Working Mom trying to Homeschool

I always wanted to be a mom. I always new how I wanted to raise my children and what type of person I hoped they would be. Rather than having many children to raise, I have been blessed with one absolutely amazing little angel.
I was a full time working woman with a great job that I loved and a great husband. Wow, how everything changed when we finally received our angel. I took the year maternity leave and loved being a stay at home mom, but also missed the connections to the adult world that working gave me; so, with family to babysit, I returned to work full time.
Things went along quite well, although I missed her dearly each day, until she started talking and repeating some of the things that were going on during the day while I was at work. This is when we decided it really needed to be DH and I who raised her, not family or babysitters. Of course with bills to pay and trying to buy a house, I couldn't just walk away from my job.
Finally, with the house bought, and the downturn in the economy causing cutbacks at work, I was able to once again become a stay at home mom and could appreciate even more than I could believe. While off work we had to decide whether I would find another job, or become a full time sahm. Financially we could barely afford for me to stay home; but it would mean no extra activities for anyone, and giving up our favorite past-time of camping. With these things on the line, I started looking for a job that would fit with my life, rather than fitting my life around a job.

I was lucky enough to find the perfect job. I went from an 8am - 4:30pm desk job to working shift work in a special care home for elderly persons with the most amazing boss ever. My boss is so family oriented it is wonderful. I get holidays off to be with my family and I don't work during the day. On the rare occasion that I go to work before DH gets home from his job, I am able to take my Angel to work with me and he just picks her up on the way home.
With my career change, it means we can homeschool our angel, and we can be the ones to raise her instead of babysitters and teachers. There are certainly many times when it can be challenging, especially if I need to work a couple of extra shifts if someone is on vacation, but so far we are making it work and having as much fun as we can (quite often at the expense of the housework) while she is young.