Some Favorite Quotes

  • “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” - Socrates
  • “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” - Winston Churchill
  • “We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts. How can God entrust great things to one who will not thankfully receive from Him the little things?” - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Archive for 'Housekeeping' Category

Laundry Quandary

Apr 29th, 2009 by admin | 3

It’s funny to go back and read supposed revelations I’ve blogged about. The Law of the Laundry was a post a while back that declared a new steadfast laundry rule: one load a day from start to finish. Well, here’s the problem. There’s no law enforcement here. It’s not like I have to pay a [...]

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The New Sock Hangout

Jan 14th, 2008 by admin | 2

Socks looking for their mates now hang out above the washer, so I can at least see what’s missing. This is a sad state of affairs. It represents how slack I have been regrading laundry lately. I know that socks often never make it to the dryer, but I’m so far behind that pairs aren’t [...]

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Shine on Sink!

Jan 11th, 2008 by admin | 0

I checked out Marla Cilley’s Sink Reflections on a recent visit to the library. Marla Cilley is also known as the FlyLady. She has a free email-based program to help members (flybabies) break free from their CHAOS (Can’t Have Anyone Over Syndrome). The first thing she instructs her flybabies to do is shine the [...]

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The Law of the Laundry

Sep 21st, 2007 by admin | 0

My new rule as it relates to laundry: One load a day. It sounds simple enough, but it must be completed from start to finish… as in washed and moved to the dryer before it gets smelly, dried and removed from the dryer before it gets wrinkly, and just as important, completely put away before [...]

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Housework is Thankless

Aug 21st, 2007 by admin | 0

My first step toward home-havenness is the office/playroom where my family spends most of our evenings together after dinner. Actually, I shouldn’t say that the office is the first step, since the kitchen is a continual and simultaneous step toward clutter-free living. Then there’s that ever-growing mountain of dirty clothes. In so many ways, housework [...]

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