Meet the New England Mamas
Tania , founder of the New England Mamas blog, is a mother of a two year old daughter with another baby on the way. She lives in the wilds of central Massachusetts (but close enough to the edge of Metro West to convince her friends she doesn't actually live in Nebraska) with her husband, daughter, two dogs and a cat. She puts the dogs to good use in her career as a professional dog trainer. But don't ask her to "whisper" because she might bite you.
In a former life, Tania has been a radio DJ, multi-media specialist for a Fortune 500 company, voice-over artist, bartender and donut maker. Guess which job she liked best?
Tania is also a compulsive blogger, a problem she's trying to get help for. You can find her at her personal blog Chicky Chicky Baby and Dog Gone Blog.
Roxanna moved to New England five years ago and feels right at home here. (Except in February. Do you know how cold it gets in February?) After a few years working in brand management, she quit and became a stay at home mother. This means that instead of reading Women’s Wear Daily or Brandweek she now reads whatever she feels like reading, whenever she wants to. She can't remember the last time she gave a PowerPoint presentation--and that's the way she likes it.
She lives in the Boston suburbs with her husband and their two sons. You can read more at her personal blog, Miguelina.
Sharon, Audrey and Jane are a mother and two daughters who co-own and
blog at Pinks & Blues, an online product recommendation site for trendy moms. Yes, you read that right--this family trio chooses to work together. In fact, you'll rarely see one of the Pinks & Blues Girls without at least one of the others.
Sharon retired from teaching English after 30 years in 2003 and is married to her Dustin Hoffman look-a-like husband of 31 years, with whom she has four adult children and seven grandchildren. Audrey married her college sweetheart in 2001 and survives on minimal sleep with three boys, aged 3 years old and under. Jane, a mom of two dogs, married her brother's best childhood friend in 2004 and is (for now) two-legged-child free. All three ladies live just west of Providence, Rhode Island.
Binky
was born and raised in Connecticut, where she became a writer at age five and a
mother at 26. In between those two milestones, but skewing toward the latter,
she ripped up her frosty northern roots in favor of southern transplantation.
It was during the throes of her sophomore year at an all-women’s college
in Virginia that she met her future husband—also a Connecticut
native—while she was searching AOL member profiles and sending out
unsolicited Instant Messages for the fun of it. After four years merited a
diploma in English Literature and communication studies, Binky was shocked to
find that she could not resist the pull of her home state, or him. They married
in July of 2004 and were blessed with a daughter one year and eleven days
later. It would’ve been one year exactly, but someone didn’t
want to come out.
Today Binky works from home as a freelance writer with a book
project and numerous magazine articles to her credit. She lives in the
southeast corner of the state with the aforementioned individuals, as well as a
four year old American Pit Bull Terrier that she found, like her husband, on
the Internet. You can find out more about Binky on her blog 24/7.
Ruth Dynamite is an international supermodel and writer of eclectic gift books living in the greater Hartford area with her husband and two children. This Long Island native officially 'crossed the pond' to Connecticut six years ago and still hasn't figured out the appeal of Dunkin' Donuts. She spends an inordinate amount of time on the tennis court and occasionally lies about being an international supermodel. She writes about her ruthless life in the suburbs here.
Fairly Odd Mother is now a full-time, stay-at-home mom
after spending 14 years working in advertising and media. Besides the
paycheck, she misses business lunches and her co-workers, especially
when either came with wine.
Life now revolves around three
wonderful kids, one of which is elementary-school age; the others are
young and fancy-free. Christina has decided to try her hand at
homeschooling, figuring it can’t be any harder than dealing with
impossible deadlines and clients with giant egos. Christina
also likes to cook and is fascinated by the ‘eat local’ movement; this
fascination will likely wane during the months of January through
March.
Finally, her husband is starting a two-year MBA program
so that knot in her shoulder is not likely to go away anytime
soon. The Fairly Odd Family resides in Southeastern Massachusetts with
two elderly cats and three aging computers. You can read more about it all at her blog, the aptly named Fairly Odd Mother.
