I recently discovered the amazing Sittercity.com where I was surprised to find that there are 261 qualified sitters looking for work within 10 miles of my home. Yes! I'm talking about Wilmington. How is that possible? I'm not talking about teenagers who can't scramble an egg and probably need more supervision than my smart and level-headed 12-year old here either. The ones that made me leap out of my chair and grab the phone had college degrees and were starting out on cool careers here in town. But they want to earn money after work, too. Not just sitters, role models. They have cars, experience, and references!
Sweet!
I was so impressed with the site, in fact that I felt I had to do more than just tell you about it. I contacted Sittercity.com and persuaded them to donate a six month membership to one lucky Wilmaville mom. Yep, as my son would say, that's how I roll.
Actually, it was way easy to talk them into it. They were super nice over there at Sittercity.com. Suzanne sent me this little blurb that explains the service:
Sittercity.com, America's largest and most trusted online sitter network, makes it fast, safe and simple to find the perfect sitter. With hundreds – even thousands – of babysitters and nannies right in your own neighborhood, Sittercity.com puts the best local sitters literally at your fingertips. Find the perfect sitter with Sittercity's four-step screening process and detailed sitter profiles that feature background checks, reviews from other parents, references, distance from you, availability schedules, photos, training and certifications, and more. All sitters are 17 or older with a wide range of skills and specialties -- the options are more varied than your child's excuses for avoiding bedtime.
Your perfect sitter is just a click away!
It's a subscription service—with a free trial period. The cost starts at $7.99 a month. But one lucky Wilmaville.com reader will get 6 months of the service absolutely free thanks to Suzanne. If you are more interested in a dog, house, or senior sitter, they have those too.
Here's what you do to enter this awesome contest: Comment at the end of this post. I will use my snazzy Randomizer 9000 to choose a lucky winner from those comments. But here's the catch. I'm not ending the contest till we get 100 comments. That should be pretty easy, right? But, hey, you might have to tell a couple of people to get it done. And, don't worry, even if you don't win the grand prize, I will have something for everyone.
free sounds nice. sign me up (as a customer, not a sitter -- you wouldn't want that, trust me.)
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I am game for winning something. Especially if it involves finding someone responsible enough to watch my children. We have someone who is awesome but in the off chance she is not available and our ship comes in we might want to go on a DATE!
ReplyDeleteI'm always looking for something new and this sounds great!! maybe I'll win, who knows!;)
ReplyDeleteAwesome opportunity! Thanks!
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ReplyDeleteI missed you again. One of these days we'll meet in person. Count me in for this one. We have a 10 year old, 13 year old and a 151/2 year old daughter in marching band. Between the restaurant and football games, I am always in the need for a sitter on Friday and Saturday nights. I'll spread the word!
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ReplyDeleteHere you go, baby. Just to ratchet up your totals. I don't need a sitter, but I'll donate it to Melissa L if I win.
ReplyDeleteok, i'm a believer is posting for contests...this babysitter/date-night thing does not exactly appeal to me but ask me how a babysitter/girl's night out, or go get a manicure, pedicure, facial, massage, or movie night sound? fabulous.
ReplyDeletei say this only after my first date in months with my husband turned into a true disaster. so embarrassing that i'm not even embarassed by it. it started with a gift card to circa from a student of mine, and a babysitting debt we needed to collect on with friends of ours that we trade with on rare occassion - cheap date, that should have been the first warning sign.
well it started nicely with a little ride downtown in the convertible after dropping off the kids. we ordered wine( french), apps (curried mussels), salad (spinach) & a scrumptuous entree (scallops w/ smoked oysters). after thinking that this is such a great setting & it would be so nice to actually converse about something other than "the kids"...i brought up mccain's new vp pick...you know a current event, the front page news-of-the-day...Disaster!!!! my husband said he liked her, i asked why? don't quite remember his reply i just remember hateful words spewing out of his mouth such as "shallow", "self-righteous", as i compated with women's rights; federal funds; health care, etc. as eyes widened and enjoyment turned to humiliation...there was no going back ...we were sitting close in to a couple of tables, i'm sure they were mortified. i excused myself to the restroom, thinking that a breather would help. i returned to our entrees on the table, not my husband. after he returned, i managed to eat in between our arguement/discussion. it's really no fun to choke down such an awesome meal...but i managed to finish it, after he stormed out, i paid the bill and we returned home early, convertible top up, discussion returned to the children.
future dates? perhaps marriage counceling.
I am a sitter. In fact I have sat with Melissa's kids. I've also petsat (?) for Andie and Melissa.
ReplyDeleteAnd better yet, I have time available. If you need babysitter, petsitter, tutor, please give me a call at 910-442-9853. I can provide other references as well.