Shake that thing!

[cyrano]

I now have all six episodes of 'Thirty Days'. I was just struck by the factoid that families that make under $25K a year are twice as likely to divorce. So... sanctity of marriage people, how about a raise in the minimum wage law to preserve marriage? Or a more healthy and robust public welfare system? Think of the children!

Watched 'Last Boy Scout' and 'Presumed Innocent' this weekend. Netflix Noir Film Festival. (: I really enjoyed both of them--very different but at the same time very similar. Each gets four wags.

I got to see my friend Anne (who is now a teacher in Bakersfield) and help her with her lesson plan yesterday, even if I was sad and lame lying on my back guy.

Sitting on the couch very quietly, currently on the 'heat' of the 'heat and cold' programme. The heat is a sticky pad so it's going to hurt to remove it. Plus I'll have to get off the couch to get the freezy thing. I'm not in a big rush. (:

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[cerulean-me.livejournal.com]

When we had my daughter (who wasn't as planned as we would have liked) my husband was making $80k a year. Shortly after she was born, I started doing some childcare in our home, bringing in another $25k. Well, he lost his job, this was in 2001 and has not found another geek job since. Since then we've traded off an and on being the "at home" parent or working. On and off welfare, just doing the best we can... but sometimes the jobs just aren't there.

[sararainmaker.livejournal.com]

As I understand completely...

You know I haven't thought of the childcare thing... My neighbor used to watch all the neighborhood kids after school. She and her husband were down on their luck she couldn't get a teaching job at the time and the family needed supplementary income and there were about 5 million too many substitute teachers in the state.

I should really look into that for the future when We have kids. :)