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Especially for the Kids

February 20, 2019 by not your average mom 1 Comment

A couple weeks ago I had one of the worst mornings I’ve had with the kids in a long time. A LOOOOOOOONG time. They were at each other’s throats, pushing buttons relentlessly and doing whatever they could to piss each other off. We had multiple massive meltdowns before 7:30 a.m., and I all but dragged […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Parenting, Timesavers Tagged With: chaos, chaos and kids' behavior, clutter, decluttering, disorganization, disorganization and kids' behavior, organization

The Subtraction Project

January 19, 2019 by not your average mom 5 Comments

How many of you vowed to declutter your house and get your sh*t organized on January 1st, only to find yourself too overwhelmed to begin? Or you had one bad day and a temporary derailment turned into a permanent one? How many of you have watched that Marie Kondo show on Netflix and say to […]

Filed Under: Moneysavers, Sound Mind Sound Body, Timesavers Tagged With: clutter, decluttering, marie kondo, organizing, The Subtraction Project

Yesterday Was The Nail In The Coffin

December 3, 2018 by not your average mom 4 Comments

I reached a breaking point yesterday. AND I AM DONE. No, it wasn’t with my kids. It wasn’t with my husband. It was with the level of chaos and disorganization and clutter and mess I often allow in my house. I will no longer tolerate it. Let me tell you why. I have to rewind […]

Filed Under: Funny Stuff, Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Parenting Tagged With: clutter, discipline, disorganization, organization, stress, Sunday night dinners, sundays

One Room At A Time

January 22, 2018 by not your average mom 6 Comments

If you’ve been around the past few weeks, you know I’ve been getting organized. But this time it’s not just another okay-it’s-time-to-throw-some-sh*t-away freakout. This time it’s an I-am-no-longer-willing-to-tolerate-chaos complete and total paradigm shift. This also happened to me when I was teacher. For the first few years I taught elementary school, my desk was a […]

Filed Under: Timesavers Tagged With: chaos, clutter, laundry, laundry room, mud room, organization, overwhelm, paradigm shift

Cultivating My Inner Calm

January 3, 2018 by not your average mom 1 Comment

Yesterday I shared that I am no longer willing to be disorganized. It’s not just the wasting of time trying to find things that is driving me crazy. It’s even more that clutter and the messes are making me angry. It literally puts me in a bad mood. If you’ve been around here for the […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Mental Health, Self Care, Sound Mind Sound Body, Timesavers Tagged With: clutter, inner calm, organization, small office spaces

Sometimes It’s The Intangible Stuff That’s Really Cluttering Your Life

March 18, 2017 by not your average mom 1 Comment

I almost pulled a classic Susie move a couple days ago. But I caught myself. Thank God. You may have read that I joined the 40 Bags in 40 Days Challenge for Lent. I’m still on track with that. (Woo hoo!) You may have also read the post I wrote last summer where I declared the […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Mental Health, Parenting, Self Care, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: 40 bags in 40 days, chaos, clutter, declutter, decluttering, Dr. Oz, harry connick jr, konmari, Life changing magic of tidying up, marie kondo, overwhelmed

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