Welcome to The Daily Mom!

OK, so I’ve been thinking about starting this blog for months and figure the only way to get it going is to just start writing.  I’m Elaine, and have been married to my fabulous husband for 13 years (on the 29th), and we have 2 gorgeous daughters, Taylor, 4, and Morgan, 1.  Prior to becoming a Mom, I spent my career days in primarily advertising (I’ve made it, sold it, bought it), but I did oversee operations and marketing for a popular e-commerce wedding accessories store for the 5 years just before Taylor was born.  In a nutshell, that gets us to present day where I’m at home with the girls (when I’m not carting them somewhere), running my own internet company from home (yes, work-at-home mom, it sounds nice, but trust me, is totally crazy!), and general domestic engineer, accountant, cook and whatever else there is to do.

Who is the Daily Mom?  Girls, it’s all of us!  We all have a million things to juggle at once while holding ourselves to (more than likely) unrealistic expectations to make everything PERFECT!  Our lives change forever the second that little bundle comes out screaming and I suspect that even when they are grown and on there own…until the day we die…we will not stop being an overprotective, worrisome, loving and doting mother.  My own mom reminds me of this all the time.

Some of my hopes and ideas for this blog are to provide a light and fun outlet for inspirational stories (we all need support sometimes), time-saving and creative ideas to help us through our busy days, family friendly QUICK recipes (because I know how much fun it is to try cooking dinner with a 1 year old and 4 year old running around and in between my feet), fun activities for our kids, great mom-friendly products and a special feature for mom-invented products.  I think I’ll also sprinkle a little bit of celebrity baby gossip too.  Keep a look out for special contests and free giveaways!

So as I begin this journey, I thought a good day to kick off would be to celebrate Earth Day, April 22nd, and what the heck, the Earth is pretty important to us so we will celebrate all week!

Have a Beautiful Day!

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