This is a sock. A why-do-they-take-their-shoes-off-but-not-their-socks-when-they're-playing-outside sock. As I'm folding laundry, it DOES register that socks like these should be tossed straight into the trashcan. Unlike towels on the bathroom floor, I do see the holes and acknowledge the sock's worthlessness. But this summer, I had … [Read more...]
How to Make Fried Okra (The BEST Fried Okra!) and My Menu Plan
Let me begin with a few disclaimers: This will be a humility-free post. I feel no need to downplay how awesome my fried okra is, or to be politically correct and say that there are different methods for frying okra. No matter what kind of fried okra you think you like, you'd like mine better. (It's my mother's recipe.) The irony of … [Read more...]
How to Clean Up Your House When the Doorbell ISN’T Scheduled to Ring
So, I've been at this slob-blogging thing for two years. I'm pretty sure that I will never write a boy-it-feels-great-to-have-it-all-together post for a blogiversary . . . since my blogiversary will always fall during the first week of school. Which is also the first week after the routine-free summer (which I LOVE) comes to an end. It's … [Read more...]
Decluttering the Kitchen Drawer
This drawer has been making me crazy. For a very . . . . long . . . . time. It's the drawer that makes me appear to be a neurotically over-zealous host. While in fact, I'm just neurotic. When a casual serve-yourself-from-the-stove guest asks where the forks are . . . and my husband accidentally tells them . . . . I find myself … [Read more...]
Two Years Down . . . A Half-Century (or So) to Go
Today is my second blogiversary!!! Meaning . . . two years ago today I wrote the first post on A Slob Comes Clean. No one knew I was writing it. Not even my husband. I had just come up with the blogging-for-accountability-and-focus idea and had to get going. Like when you're standing on a high-dive and know that if you think too long, … [Read more...]
What if I Can’t Handle the Truth?
A few months ago, I heard that BookSneeze was accepting applications from bloggers to blog for Women of Faith. I applied, thinking . . . . "Y'know, I really should explore the spiritual aspects of this slob-thing, and this might be a good way to start doing that." I never heard from them, and assumed that I had been rejected. And perhaps . . … [Read more...]
I Wonder What It’s Like to Get a Running Start . . .
Today is the first day of school. It's back to routine. I'm sad. (So sad that I won't elaborate on just-how-sad out of fear that my computer will be ruined by the flood of tears.) But the routine does feel good. I got out of bed at 6 a.m. and immediately stripped the sheets. I got dressed in my … [Read more...]
Delusions of My Future – I’ll Suddenly Be Crafty
Craftiness is one of my delusions. I've had a lot of excuses for not being crafty over the years. A few were: It's hard to start a project when there is no guarantee of uninterrupted time to finish it. It's difficult to browse a craft store with a child along who wants to do every project that he/she sees displayed on an end-cap. (Or … [Read more...]
Wonder if You Would Recognize Me in a Crowd?
If you'd like to see a non-costumed picture of me, go check out my Speaking Page. And while you're there, try to think of someone you know in the DFW area who might need a speaker for their moms' group! … [Read more...]
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