Ramblings from the Crazy House

Nov. 19, 2009

Who Am I?

Hi!

Perhaps you are traveling out there in the blogosphere checking out nominees for best this or that and have stumbled across my blog. Maybe you found me at a carnival or blog party. Maybe you Googled one of the products I've reviewed. Whatever the reason, I thought it was time for a little timely update about just what this Ramblings from the Crazy House blog is all about!

My name is The Crazy Mom, and I am married to Sane Man, and we have eight wonderful, but hopelessly normal, kids. Normal in that they do all the things normal kids do. They fight, disobey, refuse to change their socks, leave their wet Pull Ups on the ground to be stepped on, sneeze all over their dinner, etc. We also have a dog who loves to sneak downstairs and poop in the basement. We are so far from the perfect model of the perfect homeschool family that it just ain't funny. Mosty, I guess, this is because

I'm a very far from perfect homeschool mom.

Now, one day it occured to me, as I was pondering my failures, that I couldn't be the ONLY one out there who wasn't raising a brood of perfectly groomed, perfectly well-behaved children, who wake up at 5:00 in the morning to sing hymns, milk the goats, and get the homemade bread dough prepared for the day. I couldn't be the only one whose kids weren't totally excited about sentence diagramming, or long division, or cleaning their rooms. I couldn't be the only one whose kids don't study nuclear physics or do advanced calculus at age three. There had to be other moms who, at the end of the day, crawled into bed thinking wistfully, tomorrow will be better...

So I decided to let it all hang out and put myself out there to be an example of the crazy and imperfect Mom. Cause you know what? We are out there. We are out there on the farms, we are out there in the suburbs, and we are out there in the city. We've got rambuncious kids, dirty houses and a to do list that we can never seem to finish. We are just gettin' by and doing the best we can, and do you know what? Our kids are doing just fine!

So, I thought I'd share my crazy life with you so you will be able to look at it and say, if she can do it, I can do it. And even though my family is so far from perfect it just ain't funny, we do have some funny moments, and I will gladly share them with you!

To get a taste of what this is all about, check out a few of my blog entries. Wake Up!, Testing, Testing 1-2-3, Driving Miss Crazy, That's Why They Call Me The Crazy Mom, and Searching for Buried Treasure are a few of my favorites.

You might notice that there are also lots of reviews and stuff as part of my blog. That's 'cause I am part of the TOS Homeschool Crew, and I get stuff to use and blog about. So even if you are not a fellow Crazy Mom, you might want to stop by some time to learn about some great homeschool products. Either way, you are always welcome! Stop by any time! I love to say that, because I don't have to clean!!!

Update!!! Soon I'll be posting reviews about books from Christian publishing companies. I'm doing reviews for Thomas Nelson, Bethany House, Crossways and more. I'm trying to branch out a bit. You'll even see a review for UHU glue!

You never know what you'll find here on my blog. Again, stop by any time. If I've baked cookies, I won't even have to share them with you. Yeah, like I have time to bake cookies! LOL

Have a great day! You can do it! Yes you can!!!

~The Crazy Mom

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Nov. 16, 2008 - Hi

Posted by bubbebobbie

I actually am going around checking out all the nominees ( I am Encouragement Along the Way up for Best Encourager). I love that you need an introduction for your blog. This is the first one I have seen. What a great idea!
Because of Jesus, Bobbie