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  • Annalee
    Daycare.com Member
    • Jul 2012
    • 5864

    Originally posted by Cat Herder
    So far, it's only about 2 foot out of banks around the springs and overflows. The river itself is barely at the bottom barn. Unless they overflow and do a dam release on the other side of the mountain, we should be good. How is it looking there, Annalee?
    The creeks and rivers are rising but we are good; some dry weather coming the next few days. A tornado came over our home last night but no damage to report!

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    • Cat Herder
      Advanced Daycare.com Member
      • Dec 2010
      • 13744

      Originally posted by Annalee
      The creeks and rivers are rising but we are good; some dry weather coming the next few days. A tornado came over our home last night but no damage to report!
      I am glad to hear it. I saw the reports last night and hoped that would be the case.
      - Unless otherwise stated, all my posts are personal opinion and worth what you paid for them.

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      • Annalee
        Daycare.com Member
        • Jul 2012
        • 5864

        Originally posted by Cat Herder
        I am glad to hear it. I saw the reports last night and hoped that would be the case.
        The pics they were showing on the news was near our house! My son was locked in the cooler at his work place. This momma was nervous

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        • Cat Herder
          Advanced Daycare.com Member
          • Dec 2010
          • 13744

          Originally posted by Annalee
          The pics they were showing on the news was near our house! My son was locked in the cooler at his work place. This momma was nervous
          I bet. Glad you guys are safe.
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          • LITTLESTARS
            Daycare.com Member
            • Jan 2019
            • 39

            Is 50% tuition fair for provider to charge? and do parents really want to to pay?

            So over this, I'm seeing myself starting the beginning some families are so not understanding.

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            • Blackcat31
              • Oct 2010
              • 36124

              Originally posted by LITTLESTARS
              Is 50% tuition fair for provider to charge? and do parents really want to to pay?

              So over this, I'm seeing myself starting the beginning some families are so not understanding.
              I made it clear to my families that fees for child care were not just for actual time spent with the children and were fees that keep the entire child care operating smoothly.

              If parents want a child care to come back to, they need to continue to pay. I understand some families not wanting to or not having the funds to do so but we are all in this together so the financial stresses are also equally shared.

              I am open and operating but my attendance has varied.
              As long as I am open and operating, I require payment in full even for those families that are not attending.

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              • Cat Herder
                Advanced Daycare.com Member
                • Dec 2010
                • 13744

                Ugh, my cleaning supply auto-order for April has been canceled. I have had this standing order for over 5 years. They really don't have the foresight to plan for their regular customers before selling to hoarders? I guess I will be looking for new permanent vendors when this is all over.
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                • Sunshine69
                  New Daycare.com Member
                  • Jan 2020
                  • 182

                  Originally posted by Cat Herder
                  Ugh, my cleaning supply auto-order for April has been canceled. I have had this standing order for over 5 years. They really don't have the foresight to plan for their regular customers before selling to hoarders? I guess I will be looking for new permanent vendors when this is all over.
                  Ugh! How infuriating!

                  This makes me so angry. They want us to help by caring for the kids of essential workers but we can’t even get the supplies we used to get to do our jobs before this pandemic. The hoarders are willing to pay more for it than we’ve been paying all along and then they sell it to make a profit 😡

                  Cleaning products can’t be found in the stores. No paper towels, no laundry detergent. WTH?! I’m using a bleach solution with towels that I can launder now. When I run out of bleach and laundry soap I’m in trouble.

                  I have clients who can’t find baby wipes for their twin infants. They got the last package of “flushable” toilet wipes they could find in the store. That’ll work. 🤷*♀️

                  But c’mon people! It’s not a pooping epidemic! I’m asking any client that brings their kids to send them with a roll of toilet paper and a bottle of liquid soap. Ridiculous!

