About

When I first found out I was expecting this little guy, I knew that it would be hard to go back to work after he arrived.  I didn’t, however, realize exactly how hard it would be.  For the last two weeks of my maternity leave, I cried every day, knowing I was one day closer to leaving him every day.

A year after returning to work, I’m still not used to leaving him.  I spent that year wishing and praying for an opportunity to become a stay-at-home mom, but hoping and wishing and waiting for the perfect opportunity is not going to cut it.  I’m going to have to actively figure out a way to stay home with The Bear.  That means finding a job that I can do from home that will pay enough for me to lose my current paycheck and benefits.  It means saving enough and cutting expenses enough to make up any difference.

This is my journey to nixing the 9 to 5.

Join me as I try to become a work-at-home mom.  Share my setbacks and successes.  Find out what works–and what doesn’t–as I hunt for a job, re-evaluate our family finances, and figure out how to find enough time in 24 hours to earn a living, care for a family, entertain a toddler, be an attentive (and smokin’ hot) wife, and maybe–just maybe–even take a shower.