About
Hello, my name is Tricia.
I am wife to one electrifying husband, and mother of two spazzy kids.
I moonlight as a freelance writer and monthly contributor to An Army of Ermas and Adding Zest to Your Nest.
I live here on the domestic fringe in denial of my actual age, avidly avoiding scales, and eating too many M&M’s.
I hope to encourage you in the monotony of everyday life. The goal of The Domestic Fringe is to help people smile.
I feel like women are full of pressure to succeed, meet expectations, and continually strive to be “perfect”.
I hope The Domestic Fringe will become a place for women to escape stress and laugh a little.
Won’t you join me in this adventure called life?
By the way, I’m a terrible speller.
Let me introduce you to FringeMan. 
We have been married for thirteen adventure filled years. He is an electrician turned preacher who can’t manage to escape the fire prevention business – house fires and hell’s fires.
At one time he played in a hard core band and was a nuisance wildlife trapper. Life with FringeMan is anything but ordinary. You can read all about our love story HERE.
We have two amazing children who have managed to inherit every goofy jean we possess. FringeBoy and FringeKid are little blessings. They challenge our sanity and cause us to shake our heads in wonder.
- FringeKid
- FringeBoy
Thanks for visiting The Domestic Fringe.
I do hope you come again…often.
And YES, you definitely find humor in life!!! Keep up the good work!
Nice to meet you, Tricia. *waves* May I have a couple o’ those M&Ms?
Tricia,
First let me thank you for your recent comment on my blog.
Second, how cool is it that your Dad is in Portugal?!
You have a beautiful site and I’ll look forward to hearing from you.
Tricia,
Your blog popped up on my tag surfer. I enjoyed your site and ‘welcome’ to the blog world. I have a super recipe for an overnight French Toast that makes it’s own caramel topping. Check it out. I hope you will visit and hope you find something you can use. I post a lot of recipes, money saving ideas, etc.
Lee
http://www.akentuckycreation.wordpress.com
Loved your blog site, congratulations on a wonderful style of writing, it was as though you were talking to me.
If you need any cookery tips, I am justg trying to sret up Crafty Cookies Kitchen http://www.craftycookieskitchen.blog.co.uk
Long may you continue to publish.
Best Wishes
Crafty Cookie
Hello there Tricia, it is an absolute please to meet you. I enjoy your blog, and have been on it for a couple of hours now. Your loaf recipe is divine, and I shall try it out one of these days. The beauty of writing comes from within, and it really doesn’t matter if your not good at spelling neither. Your expression touches others, as much as it is felt. All the very best of a beautiful journey on your blog. x
That is ‘pleasure’ even I have moments of forgetfullness in words..
I was a pk growing up and so admire any family in ministry! God bless you for sharing the laughs because in ministry you see so much and could easily be burdened. Thanks
I noticed that as I posted it, but didn’t pay close attention to it, as I know you understand the notion of the sentence anyhow.
My message was rather more beyond the words. The words just act as a tool, and even if they don’t come out correct, it does not matter as what counts is the message.
From one terrible speller to another….howdy! Nice to meet ya!
Nice picture. I won’t make fun of your necklace this time. I have a headache and I’m probably PMSy too, which accounts for my comments here tonight
Sorry, I’m a package deal, PMS and all.
I love this picture. Can I have a copy of it?
Tricia, here is what you do to “get” your award. Go to that pink box thing (Kreativ Blogger Award) on my page…on your mouse, right click. A screen will come up and you will choose the option to “save picture”. It may ask you where to save it. I saved mine to “my pictures”. Then, when you go to your blog, you write your blog and select this as a picture to insert. I think you can handle it from there.
If you want to add it on the side, like a proud recipient, go to your customize section in your blog (you have a different blog site, so I’m not sure what kind of features yours are called)…you should have an option to add a picture on the side, and you can just browse and click it in.
Does that make sense? Don’t save this for people to see! Delete it after you figure it all out. Or if you need more details, holler. I may not have used the right words.
Congrats! And thanks for the entertainment! ~Mindy
Hi Tricia,
Thanks for stopping by my blog today (cowboy hat post). I love the pic of the kids crossing the bridge .. And you amongst the daisies. Those daisies are so pretty they don’t look real.
I’ll take a look around. I agree about too many moms feeling the need to be perfect in all spheres of existence. I subscribe to the “just good enough” parenting model. No perfection sought, I wouldn’t come close anyway.
