What does it say about me that the thing that has finally made me "cool" among my foster son's pals is my ability to portion corn chips out of a warehouse-club monster bag, then drown said corn chips in pasteurized melted cheese product? I'll tell you what it says. It says welcome to Nacho Mama's House . . .

Soccer mom, budding journalist, dutiful doctor's wife and mother of two -- Hannah Bartlett feels she's suddenly been handed a full plate from the buffet of life. A new baby alone could overwhelm, but add a nine-year-old foster son, meddling neighbors and Hannah's nagging self-doubt, and you've got a recipe for disaster. What else can a mom do . . . but go AWOL?