When I first became a mom, I put ridiculous amounts of pressure on myself to do everything perfectly. And by “do”, I mean I had to do the most original Christmas card of everyone I knew. I had to do the best mural ever to be painted in any kid’s room. Whatever it was, it had to be […]
Your Daily Dose
Mom, when do you eat?
We had a snow day on Friday and then an early dismissal due to snow today, so my schedule is a mess and I’m exhausted, so this is going to be quick. It’s been four weeks since I committed to this weight loss competition. I do not have any problem exercising. It’s a regular part […]
Four Years
You get pregnant. You immediately head to Pinterest and pin eight million pictures of baby shit. You get the baby’s room ready. You get the stroller and the car seat and the high chair and all the other baby stuff. Everything is coordinating and cute and clean. You have the baby’s going-home-from-the-hospital outfit, and your overnight […]
The Best Weekend You Will Have in 2016
I’m just going to get right to the point. In six weeks, I am hosting a weekend getaway for women, and it’s going to be really fucking awesome, and if you can, you should call and reserve your spot right now. It’s called Not Your Average Weekend, it’s at the Interlaken Inn in Lakeville, CT, […]
An Open Letter to The View
Dear The View, My name is Susie Johnson, I’m forty six years old, and I live in Connecticut. Why am I telling you this? Because this morning a friend of mine posted on my Facebook page and told me that a post I had written here on the blog last year, If My Kid Is […]
Running my own race.
I started running about three years ago. I couldn’t run more than thirty seconds at a time, and it took me a good two years before I could run more than three miles without feeling like I was going to die every step of the way. Now I can run for a while and feel […]
