Hello! We're Kate & Lydia. Nice to meet you. We started MommyLand in the Fall of 2009, when we realized we were slowly going insane. Rather than take copious amounts of prescription medication, we wrote each other emails about losing our schmidt and doing too much laundry. One day, Kate decided that these emails should become a blog and Rants from MommyLand was born.
Between us, there are six children and three husbands (though not all at the same time - because that's illegal), two dogs and one cat. We write the blog while managing our incredibly glamorous lives. The highlights of which include wiping runny things followed by running snotty things to school, girl scouts and karate. Also, poopy diapers. Our readers frequently claim we must be breaking into their houses, because how else do we know what's happening in their lives and with their children? For security's sake, we don't do that. Anymore.
We started the blog writing under assumed names to protect our secret identies and guilty secrets. And also the privacy of our families. None of the names we use on here are real. But then we had the opportunity to write rants for other people (like stuff for Babble.com, The Huffington Post, Nickelodeon's Parents Connect and Washington Times communities) and go on TV and babble about stuff, so we had to start using our real names for that. In Mommyland, however we will remain Kate & Lydia forevah!
Lydia (known in real life as Julianna W. Miner)
Lydia is a mother of three who has been married for twelve years. She adores her children, who range in age from 1-7, in spite of the fact that they are little terror suspects. Prior to becoming a mother, she was a well educated professional with a career in the health field. She has been both a stay at home and working mom and found both to be exhausting.
She lives in the suburbs and drives a mini-van referred to as the Big White Tampon (BWT). She has a Labrador puppy who is both wild and adorable and one cat,who is very old and sort of a dick.
Her house is always dirty but the food is always good. Unlike her fabulous and gorgeous co-contributer, Lydia wears comfortable shoes, jeans from Target and frequently forgets to put on make-up. She teaches Sunday School but lets her kids listen to Lil Wayne in the BWT sometimes (provided they don't tell their father). She hopes you like the Mommyland Rants and thanks you very much for taking the time to check them out.
She lives in the suburbs and drives a mini-van referred to as the Big White Tampon (BWT). She has a Labrador puppy who is both wild and adorable and one cat,who is very old and sort of a dick.
Her house is always dirty but the food is always good. Unlike her fabulous and gorgeous co-contributer, Lydia wears comfortable shoes, jeans from Target and frequently forgets to put on make-up. She teaches Sunday School but lets her kids listen to Lil Wayne in the BWT sometimes (provided they don't tell their father). She hopes you like the Mommyland Rants and thanks you very much for taking the time to check them out.
Kate (known in real life as Kristin Wilson Keppler)Kate is a mother of three who has been married for nine years between two husbands. She works full time in the TV news business, which means she's basically failing at two jobs rather than one. However, her bosses tend to praise her work, mostly because she doesn't threaten to send them to their rooms every seven minutes. Like Lydia, she lives in the suburbs, and has one dog who the vets insist is dying, mostly, she thinks, to charge far too much for the 27-pill regimen he takes every day.
And, she looks in her very fashionable closet and sees that the amount of money she has pissed away on shoes she has no place to wear is more than her entire annual salary. She finds her co-contributor exceedingly funny, and, thanks to you reading this blog, her childrens' and husband's antics are just more material for this place rather than a reason to self-medicate. She hopes you enjoy reading MommyLand as much as she enjoys writing it.
Guru Louise (known in real life as Claire Goss)
Louise is a mother of two who has been married for five years. She is currently a suburban stay-at-home mom to her kids, who are both under age four--which means she spends much of her day discussing and subsequently wiping bodily fluids. She first started reading Rants in 2010 after her second child was born and she stopped sleeping...and having rational thoughts. Mommyland quickly became a happy escape where she could maniacally laugh at her laptop with a glass of wine while receiving nervous looks from her husband and children.
She earned her "Guru" status by accurately predicting that Kate and Lydia's blog would become a wildly popular sanctuary for all moms who are about to lose their damn minds. She thanks you for reading and feels undying gratitude to Kate and Lydia for saving her from commitment to the nervous hospital.
And, she looks in her very fashionable closet and sees that the amount of money she has pissed away on shoes she has no place to wear is more than her entire annual salary. She finds her co-contributor exceedingly funny, and, thanks to you reading this blog, her childrens' and husband's antics are just more material for this place rather than a reason to self-medicate. She hopes you enjoy reading MommyLand as much as she enjoys writing it.
AND INTRODUCING... Our new Mommy-in-Residence!
Guru Louise has been a great friend and helper to Mommyland over the past two years. In fact, our Holiday Hooker Helping Project would not have happened without her tireless work and kind, loving heart. Also - wine. Lots of wine.
Anyway, Kate is now working full-time and Lydia is working two part-time jobs, so we asked the Guru is she wouldn't mind stepping in and helping us out in a more official capcity. So here she is!
Louise is a mother of two who has been married for five years. She is currently a suburban stay-at-home mom to her kids, who are both under age four--which means she spends much of her day discussing and subsequently wiping bodily fluids. She first started reading Rants in 2010 after her second child was born and she stopped sleeping...and having rational thoughts. Mommyland quickly became a happy escape where she could maniacally laugh at her laptop with a glass of wine while receiving nervous looks from her husband and children.
She earned her "Guru" status by accurately predicting that Kate and Lydia's blog would become a wildly popular sanctuary for all moms who are about to lose their damn minds. She thanks you for reading and feels undying gratitude to Kate and Lydia for saving her from commitment to the nervous hospital.
