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Comments (5)Hi Xtal. I think you probably meant this post to go on the 'discussion' forum. I know -- conversations vs discussions -- what's the difference? Easy to get them mixed up. I have. Anyway, color is important to me too and I'm thinking that while the two colors won't clash (looked them both up on google images) a contrasting color like yellow would be more eye popping to go with the beautiful "Lynn's Everblooming" Texas Sage, What about a yellow blooming native tree like one of the acacias, or the shrub esperanza, even though it would need trimming back after winter? Or perhaps a white flowering desert willow would go nicely. Plus there are deeper maroon colored desert willows than 'Bubba'. Just rambling here ... I'm sure people on the Discussions Forum will come up with many more suggestions to mull over. Here is a link that might be useful: Many other varieties of desert willow for consideration ......See Morehow much do you pay for childcare?
Comments (9)Since you wanted the "fair market value" of child care.... Because you have your own kids, I would equate your situation to an in-home day care and not to a nanny in the home of the cared-for child. My 4 1/2 year child is at a Montessori preschool/day care for four days a week. This costs $1040 per month. I also had my older son at a different preschool/day care when he was 4. That school costs $679 per month for full time (4 to 5 days a week). The teachers and the curriculum were not as good at the previous school, and we did not return. As you can see, there is a significant variability of the cost even in the same city. BTW, when we had a full time nanny at our house without a child of her own, she charged $15.00 per hour plus benefits and taxes for two kids. (This is the going rate in our city.) She came to our house, fed them, dressed them, cared for the kids laundry, and did some cooking and cleaning. I know a neighbhor that pays $10.00 per hour under the table. I do not think your sister is getting quite this degree of service since you are NOT at her house where she can run out with the breakfast dishes on the table with the child still sleeping, which is what we did. I do not have any personal experience with in-home day care. What I would do is to find out how much the in-home day care cost in your geographic area and charge about that much. However, you also need to consider that your sister will not be able to deduct the child care credit, which is up to $5000.00 per year per family, unless you declare the amount she pays you in YOUR income. Most child care centers will charge a stiff penalty for late pick up because the staff needs to get home. Many charge $1.00 per minute in our city. Hope these numbers help....See MoreOpening Day. How much do you pay? :-)
Comments (1)$495 for both opening and closing. if we went with just opening, it would be $265.50. Comes with everything on your list, but the cover is kept on our premises (in the garage). All pool openings are priced the same, regardless of size or features, through the company we use. We're in Central Jersey....See MoreHow much do you pay for internet?
Comments (34)I am running DSL by AT&T over a phone line for $30 additional per month. Up to 10 email accounts are permitted and it is possible to run multiple devices on the gateway ( a gateway does the job of a modem and router.) The speed probably does not compare to roadrunner over a cable, but it is respectable and is many times faster than dialup. I made good use of this service since my adult son had to temporarily move in while he was between jobs. It was no problem to add an email account for him and connect his computer via USB port radio link. He made good use of it for job hunting. (He's moving out tomorrow.) We are back to my desktop and two laptops. One laptop is used only occasionally. This system has been reliable. The gateway (att provided) has run a year without a problem. The only problem I've encountered is that the system slows down between the hours of 3 pm to 6:30 pm. The service is really Yahoo! as sold through AT&T. I do not like the default home page, but have it set up for two home pages on a pair of tabs. I continue to use my old home page for roaming the net because it is less cluttered. A simple click on the ATT tab takes me home to the email service and other features. My total phone bill with internet runs $55 to $60 per month. I dropped my old dialup at $220 per year and my wife dropped her dialup at $19 per month, and I dropped the second phone line at about $30 per month....See Moremariealways
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