About

Welcome to The Casual Perfectionist!

This is JoAnn. She’s the creator of The Casual Perfectionist.  (She doesn’t like talking in the third person, so let’s just pretend this was written by someone else, okay?  It will be our little secret.)

The Casual Perfectionist was born in 2007, when JoAnn decided to start a blog. She wanted a creative outlet for her writing that would also give her an easy way to chronicle their forays into parenthood and share their adventures with their relatives back in the Midwest. At the time, she was in the midst of juggling a baby while working from a home office, and writing was one of the ways she was able to find some semblance of sanity. In 2008, JoAnn had the opportunity to quit her “real job” and focus on parenting and writing, two of her passions.

JoAnn has combined these two passions here at The Casual Perfectionist. She is a self-proclaimed perfectionist, but doesn’t consider herself to be the stuffy, up-tight kind. She’s more of a casual perfectionist, hence the name of her website. She tries her hardest to focus on the positive, learn from the negative, and laugh at both. In fact, she is a firm believer in the notion that if you haven’t laughed today, you weren’t really paying attention. Her Twitter ID is: @casualperfect.

JoAnn used to be anonymous on The Casual Perfectionist, going by the appropriate pseudonym, Momma.  Then, one day, she met a lady, one of her readers, at a park.  A few months later, they ran into another lady at another park. That lady just happened to be the Editor of The Denver Post’s parenting blog, Mile High Mamas. One thing led to another, and JoAnn slowly let the veil of anonymity drop.  She is a Contributing Writer and the Assistant Editor over at Mile High Mamas.  (A special thanks goes out to Aimee for the above headshots!)

This is Claire. She is four, going on fourteen, with a little bit of forty thrown in for good measure. She loves pink, princesses, and playing in the dirt. She is a true Renaissance Woman.  You can read all about the day she came into this world by clicking here.

This is Daddy. He’s the one in the hat.  He has requested that his image and real name not be used on the website. He’s shy. Or, just elusive and mysterious. But, really, he’s just disappointed that he even shows up on film.

This is Merlin and Jasper. They are brothers from the same litter but have totally different personalities. They have written some wonderful pieces on the website. They are fun and quirky and rambunctious. Claire couldn’t ask for better big brothers.

JoAnn and her husband have been in Colorado for over 10 years, and they love it! When they aren’t working on their various home-improvement projects, they love to travel and have other adventures.  In the midst of all that, they love to do Shadow Portraits.  They collect them at different times of year and in different locations.  There is something magical about shadow portraits, and you can read all about them here!

Click here for the best way to contact The Casual Perfectionist.  She’d love to hear from you!