To Blog Or Not To Blog: That Is The Question

Am I crazy for starting a new blog-- or just too tired to know any better? Sometimes that very thin line is dangerously blurred! I hear the term "Desperate Housewives" and, while I can't help but revel in that show as a "guilty" pleasure, like idle gossip or an extra glass of wine, I look nothing like those "housewives" who are supposedly desperate. I often have my hair thrown up into a ponytail, but that ponytail isn't a shiny, bouncy creation that took an hour to perfect and sometimes I end up in pajamas for the majority of the day. I don't usually have the presence of mind to remember to cuff the sleeves of my husband's work shirts when I wear them, and once I was SO tired with my first child that when I felt him finally drift up and spit up on me at the same I was too tired to care!

I don't think I am a bad mom, or usually even a sloppy mom-- just a normal mom; hey, maybe even better than normal! I do lots of things right.

I've been writing since I was four and it really clears my head, which I NEED in my life. My husband Daniel and I have a 2 year old son and a 1 year old daughter and #3 due in about 4 months. THIS is why I may seem crazy for staring a blog-- a new project... BUT I am doing it for me! I need to hear myself think and hopefully give someone a few laughs along the way as my very full life goes forward.

Anyone who might be interested in reading my blog is probably going to be a family person themselves. My kids are #1 (that is required in Ye Olde Parenting Handbook somewhere) but I am not ONLY a mom. I have thoughts and ideas and dreams outside of sippy cups and naptimes and Sesame Street and maybe if people see I can still type and spell some of them will realize it.

I blog not just for myself but for all the mothers out there who are tired of feeling like another baby-sitter in the eyes of society!; who have ever actually hoped that the green stain on their jeans was mashed peas; who take the time to sing a funny song to their child multiple times no matter how much we hate it; who are all learning from the best little teachers in the world-- our kids. :-)

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