Dana White, Author at Dana K. White: A Slob Comes Clean

Laundry Day Leftovers

October 3, 2011 By Dana White 17 Comments

Monday is Laundry Day. One of the best things about doing laundry this way is that I am much more thorough than I ever was with the one-load-a-day method. Doing "all" of my laundry actually means something. With one-load-a-day (which was a delusion anyway), I pulled the most desperately needed items off the top of the pile mountain, and … [Read more...]

Meal Planning is a Detail

October 3, 2011 By Dana White 8 Comments

It's Day 3 of October's 31 Days of Details. It's also the day when I plan my menus. A very important day. I can't even express how crucial meal-planning has been in my deslobification process. When I plan our menu, our week goes (more) smoothly. When I don't . . . it's chaotic. At least during that crazy hour between afternoon and … [Read more...]

I’ll Just Leave it Out . . . For Now

October 2, 2011 By Dana White 3 Comments

It's the second day of 31 Days of Details. I'm already glad that I chose this topic, and that I took the challenge to write about "details" every day in October. Why? Because sometimes it's only after I take care of a problem that I realize how much it has been bugging me. Which, I know, doesn't really make sense. I have a … [Read more...]

31 Days of Details

October 1, 2011 By Dana White 9 Comments

I stumbled (through one of you) upon the 31 Days Challenge over at The Nester. The Beautiful, Lovely, Awe-Inspiring Nester. The basic idea is this: Write about one thing, any one thing . . . for every day in October. Every . . . single . . . day. My reaction was a bunch of "buts." But . . . I don't post on weekends! (And it started … [Read more...]

Monthly Decluttering Update! It’s About to Be October!!!

September 30, 2011 By Dana White 7 Comments

Tomorrow is October. As in, Fall. Wow. So, it's time to share my decluttering progress for September. Thankfully, it's better than August . . . which only had one decluttering project. Normal Friend came over again today, because she honestly loves helping me clean. So . . . completely . . . bizarre. This week has been crazy, and … [Read more...]

Donating the Stuff From My . . . Donation Spot

September 29, 2011 By Dana White 13 Comments

Step One: Declutter. Step Two: Get the stuff you decluttered out of your house. I love my donation spot. But I realized the other day that it was as tall as I am. It was no longer just a spot, but more of an area-in-which-to-practice-balancing-random-items-on-top-of-one-another. Since this week has been crazy with helping out at the … [Read more...]

Re-Motivating the Kids

September 28, 2011 By Dana White 1 Comment

My kids' daily checklist is designed for my own brain. It's meant to be something that will help them motivate themselves, which makes up for my own ability to say, "OK, get in bed!" without ever thinking about having them pick up their rooms, the living room, etc. We go through times when the checklist is forgotten. By all of us. Thankfully, … [Read more...]

Authenticity . . . Everywhere

September 27, 2011 By Dana White 18 Comments

I've been putting this post off forever. At least since I returned from the Women of Faith event I attended. Here's the thing. I wanted to be profound. I wanted to be earth-shattering. I wanted what I wrote to be something that would drop jaws and bring tears. But what I kept coming back to as the thing God wanted from me . . . is so … [Read more...]

The Bell Tolled

September 26, 2011 By Dana White 24 Comments

I'm not generally a confrontational person. I speak truth when beneficial, but I don't go looking for trouble. And I try to be a good neighbor. I instruct the kids to not play outside until after 8 a.m. and not to sing with gusto while standing on top of the Jungle Gym . . . until after 9. Confused about all the defensive statements? Last … [Read more...]

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