Not that I would know since I don’t have kids, but one problem my friends who are parents face is finding a babysitter –
especially when traveling or renting a summer house. A few years ago, I featured a site called SisterCity.com, but I thought I would give this new service a shot. Supposedly, Dr. Phil recommended it so I guess it has to be legit … right? Babysitters4Hire.com or Care4hire.com (the URL changes once you log on), gives users a free preview of available babysitters or caregivers in the neighborhood they’re interested in. Just type in the zip code and within seconds you’ll receive a list of potential sitters in the area. To get their contact information, you will need to pay up and register. It costs either $69 for a year or $29 for the first month and $9.99 a month after that. Helpful tools include sample interview questions, a sample reference form and a sample contract form if needed. Babysitters4Hire.com
With President’s Day taking place last week in the United States, an interactive map on USAToday.com caught my attention.
It documents all of our presidents who traveled abroad, beginning with Teddy Roosevelt who kicked things off with a visit to
the Panama Canal and ending with President Obama, who had his first nation visit last week; Canada.
What’s cool is that when you click the President’s picture, it will tell you how many nations he visited and a map will highlight the countries – countries he’s visited more than once are indicated by a darker shade of blue. For more detailed information, click the view list button below Truman’s picture and it will list each country. Bill Clinton was the first president to make over 100 international visits (133 to be exact with Italy being the most at eight visits). George Bush topped him by three and was the first to visit Mongolia. I wonder if President Obama will beat him? If only he would take me on a trip on Air Force One. How incredible would that be?!
I was browsing through wimp.com last week, which has all kinds of cool videos.
One that makes this honor was from i-to-i.com. They are a volunteer travel company that’s been sending people to volunteer in Africa, Asia,
Australasia and Latin America since 1996 and have supposedly sent over 20,000 volunteers to date. What’s cool about this video is that it
offers great travel advice. Ah, forget about me explaining it! Just check it out for yourself; it’s just four-minutes long.
