Long before I ever got myself knocked up, I was curious as to my company’s maternity leave policies. I read over their Policy & Procedures manual and all it did was confuse me more. Without causing too much suspicion I even ask the one other mom that worked in my office how it [...]
I took an amazingly cute video of my son last week. It shows him counting out the change in his piggy bank. The change is for his “Disneyland Fund”. (We’re up to almost $200!) On this video, after he’s done counting, he starts singing a little song he made up about his “Dada” and “Mama”. [...]
As a working mom, it’s an extra challenge for me to find special quality time to spend with my son. If I’m not cooking dinner, I’m cleaning the bathroom. If I’m not cleaning the bathroom, I’m doing laundry. If I’m not doing laundry, I’m returning phone calls.
Since the weather in Seattle [...]
Since I work full time during the week, Saturday has become Laundry Day at my house.
We don’t have our own washer and dryer right now. Instead I have to separate my clothes on our bedroom floor and lug them down in the elevator with my toddler and his toys in tow as well as [...]
It’s a cold hard realization that I spend more time with my co-workers then I do with my husband and son. A realization that I hate admitting. For most of us, this is just the truth of our lives.
While this alone is bad, what’s worse is the fact that I find myself putting up with [...]
While yes it’s true, I’m a full time working mom, it’s also true that my husband works full time. (It must also be noted that he has a part time job that involves him building us a new house, from scratch, with his bare hands.) Neither one of us has a job [...]
While I’m busily working at my office Monday through Friday, my kid is a few blocks away at his daycare. I’ve always felt that this is typical for us working moms. I don’t know of any company in downtown Seattle (or outside Seattle) that has on-site daycare.
Last week my sister, who doesn’t live [...]
Right before the Christmas break, the ladies in my office decided to go out for a lovely lunch at a local Seattle restaurant.
Out of the seventy or so employees in my department, there were only four women at this “ladies only” lunch. (Oh yes, I work in a very male dominated field.)
While I assumed [...]
While reading this post last week by my dear friend (and fellow Seattle mom!) Danielle on her favorite easy dinner recipe, I decided that “hey, I need more blog posts like this!” Just think of all the time it will save me. Not to mention that my time in the kitchen has been dramatically cut [...]
It was open enrollment at my place of employment last month. Back in the old days the husband was the one that typically carried the insurance for the family. Things are changing now that more women are working. Or rather things are changing in my family. Because I also work [...]