Tackle It Tuesday #20

I have finally gotten around to tackling this mess in my bedroom. It's all because of my friend giving me this book. But I am getting a little sidetracked.

In my bedroom I have a pile of clothes next to the hamper that is a mix of clean clothes, things I need to take care of and who knows what else. I got rid of a basket that I was using because things were still on the floor, mainly because they were overflowing the basket, lol. I really wanted a stacking shelve so things would be up off the floor, I could see what was there, etc. I bought a 4 tier rolling rack that is now in place and being used. Now I just need to remember to hang the clothes up when I'm done, lol.

What are you tackling this week?

Tackle It Tuesday #19

I finally have a got around to cleaning out my daughter's toy box. A month or two ago I had a big go around with Savie about cleaning up her mess and I told her that whatever I picked up I was going to put it outside. I took everything. Now before you think that she had no toys to play with in the house that is far from the truth. She had plenty of stuff to play with in the house it was just to much. So outside there is a whole box of toys that is getting on all kinds of dust and bugs on it. It's in the way of everything but I don't want to go thru it but yesterday was a good day. I needed to just do it and be done with it.

We went thru the box and found the missing pieces for things and got rid of things that she doesn't play with anymore. She did really good. We got rid of a lot of stuff. The box is now half full with a box of Lego's and a hamper full of stuffed animals. Just in time to, her birthday is in two months and then it's on to Christmas.

How was your tackle this week?

Tackel It Tuesday

My tackle was one that I have been putting off for weeks. We live in a copper mining town so I expect the water to be a little weird. It only stands to reason, right? Well growing up in CA I was used to the shower head getting clogged and having to clean it or change it but I have noticed that it takes a lot less time here. I have bought several different things to clean it that are suppose to clean lime and the like. (I am not going to name names) but none of them have really worked. I even tried soaking it in baking soda and vinegar. Nothing works. I finally broke down the other night and did the only thing I know that works.


A toothpick.
Yes that's right i said a toothpick. I have to sit down and go hole by hole and clean each and every one of the heads out with a toothpick to get it even close to spraying like a normal shower.

That was my tackle, what about you?

Tackle it TUESDAY #11

I really wish that I had remembered to take so pictures before I did this. I had a very old house with very old carpet. It really needs to be cleaned, or better yet replaced. I would but for this house it's just not worth it. But I'm getting off the subject. The carpet was cleaned when we moved into the house about 4 yrs ago and since then I've shampooed the carpet about 3 times. I just don't want to go thru the hassle of renting one or trying to find a friend that I can borrow one from. It's just a living room and bedroom that have carpet. Well a couple of weeks ago I bought a stick rug to clean the carpet. I didn't think it would since there was no hot water or anything to run through. i did a small section where Halley my dog sleeps just to test it out and see how well it would work. It worked great. I had to change the height adjustment on my vacuum when I did the area!!!! The only downside was that it took a whole small can, I was hoping that it wouldn't take a lot off cans to do the whole living room but at this rate I think it will take about 6 cans to get everything including moving everything around.


Well that's my tackle how about you? What did you tackle this week?

*****edited to add the link for the rug stick*****

Tacke It Tuesday

It's Tuesday again and I am trying to decide what I want to tackle. This week it has to be something small since I was out and about all day on Sat and it snowed/hailed/rained on Sunday. So I have a choice, I can clean the inside of my car or I can empty out the change jar. I think Savie is falling asleep as I type this so I may be able to empty the jar and fold and put away clothes while she is out. She really wants to help clean the car since I told her she can clean the windows so I don't want to do that without her. I will update later on when I have picked, and completed, one.

*****************UPDATED********************

Well I did it, forgot to take pictures, but I did it. I got the back seat cleaned up, well just Savie's area to be honest. But I got the seat wiped down and the vaccuumed the underside of her area. I vacuumed the trunk of the Explorer but while waiting for the carpet freshener I decided to trim the tree and the rosebush and the rosemary ( I think that's that what hubby said that is) and man does my back hurt. Then before taking our shower I did the change jar and at last count it was $63.50 in change, not bad huh?

Cleaning up

not necessarily cleaning house but I am cleaning my computer. I have way to many pictures on my computer and files so I am going to go thru everything I have and move them to a disk in hopes that it will speed up my computer, I should be cleaning house or at least my dishes but this is more important, lol.

Organizing

What did I do today? That is a loaded question. I thought I did a lot yesterday but it's only 1:30p now and I've done more today then I did yesterday.
Since hub didn't clean up the spilled apple juice she spilled in the bathroom 2 days ago, which he told me about while I was in the shower, I needed to mop the floor. And since I needed to mop the floor, I might as well mop the kitchen and the hallway. And since I was going to go thru all of that I might as well give Halley a bath (my dog). And since I was giving her a bath then I need to clean the whole bathroom. See what I mean?? A+B+C+D+= a lot of cleaning. Which then got me a little sidetracked from making dinner plans and here's why........

now that I am working I need to get more organized. I need to plan out meals for the week, not just dinner but also lunch so I can get things together ahead of time. I have dinner ready for tonight, lunch for myself for the next couple of days, I have an idea of what they will have for dinner considering that dinner tonight is pretty big so tonight and tomorrow are taken care of. Then I need to think about Friday and Saturday. What to do what to do.

Cleaning day

Normally I hate to clean but this would have me cleaning everyday. Over at 5 Minutes for Mom they are having a contest, you gotta check it out. I remember when I was working at Kmart and the Fantom's came out, those were great vacuums to but I soooooooooooo want this one now. With my daughter, a dog that sheds hair even when she's asleep, and my husband tracking in who knows what on a daily basis from his job I could really use something like this. You've got to go over there and check it out!!!!!! But the contest ends on the 4th so head over there and check it out.

This is my short blog, I have other thoughts but I can't seem to gather them at the moment, maybe it has something to do with not getting enough sleep in the last couplpe ofdays. lol.