Warning: This post contains complete and total honesty which may likely cause nausea in all readers, shuddering in most, and full-on flabbergastation in those whom I refer to as "normal." I'm a scatterbrain. I believe I was born this way. I'm germaphobic. This was an acquired neurosis. I procrastinate. This is just me not doing what … [Read more...]
Creating Traditions is So Much Easier In a Clean (Or Even a Cleanish) House
A year ago today I was in awe that we were able to have a fun day of carving a pumpkin and baking a pumpkin pie without spending hours decluttering the dining room table and doing the dishes before we could even get started. Well, it's Columbus Day again, and I decided to make it a tradition to designate this first-school-holiday-of-the-year as … [Read more...]
I Guest Posted over at Raising Arrows
It's been a crazy day of hour-away grocery shopping and friend visiting, but I wanted to let you know that I guest posted today over at Raising Arrows. Amy just had a gorgeous baby boy and is taking some much needed time off. I was thankful for the opportunity to stray from the housekeeping theme and write about my passion, parenting with … [Read more...]
Letting a Mess Happen
I'm a sucker for creative play. Today the boys are out of school for Columbus Day. We had big Pumpkin Day plans (which I'll share tomorrow), but we took a while to get going this morning . . . mostly because they were having so much fun. Non-wrestling, non-Jedi-battle, non-bug-your-brother, non-make-your-mama-crazy fun. They were playing … [Read more...]
Willing To Admit I’m Wrong
Sooooo, in this "coming clean" process I experience quite a spectrum of moods. On the high end, there's "Woo-hoo, I've got this housekeeping thing down!" On the low end, there's "I'm a slob, I'll always be a slob, there's no hope for me!" Most days, I manage to keep it in the middle, but some days I get to experience both . . . within … [Read more...]
A Little Progress Here and There
I've really been struggling with prioritizing lately. I'm feeling over committed, but it's all good stuff and there isn't anything that is an obvious choice to cut out. As long as I can stick to my basic daily checklists and weekly tasks, I'm surviving, but it's just a fact of life that I'll never get everything done that I want to do. For … [Read more...]
Living Inside One of Those Game-Show-Money-Booth-Thing-a-ma-bobs
You know those game show money booths? The ones where they announce that the contestant will have one minute to be in the booth with 50,000 dollars flying around inside, and they get to keep as much money as they can grab? That's what my master bedroom feels like to me. Not in the … [Read more...]
My Weekly House Cleaning Tasks – With a Printable Version
I'm on a journey. Although in my 36 years, I have awakened many, many times with a resolve to change my slobbish ways . . . that resolve did little to clean my house. I had to clean it myself. And keep it clean. Learning skills and letting them build on one another is what has made the difference. For the first six months … [Read more...]
Letting Rhythm Rule
Rhythm. One of those things that I've begun to appreciate in a new way in this deslobification process. Though I am still far from being the woman who gets every tiny task done immediately because she can't stand the thought of letting them pile up, I do now grasp the concept of rhythm in housekeeping. Daily quick-sweeps of the kitchen are … [Read more...]
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