Dana K. White

A SLOB COMES CLEAN

Reality-Based Cleaning, Decluttering, & Organizing

The Party Was a Success!

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I took a nap today.

And I didn’t feel one teeny-tiny bit bad about that.

Thanks for the encouragement last week as I tackled Project Home Recovery. Friday was spent vacuuming and party prepping.

Have I ever mentioned how much I love throwing parties? Evidently, I’ve passed that love down to my daughter.

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She didn’t just want chocolate-dipped strawberries at her party, she wanted to dip them herself.  I love seeing the joy as she gets from doing things for others.

And the biggest excitement? The house was done the day before, and everything else was done . . . thirty minutes before the party even started.

Yay for a last-minute party not feeling last-minute!

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And just for fun, I had to share these flip-flop cookies. How cute are those?  Here are the EASY instructions I used.

Hunger is a Real Enemy

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4shares 0 1 3This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Walmart for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. Hunger is a real issue in our community.  Probably in most communities.  This year, our school district began serving breakfast to ALL students in the classrooms, every morning.  My kids think it’s awesome.  […]

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Day Four – Everything BUT Vacuuming

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147shares 145 0 2 Do you talk to yourself while you clean? Oh. Me neither. But if I did, today my constant reminder to myself would have been, “Everything but vacuuming.” At first, I planned to vacuum. But then I got going, and decided I would leave it for tomorrow.  Somehow that helped keep me […]

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Project Home Recovery: Day Three

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103shares 76 0 27 It’s Day Three of Project Home Recovery. I’ve officially passed the halfway point between oh-my-word-I’m-really-going-to-host-a-party-on-SATURDAY? and let-them-in-the-front-door. I spent today going to Bible Study, running errands and gathering party supplies. After I picked up the kids from school, my daughter and I (once again) tackled her room. Now, let me just […]

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Project Home Recovery – Day One

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340shares 247 0 93 I had big plans for April. It was supposed to be my get-some-major-writing-projects-done-so-I’ll-be-ready-for-the-loosi-goosiness-of-summer month. I planned to hole up in my house and accomplish big things. But then, my daughter decided she wanted to have a birthday party. Let me explain. I was well aware her birthday was approaching. I knew […]

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Accepted

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22shares 22 0 0I blog about my deep, dark secret. It’s why I’m “Nony” here. Short for aNONYmous, I never, ever planned on putting my face to that name. But a lot has changed over the past almost-four years. My deep, dark secret is now my (full-time-hours/part-time-pay) job. And I’ve stopped hiding. I still don’t […]

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