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383: 10 Years of the Podcast from 2023-09-07T10:00:59
I can’t believe this podcast has been going for a DECADE!!?!? What in the actual world? Today, I’m sharing the timeline of how it formed and grew. I’m also sharing how thankful I am for y’all! M...
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So, A Place for Everything But Not ALWAYS Everything In Its Place? Huh. from 2015-09-30T13:45:27
That’s a how-interesting-so-that’s-the-way-it-works kind of “huh.” Not a Texan version of “Pardon me?” I love (affiliate link alert) my dishwand. I’ve blabbed about it already this week. And I...
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When Straightening Takes a Decluttering Turn from 2015-09-10T11:33:41
Viewing every random straightening task as a full blown decluttering project. That’s ONE of my problems. As my Slob Vision cleared while I got the kitchen out of Summer Survival Mode, I shook my...
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When It’s FINALLY Obvious That It’s Time to Let Go from 2015-09-08T15:45:54
I was so proud of this thing when I bought it. I found it at Costco, but it wasn’t cheap. There also weren’t multiple options like there might have been if I’d gone looking for a salad spinning ...
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Routines as a Thing to Catch Up To from 2015-09-04T03:53
Before we begin, allow me to address all current/former English teachers/grammar nerds. I was one of you. I have purposely chosen to use artistic license in the title of this post. “Routines as ...
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Happy Summer!! from 2015-07-16T13:45:10
I wrote this back in June, but I’m putting it at the top for those who are wondering what is going on around here for summer! I’ve been publishing some fun and inspirational stories from YOU, so...
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Hawaiian Falls (Texas Waterpark) Giveaway!! from 2015-06-26T13:14:01
I was provided with tickets for my family in exchange for writing this post. It’s summer. I love summer. Summer is all about fun, and this post is all about fun. I am SO excited to host this giv...
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Decluttering the Garage’s Lawn Equipment Area (And a TORO SmartStow Lawnmower Review) from 2015-06-24T12:10:40
Father’s Day was Sunday. This year, Hubby got a new mower! Toro happens to have a really cool one that takes up significantly less storage space AND we needed a new mower AND it just so happened...
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Is an“Easier to Clean Toilet”a Real Thing? from 2015-06-05T01:20:21
Attention: This is NOT a sponsored post. I’m not being paid a dime to write this follow-up/reality-check-report from a post I wrote in December (which was a sponsored post). I am using an affili...
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Using DrinkBands to Reduce Dirty Cup Clutter (Review and Giveaway!!) from 2015-06-03T03:06:46
NOTE: This giveaway has closed, and Brittani A. was the winner! Summer starts in less than a week!! Yaaayyyyyyy!!!!!!!! Can you tell I’m excited?? Oh, how I love summer. I love pretty much every...
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It’s OK Future Me, Don’t Freak Out from 2015-06-01T01:45:04
Sometimes I have the ability to see into the future. I see Future Me, deciding at the last minute to make mac ‘n cheese for dinner. (Because mac ‘n cheese is what I make at the last minute.) Fut...
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Using an Awkward Pause to Finish Laundry Day from 2015-05-27T01:30:46
It was 2:48. I needed to be at my kid’s school by 3:00. The school is five minutes away. It was officially an awkward pause in my day. What could I possibly accomplish in seven minutes? But it w...
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Someone Has to Teach Them from 2015-05-25T01:46:43
Like almost every mother since the beginning of time, I found myself thinking, “How did my son not see that huge mess??” My 13yo recently had a highly brag-worthy modeling job. The back of his h...
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The Next Saturday: Decluttering Two (Or Three) More Things from 2015-05-22T01:10:23
It was the next Saturday. I had another small pocket of unclaimed time, and I decided to try my Two Things strategy again. This time, I followed my Visibility Rule the way it’s supposed to be fo...
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More Ideas for Containing Stuffed Animals from 2015-05-20T01:30:26
I started to title this, “More Ideas for Stuffed Animal Storage” but stopped myself. It’s not about storing. It’s about containing. By “it” I mean the way I have to think about my home to keep i...
