Tackle It Tuesday

by Janice

Tackle It Tuesday Meme

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This may not be the biggest tackle…

But boy is it overdue!!!

What is the expression about the shoemaker’s children having no shoes??? I am not sure how it goes – but I do know it is pretty accurate sometimes.

My husband is an electrician, but a few years ago (maybe more I have lost count) the light in our bedroom burned out.

“So just change the light bulb Janice – you don’t need an electrician to do that do you!”
you are probably thinking.

But it wasn’t so easy. Somehow (I think due to my husband who is too strong for his own good – or perhaps it is the light fixture’s fault) the light fixture got wedged on too tight to undo. Even my strong husband (who probably put it on too tight in the first place) could not, for anything, undo it. The only solution was to break it off and replace the light fixture.

Enter the problem of procrastination and the story of the electrician’s wife who lived in the dark for many years…

Yes – my dear husband never did manage to remember to buy a new fixture and get around to installing it. (Life is busy – and sometimes these tiny tackles just get brushed aside.) So, for years I have functioned with our bedside lamps for light. And then – now it gets really pathetic! – one of those lamps broke and we threw it out. I was down to my one bedside lamp for the entire room. Granted our bedroom is not very big – but good grief – it was dark in there!

But the day finally arrived! My husband – spurred on by our huge list of tackles and millions of trips to Home Depot – decided to change the fixture in our bedroom! He is doing a bunch of electrical work right now in the house as we renovate, so it was part of his project list – finally! He actually changed the light fixtures in all the bedrooms. (They were all the same poor fixture as the one in our bedroom that didn’t throw much light anyway.)

As he walked upstairs, armed with a hammer, gloves and a rubbermaid, he called out to me, “If you want a tackle, grab your camera…” (He knows me too well!)

And so I did. This was a long awaited day!

Here is the show:

Darkness:

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Destruction:

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The Ruins:

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The New Beginning:

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LIGHT!!!

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I must say I am thrilled! I can’t even believe it when I walk into my room and can actually hit the light switch and see! Thanks Phil – I love it! :)

What are you tackling? Link up and show off.

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Tackle It TuesdayRemember if your next tackle is a tough one… You can Ask Our Organizer Jessica for advice.

She’s a professional organizer and we’re fortunate to have her write a monthly “Ask The Organizer” column here on “5 Minutes for Mom”.

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Join Us For Tackle It Tuesday

We’re making housework blog-able!

Each week on Tuesday, we are posting before and after pictures of a project or trouble area that we tackled this week.

Find out more about Tackle It Tuesday here.

The project can be little or big – whatever you want. Basically, Tackle It Tuesday is about giving ourselves incentive, deadlines and satisfaction in getting our household tasks done. (It doesn’t even have to be housework… just whatever is on your To Do list.)

If you tackled a project this week, just add a comment and add your link below.



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Janice is co-founder of 5 Minutes For Mom. Along with her twin sister Susan and their mother Joan, Janice also owns two online toy stores -- one specializing in Ride on Toys and the other in Rocking Horses. Janice has a spunky little girl and a rambunctious boy who love to make it difficult for her to work from home.

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1 A Juggling Mum September 11, 2007 at 3:33 am

Great tackle, I bet your bedroom is like a whole new room now. Enjoy your new light :)

Rachel xxx
http://www.ajugglingmum.net

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2 Reese (The Know-Nothing Gourmet!) September 11, 2007 at 4:47 am

Ah, how sweet! Your knight-in-shining armor rescuing his damsel-in-distress! Very nice!

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3 Jodi September 11, 2007 at 7:28 am

Great job!! Always good to have a light that works!

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4 Mama´s Coffee Corner September 11, 2007 at 7:30 am

Oh could you send Phil over here as well please? I got a husband who can´t fix the kitchen light :) *lol* I´m glad you got light now, it´s not funny to live in darkness.

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5 stacey September 11, 2007 at 7:33 am

isn’t it silly how we let those little things go! good job phil!

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6 Debi September 11, 2007 at 8:13 am

Oh hooray for you! I hate our house…the only rooms with overhead lights are the kitchen and bathroom…so our whole house just seems dark.

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7 zamejias September 11, 2007 at 8:26 am

Now that’s great. I really won’t be too comfortable staying in the bedroom with only the lamps working. Glad you’re light’s already replaced. I bet you could see much clearly now.

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8 Char September 11, 2007 at 9:33 am

We have a light situation in our bedroom too! We bought a ceiling fan to put in earlier this summer, and when my hubby pulled the light fixture out he found a suprise in the wiring (and the light is still not back in place). So, now we have to run new wire and have my dad help us so we don’t electricute ourselves or burn the house down! Gotta love men and their procrastinations.

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9 Deb September 11, 2007 at 11:20 am

Sometimes it’s the littlest things that make the most difference! Glad he finally got it replaced and you have light again! :)

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10 Sarah September 11, 2007 at 11:50 am

Good work!

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11 Heathers Brain September 11, 2007 at 11:55 am

I am loving TACKLE IT TUESDAYS and if I had a working digital camera today you would see our project today is the clean up from the after math known as HOT WATER HEATER EXPLOSION!

Hey ladies, my blog is having it’s very first contest!!! I am giving away CANDLES! go on over to check it out!

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12 Aimee September 11, 2007 at 11:56 am

that’s a great tackle!

it’s funny how true that saying really is. for example my husband is a graphic artist and has been planning to help me with my websites for… let’s see… how long have we been married? LOL!

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13 Beverly September 11, 2007 at 1:31 pm

I have a couple of those that needs to be done!

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14 donetta September 11, 2007 at 1:45 pm

Thanks for hosting. I’m up!

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15 Ramie September 11, 2007 at 2:15 pm

Only thing getting tackled here today is packing….for our beach trip…which starts tomorrow…….gotta get back to it!

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16 VAIL September 11, 2007 at 2:19 pm

Speaking of shoes! Thanks for reminding me! All 3 of my kids need new church shoes. When we went Sunday they almost had to go barefoot!

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17 lauren September 11, 2007 at 2:59 pm

my theme this week… tackling colorful messes…

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18 Agel September 11, 2007 at 4:19 pm

Ramie – wish I was going on a beach trip.. it’s all work here today.. cheers!

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19 Karen September 11, 2007 at 10:34 pm

I’m going to change the bulb in our bedroom right now!

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20 Susanne September 12, 2007 at 7:51 pm

Let there be light! Hurrah!

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21 Mrs. Mecomber September 12, 2007 at 8:24 pm

Well, I’m tackling the renovation of my 1855 house… all by myself!

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