Weekly Challenge- 8/30

This is for Brenda :-)

Clean out you fridge and freezer!

Whoever finds the grossest thing hiding in the back of their fridge wins. And loses.

Closets Before/After

Here's what my closets looked like. As an explanation, Barlow and I had the fantastic idea to have a garage sale sometime this summer. So, I started collecting things I would normally dump at Goodwill for the awesome garage sale that was for sure happening. The garage sale did not happen. The rest of the mess I can only chalk up to laziness.

New Month & New Assignments

It is a new month. I think it is a pretty sure thing that Mom won last month...way to go on all the bonus points. I have 2 movie ticket vouchers for you that I'll send. After all your hard work you can relax and have a date with Dad. Next week starts a new cycle. It is actually going to be a 5 week cycle, so we have lots of time to get lots of points, right? I am really happy with the condition of my house. It has been so nice to have it so clean all the time. It makes such a big difference in how I treat my kids and my husband. When Mom is happy, everyone's happy! I hope everyone decides to join in for our new cycle. I'll have a prize for the winner!!

Weekly: Andrea
5 Min: Mom
Tips: Brenda

Happy Cleaning!

CLOSETS! (after pictures)

I didn't take a before picture, but trust me ... it was BAD. I was super happy to finally clean out this closet and have space for my vacuum. I found some awesome hidden treasure too!

Weekly Challenge - Closets

I know I am a total broken record when it comes to challenges, but oh well. The weekly challenge this week is closets. Any closet you choose. I'm hoping to tackle 3 (bedroom, linen, and hall) but I'll be happy to get at least one done. Good luck.

Tuesday Tips - TIDE

My tip today is Tide. Yep. I love Tide Stain Release and Tide Coldwater for my kids clothes. I had some baby clothes that had been dyed pink in the wash when Abe was a baby and when Tyler was born, I washed them with Stain Release and they came out BEAUTIFUL. I feel like these two products in combination keep my constantly dirty/messy/stained kids clothes looking great. Now, you know I love a deal and there are often coupons and deals for these products, allowing me to get them at a great price. There is a $3 coupon for the Stain Release pretty much every month and at least $1 (sometimes $2) for the Tide. When combined with a sale, it is pretty affordable. I will admit though, there have been times when I've run out of Coldwater Tide and I've actually paid full price, minus just my $1 coupon for it. I love it that much. There aren't many products that I would say that about.

Weekly Assignments & Point Tally

Weekly = Tami
5 Min = Mom
Tips = Kim

This is the last week of the month. Keep track of your points on this post. Be prepared for EVERYONE to participate next month. I'll contribute a prize again next month. My house is SO clean and I haven't even been getting 100% with my points. I am so happy with how I feel about myself and I feel like I'm a better mother and wife when I am on top of things. A clean house really does make a huge difference and I'd forgotten that when I slipped into bad habits again. I even cleaned my car this weekend, just for fun!

5 Minute Challenges

1. Mop an additional surface besides kitchen
2. Junk Drawer
3. Clean out E-mail Inbox
4. Go through Make-up (clean, throw away unused items, etc)
5. Post a recipe on the blog

Weekly Challenge

This weeks challenge is all things shiny. That is clean all shiny things aka mirrors, tv screens, computer screens, front of stove, dishwasher, fridge and so on and so one. Happy seeing yourself in everything around the house.

Weekly Assignments and Point Tally

Weekly = Mom
5 Minute = Charlotte
Tips = Andrea

Good Luck!! Remember to add your points for the last few weeks. I'd be more than happy to win my own prize, but want it to be a fair competition!!

(It is wonderful that it is 9:30 on Monday morning and my house is completely clean and dinner is started and laundry is half done. I'd almost forgotten how easy it was when you kept up with it!)

5 Minute Challenges

Sorry it's a day late:

1. Top of Fridge

2. Microwave

3. Spot Clean a Couch

4. One set of Blinds

5. Purse

Weekly Challenge- kids' clothes

Sweet!

I am posting a weekly challenge I started Monday and will be working on all week long.  Going through kids clothes.  Time to get ready for fall and the new school year.  Happy sorting!

Don't have any kids clothes (Mom....), it's always a good time to weed out your own closet.

Weekly Assignments & Points

Helllo!! Don't forget to post your points for last week. Here is this week's assignments. If it isn't posted by today, I'll post them first thing in the morning so that we can get busy.

Weekly: Charlotte
5 Min: Brenda
Tips: Tami

5 Minutes

Since I am determined to get all my points this week and these haven't been posted yet, I'm going to post them. I'll make it easy. Don't forget that I'm supplying a prize for August's winner!!!

1. Play a game with your kids or spouse
2. Clean the sink
3. Wash the windows in a couple rooms
4. Dust TV / computer screens
5. Clean front of kitchen appliances.

Good luck.

Brenda's Fridge Before

Here is my before picture:

Reminder...

Don't forget that August starts this week!

A new cycle, a new chance to get the housework done.

I am thinking that Charlotte is going to be very busy getting home and unpacked so I thought I would post a weekly challenge for her (one that should help her out too)

Clean out the Fridge.

Not only is this the challenge this week I am going back to the beginning when we used to post pictures, so I am here by calling for before/after pictures of the fridges. I will go first and I am pretty sure no one has it worse than me.

Those that have the 5 minute and tips for this week DON'T forget!

Also don't forget to put up your goals for this week/month so that you get the points available for them!

GOOD LUCK :)