Fall & Halloween 2011!!!!

Even better - IPAD APP will change my blogging!

Well after the close of one chapter that happened yesterday, I quickly realized how many people were interested - or at least acted interested - in this blog.

So, my dear friends, here I am making this an all time record for my blogging career! 2 days in a row!!

I actually do have 2 important things to chat about tonight. I'm sure both of these topics will be brought up again in my blog but here I go:

1) Day care.

Oh do I have mixed feelings about it. Let me just start off by saying that Naomi just started at a new day care facility and she is having a lot of fun and I think we have found great place for her to go. It's a pretty decent drive to it and then to work, and is at a decent price. She (Sam, her teacher) offers breakfast - which is HUGE since Naomi is such a night owl, and doesn't go to bed until later in the evening which means that she wakes up later and as such needs to be changed quickly, her hair and teeth brushed and we head out the door. She also does lunch which is also great because that saves me a lot of time. So needless to say, we are pretty lucky.

My mixed feelings come from my need to just be a mother. I know the word "just" in that phrase sometimes makes the job of a mother sound less important, but I mean it as - forget everything else going on and let me care for my family and especially my daughter! Hence, "just be a mother."

I struggle DAILY with the choice to be at work and home with my daughter. I wish that I was the one to teach her colors, animal sounds, whats in the sky, etc. Sure I can teach her stuff in the evenings and on my days off, but I keep thinking - did Naomi learn that from me - HER MOTHER? Or did what I just teach her happen to already have been taught to her by her other teacher(s)?

I love that day cares exists and understand that they are an important option for some parents - and yes, we are in that boat where we need both incomes to make ends meet - so I truly do appreciate it - but when is enough enough? When do I just stop buying that extra outfit for my daughter - who btw, isn't really growing out of her 12 month clothes at age 25 months - and finally get to say "what do you want to do today honey?" or "let's get out our paints and paint the sky blue and sun yellow" or "did you get a boo boo? Let mommy make it better" or "you wanna help mommy make dinner so it's ready when daddy gets home?"

Okay friends... It's late. I will have to write about tonights adventures, tomorrow.

Good night for now.






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A chapter of our lives, closed.

Sad day!!! Harley, our 9 year old male Shih Tzu, who was in our family for about 5 years went bye bye! I can't believe I'm so sad about it! I guess it must be because he was a good dog and we had him for so long. Naomi just asked "where e go?" "who Harley?" "yeah" "he went bye bye. He's not coming back (said with tears in my eyes again!)" Man!!! I'm sooo sad. Plus, Ben's at practice and didn't even get to say goodbye!
Harley is going to a good home. It'll be way better for him!

I will miss u Harley! Naomi will too!




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Will this iPhone app make blogging easier for Janzell?

Well...we will see if this $2.99 app will make my blogging life easier and happen much more! I'm pretty sure it's been almost a year since my last post. And, once I get my iPad, that should make it even more easier and better, right? We'll see!


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