Mommybloggers: Queen of Spain, huh? Tell us why.

Erin: My attitude got me the name. I was being rather demanding about how large and obnoxious my engagement ring must be and a friend (the goon squad's dad) said "Who the F*&^% do you think you are? The Queen of Spain????!!!"
A legend was born.

Mommybloggers: We love your candid, intense and provocative writing style. Is there anything you consider off-limits?

Erin: NOTHING is off limits. Nothing goes through a filter. Nothing is censored. Huh, should it be? Hahaha. I know the risks are big, but that is how I think and how I talk and what comes out. Sure I regret it sometimes, but its the good and the bad.

Mommybloggers: Have you always been a writer? Do you think that motherhood has changed your 'voice?'

Erin: Yes, have always been a writer, but I was always writing news. Very, very straight news. How boring, right? Motherhood has given me the opportunity to say all those things I could not say while just doing news.

Mommybloggers: How did you get into blogging?

Erin: Sarah got me into blogging. She was doing it and I KNEW I wanted to do it too. I am such a sucker for doing whatever the cool kids are doing.

Mommybloggers: We have to ask...what do you think of the term "mommyblogger?" Are you a mommyblogger?

Erin: Damn right I'm a Mommyblogger. I don't care what you call me. Whore. Slut. Mommyblogger. It is all true.

Mommybloggers: Tell us about your formative years...where did you grow up? What kind of kid were you?
Erin: I grew up in the suburbs of Detroit and I was a pain in the ass then too. I HAD to be Princess Leia and I beat up my little brother a lot. I did well in school, editor of my HS paper, on the student council and I played basketball. Which means all cheerleaders can kiss my ass.

Mommybloggers: Your letter to Michelle Obama was picked up by several major media sources - were you surprised by the attention?

Erin: What surprised me was it was THAT post that got all the attention. I understand why-but I've written so many others worthy of people FREAKING out and totally failing to understand. Sheesh.

Mommybloggers: What are your goals for your writing?

Erin: My goals are to be able to have every parent in the world listening to me, drinking my kool-aid, and then giving me all their money.

Mommybloggers: Do you have other projects in the works? Where else can we read you?

Erin: My projects in the works are never-ending. Right now you can read me at QofS of course, and the Huffington Post, and Dotmoms and Blogher. And yes, there is a top secret project in the works that involves me spilling some really, really juicy things...stay tuned.

Mommybloggers: What are you passionate about?

Erin: sex and food and good wine

Mommybloggers: What surprises you?

Erin: Not much surprises me, except when people betray me. For some reason I am a big believer in the goodness of people and when they cross me, I'm always totally SHOCKED.

Mommybloggers: Let's talk Second Life...why should we join up right now? What does one have to do to get thrown off your private island?

Erin: YOU MUST join SecondLife right now for a MILLION reasons. First of all, it takes away all this comment BS we leave for eachother and gets us all TALKING to eachother in person and in real time. Its the next level of our community. We can hang out together even if you are some crazy Canadian and I am some hippie California chick. NOW the really good part is we can go shopping and clubbing and drinking and house decorating and whatever your mind can imagine. And it's SL, the only thing you could really do to get thrown off my islands would be to cross the Queen. And even then I don't handle it, I have my security team come rough you up.

Mommybloggers: Are you headed to BlogHer this summer?

Erin: HELL YES I'm coming to BLOGHER this summer. I can't wait. And I am coming WITHOUT the kids this year, so um...someone warn the greater Chicago area.

Mommybloggers: Tell us a secret.

Erin: tee hee hee. I can't. I really, really cant. I have none. They are all on my blog ;)

1. What is your favorite parent related word? BEDTIME 2. What is your least favorite parent related word? --wait---can it be two? Because then is "I WANT..." 3. What is your favorite creative censored curse word used around children? um...I don't have one. We all know I swear too much. Face of an angel, mouth like a trucker. (my new favorite phrase as told to me by my mother's best friend!)

4. What is your favorite hiding place within your home when you need to get away from it all? Hiding place? Is this a cruel joke? Do other moms really have hiding places?

5. What hiding place have you been found in too often and can no longer use?

6. If Oprah exists, what would you like to hear her say when you arrive at the Oprah Winfrey show when she features the Mommybloggers? Hi Ms. Winfrey, nice to meet you...what the HELL took you so long bitch? And let's talk diet and those Oprah earrings I soooo love. Help me get skinny and then give me those diamond teardrop suckers. I want them. Come on, we all know you can buy more. And they really would look sooo good on my ears. Please? Thanks. And can you call my husband and tell him I really want to adopt a child from Africa? You can talk him into it, I know you can. Ask him to get the kids a dog too while you are at it...might as well go for broke.