I've written about how I had to get over the guilt of decluttering things that were given/handed-down to me. I've accepted it as the givEE. But what about as the givER?  What about when it's my daughter wanting to get rid of something I gave her? My daughter loves-like-a-mommy all of her (many) dolls.  When she decides she's okay  parting … [Read more...]

Sometimes (okay, lots of times), I get a little over-dramatic when I find a mess somewhere that is extra sticky or extra embarrassing. I tend to say things like, "WHY oh WHY do these things happen to ME!?!?!!" I take messes personally. But I'm not taking this mess personally. A little over a week ago, I was unplugging my phone so I … [Read more...]

Two years ago (almost exactly), I volunteered to host a Sunday evening home group for our church. As in, every single Sunday. As in, people coming into my home . . . every single Sunday. It was a risk, but I had been at the deslobification thing for about a month at that point, and I had hope that maybe I could handle it.  And I knew that … [Read more...]

So, I've been at this slob-blogging thing for two years. I'm pretty sure that I will never write a boy-it-feels-great-to-have-it-all-together post for a blogiversary . . . since my blogiversary will always fall during the first week of school. Which is also the first week after the routine-free summer (which I LOVE) comes to an end.  It's … [Read more...]

  I love dishes. Specifically, blue dishes. Solid blue, blue and white, blue accented with some other color, some other color accented with blue. Love 'em. For the past few years though, I've started wondering if blue dishes weren't quite the style anymore. (Wondering, because I didn't care to research it.)  But then, a few … [Read more...]