Dana K. White

A SLOB COMES CLEAN

Reality-Based Cleaning, Decluttering, & Organizing

The Fun Part is Easy

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This was my dining room table on Saturday morning: It had been piled high with random books since I made a video more than a week before. When I needed to make the video, it was really fun to go through the house grabbing armful after armful of books to use as props. At that point, I was being creative, using my imagination, and doing … [Read more...]

Dated Clutter

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April was busy. I know, because I never had a chance to share this decluttering post from the week of April 6th (my daughter's birthday party clean-up week), and now it's May 6th. And it's one of those decluttering projects that didn't let me pretend the mess had happened overnight. Those piles were full of clutter with DATES on … [Read more...]

Tell ‘Em Mama Does Laundry on Mondays

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A few weeks ago, my daughter came home in some odd-fitting uniform slacks. Honestly, though, as a not-so-terribly-observant-about-such-things mother, it didn't really register until she handed me a plastic shopping bag full of clothes to wash. Then she proceeded to tell me how there had been an unfortunate accident at school.  I knew that … [Read more...]

Whatever Works

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When I speak to Moms' groups, I go through the whole scenario of how running the dishwasher every single night is a non-negotiable for me.  About how I've taken the decision-making-pressure out of it. I have a lot of fun acting out my surprise when I look into the sink and see it's completely full of dirty dishes, when the last time I noticed it … [Read more...]

Busted for One of My Clutter Tricks

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Blech. This was my kitchen floor last week. Unfortunately, it looked like this the week before, too.  (With a slightly different arrangement . . . ) It's possible (as I do believe I admitted) that I didn't actually declutter our paper graveyard for my daughter's birthday party . . . but stuffed it instead. Into the cabinet below.  As … [Read more...]