I had so much fun watching this video.. 😄 I'm glad to have discovered it.. ☺️ It's very informative, humorous, interesting and inspiring.. Thank you for sharing your experience through this delightful video.. ☺️

YES!!! :) :) :) :)

I just found this channel. Good job putting yourself and your family first! I’ll catch up on some older content and see you when you’re back! Take care!

Still have my mom's seashells.

Y'all got this! 🎉

I knew you were my son’s age when you started listening to Soldier Boy 😂😂 he was born in 1995 ❤. Also watching the Netflix documentary “buy now “ made me want to not only clean but stop buying so much 😢

Just be careful my mom passed away and my dad got rid of everything that belonged to her so we got nothing

Bi weekly bedsheets ay ok for me🎉

I am not seeing free printables. It looks like the website may have changed?

I don't even remember specifically the first of your videos I watched, mom-related!?? Ill have to research... But then I kept watching, and then I do remember seeing the Clean Mama / Fly Lady comparison videos, and that's what helped me get started on a journey of developing cleaning routines that will work for me in my home. I completely agree - I was a laundry and dish-washing MACHINE - but the notion of scheduling cleaning wth rotating daily tasks, or zones etc. was an yuge aha moment! So I have to thank you for introducing me to these concepts, but I legit never realized you were a, "fly lady channel." I see too, that's how you tricked me into watching cleaning videos in the first place, Ariel. Clever girl... 😉

My Mom passed on to heaven at Christmas... And it was super simple because we'd already taken care of all her stuff. It was a beautiful gift she allowed us. ❤

nuh uh. you have to get the microwave food covererer. it has changed my life. just don't forget and put it down on your hot eye. which i've done 3x. and still use the same one. DO IT!

I've been in survival mode for years with no end in sight. What do you do when it's NOT a few months?

Hello and I am glad you took a break. My 7 children are all grown up. Raising them was the joy of my life. I love to watch you because you are so funny and kind.. You help me feel young again as I watch you navigate parenthood and homemaking. Yes, it gets harder as they get older. But, you will be fine, you will be ready. Prayers for you and see ya sometime!

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR OVEN IS SAFE FOR PUTTING ALUMINUM FOIL IN THE BOTTOM OF! A LOT OF THE NEW OVENS SAY IN GREAT BIG LETTERS DO NOT PUT ALUMINUM FOIL IN THE BOTTOM! We were on a base at a volunteer organization and one of our volunteer cooks lined the bottom of the two ovens with foil. We were there a month. She totally ruined the oven. The whole bottom of both ovens bubbled up and all the stuff cracked off of it. And if you say I've been doing this for years. Maybe your oven is okay with that. A lot of ovens will say do not use foil and it's wrote right into the oven itself in the bottom. If you want proof of this give me your email and I will send you pictures of the damaged ovens. I would just hate to see anybody else go through this.

I hope you are doing well. Happy New Year. Just wanted to check in on you 😘

I personally like doing a load of day. Linens and towels on Saturday. Smaller batches are easier for me to deal with. I did a Saturday laundry day once in my adult life when the kids were like 4 and 2. Never again.

I'm soooooo with stupid. Dishes that don't go in the microwave, aspirational kitchen gadgets, coffee mugs,...

Such a nice couple! May you all always laugh so much together.

Tried Flylady. It was too much. I ended up with my own pared down routine. After watching a bunch of routines, I need to create an updated one of my own again I am thinking.

New subscriber so I am watching all your old videos. Hope you had a wonderful holiday season and that things are going well. See you when I see you!

You're great. I needed this ♡

The part about the orange dinosaur made me cry! I'm 59, my kids are grown and it seems like grandbabies are growing up too fast.

As a european 1200 sq.ft. house is perfectly normal good size house. My house is about 1300 sq.ft. and it has garage, 3 bedrooms and two kitchens (one in basement where I can cook in summer while enjoying low temperature, since there's no AC, as it should be in Europe). I am glad KZbin algorithm suggested this video to me. I am going to get rid of 5 random things I'll find around the house. Cheers.

I love this video, thanks for being so great

I am my own best friend. Everyone is too busy to be friends. Tired of chasing relationships with others. Stressful and unfulfilling.

