Welcome to My Chaos

I finally did it. I broke down and jumped on the blogging bandwagon.  So, without further ado, a little about myself. I am from Northeast Ohio. I am the product of two people who probably shouldn't have been more than a one night stand, with protection. We'll revisit this later, I promise.

As I write this, my family is crowded around me. My husband is scolding my whippet mix for eating a hole in the basement wall, my golden retriever mix is wrestling with R, and T is just squealing and flicking the lights on and off.  All of this chaos within a 4 square foot area. This is my life. I'm a stay-at-home mama to two littles: R has somehow lived to the ripe old age of 6, going on 17. T is still an innocent at 3 and a half. I've been married nearly a decade to a wonderful man who is both my rock and anchor, and my third kid, depending on the day.

We have opted out of public school and instead we started on the homeschool journey. This is far more terrifying than a game of Oregon Trail, where one wrong decision means little Tommy has diphtheria.  No, now every decision dictates whether or not my kids will ever be successful enough to live on their own. It is all on my shoulders. No blaming the school system for letting us down.

Mother Nature, ever the prankster, has decided to spice it up a bit for us. She has generously bestowed upon us the gifts of ADHD and Anxiety. R and I both enjoy and/or suffer from each. The dual combinations of us each having both provides for both humorous situations, and daily struggles.

And this is me in a nutshell. Thank you for joining me on this adventure while we live, love, and learn amid this chaos that we call life.