Dana K. White

A SLOB COMES CLEAN

Reality-Based Cleaning, Decluttering, & Organizing

  • Home
  • Procrastinators Get Stuff Done
  • Get Started!
  • Speaking
  • Blog
    • Cleaning
    • decluttering
    • organization
    • All posts
  • Podcast
  • Books
    • Organizing for the Rest of Us
    • Procrastinators Get Stuff Done
    • Decluttering at the Speed of Life
    • Winnie’s Pile of Pillows
    • How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind
    • Jesus Doesn't Care About Your Messy House
  • Video
  • Take Your House Back
  • FAQ
  • Decluttering Coaches
  • Free Five Steps Printable
  • Contact
  • Home
  • Procrastinators Get Stuff Done
  • Get Started!
  • Speaking
  • Blog
    • Cleaning
    • decluttering
    • organization
    • All posts
  • Podcast
  • Books
    • Organizing for the Rest of Us
    • Procrastinators Get Stuff Done
    • Decluttering at the Speed of Life
    • Winnie’s Pile of Pillows
    • How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind
    • Jesus Doesn't Care About Your Messy House
  • Video
  • Take Your House Back
  • FAQ
  • Decluttering Coaches
  • Free Five Steps Printable
  • Contact

Getting Somewhere in the Summer Recovery Process

August 30, 2010 By Dana White 2 Comments

A little over a week ago, I posted a Friday Fail.  It was a picture of the room I had neglected since Mid-July.

And it was bad.

Little by little, over the past week, I’ve worked on it.  First, the top bed had to be cleared.  That took one day’s allotment of decluttering energy.  Then, the top of the trundle bed had to be cleared.  After I did that, I felt a little momentum and also cleared underneath the big bed (which included things I had shoved under there even though I knew I shouldn’t).  Once that was done, I prettied it up by replacing the bedding and took a strategic picture.

Strategic – meaning that I only let the bed be seen.

The rest of the room looked like this . . .

. . . . for a few days.

Then, yesterday, I picked up those last few items off of the floor, and now it looks like this:

It’s still far from perfect, and pretty much every surface in the room is cluttered, but I’m proud of it.  It’s again livable, and you don’t have to do any high-kicks to get to the half-bath in the back.  (Unless you want to.)

Really, this post includes a before picture, a during picture, and a not-done-but-enough-better-to-keep-me-going picture.

Oh, and just for reference, that is NOT a real baby in the floor.  It’s just a real-enough-looking-to-cause-gasps-of-horror-when-you-hold-it-by-one-arm-in-the-grocery-store-because-your-4yo-got-tired-of-carrying-it doll.

And yes, that is my mannequin.

Read Newer Post Top Ten Projects That Aren’t Really Projects That I’m Way Too Proud Of
Read Older Post Distractible Me – Daily Checklist and Laundry Day

Filed Under: decluttering, progress | 2 Comments

Distractible Me – Daily Checklist and Laundry Day

August 30, 2010 By Dana White 3 Comments

I’ve made some progress today.  It has been one of those days when things click along mostly like they are supposed to, and I have time to do some real deslobbifying. Last night, even though I was tired after our kids’ musical at church, I made lunches, put out clothes, started the dishwasher, gathered and […]

Read More

Filed Under: daily checklist, laundry, My Survival Techniques | 3 Comments

Menu Plan Monday – Getting Back Into the Swing

August 30, 2010 By Dana White 1 Comment

Week one of school is done. It’s time to get back into menu planning for real. Honestly, it’s the last thing I want to do right now, but I’m planning to stop by the store in the morning, and if I’m prepared, maybe it can be my only stop there this week. I mentioned on […]

Read More

Filed Under: Menu Plan Monday | 1 Comment

"Your Way is Much Better, Mom"

August 29, 2010 By Dana White 12 Comments

On Friday, my 8yo was retelling a Calvin and Hobbes comic. Something about Calvin convincing his mother that they should go out for pizza by emphasizing to her that she wouldn’t have to spend all that time in the kitchen cooking and then washing dishes. My son said, “I think the way you do it […]

Read More

Filed Under: failures, random stories | 12 Comments

More Links to Check Out

August 28, 2010 By Dana White Leave a Comment

I haven’t done this in a week or two, but I wanted to list a few more blogs whose writers I had the pleasure to meet at the Savvy Blogging SUmmit. Jami at An Oregon Cottage “Living Well on Less” (I love her style.) Jamie at I am a Money Magnet – “Attracting Real Deals […]

Read More

Filed Under: blog stuff | Leave a Comment

Daily Checklists, Weekly Tasks, and . . . Dusting Tropical Fruit

August 27, 2010 By Dana White 4 Comments

The first week of our Return to Routine is complete.  Over the course of the week, I have done most many of the items on my Daily Checklist every most days. I have, however, done my Weekly Tasks each day.  And now that the week is over, my house looks nice, feels nice, and overall […]

Read More

Filed Under: figuring myself out | 4 Comments

Oh, the Lovely Suds!

August 26, 2010 By Dana White 5 Comments

One common misconception about slobs is that we don’t like to clean. I can’t speak for all slobs . . . but I actually enjoy cleaning. It’s the supply-gathering, time-designating, counter-unearthing that I don’t like. But give me a personal assistant who keeps track of the mop and bucket, puts away the clean dishes and […]

Read More

Filed Under: figuring myself out | 5 Comments

My Daily Checklist – Now With a Printable Version

August 25, 2010 By Dana White 59 Comments

Oh, the Daily Checklist! In the deslobification process I’ve been going through this past year, it’s been my very best friend. Basically, it’s a list of the habits I’ve been working to develop in an effort to transform my home.  It’s a chart of the things that seem effortless to normal people, but somehow baffled […]

Read More

Filed Under: methods, printables | 59 Comments

Daily Checklist, and Stealthy Bathroom Cleaning

August 24, 2010 By Dana White 4 Comments

Day 2 of Return to Routine. This week, I’m focusing on being thorough with my daily checklist and my weekly tasks.  Yesterday, I did pretty well, and also conquered quite a few little piles of clutter that had been ignored all summer.  I felt good about it.  Too good. When I was writing my post, […]

Read More

Filed Under: daily checklist | 4 Comments

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • …
  • 248
  • 249
  • 250
  • 251
  • 252
  • …
  • 307
  • Next Page »

Want solutions to your biggest decluttering problems?

Get my newsletter and we'll start by teaching you how to declutter without making a bigger mess.

* = required field

Popular Posts

Why-I-Have-To-Run-My-Dishwasher-Every-Single-Night-at-ASlobComesClean.com sidebar
Five Truths about a Clean Kitchen even without a dishwasher at ASlobComesClean.com sidebar
How to Clean a Messy House at ASlobComesClean.com sidebar

November 2026
M T W T F S S
 1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
30  
« Oct    

Topics:

blogcast Cleaning daily checklist decluttering failures figuring myself out kitchen laundry Menu Plan Monday organization parenting podcasts progress random stories reader stories recipes sponsored posts Uncategorized

  • PR/Advertising
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact
  • Website Terms and Conditions
Search field required
Search

© Dana K. White | Site by Little Leaf Design