So let me introduce myself...
My name is Shelley Walcott, and many of you may already know me for my work as an Anchor/Reporter on Today's TMJ4.
It's a great job, and I love it. But the work I do on Channel 4 is my professional role.
Once I step outside the station, I step into a personal role that is far more challenging... and wonderful.
I am the proud mother of two children --- my almost seven-year-old daughter Ashley, and my four-month-old son Noah.
They are my real bosses.
One of the reasons I've decided to blog on Milwaukee Moms is to give people a glimpse into what life is really be like for working moms trying to balance a demanding career and family.
Like the time I had to call home from a breaking news scene to wish my daughter good night.
It can be kind of hard to be kissy, kissy into the phone as you're running over to a shooting scene.
Or the time I called home during a commercial break to give dinner instructions to my incredible husband Taylor.
I couldn't do any of this without my better half. But dude's a guy. And (no offense guys... ) men sometimes need a little, ah, direction.
It's just part of being a working mom.
A working mom who also needs to lose the baby weight, keep her eyebrows waxed, hair trimmed and suits pressed for the glare of the t.v. cameras.
Whew.
Welcome to my world.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
