It’s been a crazy day of hour-away grocery shopping and friend visiting, but I wanted to let you know that I guest posted today over at Raising Arrows. Amy just had a gorgeous baby boy and is taking some much needed time off.
I was thankful for the opportunity to stray from the housekeeping theme and write about my passion, parenting with purpose. Although I love this blog, it’s far from what I ever thought I would write about!!!
I’m a sucker for creative play. Today the boys are out of school for Columbus Day. We had big Pumpkin Day plans (which I’ll share tomorrow), but we took a while to get going this morning . . . mostly because they were having so much fun. Non-wrestling, non-Jedi-battle, non-bug-your-brother, non-make-your-mama-crazy fun. They were playing […]
Read MoreSooooo, in this “coming clean” process I experience quite a spectrum of moods. On the high end, there’s “Woo-hoo, I’ve got this housekeeping thing down!” On the low end, there’s “I’m a slob, I’ll always be a slob, there’s no hope for me!” Most days, I manage to keep it in the middle, but some […]
Read MoreI’ve really been struggling with prioritizing lately. I’m feeling over committed, but it’s all good stuff and there isn’t anything that is an obvious choice to cut out. As long as I can stick to my basic daily checklists and weekly tasks, I’m surviving, but it’s just a fact of life that I’ll never get […]
Read MoreYou know those game show money booths? The ones where they announce that the contestant will have one minute to be in the booth with 50,000 dollars flying around inside, and they get to keep as much money as they can grab? That’s what my master bedroom feels like to me. Not in the wow-if-only-that-was-me-in-there-I-could-buy-my-own-ice-cream-truck way it seemed […]
Read MoreI’m on a journey. Although in my 36 years, I have awakened many, many times with a resolve to change my slobbish ways . . . that resolve did little to clean my house. I had to clean it myself. And keep it clean. Learning skills and letting them build on one another is […]
Read MoreRhythm. One of those things that I’ve begun to appreciate in a new way in this deslobification process. Though I am still far from being the woman who gets every tiny task done immediately because she can’t stand the thought of letting them pile up, I do now grasp the concept of rhythm in housekeeping. […]
Read MoreSaturday we tackled the backyard. It needed some major attention. Attention that I had been withholding for a very long time. If I can allow clutter to grow inside the house by using my Selective Vision, just imagine what I can do in my backyard. And out there . . . the growth isn’t just […]
Read MoreJust want to pay back some linky love! Here are some of y’all who have linked to me somewhat recently. I really appreciate it! A Well-Feathered Nest I Still Hate Pickles Brownies and Onion Dip Two Kid Schoolhouse Mama’s Laundry Talk I know that others of you have linked to me in the past, but […]
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