Mom on Coffee lives in the beautiful Western mountain region of Maine with her unruly brood. Big Daddy-the jack of all trades, master of none, Little Man(6)- the perfectionist who enjoys rearranging store shelves when they are found messy, Busy Bee(5)- the amazing climbing girl, who at 9 months and not walking was found on the top shelf of the desk, and Rolly Polly(3)- the self-proclaimed boss of the family who is often "so mad/sad/angry/upset/etc."
Mom on Coffee is an avid reader, gossip column junkie, Red Sox lover, PTO President, and a recovering republican. When she isn't attending meetings or schlepping kids to and from some sort of activity she can be found blabbering at her blog, Mom on Coffee. But please, do not approach the animal before she's had her coffee. It could get very ugly.
Sarah
knows she had a mind once. Now she has children. She’s a Central
Massachusetts mommy to three adorable, loving, loud, impatient,
only-angelic- when-sleeping, little boyz, ages 6, 3 and 2. And she’s
a part-time corporate paralegal. Although life is hectic, demanding
and downright crazy In the Trenches of Mommyhood, Sarah thinks that
life is still good…especially after she’s had a few glasses of pinot
grigio.
Tricia lives with her husband, Alex—the mathemagician-- and daughter, Georgia, in central Vermont. Georgia, who was born with Down syndrome in December 2006 and needed heart surgery at 6-months-old has kept her Mum and Papa Daddy on their toes since day one. But that's neither
here nor there, Tricia just likes to name that elephant so she can get onto more trying topics like "How many times can a new mom who spent 15 years working outside the home sing Bile Dat Cabbage Down before going insane?" For the answer to that question and more, you can see her at her regular hidey-hole: www.unringingthebell.typepad.com.
When she is not singing about cabbage and hoecakes Tricia is working on (read: thinking about) a million projects, like crocheting, painting, drawing, singing, seeing how quickly she can go through a gonzo-sized bottle of laundry detergent, and pretending to be a writer.
Major Bedhead lives behind the Tofu Curtain, in the Pioneer Valley, way
westa Wistah. It's a nice place. She likes it there. She'd invite you
in for a drink, but the three kids, the hockey-playing Canadian
husband, the Dog-Who-Sheds-A-Lot and the Cat-Who-Pukes-A-Lot mean that
the house is in a constant, ever-changing state of chaos. In fact, she
thinks she used to have two cats but believes one is lost
in the clutter. Either that or it decamped for neater surroundings.
When she's not trying to grab a nap, grab a toddler or grab a drink,
she can be found here, or over at her other blogs - Major Bedhead and dLife.
She'll bend your ear on just about any subject. There are only two
things that she won't tolerate – bad grammar and dissing the Red Sox.
And even the grammar can be flexible. The Red Sox? Not so much.
Margaret is a SAHM of three daughters, Einey age 5, Meenie age 4 and Moe, the mischief maker age 3. She has been a permanent resident of Northeastern Connecticut but would be up for a change if it ever presented herself. In addition to her children, she lives with her husband, dog and lizard.
Prior to becoming a mom, she had just finished getting her Associates Degree in Early Childhood Education. She worked as a substitute in a private preschool while deciding what she was going to do from there. Motherhood was her first full time job. She still is unsure what she wants to be when she grows up, but she is leaning towards getting a degree In Nursing. Her children will all be in school soon, so she knows she needs to make that decision soon.
When not in transit between some activity or volunteering in
the town or at school, she can usually be found trekking through the woods in
the tri-state area. You can read more at her personal blog - Whirlwind.
Alex Elliot was born in Massachusetts, went to college near Boston, and now lives outside Worcester. In between, she has lived in the Midwest and in the New York City area, where she started dating her husband, the Big Giraffe (BG). Alex turned down her admission to veterinary school to stay at home with her two boys, Older Son (OS) and Younger Son (YS), two cats, Chief Unmouser and Assistant Chief Unmouser, and an enchanting dog named Gandalf. Her personal blog is called Formula Fed and Flexible Parenting.
Rock the Cradle lives in the Greater
Boston Area with her resident Dr. husband and her 2.7 year old
Impling. She is a painter who isn't painting, but writing. As it
turns out, oils and toddlers don't mix. So the paints and master
easel are carefully stashed away until all vestiges of toddler-hood
and potential baby-hood are gone. And until she actually has space
and time to work. In the meantime (and for the unforeseeable future,
because she needs it), she writes during "nap" time (while
listening to the screams of the damned), and "after hours" (she
has no idea exactly what that means for a SAHM), and revels in
the ensuing chaos. Check out her personal blog here.
