Joy in the Wonderment is an online journal written by Katie. You can find the Joy in the Wonderment archives here or access all of Blissfully Domestic’s online journals here.

If you’d like to spend some time with me, please stop by my blog rather than my home.

My blog is clean and argument-free (save one post on the husband and the remote control which painfully backfired).

And, apparently, I’m only funny on the blog. Someone actually told me, “I didn’t know you were funny until I read your blog.”

Um, thanks?

Anyways, I’d like you to believe I have perfectly-arched eyebrows and spend my days teaching Madeline long division since she mastered multiplication at 18 months old.

The truth? I’m typing this in my pajamas with yesterday’s mascara smudged under my eyes while Madeline literally runs circles in the living room.

Please tell me that is an intellectually stimulating exercise for her.

And not only do my eyebrows need a good waxing, but my upper lip probably needs it too. (Did I really just type that?)

Blogs are pretty and glossy. Life is messy.

It’s easy to believe my favorite bloggers live in spotless homes and mother perfectly while sipping Starbucks and reading their “subscription.” (Angie, I may or may not be talking about you.)

That’s when I have to remind myself that I wouldn’t read MckMama if she only talked about cleaning her dirty baseboards and surely, surely, she does have them.

On second thought, I probably would read it and, most likely, she would have fantastic photos to go with it.

So while I’m not going to stop reading blogs, I will remember how much I love my life, the messiness, the upper lip and all, because that’s what it is: my life.

Photo by A. Bryan Photography