Dear Mama Nirvana

I thought I would take some time and answer some of the email that has been piling up in my Inbox. Hope you don't mind me sharing.

Dear Mama Nirvana,
You sure seem to complain a lot. Shouldn't someone like you, who has the chance to stay home with her kids every day and who has a husband who supports her in every way be constantly filled with joy and counting her blessings?
Sincerely, A Reader Who Cares

Dear Ms. Cares,
You are absolutely right. I complain a lot. While I am grateful for a husband who has a job that sometimes covers some of our bills, I can't help but long for my career when I am listening to my baby cry for 17 hours out of every day (every day!), and me pulling out my hair trying to figure out why he is crying, and me loading and unloading the dishwasher and then loading and unloading it again. And again. And my absolute lack of adult human contact for days on end. And the house that never looks clean. And the mountains of laundry that I stare at and wonder who's job it is to do (I guess it would be mine). And my total lack of talent of being the kind of mom that I assume most everyone else is. Uh-oh, Ms. Cares, looks like I'm complaining again. While I'm on a roll I think I'll add my annoyance at my current haircut, which never sits right, the lack of decent restaurants in my town, my inability to discover a pair of black pumps that look good on my feet, and George Bush. I think that's all for now.
Sincerely, Mama Nirvana

Dear Mama Nirvana,
Why do you insist on writing down all of the minute details of your day to day life? Why can't you more regularly include pictures for your readers to look at? No one wants to read an extra long post about how hard it is to tweeze your eyebrows.
Bored in Blogville

Dear Bored,
I'm sorry that you find my posts dull. I myself find them dull and have written about it on numerous occasions, which didn't include pictures so you probably wouldn't be interested. I have also previously explained that I am not a photographer and don't take pictures very regularly. I usually have to remind myself about once a week to post pictures of my children, just so my husband and mother will stop complaining. Bored, I have to ask, do you only buy magazines for the pictures, or do you actually read the articles? There are plenty of great photoblogs out there -- go check them out and leave mine alone.
Mama Nirvana

Dear Mama Nirvana,
How do you decide who to include on your blogroll?
Another Mommy Blogger

Dear Mommy,
In one section, Cool Mamas, I include anyone that I know who has put me on their blogroll and that I check in on regularly. I actually know nearly every one of those Mamas in person, except for Kristin and Nicole, who I "met" in very different ways. It's not an exclusive group, so if you want to be added, let me know. I usually want someone to at least comment a couple of times before I'll add you on. You also don't have to be a Mama to be on the list. My Daily Reading section includes blogs that I have read for a while and enjoy. Every once in a while I'll take one off or add a new one. Keep your eye on that section for new additions.
Mama Nirvana

Dear Mama Nirvana,
From looking at your picture you have posted on your front page you look so pretty and put together. What is your secret?
A Bloggy Admirerer

Dear Bloggy,
I have two things to say to you -- Have you ever read anything I have written? and Get your eyes checked! You better believe that any picture of myself that I would dare post on this site was edited to the hilt, so I doubt you would recognize me in person.
Sincerely, Mama Nirvana