After last week’s giant tackle, you would think that there was nothing left to work on for this week, right?
Add in houseguests for 5 days and the clean house definitely takes a hit. We were so busy that I just didn’t have time for any kind of housekeeping.
I suppose then that it’s kind of handy that I am actually home during the week now, so I can get my house back in somewhat decent shape – and on an actual Tuesday for once even. 
So far today I’ve tackled getting Abby and Hannah to their summer program – and I took Becca to her first-ever laptime program at the library.
She wasn’t terribly impressed. We lasted about 10 minutes before I decided to let her just play with the train table and other things that she’s used to at the library. We’ll try again next week and see if we can make it through more of the story.
When we got home a little while ago, I took one look at my kitchen floor – which hadn’t been swept since Mary and the kids arrived on Thursday, and decided that it couldn’t wait any longer:
So I broke down, put a Backyardigans episode on for Becca, and pulled out the broom.
Ahhh… Much better! Such a simple thing, but it makes such a huge difference.
You may be wondering why I had to give in and let Becca watch tv while I was tackling the kitchen floor… That would be because after 5 days of kids playing in it – her room looks like this:
It’s hard enough to walk through, much less play in, at the moment! This is my tackle for the rest of the day – trying to get her room back into some kind of order. Which will include going through all of the toys and deciding which ones she’s outgrown and can therefore go in the ‘future garage sale’ pile, and which can be moved downstairs to the basement playroom. My goal is to get everything sorted through by the end of the day.
I didn’t get a chance to post pictures last night – but I did get Becca’s room cleaned and sorted through. I have 3 piles of ‘baby’ books that will be included in our next garage sale, as well as a few toys. It’s nice to be able to walk through her room without it being an obstacle course… Next up will be the never-ending saga of trying to organize Abby and Hannah’s room…
What are you tackling this week? And check out other Tackle It Tuesday posts over at 5 Minutes for Mom!
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July 8th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Oh my, I think I’m impressed that the books are still on the shelf.
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July 8th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Hey, that looks like my daughter’s room — right down to all the toys on the floor….
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July 8th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Looks like Diva-J’s room when I arrived home yesterday… well…I guess that means that the kids were having fun, right?
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July 8th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
I’m so there with you girlie. I finally finished the house this morning. After our craziness week last week the house was needing it.
Great job Mom on the good work. Us moms don’t get that enough do we?
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July 8th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
My kids’ rooms look like that with or without visitors… which we just had for 5 days like you.
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July 8th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
That looks like they had fun!
July 8th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
great job! we just did our girls room last week! ohhh the boxes that went out!
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July 8th, 2008 at 7:18 pm
You go girl! Great tackle!
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July 8th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
That looks like the play room at my house!
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July 8th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
OMG, your floor under your table looks like mine. *LOL*
I tackled my kiddos bedrooms this weekend. It was a horrible task. But, it’s all over now. I threw away two bag fulls of broken toys!
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July 8th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
Wow! You were talking about needing to clean your floor, but all I could think when I saw your pictures was, “What???? How come HER chairs aren’t completely encrusted with oatmeal, fingerpaint, playdough and gum????” Looks good to me!
LOVE the pic of your daughter’s room!
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