Podcast #7 is up! In this podcast, I discuss the reactions I get when others find out about my blog (which is basically when they find out about my deep, dark secret!) I also share how finally grasping the concepts of limits and containers was a huge step in my deslobification process. Other things mentioned: 28 Days to Hope … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2013
Three Strikes? You’re Donated!
This shirt. This shirt. Do you hear the contempt? This shirt has been in my laundry pile THREE WEEKS IN A ROW. Clean. Ooo-hoo-hoo. I can not properly express the loathing I feel toward clean clothes found in my dirty clothes pile. It is one of my Mommy Pet Peeves. I know that I used to do it to my own mother, but really . . . … [Read more...]
One for One: A Concept that Used to Boggle My Slob Brain
As I unloaded groceries on Monday, I kept repeating to myself: One for One. This concept used to boggle my mind. I had no idea what it meant or why Organized People all nodded knowingly when it was mentioned. I now understand. I've grasped the concept. And yet I still have to chant it in my head because it's just sooo unnatural to me. I … [Read more...]
Rhyme AND Reason – Laundry Day
Is "without rhyme or reason" a Texas saying or an everywhere saying? Anyway. I would like to announce to the world that EVEN THOUGH I traveled an hour to a speaking engagement yesterday, shopped for uniform pants for the boy who woke up on our first cold morning having outgrown all warm clothing, and didn't even have time to write a blog post … [Read more...]
Saying Goodbye to An Old Friend
This old friend turned up recently. I had missed her. We reminisced about those days after my babies were born. The days when I depended on her to give me my space. She's comfortable. She's always been faithful. But honestly . . . she's hideous. I don't even know where she had been hiding the past few years. I hadn't seen her in … [Read more...]
Podcast 006 – Don’t Get Organized! Just Declutter
Podcast #6 is ready! It just hit me that this means I've been podcasting for six weeks now! (Remember, I have Time Passage Awareness Disorder.) In this week's podcast, I share the second reason why I am glad that I called myself a slob. I also tell about my shock when I learned that I was NOT the only woman out there who struggled with … [Read more...]
Homework Time Decluttering
Last week, while I still had delusions about writing a Normal Day post, I took this picture: This is my daughter, doing her homework, with one of my most consistent clutter collecting spots in the background. Right. I've shown after pictures of this exact spot in previous posts. I even have a webisode of me decluttering it. But … [Read more...]
Two Second Task – Fixing That Curtain
Another two-second task for you. That (stupid) curtain had been whompy-jawed for . . . ummm . . . a while. At least all summer. And I hadn't fixed it. Even when we had friends over for dinner. Even when it bugged me like crazy. I only fixed it when I knew someone was coming over who had likely seen it before. People who hadn't … [Read more...]
Podcast 005 – Calling Myself a Slob and My Second (Of ONLY Two) Decluttering Questions
Podcast #5 is a little late, but is now up! In this podcast, I share Part 5 of my Slob Story, which includes the decision to call this blog A Slob Comes Clean, even though I had never called myself a slob before that. I also tell about my not-normal week last week. Other things mentioned: My Two Decluttering Questions Cleaning … [Read more...]