Dana K. White

A SLOB COMES CLEAN

Reality-Based Cleaning, Decluttering, & Organizing

A Three Shower Day

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Not three showers because I sweated so much cleaning and decluttering. Three showers because I'm a germaphobe. I generally consider myself a functioning germaphobe.  I get through life using my elbows to open doors and artfully dodging handshakes. But somehow today was too much. I blame it on being tired and on the … [Read more...]

Phantom Clutter

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I've always heard that people who lose a limb can still experience pain in it.  Phantom pains. The memory/feeling is so real that they have to tell themselves that the limb really isn't there anymore. As I declutter, I do tons of self-talk.  I follow my two decluttering questions.  I rationalize that I simply must get rid of an item because I … [Read more...]

I’m Just Not That Funky

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On our annual trip to the mall last December, I spent thirteen dollars at a little kiosk that was going out of business and selling all of their jewelry for $1.00 per item. Mmmm-hmmm, you read that right.  I went a bit overboard. Recently, one earring of this pair went flying off of the counter and shattered.  I was quite proud that I … [Read more...]

Please Don’t Make This Any Harder Than It Already Is

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It's difficult enough for me to throw things away. And because of my tendency to have three of every one thing I need, I often have to get rid of perfectly good stuff.  I donate that stuff. Sometimes I need to get rid of not-perfectly-good-anymore stuff that's been hanging around much longer than it should.  That's the stuff I have to talk … [Read more...]

My Million Dollar Idea

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Last week was quite productive. It's amazing how much you can get done in a week when you have a sick-enough-to-be-stuck-at-home-but-not-the-kind-of-sick-that-makes-messes kid. While working on the laundry organization project, I pulled out my small vacuum that has the hoses and such so I could suck up the dust behind the dryer.  I started to … [Read more...]

The Missing Skillet

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My 7yo wanted to make scrambled eggs for breakfast. I looked in the sink. I looked in the dishwasher.  I looked all over the counters, on the table, EVERYwhere. The skillet was missing.  We've been surviving with only one egg skillet for quite a while now.  And as long as I run the dishwasher every night, I pretty much know that it will be … [Read more...]

So Thankful for My Perfect Match

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I have the perfect match for me. My husband has a strange obsession with "winning" the trash competition in our neighborhood.  He gets a thrill from having huge amounts of trash to put out.  The more there is, the happier he is. And I, as a slob, am only too willing (and able) to oblige. He was feeling particularly triumphant on this day, … [Read more...]

Days Like Today

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I wonder why I can't keep our master bedroom out of chaos? I really shouldn't wonder.  It's because of days like today. Days when I have to actually do the things that didn't seem like that big of a deal when I made the commitment to do them. Days when I am in charge of a first grade party AND host hubby's office party in our home. Days … [Read more...]