YAY! It’s time for another Super (Silly) Mom interview! Ann Imig is another one of my favorite bloggers. I’m pretty sure I could show up for a play date at her house, with dirty hair and no bra and she wouldn’t even look at me funny. She calls herself the Stay-At-Home Humorist, which I think is totally genius and I would be green with envy at her creativity if she didn’t make me laugh so freakin’ hard.
One of my favorite posts over on her blog, Ann’s Rants, is Bedtime with Mussolini, if you have EVER tried to put a child in the bed that didn’t want to go, you will get it.
Ann has also taken her Mommy Humor to a whole new level, by producing the stage show Listen To Your Mother, where local women came together at the Barrymore Theater to read their written reflections on motherhood.
How old are your kids?
My boys are 3 and 6.
What were you doing before you had kids?
Bugging my husband to have kids. Before that I spent some years as an Administrative Assistress (stage actor), sold :30 chunks of advertising in Entertainment Tonight and Relic Hunter, and got a Masters in Social Work.
Most surprising thing about motherhood?
The beauty, the pain, and the pee smell.
Have you always wanted to be a writer? How did you get to where you are today?
I have always been a writer, but only in the past year did I attempt to bring it under the perfectionistic and self-sabotaging umbrella of “professional.” Clinically speaking I am “Hobby Incapable with a dual diagnosis of financially delusional.”
Tell us about Listen To Your Mother.
Listen To Your Mother is a Mother’s Day production in which local writers read their own writing about motherhood to their own community. I created the show in order to celebrate the collective human experience of mothering, and to take the audience on a journey that validates, inspires, educates and most importantly– makes everyone laugh so hard they resent me for not scheduling an intermission.
How can people get involved with LTYM?
The second annual LTYM is scheduled for Mother’s Day May 8, 2011 at The Barrymore Theater in Madison, Wisconsin. Auditions will occur in 2011. I am in the process of considering how/when to bring the show to more cities. In the mean time, people should join the Facebook fan page and watch the website www.listentoyourmothershow.com for updates.
Bonus Question: What’s the most absurd thing you have ever heard yourself say to your kids? (Mine is “WE DO NOT BITE BALLS! DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?”)
“Good night stars, Goodnight room, Goodnight Chow jumping over the moon.”
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Thanks so much for this opportunity super silly Robin! You are the best.
Ann is simply, a genius.
(And when does that pee smell part end?)
I have to agree with the assessment of "genius" for Ann's humor writing, but I also love, "Hobby Incapable with a dual diagnosis of financially delusional." Great interview!
And as I type this, a little boy sits on my lap smelling of pee (the boy – not the lap – although, now that he's been sitting on it…)
"Hobby Incapable with a dual diagnosis of financially delusional."
Oh, I how love this.
And the pee smell? What is it about the pee smell? I was on my hands and knees last night sniffing my rug, trying to figure out WHERE, exactly, it was coming from. Turned out to be a throw pillow. WTF? Who pees on a throw pillow?
Thanks for the chance to get to know Ann better! I love both of your blogs, and always get a much needed laugh.
-Ellie
"Goodnight Chow jumping over the moon" made me do a spit take with coffee and then soon after choke.
But it was worth it!
Great interview!
Yay for featuring one of my favorite ranters!
I'm a rabid "fANNilow!"
XO
Anna
Ann underestimates here awesomeness! Great blog and fun interview.
Could I love your humor more? I doubt this highly.
Great interview, Ann is hee-larious! And as a mom you become highly attuned to the pee smell…we were at the beach yesterday and all I could do was sniff and wish my nostrils numb.
Yay for Ann and for LTYM!
I love Ann. Above any other title she has, the queen of kindness is the best.
She is kind to everyone who visits her blog, she supports them, and has no hierarchy of who to talk to, who not to talk to.
She is very, very special.
And a freakin' hilarious read, too. Especially when she channels the 7th grade schoolgirl. (my fave)
You couldn't have picked a better Super Silly Mom!
Love the interview. It's always so nice to learn more about the woman you stalk. "The beauty, the pain and the pee smell" – so very true.
Ann is an amazing writer, a snappy dresser, an agile accessorizer…
And a complete hoot and a half.
And Robin that's right…we do not bite balls. Not even superballs, no matter how inviting the swirly inside may be. Not now, not ever.
No.
Rene
I can't get enough of Ann and her awesomeness! Great interview!
How much do I adore the super silly Ann Imig? Good choice, Robin. And it's kind of late now, so I say to you both, Goodnight Chow.
Oh such a fun interview – I could definitely use a bit of LTYM here.
robin, glad ann introduced me to your site. i am a mother to three, 16, 13 and 10 and my 10 is, well…really 2. she is special and i live the life of perpetual toddlerhood. it sucks, but it can make you laugh your ass off too! look forward to reading you, as we don't bite balls at our house either! 😉
Thanks to everyone for the comments and for following!! I've asked Ann if we can arrange a marriage between our kids so that her people can be my people, because y'all are awesome!!!
And beyondparalegal, we also DO NOT JUMP ON THE TRAMPOLINE TOPLESS! (I realize it's harmless NOW, but one day they could REALLY hurt themselves…)
I'm an Ann groupie! Don't know how I missed this interview but I'm glad I check it out. I learned some new things about her.
Thanks,
jj
I could read 200 questions directed at Ann. Every answer would be a gem.
Great interview! You're hilarious.