Monday, July 12, 2010

My Blogging Hiatus Part 2

As promised, I am on to tell you more adventures from my blogging hiatus. We have been itching to get back to the beach since our trip last year with Susannah at The McCords'. We loved it. That was Elijah and My first trip to the beach. (We do alot of firsts today) We feel a need to expose Elijah to as much fun as possible.

This was Elijah a year ago

The main goal of our trip to Fort Walton beach we as not to go to the beach although we did that. My Great-Aunt Kathryn just found our she has the beginnings of Congestive heart failure. She is 80. So, I felt an Urgent need to go spend some time with my Aunt. Elijah loves Aunt Kafy. HAHA.

While we were there we decided to hit up the giant outlet mall in Destin. LOVE IT. I was able to get a cardigan and shell set at Liz Clabourne for $22, Elijah 10 summer tops and blue jeans for the niece for Christmas for $54 and Jonah a Leather Wallet at Fossil for $20. I think that was a successful trip.

Our last day there we finally made it to the beach. We were only there for 2 1/2 days. The red flags were out. Here is why:



The waves were really bad and they feared rip-tide thanks to the winds come from the last tropical storm in the Gulf.

We did get to play right at the edge of the water. Elijah loves to play in the sand until he gets some in his mouth.





We ate at a lot of really great restaurants while we were there but my favorite was ...

Of COURSE...They have AWESOME hot wings.

More of my blogging hiatus coming soon.... I PROMISE.

2 comments:

Practice Makes Philpotts said...

Looks like a good time!

No Longer Newlyweds. said...

Hey Laura,

What subjects, what grade and your experience determines what you can charge. Some of my friends who tutor elementary and middle school kids charge about $15-$20/hour because the information is VERY basic...and you end up just helping them do homework. In high school, the prices go up...but, still dependant on the subjects and level. Basic maths (algebra, geometry, etc) and basic sciences (life, biology, etc) could probably get you $20-$25/hour. I do upper maths (algebra 2, trig, cal) and upper sciences (chemistry, organic, physics) and college math and science which could get you $30-$40/hour. Personally, I charge $40-$50 because I am available outside of the hour I tutor them and because I've been doing 1-on-1 tutoring for over a decade.
Hope this helps! It' better to run your own private business than go work for a tutoring company...because you'll only get about $10/hour working for someone else.