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I Don’t Care for Change

April 15, 2011 By Dana White 7 Comments

Yes, my mother taught me not to use the word “hate.”

Change is hard. Even though I always eventually adjust, I do tend to drag my feet and get a little grumpy while it’s happening.

This week was the beginning of a few changes which meant that my schedule was messed up. I wasn’t home on Tuesday to clean bathrooms. So I did it on Monday. For me, a VERY big accomplishment.

HOWEVER, I obviously didn’t do my daily pick-ups, or ever finish folding the laundry from Monday, or many other little things. And when I ignore a few things, more happen. Like hangers being tracked all over the living room floor.

So today, I took the time to recover the living room.

I like it like THAT. As things continue to change, I have to adjust and figure out how to keep it like that.

Organizing My Bathroom Drawer

April 14, 2011 By Dana White 25 Comments

I organized my bathroom drawer today. I didn’t plan to, but it happened. It began when I finished my daily checklist (which was overly time-consuming because I hadn’t done it all week) and realized I had a bit of time before lunch. I decided that I would declutter my bathroom counter. I sorted out the […]

A Three Shower Day

April 14, 2011 By Dana White 12 Comments

Not three showers because I sweated so much cleaning and decluttering. Three showers because I’m a germaphobe. I generally consider myself a functioning germaphobe. I get through life using my elbows to open doors and artfully dodging handshakes. But somehow today was too much. I blame it on being tired and on the oh-my-word-I-can’t-believe-the-school-year-is-over-and-my-baby-is-going-to-kindergarten-in-the-fall funk […]

Birthday Parties – The "How Often" Dilemma

April 13, 2011 By Dana White 15 Comments

This isn’t really a house-cleaning tip, but one that’s good for people who struggle with Time Passage Awareness. Like I do. When it comes to scheduling kids’ birthday parties, I’m thankful I have my mother’s footsteps in which to follow. I started out this motherhood gig knowing that I would do it the way she […]

Able to Thrive

April 11, 2011 By Dana White 9 Comments

We did a LOT of driving this weekend. On our drive, we saw a sign saying we were entering a “controlled burn” area, and warning us not to drive into thick smoke. Soon, we saw what the sign was talking about. One side of the highway was black. Charred ground as far as we could […]

Letting Go of Someone Else’s Memories

April 7, 2011 By Dana White 80 Comments

Sometimes I find myself holding on to memories . . . that aren’t even mine. People give me stuff. They don’t want these things in their own homes, but they hate to throw them away or donate their special items to an unknown-possibly-non-appreciative stranger. So they give it to me. They know how much I […]

Clue #3 in the Master Bedroom Mystery – Last Minute Shoving

April 6, 2011 By Dana White 18 Comments

Really, all of the clues so far have been pretty in-my-face. No sleuthing required. But how our master bedroom repeatedly falls into chaos . . . still feels like a mystery to me. Clue #3: Last minute shoving. Brought about by items not being in their homes when the doorbell is scheduled to ring. Brought […]

Phantom Clutter

April 5, 2011 By Dana White 11 Comments

I’ve always heard that people who lose a limb can still experience pain in it. Phantom pains. The memory/feeling is so real that they have to tell themselves that the limb really isn’t there anymore. As I declutter, I do tons of self-talk. I follow my two decluttering questions. I rationalize that I simply must […]

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