Who Am I?

I'm sure you're wondering just who the heck is this Perfectly Imperfect Mama chick and why is she blogging? I could name quite a few Mamas who fit this description but I'll stick to myself. I'm a 30 something wife, mother of 2 (almost, new baby is due in the spring), elementary school teacher ( so I'm also an unofficial counselor, nurse, nutritionist, cheerleader, stylist, confidant, surrogate, and countless other *ists), shopaholic, newbie naturalista who's still trying to decide what I want to be when I grow up. I decided to join the already densely populated blogosphere to essentially help me decide just that, what I want to be when I grow up. Writing is therapeutic, and writing about this perfectly imperfect journey called motherhood and wifedom is damn near cathartic. I hope to provide readers (friends in my head) with some information, mixed with some laughs, sprinkled with a few anecdotes, laced with the comfort of knowing your kid is not the only one who dances naked in front of the mirror. Your husband is not the only one who NEVER remembers to take out the trash. Your dog is not the only one who pees on the carpet so much you have to have your floors replaced. You're not the only one trying to be a Perfect Mama and slowly coming to the realization that that chick only existed on TV about 50 years ago and her son had a nickname after a pond dweller.
This journey called parenthood is perfectly imperfect. I am a Perfectly Imperfect Mama, married to a Perfectly Imperfect Papa, raising a Perfectly Imperfect Pre-Schooler, incubating a Perfectly Imperfect baby (only because the new baby is given me heartburn so bad I want stock in an antacid company), and 'raising' a Perfectly Imperfect Pooch. I wouldn't trade it for the world, although sometimes I would like to run screaming for the hills and wish those old Calgon commercials were real........I digress :) My family is pretty awesome, even when they set the alarms off and protest about having tacos for dinner, again.
I must thank my cousin in this first post for inspiring the name of my blog. I sound like I should be holding a golden statue in my hand and wearing a couture gown....... She uses a variation of Perfectly Imperfect as an online screen name and as I was thinking of a name for my blog, I thought how perfect is Perfectly Imperfect for what we Mama's feel everyday??? Thanks cousin!!
Ok so now that I've gotten the longest blog intro ever completed and you my reader are officially a friend in my head, let the journey begin! My intention is to post often, as in weekly at least. But let us remember, I'm perfectly imperfect just like everyone else. If you have comments, feedback, suggestions or questions (no hate mail please you will soon find I'm extremely outspoken and opinionated) please post them. I look forward to hearing from you and to figuring out how to be a Perfectly Imperfect Mama in a Perfectly Imperfect World. Oh yeah, and to figuring out just what I want to be when I grow up..........

-Perfectly Imperfect Mama (P.I.M.)