About

I know more about being an alias than a mother.

I’m in my early thirties. I just had my first child. I live somewhere cold. I don’t always like the cold but I like the place. I didn’t always like the pregnancy but I pretty much like the child.

I like hiking, small towns, good shoes on clearance, American football, kids that are just a little bit naughty, black coffee, Sandra Bullock, and dirty vodka martinis with extra olives. I dislike sprawl, Stepford children, baseball, sweet wine, Meg Ryan, and people who pledge their everlasting love to Starbucks. I am ambivalent about camping, Dunkin Donuts, talking about my feelings, and Julia Roberts.

My parenting philosophy is: Do your best and it will all turn out all right in the end.  Which is my philosophy for just about everything, including cooking, marriage, writing, shoe purchases, and life.  I’ve thought about developing more philosophies, but I am lazy.

I don’t blog anonymously because I am embarrassed or ashamed about anything that I write, but because it just seemed like a better way to be honest.

This blog has nothing at all to do with the TV show Alias, which I have never seen although I’m sure that Jennifer Garner is a very nice woman and a fine actress. I must disagree with her choice of men, however.

You can e-mail advice, scorn, or pats on the head to alias_mother@yahoo.com.