a list of themes to choose from. They’re nice themes but I want to use my own. :(

I’m off to chop some almonds for the hamsters. I love those two little guys (the hamsters, not the almonds.)

Dyeing Wool-ease with Kool-aid

I have read many many times that you cannot dye Lion Brand Wool-Ease yarn. I wanted to try it myself so I went to Michael’s, who was having a sale on WE so I bought a skein of Fisherman WE. I cut about a yard off and dyed it with one packet of Tropical Punch Kool-Aid and 1/4 cup of warm water. I absolutely love the way it came out. It’s red and it has white specks. I’m going to try it with some Berry Blue, Raspberry Something-or-other, and Grape later. :D

I bought two skeins of Moda-Dea Wild! yarn while at Michael’s, too. It was on sale for 75% off and was originally priced at $8.99 and I bought it for $2.39! It’s so soft and fuzzy. I just don’t know what I want to make with it…

Apparently this is my new blog. Michellealicious.net is dead. It has been down for nearly two weeks. Bleh. At least I was getting free hosting from Katy or I would be pissed.

I had such a good week. I reconnected with an old friend, knitted a lot(ish), and was just generally happy. Here’s to hoping for another good week!