I’m scared to write this post. A clean kitchen . . . is everything. The smartest thing I did when I began this deslobification process was to focus on the kitchen and figure it out before I worried about anything else. I now know how to keep it clean. Not that I always do. But the thought of involving my kids in the process by using a … [Read more...]
Chicken and Black Bean Burritos – Picnic Recipe
Baseball season is almost over! As crazy as that time is, we're sad. When your kids love something as much as our boys love baseball, you can't help but grieve a little that another year of this phase of life has ended. I said at the beginning of the season that I was going to do a picnic series, using this blog as motivation to be creative … [Read more...]
Taking a Moment to Contain Myself, or at Least My Stuff
This week has been wild with end of school stuff. Not only the stuff I knew was coming, but extra things that came up at the last minute and kept me from having a single day at home. I try to do at least one organizing project a week, and this week I planned to do the boys' room. But rather than write a post with no after picture detailing all … [Read more...]
Trying Not to Over-Complicate Things – A Printable Daily Bathroom Checklist
Summer vacation begins tomorrow, and I've finally finished the printable daily bathroom checklist that I was determined to have ready before the boys got out of school. It shouldn't have been this difficult. I tend to over-complicate things. For all of my loosi-goosiness, I do love making a plan. Often a long, detailed . . . complicated … [Read more...]
June is Today? What? – My Decluttering Update for May
Well, it has officially happened. The end of the month totally escaped my notice. I didn't warn anyone about the decluttering update going up, but I'm going to post my progress anyway. You can share your progress (or lack of progress) by linking up a blog post, or in the comments. My main motivation to declutter this month was my … [Read more...]
A Look Inside My Brain (You May Want to Avert Your Eyes)
I actually had a post already written for today, but I think I'll put it off until tomorrow. Feeling the need to . . . Bleh. In case you aren't familar with this term, it could probably be defined as: The point at which thoughts come tumbling out of my brain with little rhyme or reason but (hopefully) in the end come together and make … [Read more...]
A Summer Version of My Kids’ Daily Checklist
As I've been looking forward to summer, I have evaluated the success of last year's Summer of Clean. My kids learned valuable life skills and gained an understanding of what is required to keep a home clean. It was far more successful than any of the other quickly-abandoned-summer-housekeeping-plans we've tried. Overall, it went well. But … [Read more...]
Chicken Parmesan Sandwiches – And a Double Dose of Picnic Fun
Last Monday I admitted that I cheated by letting the little toga-guy provide our picnic supper for the week before. I more than made up for it. We had TWO picnic suppers last week. Every single baseball game was at 6:15. Although that means we can get the kids to bed almost on time, it also means that supper is crazy-rushed. On Monday, I … [Read more...]
An Eighteen Minute Project
It was supposed to be an all-morning-long project. But then shopping took two-and-a-half hours and bathrooms needed scrubbing. I set the timer for an hour. But then something-or-other distracted me, and suddenly the timer only had thirty minutes left. I walked into the boys' room, determined to make however small-or-large a dent I could … [Read more...]
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