HAVE YOU CONVINCED YOUR FAMILY YET THAT “HOUSEKEEPING IS NOT A ONE-WOMAN SHOW?!” ACCORDING TO THE 2017 AMERICAN TIME USE SURVEY (US BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS), ON AN AVERAGE DAY, 84 PERCENT OF WOMEN & 68 PERCENT OF MEN SPENT … Read More
REMINISCING BACK TO YESTERDAY . . . IT’S A DOUBLE CELEBRATION DAY. YOU KNOW IT’S TRUE LOVE WHEN YOU SEE YOUR HUBBY SHARE CLEANING THE TOILETS TOGETHER! BUT DON’T BE SURPISED BY THE EQUIPMENT HE BRINGS TO THE TASK! IT … Read More
MAKING YOUR HOUSEKEEPING YOUR HOME-KEEPING THROUGH THE YEARS . . . “This on my 54th wedding anniversary today (2019), I ask for only one thing . . . That each friend and stranger alike reach out to someone today who … Read More
EVEN “MESSIES” CAN HAVE A PERFECTIONIST PERSONALITY STYLE. “Perfectionist Messies – Very high standards for individual jobs. Yet, indecisive about approach to tasks. So, they decide not to decide.” Sandra Felton, Winning the Clutter War [Excerpt from Where Went My … Read More
DOING GREAT THINGS IN LIFE AND WORK GO HAND IN HAND WITH DOING THE DISHES, PUTTING OUT THE TRASH, FINISHING THAT FINAL LAUNDRY LOAD FOR THE DAY. SOMETIMES, THE SIMPLE ROUTINES OF THE DAY OFFER US THE GREATEST MOMENTS OF … Read More
SUCCESS IS ALWAYS POSSIBLE, EVEN WHEN YOU THINK IT IS JUST A LITTLE THING… Sometimes success is . . . not so simply getting the laundry into the dryer before the mildew sets in. The harder the so-called little things … Read More
NATHAN PROVES EVEN DADS HAVE THOSE DAYS! “YOU KNOW WHAT’S REALLY UNNERVING? EMPTYING THE DRYER AFTER COMING HOME VERY LATE FROM WORK, ONLY TO HEAR A GRUDGE-LIKE GUTTURAL GROWL FROM THE INSIDE, THE RESULT OF WASHING MY SON’S STUFFED ANTELOPE … Read More
CAN WE APPLY THIS TO HOUSECLEANING? “The 7 dwarfs had the secret “whistling while you work”! Add ‘love what you do, do what you love’ rounds it out for the one life we each are given on this side of … Read More
The Parenting Paradox! “Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing up is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.” Phyllis Diller, Comedian [Excerpt from Where Went My Want To? thought for the day calendar by Sharon L … Read More
ONE FINALLY REALIZES LIFE HAS REACHED A MOMENTOUS TURNING POINT WHEN THE HIGHLIGHT OF ONE’S DAY IS TO CHECK THE LAUNDRY PILE OF SHIRTS FOR UNDERARM BODY ODOR! . . . “…Just in case one of the shirts could be … Read More