I've hinted around about a BIG project I've been working on. Well, it's done. And I'm exhausted! I'm also sooo excited to share it with you. Summer is here! As of tomorrow, my kids will be out of school for almost three months, and I couldn't be more excited! If you've read from the beginning (or if you've been around from the beginning) … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2012
Cleaning Tips and a Giveaway!
***Kristina won this giveaway and she has been notified! Yay, Kristina!**** I STILL have not figured out how to get my house perfectly clean by wiggling my nose. So irritating! As I've gone through this deslobification process over the past few years, I've realized that even more important than knowing how to clean is . . . doing it … [Read more...]
Freezer Cooking’s Most Important Step
Wow. This has been one busy month/three-day-weekend. Money Saving Mom has been hosting a freezer cooking link-up every night this month, and I haven't once been able to participate. There's just so . . . much . . . going . . . on. But last week, as I once again realized that while I had menu planned, I hadn't grocery planned (and was … [Read more...]
Sponsor Shout-Out for May!
Just wanted to take a moment to thank my May sponsors here at A Slob Comes Clean. Not only is Discount Cleaning Products an advertiser, they were quick to send me a box full of PINK microfiber cloths to use as door-prizes at my speaking events! I LOVE microfiber cloths for all sorts of cleaning jobs, and what could be more fitting for me than … [Read more...]
Three Ideas for Taming the Stuff Monster in Kids’ Rooms
The Stuff Monster. Really, it's uncontrollable at times. But as I promised in my post yesterday, I'm sharing some of the strategies I've developed to tame him. I know. I said, "Him." Personification of inanimate objects is one of my Clutter Issues. Attaching feelings and personality to things that have no feelings or personality . … [Read more...]
A Girls’ Night Out
Right now, with the week I've been having (working with 10-12 year olds on a musical from 6-8pm and then heading to baseball games from 8-10pm . . . ), a night at home is all I really want. But give me a week of normal-ness, and I'll be ready for some time out with the girls again! One of my sponsors, Chevy Girls DFW, provides the chance for … [Read more...]
When You Fear Your Kids May Grow Up to be on Hoarders
My Room-by-Room blogging buds and I are talking about kids' rooms today. Kids' rooms. Hmmmm. Month before last, it was the master bedroom and that was traumatic enough. Now let's add Mommy Guilt to the mix. I have purged and re-arranged and organized and re-organized my kids' rooms many times in this never-ending deslobification … [Read more...]
Comparisons
Today I’m participating in the Ultimate Blog Swap. You’ll find me posting over at Your Thriving Family about How to Tackle that Cluttered Space You Pretend Doesn't Exist , and I’m excited to welcome Patty from Homemakers Daily here at A Slob Comes Clean. Comparing One Homemaker to Another is Like Comparing Apples to … [Read more...]
Packaging Food for a Family Picnic
The vision of a Perfect Picnic generally includes an unpopulated meadow filled with (pollen-free) flowers, a red-and-white-checked tablecloth and . . . no bugs. At all. The whole family sits comfortably on the ground. No one steps on his sister's sandwich. I've never been to that kind of picnic. For us, picnic season is baseball season … [Read more...]