I am a wife, mom, friend…wearer of many hats. I’m 29…well..I’m 39 about to be 40, officially 40 now, but who’s counting!

I met my husband in August of 1991 on a very blind date, and we’ve been together since that first meeting. Sometimes life throws you curveballs in ways that you never imagined. I had absolutely no intentions of getting married any time soon when I met him that night; I had turned 22 years old a week before that first date.

It’s been a long, amazing ride, and where I sit and type is less than 10 minutes away from where we met, where my life started and changed in the same moment.

We have three, count ‘em three, boys:

• Tyler, our oldest son is 16.
• Chase, the middle kid, is 14.
• Jordan, our surprise baby, just turned 12.

They are amazing kids, I look at each one of them as a gift from God, with their own unique personalities and traits that make them special.

But let’s face it. They are teenage boys. They smell. They argue. They roll eyes. And then they start over. There are moments when I don’t know whether to hug them or smack them upside the head.

Trying to take boys and mold them into smart, polite, men who are aware of more than latest electronic device is a daily challenge in our society.

In the middle of working full time while my husband is gone for long spells due to his job, I’m trying to teach napkins in laps, food off the face, and ‘yes sir, I will have your daughter home by curfew.’

I depend on faith, family, friends and the occasional martini, to get by. If you’re confused about how faith and martinis go together, scroll right back on up to the word uncensored.

I started this blog to chronicle our story of two working parents, 3 teenage boys, our Pug Tank, and their endless stream of friends and antics. Sometimes it’s funny, sometimes it’s not so funny, but that’s life.

My writing borders between sappy, snarky and sarcastic, but it is always the in-your-face-truth of my own story as a working mother, complete with the ups and downs many women face but refuse to discuss. If you’re looking for a rosy blog about being a new mommy, this ain’t it (although I was once there, trust me, they’re all cute at that age.)

This is my story about trying to do what millions of moms do every day-somehow juggle it all. Not have it all. Just make it all work and make it to bed by 10.

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