On our annual trip to the mall last December, I spent thirteen dollars at a little kiosk that was going out of business and selling all of their jewelry for $1.00 per item. Mmmm-hmmm, you read that right. I went a bit overboard. Recently, one earring of this pair went flying off of the counter and shattered. I was quite proud that I … [Read more...]
Contradictions
I'm taking a few days off from blogging this week to spend time with my family for Spring Break. I've scheduled posts for most days based on random pictures I've taken. Yes, that's a pumpkin. Yes, that's a pumpkin being washed in a sink. Yes, I am able to think through (in an instant) all of the places where that pumpkin may have been, … [Read more...]
Crazy Day with a Big Accomplishment Worked In
I've been off on a field trip for the day, gone from early morning until the afternoon. My kitchen hasn't been cleaned, my floors are unswept and the TV is covered in dust. But . . . I'm proud of myself. Why? In the few minutes I had between picking up the un-field-tripping 4yo from her friend's house and heading to the school to get … [Read more...]
Spring Cleaning/Organizing/De-Disasterizing the Playroom
That's our playroom. It's a room I ignore, often accidentally . . . but mostly on purpose. Besides the fact that I'm sure every playroom in existence tends to get out of control, mine is actually a closed-in porch. It isn't under heat or air, and we leave the window open quite a bit so our dog can get in out of the wind/rain/cold/whatever. … [Read more...]
Daily Checklist 3/10/11
Things I did not do today:Get up and flip the calendar to March so I could do like I did last month and glance over there every time I wrote a Daily Checklist post. Things I did do:Made bed. (Sooooo much easier now that I've removed the crazy-huge comforters.)Emptied dishwasher.Loaded dishwasher.Wiped down counters and table. Swept … [Read more...]
Figuring Out What Surface Cleaning Means . . . To Me
LOVE all the discussion about surface cleaning in the comments on yesterday's post. I'm sure there's a definition out there somewhere and an expert who could tell us exactly what surface cleaning is supposed to be. But I don't care. I need to figure out what it means for me, and how it can help me in this deslobification process. One of … [Read more...]
Permission Granted to Surface Clean
I have no big life-changing advice for this post, but the concept of surface cleaning has been jiggling around in my brain for several days now. Last week, at a moms group meeting (a small, five person one), I stepped out of my comfort zone and told real-life people about my blog. BIG step for me. So, naturally, the subject turned to … [Read more...]
Doing What Works . . . Or at Least Works Better
It was a good idea. An idea proven by many wonderful mothers and housekeepers since the invention of laundry baskets and drawers, I'm sure. But it just doesn't work for me right now. About three or four weeks ago, I started putting folded laundry directly into baskets for each family member. It's so much prettier and … [Read more...]
Daily Checklist 3/7/11
I don't think that I posted a daily checklist last week at all. Maybe not even the week before. And I can feel the difference that it makes. Even though the house is leaps-and-bounds better than it was pre-blog, not consciously doing my daily checklist means that I skip a few things here and there. And when Sunday evening comes around and … [Read more...]
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