So I suppose you’re wondering… Who is this woman? Is she for real? Who the heck does she think she is?
Well, I’m a married woman in my mid-twenties (holy cow… When did that happen?) and I live with my husband and our dog in a 3 bedroom, 2 bath house on 2.5 acres in the boonies. And I have a little problem that’s haunted me my whole life. I’m a clutter freak and a Messy Marvin. Truthfully, I think I’m an OCD hoarder who’s somewhat forced to manage my issues because my husband helps keep things in check.
Now, I was horrible at managing my home, absolutely horrible. I never threw anything away, never could part with anything that went through my front door, I could never clean what I had, and any and all cleaning was emotionally exhausting. I lost two of the rooms in my house to wall-to-wall mess (even now I haven’t quite reclaimed them yet). All guests had to give a weeks notice before coming to visit, absolutely nobody could drop by and if they did, they had to stay outside. Housekeeping was an all-day rescue mission, and it was exhausting for everybody. We never truely relaxed in the house. We couldn’t! There was no room to!
I decided to take action.
Slowly but surely, I reclaimed my house. It came so gradually, I hardly saw it coming. But my house… Was clean. Soon, everything in my life straightened up around it, and now my family and house and career are flourishing. The change was so dramatic that family and friends who’ve known me these many years wondered what the heck could have happened to turn me from a total mess, to a Clean Queen. Convinced that if I could do it, others could do it, I decided to take my method to the web, sharing what all I knew and all I do to keep my house running smoothly.
Thus started “The Stepford Wife’s Guide to Home Management.” Am I really a Stepford Wife? No, of course not. The title of this blog was made with tongue firmly planted in cheek. A poke at myself, and a poke at the people who think that clean houses and home management binders are the tools of the Stepford Wife… An opinion I used to hold until I realized that a home management binder was my lifeline to managing my OCD.
So now my house is clean, two rooms that were lost to clutter are starting to return to their former states of managed messiness (but it’s a slow process), things are evolving slowly to a place of actual regular cleanliness, planned menus remove stress and mean good dinners on the table every night, there’s a freezer full of freezer pleaser meals, and my husband and I are living in a home that is not so disastrous as to prevent us from actually relaxing.
I firmly believe if I can manage all of this, you can too… And step-by-step, I’ll show you how I did it. 
So sit back, relax, bring your mop and a hearty sense of humor, and reclaim your house!
Until next time,
