Stay At Home Sue

I am a mother of two beautiful girls named Georgia (5) and Zoe (3). After returning back to work I found that the rat race of juggling two kids, a job and running a household was too much for me to handle. After six months, I had a long conversation with my husband and we both decided that I would stay home until both kids were in school full time. This blog is about my adventures as a stay at home mom. Pray for me!

Hi everyone I am no longer “Stay at Home Sue.” I am now “back to work Sue.” I just wanted to tell you that it sucks! I hate rushing home after work to cook, clean, help the kids with homework, bath time and story time. Then I have to do it all again in the morning. Please don’t send me hate mail... or do, I do love it. You must remember that I was home, but because of that we never go on trips and we don’t have nice new clothes or...

As you all know I don't work. I love having the time to help out at the girls' school but we don't have any extra money. My poor husband works 12 hour shifts and it still doesn't seem to be enough. We are far from rich, and when our daughter got sick and we had to go to the US for treatment, we were set back financially. On top of that, this month we had to buy a new truck so our New Year's Eve party budget was $0. We ended up having a quiet...

Just recently I had a "girls weekend". We get together twice a year. Once at our girlfriends cottage (Thanks Stella) and in the fall we get together at a beautiful hotel in Niagara. We all get a spa treatment, we hang out, have a lovely dinner and then go for a swim. At night we all get together in one room and drink and talk all night long. It is a blast, but the best part is that we get to sleep in with no kids in our beds. We wake up in...

I have two daughters who are two years apart. Georgia, my oldest, was reading and writing in SK and she learned her numbers really early. She is such a good student. Zoe, my youngest, is not doing so well. She is not reading or writing her letters yet and she's in SK. We just got their report cards and Zoe's teacher wants to see us. My husband went into blame mode. He told me that since I'm home with her all day, I need to work with her...

I had a hard childhood. I know it could have been worse, but it was no "Leave it to Beaver".  I know now that my mother was in a loveless marriage and my father drank because he loved my mother. They had three kids that were in the middle of this nightmare. I felt for my father because he had a good heart when he was sober. My mother on the other hand, was just always cold. I never knew why until I was pregnant with my first daughter and...

If I had not taken my daughter to the doctor for a physical I would not have found out that she had a heart problem. I take her every year and I am still not sure how they didn't catch it before. I would hear, from time to time, that someone died at an early age because they had a heart condition that they were unaware of. It happens, mostly, because people don't like going to doctors. If you saw my daughter you wouldn't have known any...

We moved into this area not too long ago. My husband, who always over thinks everything, checked out the school before we moved. It got a good grade and it was a smaller school so we thought it would be good. I remember the first time I took Georgia to the school yard, I was so excited to meet the parents and kids. I saw that everyone already knew each other. They would stand together in a circle and would not let any new people in. I found...

Last December I took my daughter to her physical. I was thinking I would be in and out. I needed to go to Home Sense to pick up some stuff for the house because we were going to have a party. Instead I got a big shock. I was rushed down to Sick Kids where my life changed forever. I still can't talk about it without crying. I will blog about it when I can. I just wanted to thank everyone for praying for Georgia. We are still on this crazy...

It is my three year old’s first day of preschool. I am sweating because she has never been in daycare. The number one reason is that she has a severe peanut allergy. I am preparing my speech for the teacher on the drive there. I walk up to her, tell her and hand over the EpiPen. I see the look in her eye. I have seen it many times before. Just like when I told a mother that she could not serve peanut butter sandwiches at her daughter's...

I have not slept a full night since my first daughter was born in 2004. I love sleep. I was that teenager and young adult that slept until noon. I was always late for school and sometimes for work because I love to sleep. I am not a morning person and if I don't get my sleep I am like a three year old. So how fun is it that my kids are not good sleepers? When I went back to work after my first maternity leave with Georgia she would wake up...

I went to bed Sunday night tired from cleaning the house from top to bottom (loving husband made comment about the kitchen floor being sticky). I started to feel my body ache and felt a really bad headache coming on. I could not sleep so I took an advil and went back to bed. I was starting to panic because I had to take my 3 year-old to her second day of preschool. Sure enough I woke up at 7am and I was sick. Without getting into major...

Whenever I go to a party, or simply meet new people, the one question that’s always asked is, “What do you do for a living?” I try my best to avoid the question but it always comes up, so in a low tone I respond, “I am a stay at home mom.” Common reactions are: “Oh, that must be so nice”, “Aren’t you lucky”, “what do you do all day?”, “I would never be able to do that” and the best of all, “I would love not...