Susan Cole is 42 years old and is a mother to six children from age 15, all the way down to one year old twin boys. Her life is controlled chaos. She specialises in shortcuts, ever evaluating her organisational skills. Cooks quickly but nutritiously and manages most crises with a serene demeanour. Just like a duck paddling upon a pond. Cool, calm and collected on the surface, paddling like crazy behind the scenes.

Susan has travelled extensively both with children & without. She was a Registered Nurse for many years and specialised in Intensive Care Nursing.

She is currently coming to the end of a major house renovation that saw her family of eight move in with her mother. Susan and her family reside on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. She can be contacted at via comments through this blog. Here are some of her life stories...