Someone once told me I had an average life. I was not offended. To be ordinary to me is amazing. I never wanted to be President or a rock star. I wanted to be happy, and have therefore surrounded myself with people and things that make me that way.

Writing makes me happy. It allows me to express what I am feeling while sorting it all out on paper (or typically on a computer screen these days). Everything makes more sense to me once I see it in print. It is as if my writing echoes back to me and, although I am the one who spit out the words and crafted the sentences, I am learning from it.

I write mainly about my experiences as a wife, to Mark, and a mother, to Cora, 3, and Claire, 1. Writing about it keeps me sane.

My passion is ...

my family, friends, a good book and a therapeutic one-on-one session: just me and the keyboard.

I know too much about ...

Temper tantrums, snotty noses and poopy diapers.

My parents always told me ...

to treat yourself like you would like others to treat you.

My childhood ambition ...

to be a Shamu trainer at Sea World

My favorite memory ...

Working at a summer camp in New Mexico where I met my husband!

Why I write ...

because it helps keep me sane and I get a natural high when I have written something of meaning.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

I'm reading Mommies Who Drink by Brett Paesel

My first job ...

car hop @ A&W

My best moment ...

I loved my wedding day and the moments I met my daughters.

My inspiration ...

my family!

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Here's to you washing machine!

Flu season has struck with a vengeance, and I have lost count of the number of puke/poop covered clothes/bed sheets/towels I have jammed into my trusty old washing machine in the past week, but I bet if you ask our washing machine she would know (I refer to her as a "she" because to me she has a maternal aura about her). And if that reliable piece of metal could talk, oh the loads of secrets she could share, pun intended.

Purchased used with $200 of hard earned Red Lobster tip money, we found her about six years ago in a newspaper classified. Although fu...

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