I just posted about this week's hangout where I'll discuss Habit Two in 28 Days to Hope for Your Home. You know. The e-book I wrote about getting your house under control. And now I have to write this post. Yesterday, I was feeling pretty good about my house. With the motivation of an impending doorbell on Sunday night, I got "the house" … [Read more...]
I Can Only Be So Good For So Long
We have a new music minister at our church. He made nice, new music folders for each and every choir member. I assume he recycled all the old ones but mine. Mine had been lost for who-knows-how-long before he came. When I saw my pretty new folder (with my NAME on it and everything), I determined to change my music-losing ways. I'm known … [Read more...]
When Does it Really Not Matter?
Three weeks ago, we decided to start our summer break for our weekly church home group meetings. It was a logical decision. People get busy as the school year winds down. I said something about baseball season and Mother's Day and such, but inside I was thinking about one wonderful thing. I wouldn't have to clean!!! I can now say, three … [Read more...]
Busted for One of My Clutter Tricks
Blech. This was my kitchen floor last week. Unfortunately, it looked like this the week before, too. (With a slightly different arrangement . . . ) It's possible (as I do believe I admitted) that I didn't actually declutter our paper graveyard for my daughter's birthday party . . . but stuffed it instead. Into the cabinet below. As … [Read more...]
Playing Clutter Detective
I KNEW there were lunch bags left. The empty plastic bag they came in was right in front of me. And I had a vague memory of removing enough for at least that day. A vague memory from less than five minutes before. Side note: Please don't hate me for being un-green, but we use paper lunch sacks. It's a survival technique for this Slob … [Read more...]
Dear Husband . . . I’m Sorry.
Dear Husband, I'm sorry about the wet shirt. I really was kind of proud of myself when I put it in the washing machine this morning. It was early, and I was glad that the load with your coach's shirt was totally going to be finished before you needed to wear it tonight. Yes. I do feel a little bit guilty that my cheer coach's shirt was … [Read more...]
A Great Big Decluttering Fail
Twelve Days of Christmas Decluttering didn’t happen. I have several excuses, and one of them is even valid. Mostly, though, “filling a box” or “filling a bag” or just randomly going through the house looking for things to declutter doesn’t ever seem to work for me. I’ve tried it ever-so-many times, and though I generally find a few things … [Read more...]
Laundry Day Loopholes
I love cleaning routine loopholes. Love them, as in I use them at every possible opportunity. Don't love them for what they do to my house in the long run. Like this: Fine. These loopholes are pretty much excuses. But most are so legit as REASONS that it's easy to justify them. So I'm calling them loopholes. Confusing … [Read more...]
The ONE Difference Between This and All the Other Times I’ve Tried to Come Clean
I've been speaking more and more and am consistently amazed that the VAST majority of looks on the faces out in the audience are ones of understanding. Not you-poor-thing understanding. I-struggle-with-the-same-thing understanding. Being limited to a single hour of verbal blabbing instead of the endless opportunity to self-analyze here on … [Read more...]
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