by Danielle | Mar 3, 2011 | Blog, Cleaning, Clutter, Family, Health, Homemaking, Staying sane
The sun is shining, the snowdrops are out and children are casting off school jumpers with merry abandon. I think spring may well be here. (Not that that rules out snow flurries next week….) But just in case these seasonal stirrings are turning your attention to...
by Danielle | Oct 8, 2009 | Blog, Clutter, Homemaking, Staying sane
Let’s play Spot the Difference. Woman A arrives home. She hangs up her coat, bag and keys. She looks around her tidy home, smiles and decides she’s got time to relax in her beautiful sitting room with a cuppa and a magazine. A flustered Woman B heaves the door open,...
by Danielle | Jul 23, 2009 | Blog, Cleaning, Staying sane
It’s not often you’ll see the word feminist linked with the topic of housework. Surely, feminists don’t do housework..? Oh, but we do! A belief in equality is all well and good, but it won’t do the dishes or make the beds. And until the theory of equality reaches the...
by Danielle | Jul 2, 2009 | Blog, Cleaning, Homemaking, Staying sane
…to help with the housework! I recently wrote a chapter about motivation in the domestic realm, for my new book, Housework Blues. It lead to the following spin-off idea which I think you may find very useful and effective. The idea is to utilise a powerful...
by Danielle | Mar 29, 2009 | Blog, Family, Health, Staying sane
And you’ve just tidied it! There are few greater tests of love than keeping your temper when family members unravel your hard work – before your very eyes. Now that’s tough. But then that’s life, full of challenges. Of course, being human, some days we won’t manage to...