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How Many Do I Need? Not that many. from 2015-05-18T01:59:12
I think about this question. I get asked this question. But any decluttering progress I’ve made has NOT been because I had an answer to this question. The best answer is simply, “Less.” I need l...
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Finding Storage Space in My House from 2015-05-15T10:13:33
One of my best/for-realest excuses reasons for clutter is I don’t have much storage space in this house. Really. I don’t. I have a tiny coat closet, one cabinet in the gameroom, and a pantry. Bu...
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My Special Circumstances (for Today) from 2015-05-13T01:44:08
Monday morning, my husband drank his coffee out of a cereal bowl. To be fair (to my slob self), our cereal bowls do have handles and could technically be called really big mugs. But still . . . ...
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The First of Two Things: Clearing My Bathroom Counter from 2015-05-11T01:42:03
I’m rather behind posting some decluttering “projects” I’ve done over the past month. The weather has been beautiful, and we’ve had lots of randomness going on each Saturday. But a few weeks ago...
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But . . . I LOVE My Extras!! from 2015-05-08T12:38:11
On Monday, I wrote a big ol’ post (seriously, it was long) about losing my keys and being reminded (for the ba-jillionth time) that having more of something does NOT make my life easier. It does...
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Organizing Kids’Rooms: Containers (Used Correctly) WORK!! from 2015-05-06T15:40:37
Wait. You saw that picture and clicked over because you thought it was a before pic? Oh. Well, this is uncomfortable. That’s not a before picture. It’s actually a celebration picture. Here it is...
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Fewer Things. Less Frustration. from 2015-05-04T16:57:49
There was cause for great celebration in SlobLand last night!!! We found the keys to our Camry!!!! Lost keys happen. They happen around here way too often. But this was a very special case of Se...
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When the Donate Box Becomes a Normal Part of Life from 2015-05-01T14:08:45
Remember the game that became a victim of the One In One Out rule? There it is, sitting in the a Donate Box for the second time. On the day it was deemed “outgrown” it went straight to the Donat...
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How to Not Get Distracted from a Decluttering Project (by Other Decluttering Projects) from 2015-04-29T15:14:05
I’ve been asked a certain question many times since I published this post explaining how I have learned to declutter without making a bigger mess. The game-changing decluttering strategy? Taking...
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Where I Would Put It vs Where I Would Look For It from 2015-04-28T15:30:09
We now return to our regular decluttering-focused programming. Whew. I have quite a bit of lessening to share. That has been my focus lately. Life has been crazy, but I’ve tackled several areas ...
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Last Day, and One Resource That Makes The UHB Worth the Money All By Itself from 2015-04-26T21:49:55
It’s over! Sorry if you missed it! If you want to be sure you don’t miss time-sensitive information in the future, be sure to sign up for my email list. There are multiple options here! All ...
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A Few Highlights of the Ultimate Homemaking Bundle from 2015-04-24T16:19:40
So sorry, but the bundle has ended. If you want to be sure you don’t miss future time-sensitive things, sign up for my free newsletter here. I had big plans to make a video with one of the chara...
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Two Very Different Women Who Cooked for Their Families from 2015-04-22T19:11:03
This post contains affiliate links alongside totally free inspiration. When my husband and I got married, things were pretty smooth that first year. I’d heard horror stories from newlyweds about...
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Whatever Works for YOU from 2015-04-21T12:00:16
I have e-books. I’ve come up with ways to keep my home under control, to be able to let non-immediate-family members come inside on a weekly basis. I can tackle a decluttering project with confi...
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Ultimate Homemaking Bundle 2015 from 2015-04-20T12:00:14
So sorry, but the bundle has ended. If you want to be sure you don’t miss future time-sensitive things, sign up for my free newsletter here. Affiliate links in this post! Two years ago, I partic...
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Allergic to Paper from 2015-04-17T02:33:32
When I was a kid, I told people I was allergic to coconut. I wasn’t. Don’t worry. I’m appropriately remorseful now. I just didn’t want to eat coconut and it was a great way to get people to stop...
