Monday is Laundry Day. One of the best things about doing laundry this way is that I am much more thorough than I ever was with the one-load-a-day method. Doing "all" of my laundry actually means something. With one-load-a-day (which was a delusion anyway), I pulled the most desperately needed items off the top of the pile mountain, and … [Read more...]
Meal Planning is a Detail
It's Day 3 of October's 31 Days of Details. It's also the day when I plan my menus. A very important day. I can't even express how crucial meal-planning has been in my deslobification process. When I plan our menu, our week goes (more) smoothly. When I don't . . . it's chaotic. At least during that crazy hour between afternoon and … [Read more...]
I’ll Just Leave it Out . . . For Now
It's the second day of 31 Days of Details. I'm already glad that I chose this topic, and that I took the challenge to write about "details" every day in October. Why? Because sometimes it's only after I take care of a problem that I realize how much it has been bugging me. Which, I know, doesn't really make sense. I have a … [Read more...]
31 Days of Details
I stumbled (through one of you) upon the 31 Days Challenge over at The Nester. The Beautiful, Lovely, Awe-Inspiring Nester. The basic idea is this: Write about one thing, any one thing . . . for every day in October. Every . . . single . . . day. My reaction was a bunch of "buts." But . . . I don't post on weekends! (And it started … [Read more...]
Friday as Project Day? . . . Maybe? . . . Hopefully?
This really doesn't have much to do with this post . . . but I'm still baffled that my kitchen could go from pretty-much-company-ready to this: In less than six hours. Now for my real point. It's the last day of the third week of my new all-the-kids-are-now-in-school life. I'm still trying to figure things out. The second week … [Read more...]
Creating a Schedule for the New Normal
My first six weeks as a mother weren't exactly blissful. With feeding problems and an exceptionally-gifted-with-amazing-volume baby, my world had officially been rocked by this motherhood thing. By the three month mark, however, I had it together. He had figured out how to eat, was sleeping through the night, and I had even (successfully) … [Read more...]
I Wonder What It’s Like to Get a Running Start . . .
Today is the first day of school. It's back to routine. I'm sad. (So sad that I won't elaborate on just-how-sad out of fear that my computer will be ruined by the flood of tears.) But the routine does feel good. I got out of bed at 6 a.m. and immediately stripped the sheets. I got dressed in my … [Read more...]
Tunnel-Vision – (I Like It!)
I've had tunnel-vision lately. It's a good thing, and a bad thing. Honestly, I like it. In dealing with my Slob Problem, balance is my biggest challenge. When my house is under control, my brain is free to be creative, and I can do small projects here and there more easily because I don't have to clear a spot or dig around (as much) to … [Read more...]
My Bed: Our Home’s Housekeeping Barometer
Please note: I'm claiming artistic license more than scientific fact in this post. I'm okay with that. I think I have some sort of disability when it comes to caring about weather predictions. I can not watch the weather. I'm incapable. I've tried. There are times when I know inside my logical-grown-up brain that I need to find … [Read more...]