Margalit is the parent of teenage twins and is currently seeking Valium from her primary care physician. When she isn't screaming talking to her kids, she's busy writing on her blog What Was I THINKING? about life with teenagers, suburbia, Boston, politics, religion and the Red Sox. She also blogs at various other sites to keep busy and out of trouble. Before she became a SAHM, Margalit worked for 25 years in the high tech industry as a technical writer, user interface designer, and information engineer before she went to the dark side of management for several years. In her copious spare time, Margalit likes to read, garden, and watch plenty of television. Margalit also volunteers as an educational consultant for the parents of twice exceptional (GT and LD) kids.
Amy lives in So. NH with her loving husband, 2 cats and 1 Sweetie of a
daughter. She's been blogging for awhile at her personal blog, Sweetie & Me
- a place where she discusses both her experiences as a disabled mom
with spina bifida raising a healthy and active little girl, as well as
just "regular mom stuff". Amy also blogs at Disaboom.com where she gets to delve more deeply into her triumphs and challenges as a disabled mom.
Much to her chagrin, Cape Buffalo lives a sublime suburban lifestyle with her picture-perfect Kiddo and preppy Hubby in the Metro-West suburb of Stepford, MA. When she is not sitting in traffic, CB is a beach bum, an art geek with wanderlust, a pop-culture junkie, and a fiercely loyal Boston sports fan who hates Route 9, shopping, and thinks that grownups shouldn't wear big logos on their clothing. By day, she is an educator who likes to rock the boat to get help for kids who need it most. By night, she sits in her antique colonial and dreams of packing up the car, sliding into the windows, Dukes of Hazzard-style, and peeling out... leaving suburbia in the dust. Find out more about Cape Buffalo at her blog, Fear and Loathing in Stepford.
Velma lives on Cape Cod, MA where she attempts to blend in with the normal folk. She has been a paralegal in Chicago, a jewelry artist in Boston, and a schoolteacher in Africa. Currently, she masquerades as a suburban wife and mother, but in her heart there is a loft in SOHO waiting for her. Married to her college sweetheart, she has a daughter, Pepper (7), and a son, Peanut (4), both of whom have "special needs." As a practitioner of MIUAYGA (Making It Up As You Go Along) Parenting, Velma has no words of wisdom for readers of her blog, A Smeddling Kiss. She doesn't know what she's doing any more than you do, but so far she's thrilled with her results.
Erin
Erin loves yoga, her daughter, drinking Rhone reds, working, cooking, collecting loose tea, decorating her house, the Cape in the fall, pedicures, iced coffee and the smell of nag champa incense, not necessarily all in that order. When she isn't working, traveling or doing laundry she can be found at her own blog, Ladybug's Picnic. Want to know more? Stop by and say hello!
MamaLee was born and raised in the great state of Connecticut - she
grew up in Eastern CT and now is married with 3 kids, living in
Connecticut's Western Hills. Before becoming a Stay-at-home-Mom,
MamaLee was a music teacher, a theatre guru and an all-around artsy
fartsy gal. Now she enjoys raising her 3 little ones, ages 6, 4 and 3
and her 2 hairy beasts (her puppies). Add her husband, aka Corporate
Boy, and MamaLee has a wonderful family and a wonderful life. Of
course, she is in constant search for naptime and the occasional latte
or 4. Come visit her wonderful, hectic life at Full Plate
LifeAsIKnowIt is a 30-something mother of two who often wonders how she ended up living in suburbia. She and her husband relocated to Massachusetts 8 years ago and now call New England home. When she's not busy figuring out how to survive in a house full of boys, she can be found mixing up a martini, practicing yoga and reading a good book. Though not all at the same time. Check out her personal blog at LifeAsIKnowIt.
Kate is just barely 30-something, living in the seacoast area of New
Hampshire and waiting for the day when she can buy her dream house
overlooking the ocean. She knits. She travels. She does psychiatric
crisis assessments in emergency rooms, and has two small children; both
require largely the
same set of skills. More about her - probably too much more - can be
found on her blog, One More Thing.
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