Only One More Week in February!

Don’t forget that my e-book, 28 Days to Hope for Your Home, is on sale for 4$ through the end of February!
If you’re on the fence about it, I thought I’d share some feedback I’ve received and link to some reviews.

A few comments:

“Bahaha ~ I read it all the way through (though I *DID* stop about halfway through to finish cleaning my kitchen!). I loved this ebook ~ thank you so much for writing it for the rest of the slob population.  (I am a bit embarrassed that you described my kitchen for all the world to read about ~ Ha!).”

“I was so struck by your description of what sweeping means for the Slob Brained person. So, SO true!”

“This really is a rehabilitation program for slobs.”

A few reviews:

This review by Cindy of Get Along Home made me cry.  (A good cry!)  Really, you need to read the entire thing because it paints such a great picture of exactly why I wrote this e-book.  Here’s a quote from it – “Dana gently, and with great humor, guides us down the path of neatness slowly, one useful habit at a time. What she teaches in these 51 pages is simple and doable. Even better, it works!”

(By the way, I’m Dana, and evidently putting my real name on the book “cover” made a lot of reviewers decide to use it!)

SAHMmy Says wrote a review and isn’t even affiliate!  (Though she should be!)  Her review made me giggle and I loved her “normal person” take on the book. Here’s a quote from her: “The beauty of 28 Days to Hope for Your Home is that it’s a keeper:  Outstanding information put across in a simple way . . . Read it through.  Follow the 28 Day plan.  Read it again if you fall off the wagon.”

My fave line from Beretta Fleur’s review, “Her advice is simple, pure genius, and you don’t need to be a full-time housewife to apply it.”

Yes, this is a sales-pitch post. Mostly, though, it’s a reminder post.  If you’ve thought about buying the e-book, maybe reading one of these reviews will help you decide if it’s for you.

Mostly, though, I needed a place to put links to reviews so my mom can go read them.

Here are some more, Mom:

Mama’s Laundry Talk

Giving Up on Perfect

Feels Like Home

And there are others!  If you’ve written a review, feel free to leave the link in the comments!

Just so you know, if you click over to read a review and it happens to be the one that talks you into chunking over four dollars . . . use their link and they’ll get a 50% commission.  That would just tickle me pink!  I love my affiliates!

Go check out more info on 28 Days to Hope for Your Home.


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Breaking the Clutter-Guilt Cycle

I’ve written about how I had to get over the guilt of decluttering things that were given/handed-down to me.

I’ve accepted it as the givEE.

But what about as the givER?  What about when it’s my daughter wanting to get rid of something I gave her?

My daughter loves-like-a-mommy all of her (many) dolls.  When she decides she’s okay  parting with one, it’s kind of a big deal.  It doesn’t happen easily or often, and I know better than to cause any hesitation.

But what if it’s a doll that I gave her?  That was mine?  That I saved . . . for more than a quarter of a century with the sole purpose of passing it on to my daughter?

I’m sad that Carlina Emmy didn’t capture my daughter’s heart the way she did mine back in the 80s.  Yes, my heart breaks a little to think of my hiney-stamped darling sitting on the shelves (or in the bins) of a thrift store somewhere.

But I don’t need her anymore.  I used to have a purpose for keeping her, and that purpose was to pass her on to my own daughter someday.

I did.

And now my daughter is ready to get rid of her.  Though I can think of some really good reasons to force this doll upon my daughter, I know (from personal experience) a lot more really good reasons to let her place Carlina in the Donate Spot.

It makes me sad, but I refuse to place Clutter-Guilt on my five year old.

P.S. I do feel the need to make it clear that my own mother is awesome about not placing Clutter Guilt upon my head. Somehow, I’ve managed to create my own “issues.”

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DIY Furniture Moving Sliders {Cheap Organizing Tricks}

Sometimes . . . decluttering/organizing requires furniture-moving.

Sometimes . . . the motivation to move furniture hits when big, strong (handsome and hairy) men aren’t available to help.

Everytime . . . motivation related to decluttering/organizing must not be stifled.  It’s just too elusive.

When I need to move furniture, I place glossy gift-bags under the feet of the furniture to be moved.  Occasionally, a certain bag won’t work for some reason, but I always have plenty.

The slipperiness of the bags helps the furniture slide across the floor more easily. I’m sure that the real furniture-sliding-thingamabobs work better, but I’m pretty sure I had some at one point, but could never find them when I needed them.

 

 

 

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