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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! Mentioned in this episode: Enter the ten year giveaway! Take Your House Back is on sale right now for […] The post 383: 10 Years of the Podcast appeared first on Dana K. White: A Slob Comes Clean.

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 really love using my favorite mug to keep it clean and dry and out from under dishes in the sink. But alas, about three weeks […] The post So, A Place for Everything But Not ALWAYS Everything In Its Place? Huh. appeared first on Dana K. White: A Slob Comes Clean.

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 head and realized the spread-out-edness of all the stuff on the kitchen cabinet might be contributing to the overall messiness of […] The post When Straightening Takes a Decluttering Turn appeared first on Dana K. White: A Slob Comes Clean.

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 thingy in a regular store. But I wasn’t looking. I just saw it in front of my […] The post When It’s FINALLY Obvious That It’s Time to Let Go appeared first on Dana K. White: A Slob Comes Clean.

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 the Things Up to Which I Catch” doesn’t have the same ring to it. And now I’m questioning the pluralization of “routines.” […] The post Routines as a Thing to Catch Up To appeared first on Dana K. White: A Slob Comes Clean.

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 keep scrolling to see those! It’s officially-but-not-officially summer!!!! Calendar schmalendar. The kids are out of school!!!! Yeehaw!!! (Read […] The post Happy Summer!! appeared first on Dana K. White: A Slob Comes Clean.

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 giveaway for a FOUR PACK of tickets to a Hawaiian Falls waterpark!! Wahoo!!! Hmmmm. How to relate […] The post Hawaiian Falls (Texas Waterpark) Giveaway!! appeared first on Dana K. White: A Slob Comes Clean.

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 to be Father’s Day. Translation: This is a sponsored post for Toro that came at just the perfect […] The post Decluttering the Garage’s Lawn Equipment Area (And a TORO SmartStow Lawnmower Review) appeared first on Dana K. White: A Slob Comes Clean.

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 affiliate link, though. Back in December, I got a new toilet. It’s the Optum VorMax from The Home Depot. It’s a “high-tech” […] The post Is an “Easier to Clean Toilet” a Real Thing? appeared first on Dana K. White: A Slob Comes Clean.

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 everything about it, but it does present some challenges. Swim towels everywhere? Magically disappearing flip-flops?? How about using up every single drinking […] The post Using DrinkBands to Reduce Dirty Cup Clutter (Review and Giveaway!!) appeared first on Dana K. White: A Slob Comes Clean.

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.) Future Me is in a hurry. She’s a little frazzled. She grabs the box from the pantry […] The post It’s OK Future Me, Don’t Freak Out appeared first on Dana K. White: A Slob Comes Clean.

Continuing my Saturday challenge of doing Two Things at some point in a busy day, I decided to tackle my Junk Drawers. Remember them? I decluttered them long ago, in this post where I first came up with my two decluttering questions. They needed re-decluttering. Oh boy, did they. My clue that it was time […] The post Less. appeared first on Dana K. White: A Slob Comes Clean.

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 was a Monday, and Monday is Laundry Day. And I was rocking Laundry Day on that particular […] The post Using an Awkward Pause to Finish Laundry Day appeared first on Dana K. White: A Slob Comes Clean.

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 head will appear on the cover of my mother’s book that will release in September. That’s the bigtime, y’all. Anyway, […] The post Someone Has to Teach Them appeared first on Dana K. White: A Slob Comes Clean.

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 followed. Don’t declutter something guests will never see. Declutter something out in the open that I’ve stopped seeing. Like […] The post The Next Saturday: Decluttering Two (Or Three) More Things appeared first on Dana K. White: A Slob Comes Clean.

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 it from getting out of control. Storing means finding a place (or many places) to put things. Containing means […] The post More Ideas for Containing Stuffed Animals appeared first on Dana K. White: A Slob Comes Clean.

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 less. Or fewer. Whichever is grammatically correct for the situation. Less refers to something that can’t be counted. Fewer is […] The post How Many Do I Need? Not that many. appeared first on Dana K. White: A Slob Comes Clean.

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. But y’all, I’ve seen storage CLOSETS in other people’s houses. Like, closets for no other purpose than storing stuff. One […] The post Finding Storage Space in My House appeared first on Dana K. White: A Slob Comes Clean.

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 . . . I hadn’t washed dishes since last Friday. I know. I KNOW I have to do dishes. I […] The post My Special Circumstances (for Today) appeared first on Dana K. White: A Slob Comes Clean.

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, I decided to do Two Things. I knew I couldn’t get EVERYthing done that I should/desperately-needed-to do, but I could do two […] The post The First of Two Things: Clearing My Bathroom Counter appeared first on Dana K. White: A Slob Comes Clean.