Tuesday, October 7, 2008

"The beginning is always today"

quote by Mary Wollstonecraft.


OK, so my sister pointed out that my blog has not been updated for a while.  I guess she forgot what Jane looked like. 

Soooooo..... she also wants me to announce to the two or three people who read this blog that I am retiring, as of the end of this year.  Starting January first it is all bon-bons, oprah, and teased hair (a la Peggy Bundy).  Me and Jane all the way, baby.

However, this is one of the easiest and most difficult decisions I have made in my not-as-short-as-it-used-to-be life.  I really like being the boss.  I really like work challenges.  I really like making a difference in my community.  I really like calling the shots.  I really like being the boss (oh, I already said that one didn't I).  On the other hand, the babysitter sees Jane more than I do during the week.  I do not really know what happens at the babysitter all of those hours.  I do not like that.  I do not like that I was at a board meeting when Jane crawled for the first time.  I do not like someone else raising my girl.  I do not like missing out on the very best thing in this whole world: my family.

Just look at this ragamuffin:
10-7-2008
Photo taken just before this post.

Here is a photo of Jane wondering why my phone is talking.  
She then picked up the phone, screeched, and hung up on Aunt Jodi.  How rude.


September 19, 2008
9 months old


January 9, 2008
3 weeks old

These weeks and months are just slipping by - just like everyone said they would - and I don't want to miss another moment.  

But, it will be hard for me to give up power, feel unimportant, and of course not make any moo-lah.  

No doubt in my mind it is the very best decision.