about melissa

June 21, 2006

I live in southern California with my very tall husband and four kids who are still shorter than I am. Abigail is seven, Owen is four, Audrey’s a year old, and Sadie is brand new. (And yes, they were all born at home. And cloth diapered. And all that jazz. I know you were wondering.) They move fast, but I’m young and have stamina. And caffeine.

I spend my days reading books both with and without questionable language, and wondering how we can possibly have run out of clean spoons AGAIN. In my free time I enjoy—wait, no, I have no free time. Well, on my days off, I—wait again, no days off either. Hmm…

I do occasionally find time to write coherent sentences and string them together; find my clips here.

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annie July 28, 2007

Hi Melissa,
Just discoverd your blog and am thoroughly enjoying it. You crack me up! Where have you been all my life? Well – dumb question… Seeing as my “one-and-only” is about to turn 16 and your oldest is just six and I was NOT a teen mother I must be quite a bit older than you. But I sure could have used you and your blog back when I was in your stage of life! ‘Course back then there were no “blogs…” Shoot – the Internet was just emerging for the general public. Yikes! Now I feel really OLD. Still – LOVE your stuff!

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Melissa August 8, 2007

Thanks, Annie! Most of your life I’ve been… uh, you know… around. Just not around here, I guess. :)

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Catherine August 9, 2007

Yours is only the second (young) Audrey I’ve come across, mine will be two later this month.

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Anonymous February 24, 2008

Hey Melissa !

I love you … and in many ways I AM you. I think. Well sort of. I, too, have four children — 6, 5, 3 and four months, live in So Cal, shop at TJ’s, use cloth diapers, wince at wayward, unsolicited remarks re: my ‘abundant’ family, and love to read/write. But then again — I am black and newly divorced. Alas.

Cool blog. Cooler mommie. Keep it coming. You’re keeping me sane … but most importantly laughing.

April

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Melissa February 26, 2008

Hi April! Of course I love you too, especially since you are me.

So does the laughter keep us sane, or does it signal that we’ve gone over the edge? Hmmm…

Thanks for saying hello!

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