Fun For The Fourth!
Please join us for our July 4th Virtual Backyard Barbecue. Celebrate with us, have some fun and maybe even win a FABULOUS prize! |
June 30, 2009
- Tackle It Tuesday - Sticky Stroller Cleanup
I’m still procrastinating on several of my enormous household tackles… which is slightly shocking since as you can see in this video, the situation is rather urgent. I have tackled the play room and I am proud to say that the toys are still finding their way home most days. But the upstairs laundry disasters [...]
June 23, 2009
- Tackle It Tuesday
Today we have a GUEST TACKLER — Onna from Toddler Craft.
Onna is a SAHM, educator who runs a small day care in her home. She
loves to see the kids learn as they create crafts and use their
imaginations. She blogs about fun educational crafts, activities, and Parenting tips at Toddlercrafts.net.Right now, Onna is hosting [...]
June 16, 2009
- Tackle it Tuesday #161 — A Father’s Day Tackle
Janice signing in for tackling duty today…
This week, I tackled a FUN project — I volunteered to photograph Jackson’s classmates and make Father’s Day cards with the class.
If you glanced at my inbox, you would question the wisdom of me volunteering for such a time consuming task at school. But Jackson is growing up so [...]
June 9, 2009
- Tackle It Tuesday — My Toddler Tackler
Today’s tackle is brought to you by my toddler, Sophia.
As I’ve mentioned during my blogging stint over at How I Clean Now, my biggest motivation to become a more organized and tidy homemaker is to become a better example for my daughters.
Little children have an instinct to clean. They may not want to pick up [...]
June 2, 2009
- Tackle It Tuesday #159 — Picasa, Hard drives, and a Baby Giraffe
Janice jumping in for a tackle…
Once upon a time, I tackled here weekly.
I started Tackle It Tuesday in 2006 when I realized I could use some blogging incentive to conquer my housework. In the last year, I have had some wonderful women take over my TT hosting duties. I must say, my house is [...]
May 25, 2009
- Tackle It Tuesday #158 — Mr Potato Head is Found!
So did you watch it???
Did you see my completely humiliating video of my disastrous mess of a home?
Yes, I am doubting my sanity. No, I’m not sure why I let the entire Internet see my mess. Yes, they did send me a few greenbacks to ease the pain.
It’s funny, Janice and I regularly show photos [...]
May 19, 2009
- Tackle It Tuesday #157 — Digital Declutter Podcast
Today’s Tackle is a little different.
We’ve brought in Lorie Marrero founder of ClutterDiet.com and author of The Clutter Diet: The Skinny on Organizing Your Home and Taking Control of Your Life.
To help us all tackle the digital clutter in our lives, Lorie has shared the following tips and answered my digital organization questions in a [...]
May 11, 2009
- Tackle It Tuesday #156 — Where is Mr. Potato Head?
Okay Ladies, a couple of weeks ago, I alluded to my latest kick in the pants to get cleaning. I’m taking part in a fun kind of bloggy cleaning project sponsored by Pledge.
I’m joining with four other bloggers for a cleaning intervention with Trish Suhr. My fellow blogging friends are Katja, Casey, Erin and Jim.
The [...]
May 5, 2009
- Tackle It Tuesday #155 — Yuck! Are we breathing this stuff?
Susan here, reporting for Tackle Duty.
Since our spring sun is starting to heat up my home, I decided it’s time to dust off our air conditioner and get it ready for summer.
Now some of you who know I live in the Pacific Northwest might be wondering what I am talking about. It is generally [...]
April 27, 2009
- Tackle It Tuesday #154 — Clearing Some Clutter
Susan here…
Okay, this tackle was a quickie, but a tad profound… read on.
I am shockingly blind to clutter.
Stacks of this-and-that can pile up and I barely notice.
Sometimes I try and force myself to walk in my own door and try to see my house as a guest to jar myself into action. To [...]
April 20, 2009
- Tackle It Tuesday #153 — Life without a Laundry Room
Susan here… back again this week for tackle duty.
As many of you loyal Tacklers know, Janice created Tackle It Tuesday back in 2006 to help her dig herself out of a houseful of clutter. Over the years I have stepped in for some tackles here and there, and recently we’ve had various guest tacklers and [...]
April 14, 2009
- Tackle It Tuesday #152 — Susan Gets In Gear
Okay Ladies, Susan here… reporting for tackle duty.
I haven’t tackled anything here at Tackle It Tuesday in a loooooong time. And if you looked around my house, you’d agree I need to get in Tackle High Gear.
And actually, I’ve had another kick in the pants to get cleaning too… I’m going to be part of [...]
April 7, 2009
- Tackle it Tuesday #151: making a welcome area
This week our resident tackler, Jena Webber, is posting about making a work-friendly area.
Jena, also known as the organizing mommy, blogs at Organized Everyday.
In the craft room/ playroom, I had really let things slide. I have this one corner of the room that held this:Functional, yes. Pretty, no.
I [...]
March 31, 2009
- Tackle it Tuesday #150: organizing drawers with Brandy (L2L)
Today we are welcoming Brandy,the writer of the Learn to Love, Love to Learn blog who goes by L2L. She will be tackling some messy drawers and getting them all spiffy, organized, labeled.. the works!
Greetings!! L2L coming at ya from the sunny island of Okinawa. I am the proud wife of a fellow [...]
March 24, 2009
- Tackle it Tuesday#149: Bagging it all up
This week our resident tackler, Jena Webber, is posting about another way to keep your activities more organized.
Jena, also known as the organizing mommy, blogs at Organized Everyday.
Any time I add a new activity to our already busy schedule, I’m somewhat afraid that I will totally forget a) what it is I said [...]
March 16, 2009
- Tackle it Tuesday#148 — Convenient, organized snack drawer with Deb
Hi! I’m Deb, and I blog over at Mom of 3 Girls. I love Tackle It Tuesday, because it always makes me actually get to those projects or jobs that I would tend to put off. There’s just such a good feeling when you finally tackle something – whether a big project, or just those [...]
March 9, 2009
- Tackle it Tuesday #147 organizing magazines with Amy
This week we are welcoming back guest tackler Amy Nabors of Ordinarily Extraordinary.
Hello! My name is Amy.
I live in a small southern town with my husband of 12 years and our wonderful son. When I’m not taking care of our family, I’m working on my part time photography business, scrapbooking, cardmaking, sewing [...]
February 23, 2009
- Tackle it Tuesday #145: Designing patterns with Courtney
This week we are welcoming Courtney from her blog, Sister to Sister and You can Make this, her online shop. Even though Courtney is a talented seamstress and designer, she considers her most important jobs in the world to be: a wife and a mother to three precious girls. Not to mention, those [...]
February 16, 2009
- Tackle It Tuesday - Organizing With Lolli
Hi! I’m Lolli from Life is Sweet, a 34-year-old mother of five, photographer, blogger, and keeper of the house. As you can imagine, my small townhouse often gets messy with so many people and their things. I keep up on the basics pretty well, but there always seems to be at least one area of [...]
February 10, 2009
- Tackle it Tuesday #142 Preserving Precious Photos with Amy
This week we are welcoming Amy Nabors of Ordinarily Extraordinary. We can learn a lot from her resourcefulness about preserving photographs digitally.
Hello! My name is Amy. I live in the a small southern town with my husband of 12 years and our wonderful son. When I’m not taking care of our family [...]
