A Slob Comes Clean — Reality-Based Cleaning and Organizing

How I Keep the Progress Going

June 16, 2013 By Nony Leave a Comment

I hope no one thinks I’m cured of my Slob Problem.

I’m not.

But a huge part of not having it rule my life anymore has been that I’ve accepted that this will always be a struggle. Knowing that helps me keep going.

As I’m pulling posts from the archives to share this summer, I’m enjoying reading some of the moments of discovery that have helped me change my mindset overall.

Methodical vs. Maniacal. Maniacal cleaning used to be the only kind I knew how to do.

Changing to methodical has helped me be able to jump right in wherever that may be.

And I just so happened to land on this one: One Reason to Keep Your Master Bedroom Tidy

It made me laugh.

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And today is THE last day the Natural Mothering e-book bundle is available.

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Random Summer Update #1 (2013)

June 14, 2013 By Nony 3 Comments

It’s possible you’ve noticed that I only posted twice this week.

And the posts were a link post and a guest post.

I haven’t quit blogging.

But I am consciously taking a step back for summer.

I say “consciously” because it’s actually an effort for me to NOT blog. My mind thinks in blog posts and I generally create cutesy titles for everyday tasks as I’m doing them.

I love this blog, and love the community here. BUT . . . that love doesn’t compare to my love for my family.

I consider them my life’s work.

So, it’s very important to me that they are my priority, and that they KNOW they are my priority, over the next few months.

I’m not going away, and hope to write these random updates on a weeklyish basis. And I have some really fun things planned that I think you’ll like, so there will be something worth checking here at the blog several times each week.

But I only have so much creativity in this chlorinated-water-logged Summer Brain of mine, and I want it to go to my kids.

I’m calling this the Summer of Creativity.

So how did this first week go?

Well, it was busy.

We’ve been swimming every day except Monday (when our pool is closed), and my daughter has been taking a one-hour-a-day-for-one-week dance class.

My kids haven’t showered.

For real. I realized that last night, and was properly horrified.

I have showered.

For this first week, I successfully squashed the “Mom, can we play the Xbox?” bug that makes me want to lose my mind. If my strategy continues to work, I’ll share it with you in coming weeks.

It’s Friday, and Monday’s Laundry Day is almost over. One more load and I’ll be done. I’ve been running the dishwasher every single night (and sometimes an extra time during the day) and the kitchen has stayed under control.

Not perfect, but not we-do-have-a-stove-right?

And now the kids are waking up, so I’m going to get off of the computer.

How is your summer going? Are you in summer yet?

And don’t forget about this e-book bundle that will ONLY be available through Monday. It includes my Teaching Kids to Clean e-book, and many others including Easy Peasy Chores (which alone is over $15!).

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Decluttering/Organizing the Kids’ Medicines (Guest Post)

June 11, 2013 By Nony 13 Comments

I’m glad to share a decluttering guest post today from Kristi of . . . . IShouldBeMoppingTheFloor.com.

Did you catch that? Her blog is called “I Should Be Mopping the Floor.” I met Kristi at a blogging conference, and immediately knew we’d be friends just from that blog name.

Organizing kids’ medicines makes it easier when someone isn’t feeling well!

Hi friends! I’m Kristi from ishouldbemoppingthefloor.com.

So delighted to be guest posting over here at one of my most favorite blogs evahhhhh…A Slob Comes Clean. Thanks bunches to Dana for having me over today.

{We met at Blissdom and she’s so super cool and fun in person, too!}

Today, I’m sharing a quick way to corral your kids’ medicines…so you’re not pulling your hair out in the middle of the night searching for the goods when someone doesn’t feel well. {Been there. Done that. Bought the t-shirt}.

Against my better judgement, I’m showing you the previous state of the medicine shelf in our kitchen cabinet {let’s keep this our little secret, k?}. There’s even the dog’s medicine up there in the top right… niiiiiice. How in the heehaw did I let it get to this? That Lazy Susan hadn’t spun in years…she had no room to move!

I pulled everything out and sorted the kids’ stuff from the adults’. Found some lovelies like in the above photo. I pitched about half of what was in the deep depths of the cabinet.

I found an inexpensive basket at my Goodwill. I like it because it was synthetic, which meant easier clean up if anything ever spills. I found some cheap plastic bowls at the dollar store and used them for smaller items like eye drops and sprays. The other has all of the little cups and syringes {we don’t use those too much anymore, but for some reason, I hang on to them}.

Then I just filled the rest of the basket with the meds. I used an old Crystal Light container to hold our thermometers; it’s double duty in that it also {somewhat} protects them from spills and such.

I also moved the kids’ meds to their bathroom now. They’re getting older, so I don’t really have to keep everything out of reach anymore {and we bid the cabinet locks farewell a few years ago, too…they grow up too fast}. I like their stuff in here so much better. When someone gets sick, chances are, we somehow end up in the bathroom {bleh}. It’s great to have this handy and close by.

I also put my dosing chart on the inside of the cabinet door for easy reference {I cut a few corners on cabinet painting…can you tell?!}. BTW, I’m in no way affiliated with Pedia Care, we just seem to have a lot of their stuff.