This is tough. I know about me already, so it’s hard to try to figure out what others might want to know about me. First, some quick links:

• I lose things. A lot.
• I keep things in my bra. (Besides boobs.)
• I like to make things. I’m not super good at it, but I still like to make things.
• I wear dishwashing gloves when I work in my kitchen
• I fantasize about doing cartwheels down the hall at work
• I kill defenseless paper bunnies (AND I LIKE IT!)
• Sometimes I get all deep and blather on about the secret of life
• I like to grow things. I like to harvest their seeds too. Sometimes I kill them inadvertently. (WAH!)
• I have cute kids
• They make things too
• Sometimes, it’s really hard raising kids. Even if they’re cute.
• I have a husband too.
• I was in PORN!
• I have gotten really good at giving my kids eyedrops
• I had pink hair for a short bit. here’s some (long-winded) reasons why

We’ll also try a list style, though I know I’ll never get up to the usual internet “101 things” blather.

1. I like to write on this website because it helps me clear my head and allows me to work better, play better, think better, create better, and just be better. It’s like, once I vomit up the thoughts in my brain, once they’re out and down on paper (ok, internet paper), I can dismiss them and go on to other things. A better name for this blog might be brain vomit. But that isn’t very appealing, is it? Crazy mokes - much better.
2. My name is Amy. I sometimes use “raine” as an internet handle/nickname. I am 32 years old, and have been married to my husband James since May 1999. I kept my surname. We have been together since 1995, so over a decade now. I use our real names on this site, but (I think, anyway) don’t use our last names, even though someone could probably find them out if they wanted. (Oh well.) Our son Ethan was born in May of 2002, and our daughter Jocelyn in March of 2004. We are done having kids, 2 is enough for us. We live in the suburbs of DC, in northern Virginia. I was working as a web designer when Ethan was born, went back to work when he was 7 weeks old (and yes, that sucked) was laid off when he was 7 months old (and cheered for joy), and stayed home for the next 3(ish) years. I went back to work fall 2005, before Jocelyn turned 2 (march 2006), pretty much out of financial necessity. I love working. I also hate being a working mom. And, I love being a working mom. It’s a paradox. It sucks, and yet it saves me, all at the same time.
3. Did I get all those basics out of the way for you? Hmmm. I think so. Here are a few more.
4. I like to do gardeny type things. When I was a kid, my family lived in a house on about an acre of land that was actually an alfalfa field. We had a big garden and I even remember a compost pile, and we grew lots of veggies and things and I remember it being a lot of fun. Now, we live in a house which doesn’t have an acre of land, OH SO FAR from it, as we have neighbors ALL around, but when we moved here out of our first home (where we basically put mulch down occasionally and called it good), I decided I wanted to garden. So garden I did, and do, and I often detail my gardening efforts here, as I am decidedly a novice.
5. Home decorating. I’m not so good at it. I like to complain a lot about it, I think mostly because then I have something to point at and say, “See? THIS is the way I am, I just can’t do it.” But really, I can, and I’m working on it, and someday we’ll get there. (The rainbow.. connection.. the lovers the dreamers and ME!) Sorry. Couldn’t help it, I love that song. So yes, I document my home decorative efforts as well. I have no problem with other acts of domesticity, such as wearing dish-washing gloves while I clean the kitchen, making yummy food. I also like being crafty, quilting and crocheting.
6. Project skinny - I am overweight, and am in the process of making myself skinny. I didn’t get this way overnight, and I don’t expect to reverse it overnight either, in fact, I don’t obsess about it too much, which is good .. but also bad I’ll get there when I get there, and on the way I write about it. i seem to be in a denial phase at the moment.. but i’ll be getting back to project skinny soon.
7. Anything else? I think that covers all the things that are basically documented here.. I tend to get kind of depressed and mopey when I don’t get enough sleep. I also tend to get VERY long winded (when I’m tired, I mean. Not that I’m not otherwise, too, but .. oh shoosh). This often results in my talking James’ ear off at an hour of the night when we should be sleeping, but it also means I get pretty prolific here on this site. I also type very fast, which leads to a lot of typos sometimes. I also don’t bother with capitals when I really get going. Sometimes I go back and fix these lil things, but more often, I simply post what I’ve written w/out editing, because editing screws with my head and makes me want to not post at all, and that’s no fun. So basically what with all the rambling and the talking and the run on sentences and the parenthetical asides and footnotes and typos and BLATENT disregard for proper capitalization and spell check - really it is crazy, CRAZY, I TELL YOU. GET OUT. GET OUT NOW, WHILE YOU STILL CAN.
8. I don’t really have an 8, but one certainly can’t end on 7, can one? Of course not.

I hope you’ll leave a comment, or e-mail me (at crazymokes at gmail dot com), as I’m crazy for the knowledge that anyone actually reads all this blather and might even enjoy it. I am also crazy with the reading of blogs, so feel free to pass yours along and I will check it out.