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How Much Can A Slob Do In Fifteen Minutes?

November 4, 2010 By Dana White 8 Comments

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I’m a little stressed for time this week.  Fitting in everything I need/want to do isn’t working out the way I planned.

Generally, I do my cleaning and decluttering projects in the mornings.  But this afternoon, I went against every fiber of my being and worked on the office some more.  The office that was a guestroom more than a week ago, and still had not been returned to its proper state.  I guess it’s like that scientific law about how objects in motion tend to stay in motion.  Rooms in disarray tend to stay in disarray.

I know, because I’ve proved it to myself over and over and over since starting this process, that I can take a room like that a very long way in a very short time . . . if I’ll just do it.

I gave myself 15 minutes, all the time I had before I needed to leave to pick up the boys.

And here’s what it looked like after exactly 15 minutes:

Not perfect, but soooo much better.  And now, even though it only took 15 minutes, it still feels like I accomplished a major task and shaved 2 hours off of my to-do list for tomorrow.

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An Old Trick That Finally Makes Sense

November 2, 2010 By Dana White 12 Comments

My mother, the one who knows where to put EVERYthing, gave me a piece of advice many times through the years that really didn’t make any sense to me. She said to put my pajamas under my pillow to be worn the next night. Great trick . . . except that I rarely wore the […]

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An Idyllic Life

November 2, 2010 By Dana White 4 Comments

We had an idyllic weekend. Even though “technical difficulties” kept us from leaving when we wanted to, and meant that we only had one night away from home instead of two, it was a peaceful and relaxing weekend. We went to the lake, and the weather was beautiful. The kids played non-stop outside. Exercising their […]

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A Clothing Explosion . . . and Various Other Things to Be Dealt With

November 1, 2010 By Dana White 2 Comments

That’s my bed . . . at this very moment. It’s scary looking, but could be much worse.  I’m actually rather proud that those clothes are folded.  I’m not putting off folding until the afternoon like I often do.  Two more loads now, and every last stitch of clothing in the house will be ready […]

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Decluttering Progress Report – October

November 1, 2010 By Dana White 2 Comments

Really? October’s over? Whatever. But I do love the reminder to go back over my progress for the month so I can participate in the Decluttering Challenge over at The Finer Things in Life. Last month, my focus was the master bedroom.  This wasn’t some well-planned, goal-oriented thing, it was out of necessity.  Like my cleaning/decluttering […]

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Tandem Cleaning – Getting By With a Little Help From My Friend

October 29, 2010 By Dana White 7 Comments

I’ve mentioned before that twice a month I get together with a friend who lives an hour away. We let our kids play, and often help each other out with projects. Sometimes we work on fun things like making Jedi costumes for a birthday party, but other times, like today, we tackle the not-so-fun stuff. […]

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"Stuff" is Singular

October 29, 2010 By Dana White 14 Comments

I’m a grammar lover. I know.  Nerd alert! Recently, I read a blog post about stuff. She said something like, “All of that stuff are . . . ” It sounded funky, and I knew it was grammatically incorrect. Stuff is. That’s the problem.  We think of stuff as being plural.  The stuff probably does […]

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Building My Housekeeping Emergency Fund

October 28, 2010 By Dana White 12 Comments

I’ve mentioned before that we are Dave Ramsey geeks. Our last momentous achievement was building our emergency fund. It took a long time, the adjustment of our thinking, some sacrifices . . . but we reached our goal last May. Now, although we’re officially on the next phase where we have our investments going full […]

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Tell Your Time – A Time Management E-book

October 28, 2010 By Dana White Leave a Comment

Amy Lynn Andrews, of Blogging with Amy, has just released her new e-book, Tell Your Time. It focuses on time management, something I definitely struggle with. Right now, for a very limited time, you can get it for only 7.00 by using the code InTheClub. Click here to visit AmyLynnAndrews.com. And yes, that’s an affiliate […]

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