Hello!

Hello blog world :-) This is something I have considered doing for a long time. Today I have decided to just do it! Delve into blogging that is....


My name is Anne. I am wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend, part-time city employee and now a new blogger. My reason for blogging is simple. Three years ago I took a huge leap and changed careers after 20 years in the design industry. Yep! I went from a crazy 50-60 hour a week job, with a 25 mile commute one way to a 20 hour a week job with a 9 block commute! It allows me to take my kids to and from school and extracurricular activities, spend unhurried evenings at home with my family, prepare 90 percent of our food, garden, read. I have real quality time with the people I love the most.


In all honesty my husband and I had danced around the decision of part-time versus full-time work since the moment we found out I was pregnant with our daughter. It wasn't until the day my father died quickly and unexpectedly from cardiac arrest that either one of us had the guts to just do it! From that moment on our lives were changed swiftly and irrevocably. The wheels were set in motion and I found myself looking for a part-time job and giving notice at my design job within a few weeks of my father's passing.


In future post I plan to tell you more about how I went about making the transition and hope that it may help someone else make the leap to a simpler lifestyle.