Brookhaven Preschools + Guest Blogger

Yes, loyal(ish) readers, you read that correctly- we're posting about Brookhaven preschools! No I am not pregnant (mom), but we do have an exciting new contributor to the blog! Meet Anne and her son Carson (isn't he adorable!)- Anne is a Brookhaven neighbor and friend of ours that recently moved to Atlanta from Virginia. She has her own blog Licensed Professional Mom, but shes also been doing a lot of research on things going on in the Brookhaven for children and families since she's new in town. Because Cory and I know next to nothin' about babies, we will let Anne handle this arena.

Hopefully we can get some regular posts to the blog about these topics that we haven't discussed in the past. So get super excited! Below is Anne's first contribution regarding preschools in our area. Who knew that you had to worry about stuff like this before your babies first birthday! Carson is only 7 months old and already enrolling in school... craziness. Hope you enjoy reading!

Alerting Brookhaven Mommies!
If you are considering putting your child in pre-school or a mothers morning out program this fall registration deadlines are fast approaching. Here is some brief information about a few programs in the area:

Oglethorpe Presbyterian Church Preschool:
Location: 3016 Lanier Drive
Director: Beverly Moon
Tours: Available - contact school to make an appointment
Website: http://www.opcbrookhaven.org/preschool.php

St. James Methodist Preschool:
Location: 4400 Peachtree Dunwoody
Director: Sue Hardrath
Tours: Available - stop by anytime between 9 am and 11 am M-F
Website: http://www.stjamesatlanta.org/programs/our-preschool-loving-place-learn

Wieuca Baptist Day School:
Location: 3626 Peachtree Road NE
Tours: Given Wednesday mornings at 11
Website: http://www.wieuca.org/dayschool/article115199.htm?body=1

Peachtree Road United Methodist Preschool:
Location: 3180 Peachtree Road NW
Website: http://www.prumc.org/

Brookhaven United Methodist Preschool:
Location: 1366 North Druid Hills Road NE
Director: Mira Black
Website: http://www.brookhavenumc.org/message2.php?topicID=1072&

Publix Curbside... No Longer!

We received this email (below) in regards to the Publix Curbside service... Not-so-long story short, ALL Publix's offering curbside will be canceling that service on January 28th, 2012. It's a sad, sad day for those busy professionals and parents with 18 kids. Instead of spending 30 minutes online shopping, you'll have to spend 30 minutes inside a Publix store... terrible!  In my opinion, curbside was a pretty neat service, but just tough to execute well. We tried it out when they first started last summer, and it's pretty cool to just pull up and have someone load all your groceries into you car, but just doesn't really warrant spending extra time online and extra money ($8). Plus I really enjoy going up and down the aisles looking at all the food and buying way more than I actually need.

See below for the notice to customers.

Dear Curbside Customer,

We appreciate your household being a customer of our Curbside service. We regret to inform you that as of January 28th, we will no longer be offering our Curbside service in our 3 Curbside test locations. January 27th will be the last day to place an order for pickup on Saturday, January 28th.

Before we approve a new product or service at Publix, we establish an expectation of financial, as well as customer service, results. While our Curbside associates have created many loyal Curbside customers, the number of consistent customers who chose to use this service was considerably less than required to meet our predetermined expectations. The majority of our customers love their Publix and still prefer to have the interaction with our associates. It's part of the customer service expectation we have created and the family environment we have fostered in our more than 80 years of service.

While we understand that you may initially be disappointed, we also know that your local Publix and Curbside associates look forward to serving your needs and making shopping a pleasure for you inside the store.

If you should have additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact your Store Manager.

Sincerely,
The Publix Curbside Team

January 2012 DeKalb Trash Schedule

We're getting a lot of hits for this, so here’s the Dekalb Sanitation schedule for the first week of Jan 2012

• No pick up of any kind on Monday Jan 2.
• Yard waste will be moved from Monday to Tuesday Jan 3.
• Regular trash will be moved from Tuesday to Wednesday Jan 4.
• No recycling pick-up for the entire week.

As we previously posted, Christmas trees can be put on the street for pick-up on yard waste days (Tue Jan 4 this week or Mon Jan 9 next week) if all decorations are removed and tree is cut into sections that are a maximum of 4 feet long.

Total 2012 Sanitation Dept holiday schedule is not yet available from the County.