Its been a while...
The biggest thing that went on recently...is the BRT workshop offered by the Petawawa Military Family Resource Center. Its called Basic Relationship Training. Now...before anyone gets their underwear in a bunch....R and I arent having problems within our relationship! So many people jump on saying that. It is a very educational course designed for Canadian Forces couples (although I think all couples should take this) to help with communication skills, listening skills, problem solving, expectations and open discussions about how to protect friendship, sex, sensuality etc.
One of the great things about this course for us...is that it reinforced that R and I are already on the right track. We try very hard to not let little issues blow into huge ones. Sometimes this is hard because of filters (tired, stressed, sick, past experiences) but now that we have been taught some really great techniques to help prevent so many things!
The course was last Tues and Thurs evening and then all day Saturday. Saturday was a very heavy day!
What else is going on? Ive been babysitting this week...and have Friday off. I have two employment opportunities. And over the phone interview this evening (in between babysitting and working at the store). This job is in the financial industry, And the other is a local day care interested in my resume and are apparently desperate for someone. (yay!) Ill certainly keep you posted.
Another idea that has been floating around in my head is opening an At Home Day Care in the basement. Start up costs would be the most trying..well other than finding homes for all of the stuff currently down there (oh and there is A LOT) Start up costs is also something that can build over time. Toys are things I can accumulate...
I quickly drew up a daily schedule...and things would be structured! There would be circle time, art time, outside time, rest time, free play, themed weeks and of course story time! :) I would also have weekly baking time, and depending on the amount of kids, a field trip to Kidzone, parks, swimming etc. It certainly would be a super fun idea.
I would like to see what the other two potentials amount to first.
Does anyone that reads this blog have any comments on anything :)
Thanks!
The biggest thing that went on recently...is the BRT workshop offered by the Petawawa Military Family Resource Center. Its called Basic Relationship Training. Now...before anyone gets their underwear in a bunch....R and I arent having problems within our relationship! So many people jump on saying that. It is a very educational course designed for Canadian Forces couples (although I think all couples should take this) to help with communication skills, listening skills, problem solving, expectations and open discussions about how to protect friendship, sex, sensuality etc.
One of the great things about this course for us...is that it reinforced that R and I are already on the right track. We try very hard to not let little issues blow into huge ones. Sometimes this is hard because of filters (tired, stressed, sick, past experiences) but now that we have been taught some really great techniques to help prevent so many things!
The course was last Tues and Thurs evening and then all day Saturday. Saturday was a very heavy day!
What else is going on? Ive been babysitting this week...and have Friday off. I have two employment opportunities. And over the phone interview this evening (in between babysitting and working at the store). This job is in the financial industry, And the other is a local day care interested in my resume and are apparently desperate for someone. (yay!) Ill certainly keep you posted.
Another idea that has been floating around in my head is opening an At Home Day Care in the basement. Start up costs would be the most trying..well other than finding homes for all of the stuff currently down there (oh and there is A LOT) Start up costs is also something that can build over time. Toys are things I can accumulate...
I quickly drew up a daily schedule...and things would be structured! There would be circle time, art time, outside time, rest time, free play, themed weeks and of course story time! :) I would also have weekly baking time, and depending on the amount of kids, a field trip to Kidzone, parks, swimming etc. It certainly would be a super fun idea.
I would like to see what the other two potentials amount to first.
Does anyone that reads this blog have any comments on anything :)
Thanks!
posted by Amanda | 7:02 AM
3 Comments:
I'm not really sure which topic you wanted comments on... I'll just give my two cents on the whole post. LOL!
I think that it's great you and Rodney are taking couples courses. It shows that you are both commited to making your relationship (and possible future family) strong.
Your idea on opening a home day care on the base certainly is a good one. Its certainly something that could be both profitable to you and the children that you are working with. You would be gaining experience for future endeavors (and motherhood). The children would benefit from having someone looking after them in an educational environment rather than sitting at home watching television or sitting on the computer.
If you're interested, I came across this website http://www.hccao.com/. I hope that it helps with anything that you're thinking about!
:) Thanks for you input! Im glad SOMEONE is interested in what I have to say! You should post more on your blog rathar than livejournal...
The course was awesome! I think it was super for us! I might do a post just about the course itself... Just incase anyone wants to see what it was all about and maybe learn about it. I wish this was open to all couples, not just CF couples.
Home Day Care might be on the backburner for a while...I have an interview on Monday at a Day Care! YIPPE!!!
Thanks for the website! Im going to thoroughly go through it when I get a second..or a minute! :)
I normally post the same thing in both my journal and my blog. I'm going to have to stop that, though because of some issues that I'm having with my Livejournal. The entries on here are probably going to be somewhat boring. I'm not going to be talking about certain things anymore just incase the problems start happening here as well.
Good luck on the interview! I'm also looking for a new job. I'm starting to think that the call centre life is not for me. It's putting way too much stress on everything else in my life.
I don't really have a lot of time to update the website. Justin, Jacob and I are going to be moving after Christmas and I haven't been taking that many pictures of Jacob. He's stayed at basically the same height/weight for the past few months, so there are really no changes in physical appearance. I'll be sure to post lots of pictures of the upcoming holidays though.
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