Hi, and welcome to Semi-Planned Chaos! This isn’t the first time I’ve tried to start a blog (this blog) for our family, but hopefully this time it’ll work out a little better than the previous iteration did. With any luck, we’ll develop a small-but-loyal following of other “unconventional families” who don’t really see themselves reflected in other family blogs. All too often, bloggers try to create this artificial life that — while beautiful — isn’t realistic. We don’t want to be that kind of blogging family (and we hope that our readers will let us know if we’re veering off in that direction).
For starters, let’s take a minute to introduce each of the chaos-creators. After all, this is our first post — we don’t know each other yet!
Babz/Mama Dragon: That’s me! I’m the primary content-creator for this blog. Before I went on hiatus to take care of our little family, I was a full-time product description and web content creator. A few times I dipped my toes into fiction-writing territory, but blogs were always where my heart returned. Truthfully, I’ve been blogging since before blogging was even called blogging… But that’s another story entirely.
I am definitely the planner of the family. At any given time, I’ve probably got at least two or three calendars going, for various activities. Planning ahead is life and it’s sometimes the only thing that keeps my sanity nearby. I’ve also been working on mastering some easy, reasonably-healthy recipes for our family — so far it’s going pretty great! I’ll share my planner tips, tricks, and hacks with you, as well as the occasional recipe to make your weeknights even better.
Bre/Mama Zombie: That’s my lovely wife. She couldn’t have possibly come into my life at a better time, and I don’t know where I’d be today if I didn’t have her. She supported me through every phase of my writing career, and continues to support me during my indefinite-hiatus. She works full-time as a casino security guard and spends most of her free time sleeping or hanging out with her family.
In our family, Bre is the doer. Day in and day out, she steps up and does the things that our family needs her to do, even when she’s not feeling completely up to it. She doesn’t waste time planning the day-to-day details because she’s got a bigger picture in mind, and she knows that together we can make our dreams a reality.
The Unicorn: Angsty, rebellious preteen – check. Sweet kid who’s just a wee bit lazy sometimes – also check. Our Unicorn is a one-in-a-million kid who usually thinks of others first, and mostly makes smart choices. Of course, she’s ten, so smart choices can be in short supply on occasion.
Although the Unicorn is the older of the two children, we actually got her after her sister. Getting caught up in school has been a tremendous challenge for her, and after a lot of hard work and dedication, she is almost back on track in school. We’ll work to share some tips for getting unmotivated kids… Well, motivated!… as soon as we get all caught up on everything else we need to do. 😉
The Baby Dragon: Baby Dragon has been with us since she was an actual baby, but now she’s four and ready to take over the world. She excels at finding loopholes, negotiating, and getting by on less sleep than everyone else in the family. She has an obsession with ocean documentaries and is currently in love with JoJo Siwa and all things associated.
Baby Dragon is currently enrolled in preschool, and it has been life-changing for us. We still don’t have too much time around school hours (in part because of the state preschool requirements that parents and guardians must participate in the classroom at least two days a month, and in part because her program is only 3 hours a day). In the time we do have, we tend to look for brain-boosting activities. We’ll try to share some of those with you guys as time allows.
Now that you’ve (virtually) met the family, why not stop in and say hello? Our comment section is always open, and we’re always looking forward to meeting new people. Tell us a little bit about yourself and what you’re most excited to read about on our blog!
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