The day is looming when the lovely Constance will be going back home to take her exam re-sits. She will be going home at the start of the Easter holiday and take The Boy with her on the Eurostar so he can spend the Easter break with my mum. He is very excited and planning to read the entire contents of the 'Silly Little Book of Animal Jokes' to her on the journey. She can't wait and I bet the other passengers will be thrilled... not... maybe the book will conveniently be 'forgotten'. So the update is: I did not contact the boy who looks like a serial killer. I did not call the girl whose only question was: 'how much does it pay ?'. The 'devoted christian' candidate decided to go for another family. She stopped being interested when I asked her for references and for the reason why she had decided to put her career on hold to come to the UK (as she is American it cannot be to further her English). Obviously these are the wrong questions to ask if you do not want to scare away a potential psycho. I wish the family who take her on good luck. I have sifted through countless applications from Eastern Europeans who are keen to stress their bricklaying skills. I can see how that could be handy for help with bringing our house up to scratch but I am less sure that it would help with looking after The Boy. I hope I won't jinx it but we seem to have found another potential offering who is interested and who so far has sounded both interested and not weird (gosh, it is hard to type while trying to touch as much wood as possible). The back up plan is very shaky so far so I hope this pans out. How I long for my days as a lady of leisure, and I can honestly say it's not the daytime TV I miss.
Looking for a new au-pair - take 2
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(10.3.04 23:31) Hope it goes well with the interested/ing candidate. Fingers crossed. |
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Lisa (11.3.04 11:38) But wouldn't it be nice to come home and find not only has The Boy been well looked after, but you've got a brand new brick BBQ in your garden? |
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(11.3.04 12:42) we're down as Effingham this weekend! |
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(11.3.04 12:49) Thanks Jag. Lisa: I suppose it would be nice, they could re-build the garden wall and possibly a little shed so I did not need to put the bike in the hallway. Maybe I should have gone for it... then again maybe not. Princess. Making the most of The Boy not being on the selection list this week-end to pop down to Cornwall. |
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Ian Hoddinott (11.11.04 10:32) Not familiar with your web page at all but discovered it just now as I was looking for possibilities for my 17.5 year old daughter to do au pair work for a year in Europe somewhere. She is intelligent, responsible, creative, great with kids (we have 4) and hard working. She has a personal Christian commitment and is mostly a joy to us. We are from Toowoomba Australia and she is just doing her final exams for high school now. Please reply if you are interested. |
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searchingforanaupair / Website (17.11.04 23:59) Ian Hoddinott, Couldn't find an address to reply too, but please e-mail me at doby83doby@hotmail.com to look at whether this is something to progress. Have two teenagers. Christian. Near London. Searchingforanaupair |
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