Sounds like a tall order, huh. In fact, it seems impossible, and if you start to hyperventilate at the very thought of it, I don’t blame you. I’ve been there too, homeschooling five children (including two highschoolers) and nursing a baby. Rosie is getting ready to sell her house now*, and while she is super… Read More »
Slowly but surely… The Reasonably Clean House redux!
Do you know that we have been posting here for more than seven years now? So it’s high time to clean up the house! In that spirit, I’ve been going through the archives and trying to pull out the important posts in my series. I’ve done the laundry posts, and now I’m on… Read More »
Ask Auntie Leila: But how will you keep the closet that way?
Yesterday in the comments Karen asked, “But how will you keep it that way?” Meaning the closet. Dear Karen, The problem was never with the stuff itself. As I said, it was remarkably not in a tangle, despite years of neglect on my part. No, the problem was with the closet itself, and actually,… Read More »
Ask Auntie Leila: New baby, messy house, perfectionist mom.
Dear Auntie Leila, What tips do you have for the new mother, when it comes to keeping house and getting sufficient rest and still making sure to enjoy the cuddly baby, particularly when there are other children to tend to/feed/chase/corral? My husband is amazing and has been keeping our son happily occupied (and feeding me… Read More »
A Reasonably Clean Welcome ~ Show yours!
Well, isn’t that just typical? One day I tell all the Internets that my baby isn’t interested in crawling, and the very next day he decides that this whole “standing up in the middle of the room” business isn’t really producing the desired results and begins experimenting with all-fours travel. We’re not going to be… Read More »