Annie Janae -a.k.a. Mom, Mommy, Punkin, MOOOOOOOOOM!
I am enjoying having a blog for my family. It helps me remember and think about them and the things I enjoy about them more. I make no claims to be a writer or master at the English language in anyway. In fact my spelling or lack of spelling abilities has been the source of many commical situations and some embarassing ones. I got 100% on my grammer test in 4th grade. I have since lost a lot of that information. There have been many times in my adult life I have enjoyed writing and it has even been theraputic for me. I have kept a journal most of my life and I keep one for all my kids but I went out of my way to avoid English classes in high school and college. It wasn’t the reading parts but the paper writing that I tried to avoid. Maybe I didn’t like being told what to write, I don’t know. I took the bare minimum English requirements and even researched out different teachers and took their night classes while I was a senior in high school to avoid the ones that were big on papers and having them for a full class in college. Some people put off the things they don’t want to do until the last possible minute. I tend to do them first so I can be done with it and not have it looming over my head so I can enjoy the rest of whatever I am doing. This counts for eating vegetables too. 🙂
I am the mom… and I love being the mom. I picked a career for myself that was flexible (required very few English classes, in fact when I write up my patients charts I don’t have to use complete sentences, or even full words) and would work with staying home for the most part and being a mom. I chose to be dental hygienist because it is something I can do as much or as little as I want and it is also lucrative enough that if something ever happened to Ryan I would be in a good spot to take care of us still. It is interesting to me too. I like the health and science classes-anatomy and physiology, microbiology, pathology-love it! Once I got my degree I worked full time until we had kids then ever since then I have done part time on a regular or prn basis. Right now I am pretty picky and I have narrowed it down to four offices that I enjoy working at and I fill in for them when they need a sub. It has been a great fit for me over the years in many ways I never even thought of.
I like to be able to plan and be flexible with my days. I am a bit of a ‘neat freak’ I have tempered and adjusted this with my kids and I can leave the dishes until the morning or any other mess for that matter but sometimes I just have to deep clean my house and kick my kids outside and sit and enjoy it for a few minutes. I would rather have kids than a clean house but sometimes I need both. Cleaning or organizing is one of my ways of destressing. I am able to cook but would rather do almost anything else. I would love and have tried many times to make one or two big meals to last the week for my family but they strongly dislike that approach. Sometimes I get a little baking bug though and I enjoy baking. If you haven’t noticed in my posts yet I am sarcastic, this is something I am working on toning down, I see it as a less desirable trait. I like to read, play the piano, work out, watch movies, travel places, organize, play games, clothes shopping (online) and watching my kids in their activities. Sometime in the future I want to take piano lessons, and a pottery class.
I do not like being cold, getting out of bed in the morning, admitting I am wrong, messiness, talking on the phone, being responsible for directions to get somewhere and am well known for being a ‘hangry’ person.
Going to a big party or social event where I have to mingle and meet people is not in my wheel house either. I like having friends and doing things with them, I just tend to have fewer closer friends and do things in smaller groups than meeting new people and big social activities. Start a conversation with a stranger in the grocery store or at a work party-no thank you! Go to lunch with a friend or two and end up talking for three hours-yes please!