Dana K. White

A SLOB COMES CLEAN

Reality-Based Cleaning, Decluttering, & Organizing

When You Have to Run It Anyway

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I don’t make a decision about running the dishwasher every night. I can’t. I don’t trust myself to make the right one. Removing this decision means I view those leftover spots in my not-quite-full dishwasher differently. They’re not reasons to not run it (because I don’t get to make that decision). They’re reasons to look for other things to … [Read more...]

My Blinking Problem

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I’ve been having a blinking problem lately. Every time I blink, my boys seem to change. There’s nothing gradual about it, and their stairstep ages (20 months apart) doesn’t seem to spread it out at all. They’re neck and neck (literally) in the game of Who’s the Tallest? Over the summer, constant reassurance was necessary, many back-to-back … [Read more...]

070 Less. Podcast

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Mentioned in this podcast: Drowning in Clutter? (Don't Grab a Floatie! Drain the Ocean!) Less - post about decluttering some of the junk in my junk drawer One In One Out Podcast Containers and Limits Podcast Just Decluttering (Not Organizing) … [Read more...]

Dealing with Mold in My Enclosed Porch (Ugh.) Concrobium Mold Control to the Rescue

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I'd been pretending this didn't exist. Blergh. We had an intensely rainy May, and a leak in our enclosed porch meant this room was icky and damp for that entire month. The walls had mold on them. Blech. But then summer happened, and with the intense Texas heat no one spends any time in that room (it isn't air conditioned), so I … [Read more...]

So, A Place for Everything But Not ALWAYS Everything In Its Place? Huh.

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  That’s a how-interesting-so-that’s-the-way-it-works kind of “huh.” Not a Texan version of “Pardon me?” I love (affiliate link alert) my dishwand. I’ve blabbed about it already this week. And I really love using my favorite mug to keep it clean and dry and out from under dishes in the sink. But alas, about three weeks after … [Read more...]