Dana K. White

A SLOB COMES CLEAN

Reality-Based Cleaning, Decluttering, & Organizing

Plans, Schmans

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I had such big plans for today.  So many little projects that need to be done.  Clean out the linen closet, changeover to summer clothes, blah blah blah and yada yada yada.  But alas, plans rarely go as . . . well . . . planned.It probably wasn't a good sign that I remembered (at 7:11) that my son's school was having Muffins for … [Read more...]

My Vacuum Cleaner’s New Frontier

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It's Friday . . . so I dusted and vacuumed.  In the past two months or so of this new Task-a-Day thing, I've developed a bit of a method for vacuuming my house.   Since all the main areas of the house have hardwood floors, I go through first with the broom and get the corners and edges swept out into the middle of the floor.  Then I can vacuum … [Read more...]

Daily Checklist

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Today has been better than yesterday's Day of Funk. I made my bed when I got up . . . a good sign.I emptied the dishwasher, cleaned up the kitchen after last night's excessively messy rice-krispies-as-a-chicken-coating episode. (Do NOT get distracted while crushing rice krispies with the bottom of a cup and talking to your husband on the phone and … [Read more...]

Curing My Funk

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Me and my moods. I call this a funk. It's not like I'm down or anything, I just don't feel like doing anything. I'm tired, run-down, listless . . . maybe I need some Vitametavegamin? It isn't that anything is wrong. It's a normal crazy Wednesday. I discovered while sitting in my discussion group at my Bible Study that I had finished last … [Read more...]

The Beginning of the End

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Today I accompanied my son's kindergarten class to the zoo. It was a gorgeous day, and we had a great time. The weather is beginning to border on "hot" at certain points, and I must say that I was a bit envious of those otters splashing around. I'm so ready for summer. There are now only five weeks left of school, and they are full. Almost … [Read more...]

Daily Checklist

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I'm a little antsy/flustered/discombobulated/out-of-my-groove today as my 8yo is having a medical test tomorrow. He is on a liquid diet today, which is hard since he's officially entered the hollow-leg phase of life lately. Thankfully, he's a pretty happy-go-lucky kid and thinks it's cool that I picked him up for lunch and took him to Sonic for … [Read more...]

Mopping Again . . . Already?

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I did something crazy this morning. Even though I have a perfectly good excuse to not do Thursday's task of mopping on the days when I have my Moms' Group meeting at 9 am, I guess I felt reckless and . . . . I mopped anyway. And I was done at 8:45. A.M.!!! And guess what? Even though I mopped last week, ONLY last week, the water . . . was … [Read more...]

Enjoying Laundry Day????

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Shhhh . . . . Don't tell anyone. I'm actually starting to enjoy Laundry Day. I know, I know! Please don't evict me from our Slob Club. But it's true. Not like have-a-party-and-wish-it-was-every-day true, but true. One of the things I dislike about housework, one of MANY, is that you never feel like you're done. As soon as you clean a … [Read more...]