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
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
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...]
My Mushroom Gravy “Recipe” – Or “Nony Exposes Her Kitchen Cop-Out”
If you read my menu plans, you may have noticed that one of our favorite meals is Blah-blah-blah with "mushroom gravy" over rice/potatoes/pasta. About a month ago, one of you called me on it. And then my aunt literally called me. You were both being nice, and wanted to know my "recipe" for mushroom gravy. Because it sounds nice. And … [Read more...]
A Few Links for the Weekend
I generally don't post on Saturdays, but thought I'd share a few links to things I've written around the web lately. I guest posted over at Raising Arrows yesterday, sharing how honesty has probably been the biggest factor in my deslobification process. My next article at All You is also up. Love that magazine and am having a blast doing … [Read more...]
So the Clothes are Clean . . . Now What?
I keep up with laundry. Really . . . I do. For over a year now, I've been doing all of our laundry on Mondays, and that system works for us. And for my Slob Brain. No more one-load-a-day-delusions that just end in the same one load being washed every day for a week because I keep forgetting to put it in the dryer. But then, similar … [Read more...]
Decluttering in the Master Bedroom with Normal Friend – With Webisode
I guess I could just call this "Normal Friend" week, huh? Really, though, the work that we got done when she was here for three hours last Friday was (at least) a week's worth of work for me. I'm so . . . incredibly . . . grateful. Anyway, the final thing that we did before she left was to shoot a webisode. Probably not the … [Read more...]
The Doorbell is My Friend
Two years ago (almost exactly), I volunteered to host a Sunday evening home group for our church. As in, every single Sunday. As in, people coming into my home . . . every single Sunday. It was a risk, but I had been at the deslobification thing for about a month at that point, and I had hope that maybe I could handle it. And I knew that … [Read more...]
It’s an Honor Just to Be Nominated . . .
Not really . . . I want to WIN! Don't just think of it as a vote for me, think of it as a vote for slobs everywhere. Even though, really . . . it's a vote for just me. Anyway, I'd love it if you could take the two seconds necessary to go vote for me. I've been nominated (I assume by one of you) for Circle of Mom's Top 25 Home Management … [Read more...]
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