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                  • Cat Herder
                    Advanced Daycare.com Member
                    • Dec 2010
                    • 13744

                    I should be ok for a bit. I still have three gallons of bleach (soaking toys/changing table/linens), 1/2 gallon of odoban (floors/surfaces), 4 lysol wipes (baby gates), 1 citrace (big toys/surfaces) and 4 clorox cleanup (sinks/toilets).

                    The odoban and citrace I really needed, though. I expect to be out of both in a week or so.

                    On the subject, I bought a book on amazon about the "Spanish" flu pandemic. I paid $19 for a used paperback version, already a bit expensive. 3 days after it was supposed to arrive I got a cancelation notice. I went back to look at the book and they raised the price to $854. 00.
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                    • Sunshine69
                      New Daycare.com Member
                      • Jan 2020
                      • 182

                      I’ve heard governors say that the same is happening with ventilators they are trying to purchase for the hospitals. There is a bidding war going on between states and states that think they placed an order are being told that their order will no longer be delivered.

                      I hope, when this crisis is over, the entities and people that are causing this are investigated. Any that are found guilty should be fined heavily and those fines should go back into the system to help pay back the massive spending plans that have recently been passed.

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                      • Second Home
                        Daycare.com Member
                        • Jan 2014
                        • 1567

                        I am supposed to use a temporal thermometer as children arrive ( I will take current/previous emergency personnel only) , I only have an ear one . So I checked Amazon as there are none of any kind in stores . It was $39 yesterday but it said that it couldn't be shipped to me . Today I checked and the same one is $80 .

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                        • e.j.
                          Daycare.com Member
                          • Dec 2010
                          • 3738

                          Originally posted by Sunshine69
                          I’ve heard governors say that the same is happening with ventilators they are trying to purchase for the hospitals. There is a bidding war going on between states and states that think they placed an order are being told that their order will no longer be delivered.

                          I hope, when this crisis is over, the entities and people that are causing this are investigated. Any that are found guilty should be fined heavily and those fines should go back into the system to help pay back the massive spending plans that have recently been passed.
                          The governor of MA has expressed a great deal of frustration over this. He said the federal government is often the entity he's competing against when trying to order PPEs. They outbid him! He was just on yesterday saying he places orders and is lead to believe the equipment will be on its way and then the order is cancelled. His frustration is obvious.

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                          • Ariana
                            Advanced Daycare.com Member
                            • Jun 2011
                            • 8969

                            Our government just announced funding for small businesses up to $2000 a month for 4 months. It’s taxed income so more like $1800 a month. We are also getting an increase in our child tax benefit. This represents about 1/3 of my income. None of my families are paying me.

                            Got a text from an insensitive a$$hole parent saying that her husbands hours got cut. She is still receiving her full salary, saving $1040 a month in daycare fees and getting a bump in her child tax credit. Cry me an effing river b1tch

                            I am honestly not sure I want anything to do with my current families at this point. I might replace them all. The resentment is big right now.

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                            • CeriBear
                              Daycare.com Member
                              • Feb 2017
                              • 401

                              Originally posted by Second Home
                              I am supposed to use a temporal thermometer as children arrive ( I will take current/previous emergency personnel only) , I only have an ear one . So I checked Amazon as there are none of any kind in stores . It was $39 yesterday but it said that it couldn't be shipped to me . Today I checked and the same one is $80 .
                              That is terrible! It makes me sick to think that some people are jacking up the price of things just because they are in high demand. I saw that someone was trying to sell a six pack of toilet paper for 50 dollars online. WTH?

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                              • Ariana
                                Advanced Daycare.com Member
                                • Jun 2011
                                • 8969

                                Originally posted by CeridwenLynne
                                That is terrible! It makes me sick to think that some people are jacking up the price of things just because they are in high demand. I saw that someone was trying to sell a six pack of toilet paper for 50 dollars online. WTH?
                                Do you guys have a fraudster tipline you can call? We just had one instated here in Ontario Canada. Ridiculous people gouging others.

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