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When the actresses from TV's "Desperate Housewives" walk down the red carpet to attend the Emmy Awards this September, one of America's real-life desperate housewives will receive her own recognition for a job well done. Lucky for her, she won't have to get a babysitter; this award ceremony is held on the Internet.

Jen Singer's real-life Housewife Awards recognize at-home moms for the relentless, exhausting, incredible and often amusing things they endure daily. For more than two years, Jen Singer, creator of www.MommaSaid.net , a Forbes Best of the Web community for at-home moms, has hosted the Housewife Awards.

"I knew from personal experience that it helps for somebody to recognize the small, everyday things moms endure while taking care of children at home," says Singer. "The role of at-home mom is not glamorous. I'm sure the actresses on 'Desperate Housewives' will look fabulous when they win their 15 Emmy nominations…but if they find a lollipop stick attached to the trains of their gowns, they'll get an idea of what it's like to be a truly desperate housewife."

A favorite feature of the award-winning website www.MommaSaid.net since January, 2003, the Housewife Awards have recognized at-home moms on a bi-weekly basis. Singer explains, "We're always looking for a funny story or situation that sums up the occasional craziness of at-home motherhood. We want to hear what you put up with on a day-to-day basis. But don't tell us that you cart four kids around in your mini-van and clean floors. We're all doing that!" Enter yourself or nominate a special mom you know at www.MommaSaid.net --share a story that shows how exhausting and confounding at-home motherhood can be. Humor is a plus.

· an Illinois mother who thought her children were letting her sleep in, only to discover that they were quietly removing the feathers from their pillows all over their room

· a North Carolina mom who had to extract her toddler from a duck pond - in front of 30 other mothers' group members and their dry and clean children

· an Indiana housewife who keeps finding objects from her home misplaced in a nearby street intersection, making her the only mother in America who picks up around the house - and around the block.

Jen Singer is the creator of the award-winning MommaSaid.net and the author of "14 Hours 'Til Bedtime," which has been excerpted in Parents and American Baby, and featured in Parening and The New York Times. She has appeared on CBS The Early Show, ABC's World News Now, NBC News and soon, PBS. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and two sons who sneak up on her with water pistols.

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