Welcome!

Welcome to our new blog about modern mom with old fashioned attitudes! We are a collection of moms that have great ideas, neat tricks & positive thoughts about parenting, housework, relationships & self-preservation. We love our families & our selves; we like to do a lot of things the "old fashion" way (which can be, surprisingly green & easy) but we also love our modern amenities (especially our computers & Magic Eraser). Our goal is to give you great advise, funny stories, handy household hints, money saving tips, geeky posts and much more.

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Let me introduce myself. My name is Melanie, but my DD (dear daughter) calls me Mom. I have been with my partner for 4 1/2 years, our DD is 2 1/2 years old. I am a stay-at-home-working-mom; I work for a Temp Service occasionally doing office work and substitute teaching & I also (get paid to) do freelance writing out of my home.

I am have my BA in English and I am working at getting back to school to getting my teaching accreditation. I was a Sunday School teacher for middle school kids, and a preschool teacher for a several years, but now I am studying to be a High School English Teacher.

I have a back injury that affects my everyday life & a serious issue with organization (not accomplishing it), both of which I will be blogging about things that I try/find to help me tackle these issues. I write poetry, sew/cross-stitch, bake, read, play video/computer/board/role-playing games, do yoga, dance, scrapbook (and other various paper-decorating crafts). I also love sharing interesting thing that I find on the internet.

I hope that you enjoy our blog!

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My name is Beth. I am 28, and while I have had a lot of hard lumps in life, I am getting on my feet and working on me. All the better to help me, my sweet child, and my numerous nieces and nephews. I live with celiac disease, finally diagnosed after years of pain and malabsortion in October 2009. This may have been a cause in 3 miscarriages and numerous "feminine" issues. To this day, I am still growing and learning, tasting old foods made differently for the first time in years. I love food- even though I have had issues with it. So I try to find ways to make it good, safe and fun!

I am an auntie to many, with one surviving child of my own, a sweet girl who will be five in May, named Lorelei. The very first true love of my life!

I love to look at the moon and stars, read, write, test foods in an apartment I call the Doll House, hence, my recipes come from the "Doll House Test Kitchen". I support, among others, the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network. They have done so much for me, and others. I will be delighted to walk when they come around again!

I educate on food allergies, and am a psychology major, although I am considering studying theology. This is something I am doing a lot of hard thinking about. I am hearing impaired, although I can generally survive in the "normal" world, and attempting to learn ASL while I research hearing aids, among other things. I am actually thrilled most of the time, to live in two worlds, of disability, and of "normal"- I have seen so much good (and yes, some bad, but mostly good)- that some might have easily missed. I am blessed. And I am grateful.

To wrap this up, I am a goof, with no intention of changing that, who loves family, believes, if not in religion, than in a living faith... and has a big desire to help others. I have fought, and grown, and will continue to do so. I am delighted Melanie thought of me. She is a HUGE inspiration, and I am proud to count her as a friend, and now, a collaborator.

Thank you, Pleased to meet you!

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I will be adding the bio info on the other moms soon!

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