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Tackle It Tuesday

09/11/07 | By Janice

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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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About Janice

Janice is co-founder of 5 Minutes For Mom. She's been working online since 2003 and is thankful her days are full of social media, writing and photography.

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Comments

  1. Mrs. Mecomber says

    September 12, 2007 at 8:24 pm

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

  2. Susanne says

    September 12, 2007 at 7:51 pm

    Let there be light! Hurrah!

  3. Karen says

    September 11, 2007 at 10:34 pm

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

  4. Agel says

    September 11, 2007 at 4:19 pm

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

  5. lauren says

    September 11, 2007 at 2:59 pm

    my theme this week… tackling colorful messes…

  6. VAIL says

    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!

  7. Ramie says

    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!

  8. donetta says

    September 11, 2007 at 1:45 pm

    Thanks for hosting. I’m up!

  9. Beverly says

    September 11, 2007 at 1:31 pm

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

  10. Aimee says

    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!

  11. Heathers Brain says

    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!

  12. Sarah says

    September 11, 2007 at 11:50 am

    Good work!

  13. Deb says

    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! 🙂

  14. Char says

    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.

  15. zamejias says

    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.

  16. Debi says

    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.

  17. stacey says

    September 11, 2007 at 7:33 am

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

  18. Mama´s Coffee Corner says

    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.

  19. Jodi says

    September 11, 2007 at 7:28 am

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

  20. Reese (The Know-Nothing Gourmet!) says

    September 11, 2007 at 4:47 am

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

  21. A Juggling Mum says

    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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