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Crazy Day with a Big Accomplishment Worked In

March 11, 2011 By Dana White 4 Comments

I’ve been off on a field trip for the day, gone from early morning until the afternoon.

My kitchen hasn’t been cleaned, my floors are unswept and the TV is covered in dust.

But . . . I’m proud of myself.

Why?

In the few minutes I had between picking up the un-field-tripping 4yo from her friend’s house and heading to the school to get the had-to-go-to-school-while-his-siblings-had-fun 7yo . . . I ran by the donation place and unloaded the back of my Suburban.

My Suburban which I filled up with playroom-excess . . . . YESTERDAY!

Ummm, that’s less than a 48 hour turnaround between decluttering and donating.

I’m pretty sure that’s a slob-record of some sort.

AND, I even took two boxes for the friend who watched my daughter while we were on the field trip.

See, I’m noble too.

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Spring Cleaning/Organizing/De-Disasterizing the Playroom

March 10, 2011 By Dana White 27 Comments

That’s our playroom. It’s a room I ignore, often accidentally . . . but mostly on purpose. Besides the fact that I’m sure every playroom in existence tends to get out of control, mine is actually a closed-in porch.  It isn’t under heat or air, and we leave the window open quite a bit so […]

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Filed Under: decluttering, fun with the kids, parenting Tagged With: 28 day organizing project | 27 Comments

Daily Checklist 3/10/11

March 10, 2011 By Dana White 2 Comments

Things I did not do today: Get up and flip the calendar to March so I could do like I did last month and glance over there every time I wrote a Daily Checklist post.  Things I did do: Made bed.  (Sooooo much easier now that I’ve removed the crazy-huge comforters.) Emptied dishwasher. Loaded dishwasher. […]

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Figuring Out What Surface Cleaning Means . . . To Me

March 9, 2011 By Dana White 20 Comments

LOVE all the discussion about surface cleaning in the comments on yesterday’s post. I’m sure there’s a definition out there somewhere and an expert who could tell us exactly what surface cleaning is supposed to be. But I don’t care.  I need to figure out what it means for me, and how it can help […]

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Filed Under: figuring myself out | 20 Comments

Permission Granted to Surface Clean

March 8, 2011 By Dana White 20 Comments

I have no big life-changing advice for this post, but the concept of surface cleaning has been jiggling around in my brain for several days now. Last week, at a moms group meeting (a small, five person one), I stepped out of my comfort zone and told real-life people about my blog. BIG step for […]

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Filed Under: Cleaning, figuring myself out | 20 Comments

Doing What Works . . . Or at Least Works Better

March 7, 2011 By Dana White 25 Comments

It was a good idea. An idea proven by many wonderful mothers and housekeepers since the invention of laundry baskets and drawers, I’m sure. But it just doesn’t work for me right now.  About three or four weeks ago, I started putting folded laundry directly into baskets for each family member.  It’s so much prettier […]

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Filed Under: failures, laundry | 25 Comments

Daily Checklist 3/7/11

March 7, 2011 By Dana White 3 Comments

I don’t think that I posted a daily checklist last week at all. Maybe not even the week before.   And I can feel the difference that it makes.  Even though the house is leaps-and-bounds better than it was pre-blog, not consciously doing my daily checklist means that I skip a few things here and there.  […]

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Menu Plan – Feeling Adventurous

March 7, 2011 By Dana White 4 Comments

I know that for many people out there, adventurous means things like unusual spices and 33-step-recipes. For me, it just means making things I don’t generally make.  And actually using recipes. I tend to get stuck in a rut, but I’d rather be in a rut than not cook for my family. Monday – Chicken […]

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Call for Help

March 5, 2011 By Dana White 1 Comment

Ummmm, well, this is awkward . . . . I’m stepping out of my comfort zone and asking for a little help.  Don’t worry, I’m fully expecting to hear deafening silence, so try not to feel embarrassed for me. I’m heading to the Savvy Blogging Summit in July in Colorado.  I went last year, so […]

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