Today I:Made bed. (Looks so much nicer with a little cleared floor space around it!)Emptied dishwasher. Cleaned kitchen.Swept kitchen.Dusted.Swept out corners and edges of wood floor areas.Vacuumed.Went totally crazy and Windexed the dog-nose-smudged playroom door. Did you know that even though I dusted JUST LAST WEEK, my house … [Read more...]
Happy Friday!
Remember that it's Friday, and time for Focus Check Friday over in the Blog Frog Community! If you're new here, you can read the concept behind it here. I'd love to have you join in, and since my focus for the week is preparing for a soon-to-be-7-year-old's Star Wars Birthday Party, I'd love to hear any ideas you have! Joining the community is … [Read more...]
Waaahh! (High-Pitched Operatic Note) – I’m Making Progress!!!
Yesterday was Wednesday, which meant I didn't have a big cleaning task to do. Normally, Wednesday is my run-around day, but since most things don't start up until after Labor Day, I was freeee!I decided to spend two hours decluttering. And I chose to work on . . . . the master bedroom. The big, bad, ugly master bedroom. I started with … [Read more...]
August Decluttering Update
Amy over at The Finer Things in Life is in labor! So excited to hear if the baby is a boy or girl! Amazingly, she put up her August Decluttering post yesterday. I love that Amy is doing this decluttering challenge. It is nice to have a reason to reflect on the progress I've made at the end of each month. Here's what I decluttered in … [Read more...]
Daily Checklist/Chore Chart for Kids – Now With a Printable Version
It's officially Back to School time. Moms everywhere are taking a deep breath and resolving to be more organized and teach their kids to be responsible. How do I know this? The number of people finding me by searching for "Kids Chore Charts" or "Daily Checklist for Kids" has at least quadrupled. So, since I'm working on my "Get Started!" … [Read more...]
I Cleaned That Silver Thing-a-ma-bob!
If you're anything like I was before this morning, you probably looked at that picture and thought, "Oh, THAT thingamabob. I have one of those . . . but mine's brown." Yep, this morning that's what I would have said. Turns out, it was actually silver?!?! It's the thing that goes above the stove, a sort of filter for the vent. You know, … [Read more...]
Top Ten Projects That Aren’t Really Projects That I’m Way Too Proud Of
Summer's over. Routine is back. For these few weeks before dance classes and Bible Study get going, I'm trying to be incredibly focused. You know, see the things that normally escape my Selective Slob Vision. So here we go. Ten things that no normal person would have put off for most of an entire summer. Ten things that should have been … [Read more...]
Getting Somewhere in the Summer Recovery Process
A little over a week ago, I posted a Friday Fail. It was a picture of the room I had neglected since Mid-July. And it was bad. Little by little, over the past week, I've worked on it. First, the top bed had to be cleared. That took one day's allotment of decluttering energy. Then, the top of the trundle bed had to be cleared. After I did … [Read more...]
Distractible Me – Daily Checklist and Laundry Day
I've made some progress today. It has been one of those days when things click along mostly like they are supposed to, and I have time to do some real deslobbifying. Last night, even though I was tired after our kids' musical at church, I made lunches, put out clothes, started the dishwasher, gathered and sorted laundry, and started the first … [Read more...]
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