Child care ...

So the email I was waiting for came through and I was so excited that she agreed to take on Jacob part time even though she just found out she is pregnant and not feeling so hot! I was suppose to call her later that evening, so I did ... we had a great talk and I was super excited that I was going to take Jacob over to her house on Sat so he could check the place out and then again next Wed when all the rest of the kiddies were there. YEAH!! We found child care with a Mom I knew and trusted and was only going to cost $25 a day!! :) Then the next day she emailed me and told me that she thought about it more and didn't think it was a good idea to take on another child, she thought it might be weird that she is telling the other Moms they need to find a new day home and then she takes on a new kid!? She was also worried that with her pregnancy she might have appointments or sick days and it wouldn't be fair to me. I see her point but BOOOOO !! I was so excited to finally find a day home where I knew the Mom and trusted her, now I have to go on kijiji and find a complete stranger that I feel comfortable with to look after Jacob! ? ((sigh)) It is so frustrating, and the thought of leaving him at a strangers makes my stomach turn. I have emailed a few day homes I found on kijiji and a couple of my Mommy friends so I guess the next step is to go see the homes and hopefully they are clean and acceptable? The worst part is that the longer it takes to find someone to take Jacob the longer my hubbies customers vehicles sit in the garage and the longer he goes without payment! Which in turn is making us go broke, so how are we going to afford a sitter when hubby can't make money cause he is looking after Jacob. It's a bad circle that I need to break soon and it's stressing me out! :(

On the diet front it's going OK, I think today will be hard cause I have to work at the track tonight and won't be able to bring my NS with me. I am also out of fruits and veggies so I can't even pack snacks!? I'm thinking that I will stop at the grocery store on the way to the track to pick up a pre-made salad or a small fruit/ veggie tray. I was planning on walking to the grocery store last night with Jacob but when I got home from work he was napping and when he woke he was VERY cranky!! Instead I just took him for a wagon ride and stopped at the park for a while. I must say though that I am impressed that NS changed their system and the new items I have tried are very yummy even some of my old favorites have changed but are still very yummy! I am allowed to go on the NS American site and get my "daily clicks" to earn me $10 off and I assume I am able to get the bears again as long as I record my weigh in's on the site. However, I may not be able to afford to stay on it if we can't find a sitter right away so that hubby starts making money!! :(

This weekend we start swimming lessons again (for the 4th time), I think Jacob will have more fun this time and understand more. Hopefully he will blow bubbles, apparently that is a big deal? I also want to head out to St.Albert to see my Dad and stop at "Once upon a child" to look for a reusable swim diaper (they look like the covers you put over cloth diapers). Speaking of Dad, we were going to go out there on Thursday for a quick visit but he had a bone scan done that day and was radioactive for 6-8 hours. He wasn't allowed to be around pregnant women or children so we had to cancel. The doctors think that maybe the Cancer has spread to his bones!? I don't know much but it doesn't really sound good to me!?