She has a a baby sitting job now. It pays $10 an hour. She watches the kids next door for an hour in the morning a couple of times a week, sometimes more. She's been buying a lot of her own clothes now, so I guess I shouldn't complain too much.

Her friends' dad agreed to drive them in as long as someone else could bring them home. I had to go to PetCo to return a $30 dog harness anyway, so it ended up being a profitable trip.

Angie, no bus system. We're 30 miles from the mall, in a small town surrounded by farmland.