• Home
  • Get Started!
  • About
  • Blog
    • Cleaning
    • decluttering
    • organization
    • All posts
  • Podcast
  • Books
    • Organizing for the Rest of Us
      • Claim Your Preorder Bonus
    • Decluttering at the Speed of Life
    • How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind
  • Video
  • Shortcut Solutions
    • Take Your House Back
    • 14 Days to Opening Your Front Door to Guests e-book
    • Make Dinner Happen
    • The 5 Day Clutter Shakedown Video Course
    • Printable Checklists E-Book from A Slob Comes Clean
    • Teaching Kids to Clean e-book
    • Giving God the Worst of Me - free e-book
    • My Book Publishing Journey
  • Decluttering Certification

Dana K. White

A SLOB COMES CLEAN

Reality-Based Cleaning, Decluttering, & Organizing

 

  • Contact
  • TV & Media
  • Speaking

  • Home
  • Get Started!
  • About
  • Blog
    • Cleaning
    • decluttering
    • organization
    • All posts
  • Podcast
  • Books
    • Organizing for the Rest of Us
      • Claim Your Preorder Bonus
    • Decluttering at the Speed of Life
    • How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind
  • Video
  • Shortcut Solutions
    • Take Your House Back
    • 14 Days to Opening Your Front Door to Guests e-book
    • Make Dinner Happen
    • The 5 Day Clutter Shakedown Video Course
    • Printable Checklists E-Book from A Slob Comes Clean
    • Teaching Kids to Clean e-book
    • Giving God the Worst of Me - free e-book
    • My Book Publishing Journey
  • Decluttering Certification
Videos
Blog
Podcast
Products & Courses
Books
About

Come On In! – But Stop There, Please

August 16, 2010 By Dana White | 1 Comment

  • 50shares
  • 50
  • 0
  • 0

Come On In but stop there please - A Slob Comes Clean

If you rang my doorbell today, I might actually answer it. I might even let you in (if I knew you, of course).

All I would have to do is smile and say something funny to distract you while I quickly directed you into the dining room.

The dining room looks nice. And even if the doors to the kitchen were open halfway, I would still let you sit with me at the dining room table.

Oh, you think you’d be more comfortable on a couch?

You’ll have to get over that . . . ‘cuz it ain’t happenin‘.

Summer is almost over, and I’m in quite a funk about that. Meanwhile, my slob-vision seems to kick in every time I walk through our middle-of-the-house-can’t-be-avoided living room. For well over a week, I’ve chosen not to acknowledge the Barbies and stuffed animals strewn around the room.

So they’ve multiplied.

And the can’t-blame-the-kids-because-I’ve-been-ignoring-it-too pile of clean laundry on the loveseat?

It’s scary.

But I’m holding off total despair by keeping up with the kitchen. And seeing a not-only-clear-but-decorated-with-fresh-flowers dining table helps me hold out hope.

Related Posts:

Read Newer Post Menu Plan Monday – Last Week Reminded Me Why I Have to Do This
Read Older Post A Tale of Two Houses: Part 2

Filed Under: My Survival Techniques, Summer | 1 Comment

Comments

  1. Mom of the Hillians says

    August 16, 2010 at 2:34 pm

    We started our new school year this morning. I had such high hopes of getting the schoolroom organized just so this summer. It didn't happen. Last week, I had planned to get it straighten up so we could at least function without toys, books, etc. scattered about on their tables, floor, etc., but that didn't happen either. Instead, strep throat happened. I spent the week on the couch or in bed instead of cleaning and planning our school year. Thankfully this isn't our first year of homeschooling, so I can kinda swing by the seat of my pants this week. I did manage to get some of the clutter picked up this morning while the little ones ate their breakfast.
    Our living room also looks like a tornado came through SEVERAL times… storage containers of clothes to go to the shed, boxes of clothes to go to Goodwill, toys, newspapers (we get 6 each Sunday), magazines, etc. I will reclaim it this week…. maybe. :o)

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

A Slob Comes Clean is the completely honest (and never-ending) story of my deslobification process. As I find ways to keep my home under control, I share the truth about cleaning and organization methods that actually work for a real-life slob. And I'm funny.

About Dana Get Started

Solutions to Your Biggest Decluttering Problems:


The Container Concept Explained:

YouTube player

Dana's YouTube Channel

Popular Posts

Why-I-Have-To-Run-My-Dishwasher-Every-Single-Night-at-ASlobComesClean.com sidebar
Five Truths about a Clean Kitchen even without a dishwasher at ASlobComesClean.com sidebar
How to Clean a Messy House at ASlobComesClean.com sidebar

Topics:

blogcast Cleaning daily checklist decluttering failures figuring myself out kitchen laundry Menu Plan Monday organization parenting podcasts progress random stories reader stories recipes sponsored posts Uncategorized

Want solutions to your biggest decluttering problems?

Join the newsletter and I'll start by teaching you how to declutter without making a bigger mess.

  • Home
  • Get Started!
  • About
  • Blog
    • Cleaning
    • decluttering
    • organization
    • All posts
  • Podcast
  • Books
    • Organizing for the Rest of Us
      • Claim Your Preorder Bonus
    • Decluttering at the Speed of Life
    • How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind
  • Video
  • Shortcut Solutions
    • Take Your House Back
    • 14 Days to Opening Your Front Door to Guests e-book
    • Make Dinner Happen
    • The 5 Day Clutter Shakedown Video Course
    • Printable Checklists E-Book from A Slob Comes Clean
    • Teaching Kids to Clean e-book
    • Giving God the Worst of Me – free e-book
    • My Book Publishing Journey
  • Decluttering Certification
Search

  • Contact
  • TV & Media
  • Speaking

© Dana K. White | Site by Little Leaf Design