It has been over two weeks since we celebrated my youngest's 7th birthday. Most of the decor is now a memory. And then Sunday night, as I slowly (because of my injured back) made my way through the house directing my kids to get it clean for our Sunday evening home group meeting, I had a pleasant flashback of the party when I saw the pretty … [Read more...]
Dishwashing Rhythm – And My Lack of Cleaning Intuition
I'm not exactly sure how that happened. I know how to keep it from happening, but I still find myself amazed that getting off my dishwashing rhythm, even for just a day (or so), creates such a pile up. Pre-blog, I would often say I had to run the dishwasher three and four times a day. I'm pretty sure I wasn't lying. I really did have days … [Read more...]
Reality-Based Green Cleaning
It's Earth Day. This post has been almost-written for a while, but I hadn't published yet since I know this can be a hot-button issue (and I generally stay away from those). (Deep breath.) Here goes. I love green cleaning. Really. I have a Pinterest board about it and everything. Question: Am I a supporter/advocate/lover of … [Read more...]
Ease the Hassle of Moving by Comparing Moving Services Online
This is a sponsored post for a very cool service that you should know about if you ever plan to move again. Have I told the story about the mover who spent the ENTIRE day packing up dishes in our first little apartment kitchen? While his partner packed up the entire-rest-of-the-house? Did I mention that while he assured me over the phone … [Read more...]
Multi-Tasking – Cleaning the Kitchen and Teaching Life Lessons
Here's a big part of our parenting philosophy: We do our best to not be blatantly unfair in how we treat our children, but we rarely go out of our way to change unfair situations that happen to our kids outside of the family. Life isn't fair. Hubby and I know that it's better to deal with a situation than to complain about how unfair it … [Read more...]
The Story of the Pretty New Toilet Seat
Once upon a time, there were two little boys. Their mother loved them very much. When the first little boy was not yet two years old, the second little boy arrived. Everyone was happy, and their mother could not believe how lucky she was to be their mommy. But the mother was frugal. Others in the village might have even called her cheap. … [Read more...]
A Looser Moral Code Might Really Help
Clothes are my nemesis. I don't think I'm a shopaholic. I pretty-much never go to garage sales anymore. I wear the same few pieces of clothing almost every day. I've purged more in the past three years than any woman should ever have to purge in a lifetime. But even though I finally have laundry under control . . . my master bedroom looks … [Read more...]
The Space Time Continuum Defined (But for Slobs)
Self-aware confession #1: I have no idea what the Space Time Continuum is. I don't even know if it's a real science thing or if it's something I heard on one of the less-than-eleven episodes of Star Trek I ever watched. It just sounds good for what I want to write about in this post. Self-aware confession #2: I'm a logical person. I … [Read more...]
Drawing On Past Clutter Experience
We have a BIG Box O' Clutter ready for our next drive-by pick-up. At the top are our still-pretty-new, still-fit, still-in-good-shape uniforms from the basketball season that ended a little over a month ago. I used to save these perfectly good uniforms. In my mind, the basketball shorts and shirts should have been perfect for wearing in the … [Read more...]
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