Hi, I’m Supermom.

I’m mommy to five amazing kids – one in high school, two in 1st grade, and two in preschool. I’m very happily married to a really kickass guy.

This blog is brand new, but I’m not a brand new blogger. Actually, April of 2010 will mark ten years of blogging for me.  I author another blog elsewhere which focuses more on the business end of blogging, networking, and social media. I started this blog with the intention of focusing more on my love for writing and journaling my life.

Something strange about me is the conflict I feel between wanting to be in the spotlight and wanting to shy away from attention altogether. I have no problem documenting my life in words and photos and sharing it with the universe, but I occasionally struggle in social situations where I have to ask or answer questions. When I’m the center of attention, it feels okay for a moment, and then I feel like I’m making a total ass of myself and I spend the next three days fretting over exactly what I said and how it came across and if people took it the wrong way.

One of these areas I’ve dealt with a LOT over the past six years is our unique parenting situation – my husband and I are the parents of 2 sets of twins.  For YEARS, we were a spectacle wherever we went, and people endlessly asked questions and made comments. That doesn’t happen much anymore, and I can’t say that I miss it. In addition to having two sets of multiples, one of our children has autism, which leads to lots of other questions from people. I don’t mind answering questions about autism at all – please feel free to ask me lots and lots of questions. I truly believe it’s one of my callings in life to parent a special needs child, and to educate people about what it’s really like.

Things I Like:

• Sushi, wine, coffee
• The 70s and anything from my childhood
• Listening to my children laugh
• Writing
• Most music
• Photography
• Enjoying life with my family (they’re awesome)

Things I Don’t Like

• Reality TV
• Drama, douchebags, and confrontation in general
• Procrastinating, being disorganized, wasting time
• Intolerant people
• People trying to take the mic when I’m singing karaoke. Don’t you know that I’m awesome? Let me have my moment!
• The endless stream of paper that comes home from school every day. I have no idea what to do with all of it.

I feel very lucky, and I LOVE MY LIFE. I’m very blessed in that I’m married to an amazing man who supports me in all that I do. He’s also not afraid to share his opinion, question things, and play devil’s advocate…uh, a LOT. I’m thankful he is the way he is, though – he has high standards for how he wants to live his life, and we seem to balance each other out beautifully. Our kids are so lucky to have him, and so am I. I’d also like to state for the record that I love having a big family. I came from a very small family, and I always wanted a houseful of happy kids, and I finally have that.

The title of this blog, THE REAL SUPERMOM, is mostly tongue-in-cheek. I’ll admit, the question I am asked most in life is, “How do you DO it?” but the answer, unfortunately, is…I have no idea. I sometimes joke around and tell people, “I just drink a lot.” But I don’t even do that, either. I always WANT to kick back with a cocktail in the evening, but I’m always on the clock! The truth is, my house is kind of a mess, I’m always behind on laundry, I NEVER clean out my purse or car, and my kids walk around with tangled hair pretty much every day. But somehow, it all works out in the end. Things always fall into place, we always get things done, and we fall into bed at night happy. To me, that’s everything.

I’m glad you’re here. If you want to know more, you can follow me on Twitter or drop me a line anytime at therealsupermom@gmail.com.