Does that sound like an extreme reason to end a marriage or what? Apparently not so extreme after
reading a letter submitted to Cary Tennis at Salon.
In the letter she says her husband issued an ultimatum…Let’s clean up the house, or I’m leaving. Now that sounds really mean at first glance but read it again. […]

Lori and her sister in law Amber recently e-mailed me to ask if I knew of any weekly cleaning checklists somewhere on the internet. As it happens, I do!
My Messy House has a checklist of
daily minimums that should be done each day. This site also offers a solution to weekly cleaning. She calls it […]

I usually leave Christmas decorations up until New Years Day. We’re away from home several days around Christmas so I feel obligated to keep the tree up longer. This year we were home for Christmas. The tree came down on the 26th.
I hemmed and hawed about when I would take it down. I started coming […]

I’m pretty ruthless about decluttering. However for most people the process is tough and often emotional. 
Com2Order has a great article entitled
The Onion Edit.
The Onion Edit allows people to declutter a little bit at a time. Karen says
This plan allows clients to purge and then have an adjustment period before they purge again.
She recommends […]

Erin at
Unclutterer offers a
tip for cleaning a little each day to leave weekends free.
One day, one room: Dedicate half an hour to cleaning one room every day instead of cleaning the whole house on the weekend.
We’re playing catch up this week after devoting approximately 35 hours last week to the church Christmas pageant. […]