Hello, I’m happy to hear your grandma is cancer free!!! 😇🙏 My mother was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer on New Years Eve in 2006 The Drs told us she had 2 months - 2 years to live. She lived 8 months. She did the chemo radiation thing but it didn’t help, it ended up spreading through her body and in her brain. In August of 2006, the Drs had told us now that she had about 2 weeks It was exactly 2 weeks and she passed. I am so happy for your miracle, but…. I wonder, where was mine?? 😭😭

Thanks for sharing. "We will show them our signs in the universe and in their own shelves untill it becomes manifest to them that (the Quran) is the truth."(Quran 41:53) Science: "The universe has been expanding ever since the big bang." Quran 51:47 "We built the universe with great might and we are certainly expanding it." Science: Every planet has its own orbit. Quran 21:33 "And He is the One who created the day and the night, the sun and the moon - each travelling in an orbit." Science:"One of the new discoveries is the discovery that the Human heart can think." Quran 22:46 " So have they not traveled through the earth and have hearts by which to reason and ears by which to hear? For indeed, it is not eyes, that are blinded, but blinded are the hearts which are within the breasts. Embryology. Pharaoh preserved body. Iron is not from earth. ... And more Do they not then reflect on the Quran? Had it been from anyone other than Allah, they would have certainly found in it many inconsistencies.(Quran 4:82) "The truth is from your Lord, So never be among the doubters." (Quran 2:147) SAY: HE IS ALLAH, ONE AND ONLY; ALLAH, THE ETERNAL, ABSOLUTE; HE BEGETTEH NOT, NOR HE IS BEGOTTEN, AND THERE IS NONE LIKE UNTO HIM. (Quran) ❤️ "If anyone does good deeds, whether male or female and has faith, they will enter paradise and not the least injustice will be done to them." (Quran 4:124)

great concise explanation.. thx

Give your stuff to loved ones now so they can make the memory of you passing it along to them to keep forever, too. Make it special. This is your chance to say what needs saying, slip a note inside that jewelry box or vase that they can find later. Stash momentos and pictures in them to find now or years later. You could make it fun and put scavenger hunt hints in the stuff and mess with them later after you are gone. You could wrap the stuff as gifts with strict instruction not to open until you are gone or on specific days and holidays, birthdays in the future. This doesn't have to be sad. This can be fun.

I did the Marie Kondo thing and that helped get me organize and make decisions but it wasn't enough. The Swedish Death Cleaning got it all out of here, got things to my kids I want them to have that were taking up space and making work for me. It feels good to finally start the year with the right amount of stuff and to look around and see nothing but things that I love and that "bring me joy" as Marie Kondo put it. Y'all keep going and keep purging all the time, it's the only way to maintain balance because more stuff will keep coming in. Touch something once when it does or when you clean or do laundy, that means pick it up and put it exactly where it is supposed to go in that moment so you never have to think about it or touch it again until you need it. Stop moving stuff around all the time. It's exhausting. When deciding to throw things out, think "I'll never have to clean or move this thing again if I choose that right now." It's magic. :)

knowing how I will have to go through this with my hoarding father when he passes makes me so mindful of the items I choose to keep in my home. Our days aren't promised and If Im not blessed to experience old age I don't want the burden of my things to bog down my partner.

I found it interesting how you were referring to external sources for reasons to need to clean your things. Like you have to clean your dining table in case you have people come over because you couldn't serve them dinner. How about switching it in your mind during survival mode to being about surviving for yourself and your immediate family like children? Survival mode to me doesn't seem like something is a priority because I need to worry about other people's expectations of where they're going to eat dinner. I can eat dinner sitting on my couch at a TV tray. If there is rotting food or structural issues or something that is detrimental to health and wellness including tripping hazards and trash etc that's survival. I think yours is more like social mode. I enjoyed your video and appreciate all the advice you gave.

OMG 45 secs into this and I believe this is 1) the first useful to me video 2) that I can watch on this topic. No xanax or closing down happening.

When my mom had to go to a nursing home it took the cleaners eight 40 yard dumpsters to get rid of everything. I don't want to do that to my family.

You and Cas from Clutterbug are my favorite decluttering experts! Love your content and wish there was more! Happy New Year 2025 🎉

Love your videos. I found the reason the TP doesnt get back on the holder is NO ONE wants to wrestle with those old type of tp holders. Solution: buy new ones!!! The ones where the roll just SLIDES on!!! 🎉😊 You are welcome! 😊

don't let all of the dvds go! you never know when the internet will go out and repair could take days. I keep my favorite dvds in a dvd storage case.

I just found you and I feel we are sisters!!!

Yes in deed.. I have 30 meal plans and rotate them monthly.

Hope you’re doing well. ❤ Checking your YT in case you’re back. Hehe Guess not. But I’ll be waiting! 😊 Happy time off. 🥰

I loved this book! As an only child I wish my mother would read it but she's very sensitive to the topic.

Looking forward to the update on how things went!!

Now you can send your kids art and they print a book with them. I think its awesome idea

Now you can send your kids art and they print a book with them. I think its awesome idea

Love you are aware of your needs. Rest and come back strong when the time is right for YOU.

Thank you for this video! As a child to who this happened: I would have loved to have some of the toys my mum threw away now as an adult. ❤

I am now an Extreme Minimalist so I have no need to do this! After 10 years of decluttering it makes me feel good.