Day 7 – Banged Up and Broken Down
Messy Me Makeover Day 7 (I took the weekend off for a wedding and family time and personal rest, so day 7 is now being posted on Oct. 9.) Last night I put my hand through the glass of my…
Read moreDay 6 – We have to work at this daily
Messy Me Makeover Day 6 We have this sign hanging in our kitchen, and it has become our family motto and mantra. My husband and I say it to each other often. Sometimes with a sigh. Sometimes with a wry…
Read moreDay 5 – Disdain for Dishes Part 4 (The Last Scraps)
Messy Me Makeover Day 5 I love watching the deleted scenes of movies in the “Bonus Features” section on DVDs. Occasionally I watch certain ones and think it’s probably better that some of those slower or random sections were left…
Read moreDay 4 – Disdain for Dishes Part 3 (A Story about Me)
Messy Me Makeover Day 4 First, let’s be real – it’s a lot more fun to WRITE about [not] doing dishes than it is to actually DO the dishes. And full disclosure, I don’t even take care of most of…
Read moreDay 3 – Disdain for Dishes Part 2 (A story about Dad)
Messy Me Makeover Day 3 Yesterday I shared a story about my mom doing dishes, and today I give you a story about dishes and my dad. And yes, I’ll get around to doing dishes myself soon. But for now,…
Read moreDay 2 – Disdain for Dishes Part 1 (A Story about Mom)
Messy Me Makeover Day 2 We didn’t have an automatic dishwasher when I was a child, so it was basically automatic that Mom did them – by hand – for our family of six. Not that this is fair or…
Read moreDay 1 – Messy Me Makeover (Introduction)
Well, I’m plunging in again to the 2017 Write 31 Days Challenge. Here’s why. Friday night we went to a high school football game. At half-time we watched the marching band and dance team perform. One of our friends shared that…
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