A New Year and a New Job

Well I have officially left my job.

My last day (December 21st) was so great. The staff took me to lunch and showered me with gifts. I cannot feel anymore special and loved!! I have a picture of the inside cover of the scrapbook they put together for me. Thank you to Jan for such a great treasure and for putting it together.

It has taken a lot emotionally for me to take this leap and I know it will still continue to be hard. Financially we may suffer a bit, my social life may go down hill, and in a very different way my new job is going to be quite challenging. BUT it's worth it.

I so look forward to experiencing many more moments like this picture Izzy drew several days ago.

She said "it's an indian". It clearly has a head, two arms and two legs (very proud of her!!). She also drew feathers on it's head and said, "Mimi would love this!".

She has started wanting to wear a backpack on her back. Which the first time I saw this on her I almost had a nervous breakdown. Because what mom really looks forward to the first day of kindergarten? - ugh.

All the more reason for staying home. Because I just can't get these precious moments back. It seems like they both grow an inch a day and learn 100 words a week.

I also really look forward to doing more things that I enjoy. I've learned how to start canning things with the help of my MawMaw.


Here are 15 jars of applesauce :)

Over the past 3 months or so I've also made peach jelly, canned peaches and canned pears.

I have literally worked since I was 15 years old. Yeah in the scheme of things this isn't really a whole lot of time. But in a way I feel like I've never slowed down long enough to really think about who I am. Staying home also grants me the time to talk to God, pray and seek his will for my life.