Summer break has arrived! I love summer. I don't love the heat, but I love the change in routine. If you've been around a while, you know that I take summers off from blogging and podcasting. I know for a fact that it has "stunted my growth" as a blogger/podcaster, but it has saved my sanity as a mother. I'll take sanity any day. I love …
216: The Free Time Delusion Podcast
Summer vacation is here! Along with a lack of routine come the delusions that I'll have SO MUCH TIME to get things done! After many years of finding myself frustrated that this magical "free time" wasn't as productive as I assumed it would be, I figured out what I was doing wrong and what to do to make progress I was happy …
Cleaning Out Rain Gutters WITHOUT A Ladder
One of our family’s least favorite chores is cleaning out the rain gutters. But it has to be done. Leaves and dirt collect in the rain gutters no matter how much I wish they wouldn’t. If we don’t clean them out, they don’t work, and that ends up affecting our home’s foundation which is already an issue in our hard-soiled area of Texas. Also, …
215: Building Decluttering Momentum and Decluttering CHOPS Podcast
I'm talking about Decluttering Momentum, how and why to focus on building it, and the impact it will make once you feel it happening. Also, Decluttering Chops. Or Decluttering Muscles. Or honestly, Decluttering Confidence. I'm telling you, decluttering is a skill that can be learned, practiced and refined. Links: Patreon My …
214: Donation Hangups and Hesitations Podcast
Donating hangups are real. Things like: WHERE DO I PUT my Donate Boxes? And what about all the options for the very best ways to get rid of all the different things? I get it, and I'm addressing some questions today. Sponsor: Betterhelp.com/clean. A Slob Comes Clean listeners get 10% off your first month with discount code CLEAN. Sponsor: …
Adding a Little (Swiffer) Green to My Decor
This post is sponsored by Swiffer and Febreze! Almost exactly one year ago, on Mother's Day, this super shedder (I almost wrote "shredder" which is also true), joined our family. My dog history is that I desperately wanted one as a child, but never got one. Tears were shed to no avail. I grew up dogless. I did have a pair of birds at …
213: Big Tasks/Projects, Family Who Doesn’t Understand, and More Podcast
I'm answering some questions today: How can I get projects done (like spring garage clean out, etc.) when it seems like I can barely keep up? How do I handle extended family who don't understand your decluttering efforts? How do you best handle receiving gifts that you don't want in your home? What are your tasks for deep/spring …
I won! Here’s GGTWOM Audio for You
Thanks for putting up with all my yakking about the bundle sale last week. As promised (on the literal spur-of-the-moment while typing up a post), I said that if I ended up in the top sales spot, I'd offer the audio version of Giving God the Worst of Me to everyone (not just people who bought a bundle) for free! It's normally $12. I really …
Adjustments and Modifications and Doing What Has to Be Done
I'm three weeks and a day past my hysterectomy, and it hasn't been fun. On day three, I realized I wasn't going to be like the people who said they never even had to take a pain pill. On day 8, I realized I wasn't going to be like the people who said they felt great after the first week. On day 15, I had to accept that the …
