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March 16, 2021 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

There are two rooms in my house that I have a couple things to do in, and I haven’t been able to make myself do them. Thus, the reason for today’s post. We’ve done quite a bit of work downstairs. When I moved in, it looked like this: Today it looks like this: And this: […]

Filed Under: Life at My House Tagged With: before and after, decluttering, home offices, organization, redecorating

Day 29: The Great Global Cleanout

April 10, 2020 by not your average mom 1 Comment

If there is one thing our current situation is affording many of us, it’s time to declutter and get to some of those organizing projects we never have the time to get to. Today I was working on decluttering and reorganizing the playroom with Number 5 and Number 7. And as I was taking some […]

Filed Under: Life at My House Tagged With: decluttering, organizing

Decluttering My Life, One Thing At A Time

March 9, 2020 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

I suffer from Fear Of Missing Out syndrome. BIG TIME. Well, until recently, that is. I think my FOMO issue happened kind of gradually. Or it increased and intensified gradually. When you have lots of kids, you get used to a certain level of chaos. You get used to messes. Lots and lots of messes. […]

Filed Under: Exercise, Life at My House, Parenting, Self Care Tagged With: decluttering, prioritizing, sports moms

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

Mom, The House Looks So Nice!

December 6, 2018 by not your average mom 2 Comments

Today Number 4 walked in the door after school and said, “Mom! The house looks so nice!!!” My kitchen is neat and organized. My dining room is neat and organized. My workout “room” is super neat and organized. My mudroom is fairly neat and organized. And now my office is mostly neat and mostly organized. […]

Filed Under: Timesavers Tagged With: decluttering, home organization, office spaces, organization, small home offices, small office spaces

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