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(Lame) Excuse: “But No One Will Go in THAT Room . . . “

October 11, 2012 By Dana White 6 Comments

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Crazy day today.

My appliances are being delivered!!!

To say I’m excited is an understatement. I had a hard time sleeping last night.

The delivery was scheduled for 8 a.m. and yesterday was my busiest day of the week.

And I was out of town last week.

And Monday was spent with my family on their day off from school.

And Tuesday I was just trying to get caught up.

(Yes, I know you’re getting a quadruple dose of excuses in this post.)

I decided to be proud of the fact that my house isn’t as bad as it COULD be.  Other than a little dining table clearing, I didn’t do much.

All the areas they would need to see were at least walk-through-able.

And then they asked about the breaker box.

Of course . . . the breaker box.

Duh.

Installing appliances means turning off electricity. Turning off electricity means going to the breaker box.

Going to the breaker box means entering my boys’ room. And looking in their closet.

Oh . . . the shame.

I didn’t say “opening up their closet.”  Y’know . . . since the door won’t even shut right now.

Oh well. My blog is called A Slob Comes Clean. I’d hate to not give them anything to talk about with their wives tonight.

 

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(Lame) Excuse: “It’s Just One Hanger . . . “

October 10, 2012 By Dana White 8 Comments

83shares 80 0 3 One hanger on the floor doesn’t bother me. Twenty-five hangers on the floor do bother me. 2, 8, 16 or 24 hangers . . . somehow I don’t see those. I used to think I didn’t see the first one, but I’ve realized that I do see it. I see it […]

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Decluttering: The Master Bedroom Saga Part Five (Getting EVERYthing Out!)

October 9, 2012 By Dana White 15 Comments

160shares 137 0 23 Part five was on day three. Which shows how big this project really was. (If you’re reading by email, click here to see the webisode.) In my journal, I wrote: Yesterday helped me see that it IS possible to get through this project.But today, I struggle with the donwannas. This work […]

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(Lame) Excuse #7: But I Missed a Day . . .

October 8, 2012 By Dana White 12 Comments

4shares 3 0 1I didn’t post yesterday. It was only the seventh day of October, and I already failed in this 31 Days of (Lame) Excuses thing. I could quit. But I won’t. Failure and quitting aren’t the same thing. I can’t go back in time and write a post for yesterday.  Technically, the challenge […]

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Chicago Cutlery Knives (And my Ultra-Easy Guacamole “Recipe”)

October 8, 2012 By Dana White 3 Comments

31shares 16 1 14   I think it’s time. Finally. It’s time to carefully pack up most of my old knives for the donation truck.   I’ll need to write on the package: “Dear Mr./Ms. Donation Picker Upper, Please be careful because there are knives in this package.  They’re not terribly sharp, but I thought […]

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(Lame) Excuse #6: But I Have to Bring Them SOMEthing

October 6, 2012 By Dana White 3 Comments

19shares 19 0 0 I have to bring them something, right? I’ve been at the Savvy Blogging Summit for four nights. And I miss my kids. And I want them to be sooooo glad I’m home. They would really like this stuffed dragon . . . for about 2.5 seconds. But I gave it to […]

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(Lame) Excuse: I Want to Get My Money’s Worth

October 5, 2012 By Dana White 7 Comments

12shares 11 0 1 Quick excuse. If I’m going to get a free-but-not-free-because-I-paid-for-this-plane-ticket drink . . . I want one with some calories. Even though I had mostly been avoiding sugary, caffeiney drinks. It makes no sense. I know. See my other (much better) 31 Days of Excuses posts. Read Newer Post (Lame) Excuse #6: […]

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(Lame) Excuse #4: “But I’m Soooo Tired . . . “

October 4, 2012 By Dana White 12 Comments

123shares 112 0 11 See the dishes?  Contrary to what some Normal People would assume, that’s just one day’s worth of dishes. Ish. Rhythms are difficult to maintain on weekends.  Weekends when your 9yo does a kids’ triathlon are even more difficult. (See how I casually worked bragging on my kid into this post?) Last […]

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(Lame) Excuse #3: But Containers are Expensive . . .

October 3, 2012 By Dana White 24 Comments

153shares 139 0 14  So you know about my love/hate, obsession/phobia, gotta-have-it/get-that-thing-out-of-here-before-my-brain-explodes relationship with storage containers, right? OK.  Good. Well, I went from being a Tupperware Lady and having everything I could ever possibly imagine I would need . . . to purging, purging, and purging-some-more until I had basically no containers. I seem to […]

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