Sorry for the lame diary title, but I honestly couldn't think up anything that was amusing or entertaining or clever or even intelligent. So, I went for what I could grasp - unimaginative and obvious.

After lurking here for a few weeks, I finally decided to start posting comments last night, and another member here suggested that I write a diary introducing myself. So, here goes . . .

So, after lurking on this great website for over a year I finally decided to introduce myself.I discovered this site through Daily Kos.  I figured since I managed to get myself knocked up (with a little help of course:) I would take advantage of this great community and become a true part of it. I am a 29 y/o social worker who lives in Indiana. I am an adopted Hoosier having been born and raised on the East Coast, suburbs of Maryland. I have been married for four years to a wonderful DH and am expecting our first child in August. I am excited and nervous about his/her arrival and am trying to keep my anxiety in check:). I had the blessing of being in an elementary immersion program and am fluent in Spanish. I grew up Quaker but now attend a liberal, progressive Methodist church here in town. I can tend to be a little bit introverted and shy sometimes (thus the lurking) but am definitely trying to branch out more. Anyways, that is a little bit about me,I look forward to being part of this community and getting great advice and support!

I would like to introduce myself.  My husband is a member of Daily Kos and after I had some negative experiences in an online forum, he suggested that I try Mother Talkers!  I like the way women are allowed to open up here, and share anything.  I am having trouble with the layout of the board, because I am used to a different format, but I will persevere.

My name is Suzi and I am a native to Southern California. I attended high school in the 80's and was lucky to be accepted to the only college to which I applied - UC Irvine.  I left my cozy life, filled with music and performing in the high school choir, and felt instantly lost and alone at UCI.  I was emotionally unready for college.  I went through the motions and only changed my major once - from "Social Science" to a more concentrated "Psychology." I got my BA in 1989 and went on to study for a Master's degree.  My career goal was to become an academic counselor.  Little did I know, I would earn my degree but because of a lack of any experience whatsoever, I would never work in that field.  What did I do?  I worked as a buyer for a store specializing in Apple Macintosh computers!

Hi. I have been lurking here at MTs for a few weeks with caution much the same as I have been cautious in my decision to become a mother. I have enjoyed the many insights into motherhood offered here on a wide variety of subjects and have been moved to both laughter and sadness by your stories.

I am currently living in a very conservative area where my ideals and values are often frowned upon. My impression is that this site offers an open-minded sounding board for contentious mothers.

My relationship with my mother has been a deterrent in my enthusiasm to become a mother myself. However, I have dramatically altered my opinion of myself in the past 2 years. Much to my surprise (and my husband’s elation); I have become excited and confident that I would love to become a mother and that I will not make the same fundamental mistakes that my mother made (I was a great burden and inconvenience to her, to put it mildly). That said I know I will make plenty of my own mistakes and for that reason I hope that this can be an invaluable resource for me to ask for the wisdom of others who have endured similar challenges. I look forward to learning much more!

I’ve been lurking for several months, and have been posting comments for the past few days, but today I realized that I haven’t quite introduced myself, so here it goes.

I am a childhood friend of Erika; we found each other on the internet a few months ago. She and I went to Middle School together (we used to call it Jr. High back then). After almost 20 years, we’ve come to realize that we have more than the past in common. Big "up’s" to the internet!

I am a mother of two: Dominic just turned 4 and Mia turned 2 last month. I have been together with their dad for 7 years. We aren’t married just yet, but maybe this year. For some reason we keep finding more responsible things to do with our money (i.e. fix our home or pay off our cars). Every year around New Years we always talk about it and say, "Maybe this year."  Although I own my own company, it feels very much like I am a stay at home mom. I’m blessed that I get to spend so much time with my kids. Dominic and Mia both go to pre-school three days a week because I think it’s important for them and for me as well.

Hi all - my name is Jennifer and i live in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.  I'm married to a university professor (20 years) and we have 2 children, ages 6 & 4.  Now that my kids are a little older, I am trying to find "me" again and figure out what to do with the rest of my life.  I've been working on this for a little over a year (since I turned 40), and the progress is slow.  I volunteer in both classrooms, and spend a goodly part of my waking hours driving kids around.  

Oh!  We birthed our son, who is now 6.  We adopted our daughter from China 3 years ago last July.  Both experiences were equally incredible and fabulous, in their own ways.  

JLMS QKW:  my initials, and my 3 favorite hobbies, back when your yahoo id could only be 8 characters.  I still quilt occasionally, knit when I'm waiting for something, and abandoned weaving with my first and only pregnancy.

I was out of town when the Who Are You thread popped up (which was great!) and although I chime in once in a while I've never really done this... Miles' momma's entry reminded me!

My name is Thais (I'm just about 30) and I live with my husband (27yo musician) and nearly-2-year-old daughter Sparrow in southern Louisiana. She was a Katrina baby. It's an interesting and long story, but the short version is that she was concieved in the lower 9th ward of New Orleans, inspired us to sell the house and move to the northshore 2 weeks before Katrina (luck), and then at 2 weeks overdue we had to evacuate to my mom's house a little further north and she was induced (they were running out of room) and born in a strange hospital and brought home to an air-conditionless house sheltering 13 family members and 14 pets.

So much for the birth plan.