I just found your blog and invited you to come to my blog abotu my adventures in nature. Then I realized you live in NYC, and so now I’ll invite you to come by my other blog called A New Yorker in Houston, lol. Hope you stop by!
http://newyorkerinhouston.blogspot.com/
Nice to meet you. I enjoyed visiting your blog.
I love the description! Thanks for stopping by my blog. So very nice to meet you!!
Hi there Tricia! I see we have a similar sense of humor about life.
) Glad to meet you.
Amber.
Hi! I have thoroughly enjoyed perusing your blog!
Fun blog. I enjoy your humor.
I think I’ll be reading more!
I like clever humour!
P.S. I hate it when I only notice a spelling mistake AFTER I’ve hit the Submat Communt button!
Hello! I just did a search for blogs about West Virginia and yours came up about the man you seen on the side of the road. I took a peek at some of your other posts and I ran upon the one about homework. I went through that a couple of years ago. I don’t think they should give them homework at all. They are there all day. Kids that are homeschooled don’t have to do as much work as our public schooled children do. I see them out shopping with their parents when I am out getting my groceries. I have one in preschool right now and I am keeping him in preschool another year because he won’t be ready for all of that homework they will give him when he starts school! Seriously, it’s crazy and I have enough gray hair as it is! lol
By the way, were you just driving through WV or do you live in WV?
You have a nice blog. I did read a comment that someone said something about a deer but I couldn’t find the post.
It sounded like it was a funny one!
Great blog and I look forward to reading more of what you have to offer. I hope that what ever I can offer to your discussions will be helpful and I welcome your comments any time.
I pray God will bless your ministry and encourage you in the face of the enemy.
Glad I found your blog. Great idea!
Love. Your. Blog. Brightened my day! Glad I happened across it.
nice blog i want ur mail i d to write something personaly
Tricia ~ Yes, you help make me smile…
!
!! And cry while laughing so hard 
!!!
and laugh…
I’m so happy I found you!
I’m so glad that you found my blog, because I already love yours!!!!!
Very good idea. My blog is sort of geared towards the same concept but directed specifically to health.
Sounds like we have a few things other in common such as our faith, 2 children, and denial.
Hello! I just did a search for blogs about West Virginia and yours came up about the man you seen on the side of the road. I took a peek at some of your other posts and I ran upon the one about homework. I went through that a couple of years ago. I don’t think they should give them homework at all. They are there all day. Kids that are homeschooled don’t have to do as much work as our public schooled children do. I see them out shopping with their parents when I am out getting my groceries. I have one in preschool right now and I am keeping him in preschool another year because he won’t be ready for all of that homework they will give him when he starts school! Seriously, it’s crazy and I have enough gray hair as it is! lol
+1
i love your writing. i stumbled across your blog through freshly pressed
I am an M&M addict, too. I tried banishing them from my home but they somehow always find a way back in.
Thanks for visiting my blog. I’m so glad to have returned the visit. I’ve enjoyed reading your blog.
hi
your blog is so attractive
I’m from persia (iran)
be successful
Nice to “meet” you! Off to read your story now.
Ok now that I have found you, be ready to be pestered by my long and constant comments! Will get in touch about the challenge soon!
Hey Tricia, love the blog and wanted to give you props on a job well done. Therefore, I humbly bestowe on you the “Irresistably Sweet Blog Award”. I highlighted you in my latest blog…
http://tobinelliott.wordpress.com/2011/05/26/the-irresistibly-sweet-blog-award/
I’m so glad I stumbled onto your blog! It’s like that tiny ray of sunshine in a sky of gray storm clouds. Truly fun and humorous!
Hi,
Thanks for liking my Title IX post.
Nice blog too.
I love your blog, and I just passed along the Versatile Blogger Award to you! You may have it already, but I just wanted you to know that your blog is awesome! Stop by my blog for more info and thanks for writing such fun stuff!
Thank you, thank you! I will pass it along before the week is over. I do appreciate your kindess.
cute blog!
So happy to have stumbled upon your blog! I love it– what a great sense of humor! Looking forward to visiting and laughing often. Also love the pics — beautiful family!
I just came upon your blog, and think it’s wonderful! I live a very different life, but I love the way you write about yours.
Love reading the domestic fringe! Thanks for blending faith and humor and family so seamlessly. I’ve nominated you for the One Lovely Blog Award. Details are at http://frifflethoughts.wordpress.com. Happy weekend.