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The Getting Out is Fun; The Putting Back . . . Not So Much

June 30, 2011 By Dana White 4 Comments

The Getting Out is Fun; The Putting Back . . . Not So Much at ASlobComesClean.com

I’ve shared that this week has been a crazy-fun week of VBS at our church.  My duties include acting in silly skits and taking pictures for each day’s PowerPoint slide show of the story.

Both of which involve . . . props.

As a former Theatre teacher, and continual small-time-drama person, I love props.

For years, they were a great excuse for all of my clutter.

Each night this week, I’ve dug through drawers and closets and asked, “Kids, do you know where the _________ is?”

I fill my Walmart bag and get it to the right place at the right time.  I mean, it wouldn’t be acceptable to not have that pair of binoculars where it’s supposed to be, on cue.

But once the cue is over, and I’ve moved on to the next scene?

It’s very hard for me to care about putting it back where it goes.

Most . . . end up in a bag on the floorboard of the car, or on the bench just inside the backdoor, or even worse . . . in a closet of the church which likely won’t be cleaned out for another twenty years.

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And just a warning, June is coming to an end!!!  Which means that I’ll share my June decluttering progress on Friday, July 1.  (Post should go live at 10 pm central, Thursday.)  Since I’ve decluttered very little this month, I’m planning to find five “no-brainer” things to throw away so I’ll have something to report.  I’d love to have you join in with a report of your decluttering efforts in June, or with a list of “no-brainers” you find in your own home!

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Curing My Writer’s Block – By Cleaning

June 29, 2011 By Dana White 11 Comments

I started this blog as an accountability/keep-myself-focused-on-my-house thing. In general, it works. It’s hard to justify writing about cleaning when your house isn’t clean. Hard, but not impossible. This week is our church’s Vacation Bible School.  It’s a crazy week, but the kids absolutely love it.  They’re so excited that I’m acting again after taking […]

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Filed Under: focus, honesty | 11 Comments

A New Decluttering Question

June 28, 2011 By Dana White 10 Comments

In general, my two decluttering questions are sufficient. But last week, I came up with an additional question that I could use if I ever got stuck. If this item broke, would I replace it? You can probably tell from the picture above what helped me come up with this idea. After putting some dishes away, […]

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Asian Salad (Slaw) Recipe

June 27, 2011 By Dana White 9 Comments

I’ve posted this recipe before.  But it was an afterthought within a menu plan. This recipe deserves to be the star of its own post.   If you’re a regular reader, you know that I lived in Thailand.  Which is in Asia.  I don’t know that I ate much salad there.  I think the idea is […]

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Filed Under: recipes | 9 Comments

How I Limit My Kids’ TV/Screen Time

June 24, 2011 By Dana White 16 Comments

It’s summer.  And because it’s summer (and summer is fun), I haven’t written this post that I’ve been meaning to write . . . since summer began. A big part of success in any endeavor, especially one where I’m trying to maintain routine in the midst of a lack of routine, is preparation.  A few […]

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Filed Under: kids chores, parenting, Summer, teaching my children | 16 Comments

Forging a New Path (Through the Clutter)

June 23, 2011 By Dana White 9 Comments

We’ve been back for less than three days, and I’m a little overwhelmed. Partly by the Vacation Recovery but also by the totally full calendar that hangs on my wall. While swimming lessons are messing with my rhythm this week, next week it will be VBS, and then Cousins’ Camp, followed by the Savvy Blogging […]

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Filed Under: decluttering, Out of the routine | 9 Comments

If I Only Had a Maid . . .

June 22, 2011 By Dana White 16 Comments

I, along with many other chronically messy people, dream of having a maid. Someone to do all that pesky cleaning that I never seem to get around to doing. In the spirit of full disclosure, I must share . . . that I once had a maid.  For the two years I lived in Thailand, I […]

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Filed Under: My great excuses | 16 Comments

Even on Vacation . . . I’m Not Normal

June 21, 2011 By Dana White 14 Comments

Here’s the window into our room at Disney World last week. The blinds are closed.  My blinds are almost always closed.  I like it when they’re open, but I rarely remember to open them. I do remember to close them . . . when it gets dark outside and I start to worry that the […]

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Filed Under: figuring myself out, Out of the routine | 14 Comments

Pizza Snowballs (A Pizza Pocket Recipe Kids Can Make) – And a Post-Vacation Menu Plan

June 20, 2011 By Dana White 47 Comments

I’m writing this as we drive home from Disney World. Before we left, we had our final picnic supper for baseball season, and the unanimously requested repeat meal was Pizza Pockets! But it’s summer, and I was packing for our trip, and I just didn’t have it in me to make even the easy-recipe dough […]

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Filed Under: Menu Plan Monday, Picnic Ideas, recipes | 47 Comments

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