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It’ll Turn Up. Eventually.

December 4, 2013 By Dana White 9 Comments

There’s an Amazon affiliate link in this post. Yes. There really is.

It will Turn Up Eventually (It Always Does!) at ASlobComesClean.com

I believe that optimism plays a part in my excessive losing of things.

Things always turn up.

Eventually.

The lost hairbrush or the lost shoe or the second set of keys? We’ll find it one of these days.

We always do.

So I don’t usually stress out about looking for things immediately. Y’know, when they’re most likely to be found . . .

See those two bottles? I only ordered the second one after the first had been lost for a very long time. It was lost in the last few months of first grade, but then we had summer. I’m not on top of thumb-sucking in the summer like I am in the school year. While Mavala is THE best/worst icky-thumb-stuff out there, swimming several hours a day is the one thing that will remove that awesomely horrific taste.

But alas, when it was time for school to start, I needed to stop the hoping and order some more.

And of course, soon after it arrived . . . I found the first bottle.

 

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There’s an affiliate link up there, but here’s one more: Don’t forget about Amazon’s 12 Days of Deals for Kindle books! For twelve days, they are offering 3 of 2013’s best selling books per day for only 2.99! This is only for the Kindle versions. I’m stocking up since a Kindle is on my wish list this year, but you can also read the books using a free app for your computer or smart phone. I’ll link to the 12 Days of Deals for Kindle books page each day. ANYthing you purchase on Amazon after you follow one of these links earns me a small commission.

 

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Family Pick-Up Time (Or The Benefits of Random Intentionality)

December 3, 2013 By Dana White 20 Comments

Five times five equals twenty-five. For real. It totally does. Now. A few years ago, though, five times five equaled three. Sometimes seven. I’m talking about minutes. Five people doing a five-minute pick-up equals twenty-five minutes of picking up. But in the beginning, when Family Pick-Up Time was a totally new thing, five people times […]

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Building My Organizing Cred

December 2, 2013 By Dana White 22 Comments

  Depending on where someone first lands in this blog, he/she might be totally impressed or totally horrified by my organizing skills. And then there’s Hubby. He sees the good days and the bad days, the failed attempts and the overall progress. Thankfully, he’s my biggest supporter and believer, but I still get an extra […]

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Jealous of Other People’s Houses

December 1, 2013 By Dana White 23 Comments

  I’m not talking about swimming pools or jetted tubs or even closets that are bigger than mine. I’m talking about finding things. Now, there are often times when I do know just where something is. I remember being praised for my amazing organizational skills when we celebrated Christmas at my house three days before […]

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Happy Thanksgiving!

November 27, 2013 By Dana White 1 Comment

Enjoy your day! Enjoy your home (whatever state it is in) and your family (whomever they are) and everything you have to be thankful for (whether you can find it or not).   Read Newer Post Jealous of Other People’s Houses Read Older Post A Container LightBulb Moment

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A Container LightBulb Moment

November 26, 2013 By Dana White 12 Comments

I loved this picture and note that Angie shared on my Facebook page SOOO much that I just had to share it here! Nony, I just had to share this with you and would like to thank you for introducing the concept of CONTAINER into my slob brain! This is a picture of my son’s […]

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Last Minute Thanksgiving Fun with the Kids!

November 25, 2013 By Dana White 2 Comments

If you’re anything like me, this is the point in Thanksgiving week when you suddenly look up and think, “Wait!! I was going to do something crafty and awesome with my kids this week!” It’s not too late. I have three crazy-easy ideas for you that take almost no time at all to put together. […]

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One Thing You Should NOT Put in Your Dishwasher

November 24, 2013 By Dana White 36 Comments

This post contains one little ol’ Amazon affiliate link. As you know, I’m an Anti-Pre-Wash-Ite. I get a thrill from putting stuff like this in my dishwasher: Even my converted-from-pre-washing husband questioned my sanity, but it came out perfectly clean and totally chocolate-cake-less. BUT . . . one thing you should never put into a […]

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Putting My Best Food/Foot Forward

November 21, 2013 By Dana White 4 Comments

Confession: That picture above is what my freezer looked like the day before Paula came to my house. With excessive explanation, I could have pointed out the homemade meatballs in the freezer bag. I could have blathered on about the attempt at homemade smoothie mixes that really needed to be thrown out. It had been […]

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