Hello! I am a 33-year-old lover of zombies, comic books, peppermint ice cream, and various skincare products. Originally born in Virginia but now a die-hard Pacific Northwesterner, I live in the Seattle area with my husband JB, our toddler son Riley (born August 2005), and our pea-brained housepets. I work part time in marketing for a software company, and fill my remaining hours with toddler-wrangling, freelance writing, blogging, and occasionally glancing around my house and muttering about how we should really clean up around here.I like to talk about the ups and downs of parenting, hopefully with humor but always with honesty. Hey, the truth is, even though I love him with all of my heart, sometimes I want to seal my child's whine-hole shut with duct tape, cram him in a mailing tube, and ship him to Outer Mongolia. Oh, don't look at me like that: I'd punch some air holes first.
We are expecting our second son (better get more mailing tubes!) in early February, which means I am approximately 9215726 months pregnant at the moment. Please don't ask me if I'm sure there's "just one in
there", because just because I'm the size of a Goodyear blimp doesn't mean I don't have FEELINGS, dammit.