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Ask Nony: How Do You Stop Judging Yourself? from 2015-04-15T03:19:15
Reader Question: i relate to you so much so i feel i can ask you this….how do you stop judging yourself when things get on top of you? like when i go to a friends i find i’m judging myself on ho...
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Why I Purchase Chicken in Bulk from 2015-04-13T10:27:23
Full Disclosure: Even though I’ve written about my love of purchasing chicken in bulk from Zaycon many, many times, they offered me a product from their extensive line for writing about it again...
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Using the Awkward Pauses from 2015-04-10T15:38:06
I don’t like awkward pauses. I’m that person who fills the seven-minute-lull in party conversations with sometimes-funny-sometimes-not remarks. This school year has been full of awkward pauses a...
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Finally Decluttered. I’m Pretty Sure We’ve Officially Tried Everything Now from 2015-04-08T01:21:06
Ahhhhh, that cute bench. That bench I ordered from eBay years ago, and was sure would solve our shoe storage issues. Back in 2012, I finally accepted that instead of collecting shoes, it was col...
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Two Second Task: Pitching the Completely Useless Counter-Space-Taker from 2015-04-06T11:04:55
This morning, my Slob Brain registered my own annoyance that there was one-too-many phones on my kitchen counter. For two days, there have been two phones in that space. But lest you think two d...
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Re-Decluttering Is a Real Thing from 2015-04-03T04:40:24
In case you’re new around here, let me explain something. I truly believe the #1 thing I have to give to my kindred slob spirits is permission to keep going. Photo-proof that “after” photos turn...
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I’m Speaking at a Professional Organizing Conference! from 2015-04-02T11:54:33
I’m more than a little bit excited to be asked to be a Keynote Speaker at the Professional Organizing Summit in April! Me! For real, y’all!!! It has been my dream for a long time to be the bridg...
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How to Avoid Piles of Dirty Cups and Glasses from 2015-04-01T12:28:18
I’m all about finding solutions for chronic messes. Solutions that actually work. For years now, I’ve been singing the praises of my wash-the-dishes-every-single-night-and-put-them-away-every-si...
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Super Easy (and Awesome) April Fool’s Day Dinner Prank from 2015-03-29T21:09:26
Last year, for the very first time ever, I thought about making a Prank Dinner BEFORE April 2nd. Go me! I posted pictures on Facebook, and the response was great, though it was tinged with a lit...
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Factoring in Travel Time from 2015-03-27T02:19:03
It was a perfectly good envelope. A perfectly good, big envelope. There was no reason to pitch it. No reason at all why I couldn’t re-use it. And aren’t envelopes (especially big ones) the stuff...
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It’s Not About Fitting In More Stuff from 2015-03-25T02:50:29
Skirt hangers. In my mother’s mind, they’re God’s gift to skirt-wearers. I know this because she has been giving them to me. Over and over. Year after year. Always with a hopeful look upon her...
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In With the New, Out with the Old from 2015-03-23T02:36:40
Did you notice my lovely new red dutch oven in this post? My mother gave that to me for Christmas after I noticed its lovely redness while we shopped together. It sat in my garage for a month or...
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Give Me a Space and I Will Fill It from 2015-03-20T02:25:02
Last summer, I bought a new purse. I went to a home party and the salesperson logic just made so much sense. And I needed a new purse. Really. I did. It had one feature that’s a must for me. The...
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Five Truths about Cleaning the Kitchen that are Still True If You Don’t Have a Dishwasher from 2015-03-18T02:08:49
Here we go. One of those posts. The back story: Almost every time I post something on Facebook about running my dishwasher, or about how irritatingly important it is to empty it, or about how fi...
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When One Will Do from 2015-03-16T17:26:11
My daughter will turn 9 next month. That’s crazy talk. Since the party-planning has already started, I looked at this randomly-appearing item with my anti-T.P.A.D glasses on. (T.P.A.D. = Time Pa...
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Don’t Hesitate When He’s Ready to Say Goodbye from 2015-03-13T14:41:09
We’ve had a few “snow” days lately. Some more legit than others. On one of the first, I did a double take when I saw Hubby’s feet. He was wearing the strangest, pink-heeled socks I’d ever seen. ...
