Dana K. White

A SLOB COMES CLEAN

Reality-Based Cleaning, Decluttering, & Organizing

Call for Help

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Ummmm, well, this is awkward . . . . I'm stepping out of my comfort zone and asking for a little help.  Don't worry, I'm fully expecting to hear deafening silence, so try not to feel embarrassed for me. I'm heading to the Savvy Blogging Summit in July in Colorado.  I went last year, so I'm guaranteed a spot.  Which is probably a good thing, … [Read more...]

Cleaning Out the Fridge

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My fridge was a mess.  I hadn't cleaned it out in . . . well . . . I honestly have no idea. Wondering why the top shelf is stuffed full, but the bottom shelf is almost empty?  (Except for a potholder, which evidently requires refrigeration?) Well, in all of my meat-cooking of this past week, we had some leakage, and rather than clean it up … [Read more...]

I’m Glad I Gave In On This One

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I've admitted it before. I have toys-with-teeny-tiny-parts-a-phobia. Since our home lacks a mother who can remember to say, "Put that away before you . . . come-to-dinner/get-out-a-new-toy/start-doing-cartwheels-in-the-dining-room/whatever-else-you-can-think-of," I just avoid these kinds of toys. They always seem to end up scattered around … [Read more...]

No Time for Fruit Salad

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___________________________________________ I remember the look on his face. His always-supportive, generally-understanding, unconditionally-loving face. He was consciously, and with great effort, keeping the muscles from contorting into a look of disbelief.  He was using every ounce of compassion to keep from glancing in the direction of … [Read more...]

February Decluttering Update – Come Join In!

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It's March, which means that it's time for another monthly decluttering update. A time to look back over my posts labeled "decluttering" and realize just how much I've accomplished in February. A time to enjoy the wonders of slob-blogging and see, in undeniable photographic evidence, that my Donate Spot has the same stuff in it that was there … [Read more...]

Why Do I Stop Doing Something That Works?

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The boys' school has a new system this year.  Parents have to have a "car tag" to pick up their kids at the end of the day.  The only problem is that the vast majority of parents don't drive through the teeny-tiny-1960s-car-loop, but park and walk to get them. But even we walkers have to bring our tags with us. Little pieces of laminated … [Read more...]

Menu Plan Monday – The One Where We Have Some Variety Again

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Aaaaaahhhhhh. I went shopping, as in big-time shopping, on Friday and now we have a variety of meat in our fridge waiting to be cooked and frozen.  I was thankful to have a menu plan last week so our all-chicken-all-the-time week wasn't a complete disaster. We did laugh that Tuesday's night's meal of Chicken Fried Rice was pretty much the … [Read more...]

Five years ago . . .

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I wasn't going to write a post today.  I've was gone from 7:29 this morning until 8:30 tonight except for about 30 minutes of comment-checking, red-lipstick-painting, and costume-gathering. But then, I saw that my friend Mary, over at Giving Up on Perfect was participating in a 5 minute writing challenge at the Gypsy Mama, and I thought it … [Read more...]