[last edit: August 20, 2009]
Welcome to MommyCosm.com…
Ashlie is a thirtysomething, stay-and-work-at-home mother of Sarah and Max. Ashlie and Jake have been together for 12 years, married for 7 years, make that 8 years. They currently live in the Seacoast area of New Hampshire, but threaten each winter to move to sunny Aruba.
To learn a little about Ashlie, check out the Top 10: Random Facts About THE Mommy, My 100 Things post. There is also the new (8/25/2008) Meet the MommyCosm family post, complete with pictures.
Ashlie, aka THE Mommy, is an Internet Researcher/Blogger in real life. What does that mean exactly? She gets to work from home and research top blogs, while wearing her pjs…and she gets paid for it. Cool gig, but, NO she does not get paid to blog here. Someday she will reveal her real name and job. She helped coach her alma mater to a high school state championship in 2007. She as a passion for coaching high school softball and hopes to someday coach a college team, or maybe the Aruba National Team. Not until the kids are grown up though.
Jake, aka, THE Daddy works very hard to balance work and family. He was laid off as Dir of Construction for a local restaurant group in 2008. After 20 weeks of unemployment and a 6 month legal battle, he ended up accepting a position as Dir of Facilities for a different local restaurant group...and has since moved on as VP of Ops for a start up biofuel company. He's consistenly provided ample blog fodder.
Sarah, aka Princess, is an almost 7 years old and in 2nd grade. She survived her first experience with the public school system last year. Ashlie attended Catholic Schools for 12 years, she is not actually Catholic and neither are her children. Sarah is a very spirited little diva who wants to be a teacher, pop star and Hooters Girl when she grows up. “Precocious” would be an appropriate adjective to describe her. She already has numerous performances under her very small belt; her first was singing solo in front of 100 people when she was just 4 years old.
Max, aka BamBam, is 4 years old. He is a total bull in a china shop. He was born 5 weeks early after condemning Ashlie to 9 weeks of bed rest due to premature labor issues. You wouldn’t guess his “preemie” birth status if you saw him. He’s destined to become a football player. In 2008, Max has alternated between day care and a sitter at home due to health concerns. He had a mystery virus and was having mysterious GI issues reflux issues causing him to vomit in the middle of the night. Finally have that under control via homeopathic remedies. He is entering a 4 day preschool program in fall of 2009.
MommyCosm was initially created as an experiment for Ashlie for a number of reasons:
1) to see if she could shake “mommy brain” enough to formulate complete sentences without being interrupted 50 times
2) to gain first hand knowledge of this thing called “blogging” since she now has a job from home researching blogs
3) (last but not least) to have a place to share mommyism, advice, recipes, or any other experiences that may help others.
Comments are always welcome, unless you are a TROLL. Don’t even think about leaving hateful comments or negative energy in my world. Nothing here is confidential, unless I want it to be. My world. My rules.
I rarely only recently began to post pictures of myself and my kids. I’m paranoid about stalkers and pervs. If you are a stalker or perv and you use one of my pictures, I will hunt you down. I know people. They will hunt you down too.
Oh, and for the record, Ashlie doesn’t feel that she is THE ultimate authority on being a mommy. Mommies come in all shapes, sizes and beliefs. BUT, Mommycosm is the world according to HER viewpoint, so for the sake of this blog, she is THE Mommy. Don’t like it? Don’t read it.
You can email THE Mommy at: themommy@mommycosm.com
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