There are some seriously smart organizing tricks that I don't bother trying. It's my developed-from-experience opinion that each person has a unique brain and must find what works for her in her home. Knowing/accepting this helps me not give up completely when expert advice fails miserably for me. It also helps me not waste time on certain … [Read more...]

I consider myself a Master Declutterer because I have to do it so much. I have to do it so much because I'm also a Master Reclutterer. Hubby claims our room is a science fiction phenomenon. It's like when you shoot down and destroy everything in a video game. It's gone, the space is clear . . . and then you hit the reset button and suddenly … [Read more...]

There's an Amazon affiliate link in this post. Yes. There really is. I believe that optimism plays a part in my excessive losing of things. Things always turn up. Eventually. The lost hairbrush or the lost shoe or the second set of keys? We'll find it one of these days. We always do. So I don't usually stress out about looking … [Read more...]

I'm pretty sure "Do it Now or Do it Later" was a phrase my mother said to me as a child. So I guess I should give up on the dream that my children will take all of my motherly advice to heart and avoid life's struggles. The phrase came to my head on Sunday afternoon as I vacuumed. I had procrastinated as LONG as I possibly could. I was … [Read more...]

I've been debating with myself over this post. I'm not sure if I'll actually finish it, or if it will sit in "Drafts" like some others do. If you're reading it, then I published it, and you'd better be ready for some pretentious, likely-delusional self-examination. This is mostly about me, but it's something I realized while looking in that … [Read more...]

I love getting emails from people who are excited about giving Laundry Day a shot. But then I get nervous.  Because even though a weekly Laundry Day has improved our home by leaps and bounds and is perfect for my needs-to-see-an-end-to-the-task personality type, that first one . . . is brutal. And overwhelming. And it doesn't give you … [Read more...]

That picture is of my dining room table on Monday afternoon. The day before, I cleared it of all "stuff" so it would be ready to be used Sunday night for our church's home group that meets here. I cleared it, I wiped it off, and I was done. People brought food, and obviously bits and pieces and smears got on the table.  It happens. But … [Read more...]

Self-aware confession #1: I have no idea what the Space Time Continuum is. I don't even know if it's a real science thing or if it's something I heard on one of the less-than-eleven episodes of Star Trek I ever watched.  It just sounds good for what I want to write about in this post. Self-aware confession #2: I'm a logical person. I … [Read more...]