A clever twist on Mormon mommy blogs

Published: Monday, July 21 2008 12:08 p.m. MDT

She is way in love with her cute husband. She sells yummy-smelling

candles. She hearts Stampin Up! and is super-excited to be preggers.She is Tiffany/Amber/Megan/Nicole, and she's a composite character — some might call her a stereotype. She's the voice behind "Seriously, so Blessed!" a satirical blog that is so true to form, you might not catch that all those exclamation points are meant to be ironic.The

site was created in June by an individual who prefers to remain

anonymous but who via e-mail correspondence claims to be a married

25-year-old Mormon mom living in Utah. "Seriously, so blessed!" was

intended to be a good-natured response to those perky mommy-blogs so

prevalent in family circles."I made 'Seriously, so blessed!'

one afternoon while our baby was napping last month, just as a joke for

a couple of friends after laughing about how funny family blogs can

get...the widgets, the enthusiasm, the tone, the whole bit," she said.

"I definitely made it in good fun and not out of spite."Riddled

with cheeriness and superlatives, TAMN's blog is a hilarious spoof on

the way women portray their family life for their readers. TAMN and her

husband, Jordan/Jason/Wes/Taylor, have a fairy-tale romance. They live

in a condo/townhouse/mini-mansion while JJWT attends

law/dental/business/medical school — take your pick. The site has been

a hit in the few weeks it's been online, catching the eye of

MormonTimes.com's Emily Jensen.The author of "Seriously, so

blessed!" says, "I figure the attention this is getting just shows what

a hilarious phenomenon the married Mormon blog has become. TAMN

combines everything entertaining and obnoxious in the blogs that make

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