Weekly Challenge: Clothes

I know that I have been extremely remiss with this blog for the summer. But, there are only 2 weeks left before school begins and then I will be back with a vengence. I think I owe Andrea a prize and whomever won the last cycle. (Not sure who that is, someone want to clue me in?)

Anyway, the challenge for this month is school related. I know it is time for me to pull out the winter/fall clothes and make a list for school this year. The challenge is to go through the clothes again and make sure everything is organized. For me that involves putting away the outgrown things, pulling out the stored things that fit and making a list of any gaps in clothing that I need to fill. I like to do it before school starts each year. Good luck!

Challenge Review...CHECK!

I am super proud of myself. Last week I assigned the review week for the challenges. I did this because I had skipped out on so many of them, so I decided that instead of picking just one to do, I would try to get as many of them done as I could. Here are the ones I got done:

Closets

Laundry Room

Craft Room

Fridge

and.......

Garage!

I am SO glad to have a functioning garage again. It took me several hours on 3 different days to get it done, but it is so nice now. We even had some people stop by while we were finishing up and we weren't embarrassed to have them see the inside of our garage. We hung some shelves on the ceiling (that we bought over a year ago....maybe even 2 years ago) and also got some hooks to hang bikes, scooters and strollers. If you have forgotten, here are the before pictures and the after pictures.

August - Week 2

5 minute: Andrea
Weekly Challenge: Charlotte
Tips: Tami

Good luck.
N-O E-X-C-U-S-E-S this week ladies!

Keep track of your weekly points on this post.

5 minute challenges

Oops this week just flew by for me. So everyone gets to use their "Get out of Jail Free" card for this last week. Sorry I dropped that ball. I did get all my other points though.

Weekly Challenge Review

I am not sure if I am the only one who needs this one but summer has been a lot harder than I thought to keep up on everything. I am looking forward to school starting so that I an get back on the ball with my housework, not only do I have more going on but when my kids are home all day they are somehow able to make a TON more mess, so I have been hit or miss when it comes to the challenges. Some of them I get to a week or two after they are assigned and some just sit. As I looked around my house to see what I needed to get done I realized that everything that is still on my to do list has been assigned recently as a weekly challenge and I just didn't get to it. So this week is a review week. Take a minute to review the challenges that have been assigned, which ones you did, which ones you only started, which ones you neglected to do and pick one or more to do this week. I guess in order to get the bonus you would have to still have them all done. Here are some of the more recent challenges.

Closets ~ Outside ~ Sanitize ~ Craft Area ~ Garage ~ Carpets ~ Fridge/Freezer ~Kitchen Cupboards ~ Filing ~Bathroom Cupboards ~ Laundry Room ~ Computer Desk

Good Luck and Happy Cleaning!!

Weekly Tip

OK I forgot which day the tip was suppose to show on. I have one in mind today to I thought I would just post it.

Ten minutes a day saves an hour on Saturday. I have found during the many years of cleaning that if you just spend ten minutes at a task each day that it really does save in hour or more on Saturday, (that was my major cleaning day). I minute or two to wipe the tub after a bath, a minute or two to sweep the mess when it happens etc, a minute or two to sew on the lost button, etc. Hope this helps someone.

August Begins!!!

Okay Friends!!! Clean slates everyone!! Let's keep them clean. I feel pretty good about my performance last month, but I am bound & determined to have a perfect month this month.

Here are the assignments:

5 Minutes: Tamerel Jo
Weekly: Brenda Ranae
Tips: Mother LeAnn

Keep track of your points here ... no excuses this month ... good luck!!!

Finally Mended

So I got this skirt for Maddie over 2 years ago. I only payed $ .50 for it but it needed some mending. I have been putting it off since. Now that it finally fits her I was so excited to HAVE to fix it to get all my points this week! Thanks for the challenge Mom!

Bonus Points Baby!!

I had a goal this month to keep all of our closets clean. I have done really good, especially in my closet, keeping all the clothes hung up and shoes put away! It may be cheap because I only have 3 closets +the pantry in my house but I think I deserve the bonus!

Weekly Challenge : Closets, again

I know I've made this a challenge before, but it has been several months and I guess it is something I struggle with. So, the challenge this week is a closet or two. It can be linen, pantry, coat, storage, bedroom ... whatever you need. I personally have several that need cleaning. Good luck.

Last Week of the Cycle!

5 Minute Challenges : Mom
Weekly : Kim
Tips : Charlotte

This is the last week of July's cycle! Everyone kick it into high gear. I have to say I was at Tami's house several times last week and it was spotless everytime I walked in. It was so nice. So, even though I'd gotten most my points last week, I spent about 3 hours yesterday just cleaning up. Now it is Monday morning, my house is already clean. On Mondays I leave Abe at a friend's house (I watch her son on Wed), so I am taking Tyler to baby lapsit and going shopping since I don't have to clean!! Hooray!

Keep track of your points here.

Andrea's Challenge (A Little Late!)

In my defense of this photo, my playroom was clean enough to sort my laundry in. Then I got really sick and the laundry sat there all week. The floor pillows are from the kids watching TV in there and are not really a part of the mess.

Junk Drawer

I have to sadly admit that my junk drawer took much longer than five minutes. Sadly, I also have another one that I haven't even touched yet. Anyway, I found some amazing finds in that drawer and thought I'd share some of my favorites. Amid about 30 pens, 50 tacs, batteries in every size, and a bottle of coconut cream a friend brought us from Mexico, I found:

My Harry Potter dolls. I'd totally forgotten about these and can't wait to play with them with Abe.

Randomly I found both of my positive pregnancy tests. The back, pink one was for Abe and the front purple one was for Tyler. What a great keepsake.

Motherly Question

Okay, I have a question for all you mothers who have breastfed. *that is the key for any male who might be reading this to stop* One of my girls is producing only half as much milk as the other. I'm not sure why or what the problem is. I've tried starting him on the wimpy side everytime. I've tried nursing him wimpy - good - wimpy in one sitting even. I've tried only nursing him from the wimpy side and then pumping the strong side. I've tried pumping the weak side only about an hour after he nurses. It isn't a huge deal, only it seems as though it makes my boobs loopsided. It is also annoying that the over productive side is constantly squirting milk. I go through 2-3 breast pads a day on the strong side and the weak side's breast pad is rarely even necessary. Anyway, just wondered if anyone else has had this problem or if anyone has suggestions.
Thanks.

Weekly Challenge

This is a pretty selfish one, but I am having a really hard time balancing the outside work with the inside work. If I do great with one, the other goes to pot. So, to give ourselves a little bit of a break, spend your weekly challenge time outside.

Some ideas:
weed the garden
plant some flowers
mow the lawn
sweep the driveway
spray/sweep porch for spiderwebs
Heck, if you want to count playing with your kids at the park, I'd give you the points.