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May 2, 2011 By Dana White | 8 Comments

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I’m excited to be guest posting today over at Homegrown Mom as part of her Homemaking for Girls series.  Generally, when I have a guest post up somewhere, I also write one here.  But today I’m sending you, my precious readers, over to the other site to read that post. 

What’s it about?  How to Deal with a Hopelessly Disorganized Daughter.

And of course, it’s written from the perspective of the daughter. 

If you’ve hopped over here from Homegrown Mom . . . welcome!  I encourage you to check out my About Me page, and to read about the methods I’m using as I work to change my brain and create a comfortable home for my family. 

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  1. Jimmie says

    May 2, 2011 at 8:31 pm

    It's a great post, Dana. I really appreciate the perspective since I'm the organized mom in this case. It seems that creative people (like you and my daughter) are messier. I guess left brained people are more prone to organization. Well, I would never want to negate my daughter's creativity, so I will learn to accept her messiness.

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  2. Nony the Slob says

    May 2, 2011 at 9:17 pm

    Ummmm, Jimmie . . . who is this "Dana" person you're talking to?

    Haha!

    Honestly Jimmie, it's not necessarily accepting her messiness, it's accepting her. Make sense? The progress you make may never be what you think is necessary, but it's still progress.

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  3. Their Mommy His Wife says

    May 2, 2011 at 9:51 pm

    {I'll try this again..}
    Thanks for linking up the post! I had never seen her blog before and it seems like a wonderful place to draw information! Great post!

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  4. Miranda says

    May 2, 2011 at 9:59 pm

    Thank you so much for that post! I am the chronically disorganized-now 26 years old with a husband, a house, and 2 daughters of my own-daughter. It's something I've really tried to buckle down on over the past few months, but it's so overwhelming at times. My husband is very orderly, organized, and analytical, so even when he really tries, he has a difficult time understanding why I just can't seem to work through certain tasks.

    I'm so grateful you talk about how creative and intelligent you and I are. I can organize the best of parties, make something fabulous from "trash", and create amazing cakes and other baked goods, but ask me to unpack a box after a move, and I'm lost.

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  5. Penny says

    May 3, 2011 at 1:02 am

    I enjoyed your post. I could relate to it from both the daughter view (from days gone by) and the mom view. Thanks for sharing with us.

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  6. Karen Luebke says

    May 2, 2014 at 8:24 pm

    Loved the post!

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  7. Amanda Beyerlein says

    June 4, 2014 at 12:18 pm

    So I’m working my way all through the old posts but have to tell you that this means a lot to me! I love how your mom decided that cleaning your room to her satisfaction was less important than keeping your relationship! Go, mom!

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    • Dana White says

      June 4, 2014 at 1:05 pm

      Yep, she’s awesome!

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