Be a stay at home mom

I am a stay at home mum at least for the moment. I will probably stay home now at least until june. :0)

Well, I am now a WORK at home mom – which in my book, is about the best I can manage at this point. It is wonderful! I’m still not over the moon about my job, but the fact that I get to be with my daughter all the time now is one of the best things I could have hoped for. Just have to keep my fingers crossed that my boss lets me stick with it for a while. At least until she starts school!

I’ve decided to work on a career first, then maybe one day i can become a stay at home mom if i change my mind

I love being with my son and watching him grow through his first years! It’s a sacrafice, but it’s worth it.

I want to be a stay-at-home mom because I want to be solely responsible for the habits and manners that my children learn early in life, I know that when they get school age that they will go and learn things from other children then, and naturally they will have playmates, but I want to know that I gave them the best moral beginning that I could.

I have had good luck with daycare since my daughter was born, but now she is 11. She’s tired of daycare – all the activities are “stupid” she says. Last summer she stayed home alone quite a bit. I work about two minutes from home, so when she called because there were vampires in the fireplace, I ran home to block it with pillows. LOL. I don’t want her to play on her computer in the dark all summer, which is what she’ll do, so this summer I’m using as much vacation as possible to be with her in the afternoons, and my husband is doing the same. I have paid off all my debt, so maybe I can quit by the end of the year! I know it would be better for my family and my sanity!

So I’m a development coordinator at a really great non-profit. But it is PAINFULLY boring work. I’m essentially a fundraiser, with an emphasis on grant-writing. I’m fairly good at my job, and I suppose there is a small degree of satisfaction that I get out of it, but I have to be away from my daughter all day long doing something that bores me to tears. It’s not what I thought I would be. I took a job in development because that’s the only work that was available to me that paid worth a darn, and every job I have had since has been the same thing. I lost my job last year and tried to make a change then, but I got roped into fundraising again because it was the only job I could get. So I’m just thoroughly done with it. Don’t know what the future holds yet, but I’ve got to make a change.

I think I will add this back on once I can cross off ‘be a mom’. I need some room.

But getting closer. I am working this year to pay off the rest of my debt. My husband basically said that I have to work until my debt it paid off because he can’t take that on. But when it’s paid off (and hopefully have my work pay for maternity leave too) I’m done. ONE MORE YEAR… but should probably get preggers first!

Technically, I’m still just a stay at home mom-to-be, but 2 more months and baby will be born! I finally quit my job and now it is sinking in that I don’t have to go back to work. It is a weird feeling, but I love being home and taking care of the house, husband, and dogs -and preparing for the baby kicking in my belly!