I’m back … I think. :)

Posted on May 1, 2019 | 6 Comments

I started posting housework themed posts on my Facebook page, and suddenly I found this blog coming back to life.  People have been reading the posts and pages, downloading and printing out the chore charts, and telling me how my openness about homemaking struggles are such an inspiration to them.

Wow.  And here I’d thought about shutting down this blog at the first of the year when I was making decisions about my online presence going forward.

I’m going to start posting my thoughts and experiences here, as well as my Facebook page, so you’re bound to be able to keep on things, one way or the other.

I recently started learning to watercolor, so now I have an additional thing I need to keep organized and clean:  art supplies!  I don’t have a dedicated spot for doing art, so it takes over my kitchen table.  Sometimes I feel as if I spend more time taking out and putting away my painting supplies than I do actually painting.  Suggestions welcome.  Ideally when I get my decluttering and cleaning caught up, I’m going to turn to the spare room into a art/craft/sewing room.  But that’s probably several months away.

Let me know if you’re out there reading this.  Just a quick comment to say hi would be awesome!  😀

~Debi

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6 responses to “I’m back … I think. :)”

  1. Joann | May 1, 2019 at 5:16 pm | Reply

    I’m reading! No suggestions for the art stuff management though.

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  2. Sherril McGann | May 1, 2019 at 7:22 pm | Reply

    Hi Debi, I don’t have painting supplies but I am a quilter and that means lots of fabric, sewing machines and other clutter. I have a room to contain it all but sometimes it’s such a mess I don’t even want to go in there, haha. I have followed you for a long time. I own your book Frozen Assets and I was using your chore charts for a while and they really helped. Time to start again!

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    • Debi | May 2, 2019 at 9:43 am | Reply

      Thanks for commenting, Sherril! Even I need to start again with my Chore Charts. I know they work for me, but life got to crazy to even think about printing them out, much less follow them. Now that things have calmed down somewhat, it feels good to pull out the ol’ Chore Charts again. I can related to having room with some much stuff/mess, you don’t want to go in there. Story of my office and my spare room (that will eventually become my craft/sewing room. Let’s start again together! 🙂

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  3. Bougainvillean | May 2, 2019 at 12:30 am | Reply

    Hi there, I hope I am in touch with the Original Simple Mom.😃
    I used to visit a few of your websites and picked up a lot of tips from yourself and Maxine in Idaho who was a contributor. I particularly appreciated your cleaning schedule which covered 4 weeks, and was set out so simply. Do you still have your Blog up and running and is there such a thing as the cleaning schedule I describe? Love your writings and your sound advice.
    Fiona.

    Sent as fb message. Delighted to see you back. I found your tips so helpful.
    All the best, Fiona.

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    • Debi | May 2, 2019 at 9:41 am | Reply

      Hi, Fiona! Yes, I’m The Original Simple Mom. 🙂 That particular website is no longer active. Also, Maxine’s cleaning schedule is no longer on any of blogs or resources. It was the best, though, wasn’t it? I’m not sure if it’s still available anywhere. You might want to search “Maxine’s Cleaning Schedule” or something like that. I’ve been refocusing on my online resources as life has gone through some major changes. I have a personal blog that I keep up on pretty regularly ( http://debitaylorhough.com ) and this housekeeping blog that I’m starting to post on again. Glad you said hi! Always good to hear from people from the earlier times. ~Debi

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