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Hi Fellow Tacklers!
This is Janice here and I have an exciting announcement – we have a new resident tackler here at 5 Minutes for Mom. After two years of Tackling, I am passing over the cleaning supplies to Carolyn from Scrapping Servant.
Lately, I have been so busy with the management and maintenance of 5 Minutes for Mom that I haven’t had the time to keep my tackling up to inspiring standards. So, rather than feeling like I am letting you all down each week, we decided to have Carolyn take over the role of hosting Tackle It Tuesday.
Welcome Carolyn!!! Thanks so much for joining us – we are thrilled to have you!
Hello Ladies, it’s Carolyn, your new resident tackler here. I am so excited to be with you all. I have been tackling here since February of 2007 (right about when Janice started losing count) so I brought us back up to speed on the numbers 
Can you believe we are on week 99 already? Also did you know that Janice is actually the one that started this Meme back in May of 2006!? Thank you Janice for coming up with such a great way to hold ourselves accountable with our housework, big or small. And thank you for allowing me to take over in your footsteps.
Now on to my tackle this week. We had my son dedicated at our church on Sunday (1 Samuel 1:26-28) and had a birthday party for him at our house afterwards… so I had a lot of work to do.
I desperately needed to clean the kitchen and I really wanted to get my fish tank out of the house since it has been sitting without fish for about 3 months now. My yards and my bathroom badly needed done also but my husband and sister-in-law did those for me so I missed out on the photos. (Which bummed me out as far as our tub goes because I don’t think I have even seen it this clean, or the water in it that blue! Thank you Joshie!)
Here are my photos…
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Ps… Did you know you could syphon water with a house by…
- putting the hose into the water you wish to get rid of
- turning the hose on (yes to add more water)
- turning the hose off again
- then unscrewing the hose from the spout?
Thank you Papa for that tip!
I can’t wait to see what you have done ladies!
What are you tackling? Link up and let us know!
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.
Happy TT!
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Great Job Carolyn! Thanks for all the photos – I am now motivated to clean up our oven and microwave as well
Hi, You did an amazing job , and it’s nice that you have added all those pictures!
Mine is up too, I tackled my patio!
It’s here:
http://heaveninbelgium.blogspot.com/2008/04/tackle-it-tuesday-my-patio.html
Wow!! You did an amazing job! And you have inspired me to go get busy. I have been struggeling latly with a lot of things. And I really need to get caught back up. So thank you!!!
Welcome Carolyn! You were certainly busy! Great photos!
Wow! You did a great job! I am always afraid to show my before pictures. You are a brave woman and an inspiration! Welcom Carolyn!! Have a great Tuesday!!
Wow! Your kitchen looks great! Here’s my tackle. http://baileysgranny.blogspot.com/2008/04/tackle-it-tuesday_15.html
Wow, you did a great job! I really love before and after photos!
This is my first week here and I posted befor and after photos of a few bathroom and kitchen projects!
That is an amazing tackle! I am really impressed! All I managed to do was the craft closet.
Welcome Carolyn….what a super job!!! that sure was alot of tackling!
Wow, great tackles! I tackled my hair and brow this past week.
That clean-up job requires serious motivation!! Great job! Today I’m tackling buying curtains for my dining room and living room. It involves shopping so it can’t be that daunting of a task!!
Nothing like company is coming to get you to clean the house!
PS I always siphoned stuff by sucking on the hose. Not a good idea. Never know what gross stuff you will get a mothful of.
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Wow..you sure did alot of work…way to go…
I just put up my before pics of my project..will post my after when I am done…hope you can come and check it out
Thats an impressive tackle!
thanks y’all, I needed a kick in the behind!
Welcome Carolyn!
My tackle this week isn’t linked to since it involves trying to get my blog back up and running… Hopefully I’ll be able to be back and tackling next week!
Great Tackle – I’d say this counts as at least 3!
Wow!!!!
Carolyn you are a tackling master!
Thank you sooooo much for bringing your talent and inspiration to 5 Minutes for Mom.
We are so very excited to have you join our team!!!
And I LOVE the new image!!!!!!
Great job Carolyn!
Was there something actually living in that fish tank????
I’m tired already and it is only 4:00pm
Thanks for the water siphoning tip!! we took our fish tank down a few months ago because it was just too hard for me to take care of. No matter what I did it turned green, and the fish died…. oh well.
Welcome Carolyn! I’m a tackler of two weeks now! I like the new button…can I get the code?
Great job!! I got my pictures up too!
Very impressive tackle it Tuesday!!!!
Wow! Wish I was that motivated, lol.
Well Done, Carolyn!!!
Thanks for the siphoning tip, too! I’ll tell my son that trick when it’s time to clean out his turtle tank!!!
Awesome photos, Carolyn!!
I’m new, but I love this kind of motivation. I have a lot of projects to tackle. Today it was my dinosuar of a stove and t6he countertops. Maybe next week I’ll be brave and share pictures. I was too embarrased this week. The stove was REALLY bad.
Great job–and welcome to the team!
Thank you, Carolyn for taking over. You did a lot of work and had great pics.
I have made the pic of my tackle to do so now I must do it.
I’ve got to ask, what did you use to clean the stove and oven? Just curious. Great job!
Oh, can y’all come to my house?! My microwave could use some attention too!
How did you get the inside of your stove so clean? Wow!
This week I cleaned off flat surfaces and moved my kids’s toys upstairs again. Note: this is a never ending process as they always bring more down every hour or so. Help!
I’m really late with my tackle post. But I did it and I just had to share it. ~smile~
Blessings,
Tracy
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