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Using Timers with Kids–Reader Story from 2015-03-11T15:36:30
I love hearing how this mama is using what she’s learning to help her daughter: Hi, Dana: I love your blog, but who doesn’t? The idea of decluttering one box at a time was just what I needed to ...
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From the Mailbox: Timing a Procrastinatable Task from 2015-03-09T15:24:06
You know I love to time myself doing various tasks. This simple thing helps me break through my delusions that I don’t have enough time to tackle a spot that’s been bugging me for way too long. ...
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Giving What I’ve Been Given from 2015-03-04T17:22:16
Clutter guilt is a real thing, y’all. I did a whole video series (or two) about it. When someone (me) stresses over the possible uses, possible future need, and possible life-threatening consequ...
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I Shall Never Wash This Item Again from 2015-03-03T14:01:21
Please read that title pronouncing “again” as “aGANE.” It sounds better that way. I have no idea how many times I’ve washed the item in the picture above. I’m pretty sure, though, that I’ve wash...
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Perfectly Good Candy from 2015-03-02T16:25:59
I think Hubby brought these home. It was sweet, really. Someone had them at work and he thought he’d be nice. Except our kids don’t really like them. I know (from experience) that they’ll sit an...
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Using My Head Exploding Rule to Declutter from 2015-02-26T17:06:57
I was listening to my own podcast (a rare thing, since I don’t edit them) about the Head Explosion Rule as I cleaned up the kitchen this morning. So when I ran across that glass lid-thingy in th...
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Priorities–And Sledding without Snow from 2015-02-25T20:51:12
It’s 2:20 on Wednesday afternoon, and other than a quick, not-a-real-post on Monday, I haven’t blogged this week. We had “snow” days on Monday and Tuesday, which were really Ice Days. The roads ...
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Reality Check 2/23 from 2015-02-23T17:00:13
Last week was crazy. School fundraisers and dentist appointments that involved hours in the chair to have a 30+ year old filling ground down so I could be fitted for a crown (and that I’d comple...
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If I Don’t Know What to Do With It . . . from 2015-02-19T13:41:53
Look at this cute, odd velvet bow-type-thingy. My daughter and I worked in her room on Monday while the kids were out of school for President’s Day. When I ran across the bow, I knew I recognize...
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Using the Container Concept When Decluttering with Kids from 2015-02-18T13:02:30
I recently received this email from Tara McDonough and had to share! I just wanted to share an anecdote of what happened yesterday in my deslobification process. Our family of 4 (+ a 100 lb dog)...
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A Clean Kitchen in One Minute and 3.58 Seconds from 2015-02-17T13:33:53
I was doing the right thing. Even though I’d messed up and NOT started the dishwasher the night before, I was starting it that morning. Yay for getting back on track. And the kitchen really look...
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Reality Check 2/16 from 2015-02-16T13:56:56
Last week’s Reality Check: I’ll start with a possible excuse for not actually posting this on the 16th. The kids will be out of school, so unless it’s ready to go and they sleep late (pretty pre...
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What to Do with Old Prom Dresses from 2015-02-13T15:50:10
My mom made that pink dress out of the same fabric from her bridesmaid’s dress for her sister’s wedding. Such fantabulous memories, but I have no plans to have it vacuum packed and framed and di...
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Two Second Task: Now You See (Might) See It. Now You (Hopefully) Don’t. from 2015-02-12T16:36:29
I’ve talked about this particular spot in my kitchen before. This almost-impossible-to-clean spot. My dislike of climbing up on counters at the age of 41 is the reason I’d pretended to not see t...
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The Day it Snowed Inside My House In Texas from 2015-02-11T15:33:08
Last Tuesday, I posted this cutesy little pic on Instagram: Ummm, I planned to spend “some time that morning” cleaning it up. I’d been putting off cleaning this mess because it just made more se...
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Three Things I’ve Thrown Away Lately from 2015-02-10T15:21:44
I’m a hemmer. Not the kind who follows through on the logic of buying a way-too-long pair of pants for a bargain price. I’m a hemmer/hawer. Like, I take a while to do things that shouldn’t take ...
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