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Tackle It Tuesday – Week 6

July 4, 2006 by Janice

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Project to Tackle: Our Van

Happy July 4th to you all! I hope you are having a wonderful holiday with your families.

I am sure the number of participants tackling today will be much smaller due to the holiday, but I tackled nonetheless.

But first I wanted to share a humorous, little story…

Today I told my son I needed to clean the van for Tackle It Tuesday. He asked if he could help and then offered that I could help him with his new day “Washy Wednesday.” “What happens on Washy Wednesday Jackson?” I asked, so amused that my son has caught onto our blogger craze for alliteration. “Oh…water parks, sprinklers, waterslides, swimming, showers…” He is so thrilled about it. Perhaps I will have to post some pictures of his Washy Wednesday.

Now for Tackle It Tuesday.

My inspiration for today’s tackle came from two different Works for Me Wednesday ideas. (Unfortunately I have forgotten who they belong to. I am so sorry. If you know, please email me or mention in the comments and I will add in the links.)

The first suggestion was to always keep a change of clothes for family members in your vehicle. I usually do have extra clothes for Jackson in his backpack and some scattered through my van, but I don’t have any for me. I decided to get more organized about this and keep changes of clothes for us in the van. This leads into the next idea. Another blogger showed that she keeps a laundry basket in the van and puts all the loose items and toys in there.

So I decided to get my van organized.

Often the extra clothing or toys ends up on an extra seat or on the floor.

So here is my before picture:

Our Van – Before

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And here it is after:
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I put a laundry basket in the back:

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Then I put a box in the back seat with Jackson for all his toys and books. (If you are wondering why Jackson sits in the back seat – he insists! He thinks it is more fun back there.)

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And I put a basket in the front to hold all the miscellaneous items that collect so quickly throughout my day. If someone gets in my vehicle, it is quicker to move this basket than to pick up all the odds and ends to clear the seat.

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So there you have it – my new organized van!
(Did you notice the after pictures are in the dark? Yes – once again I scrambled to finish my project late Monday night. This time however, Jackson was still up. Oops – I didn’t get him to bed till after 10 pm. These summer nights I just keep letting him stay up too late.)
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Each week on Tuesday, we are posting before and after pictures of a project or trouble area that we tackled this week.

I will link to any of you who are also playing along, so add a comment and/or email me. 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.

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14 Comments

  1. Michelle says

    July 10, 2006 at 9:58 pm

    Hey J,
    I’m leaving for a month, so I will have 4 tackle it Tuesday’s that I won’t be doing. Don’t know my computer accessability or anything. Be back the 3rd Tuesday of August!

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  2. stephanie says

    July 5, 2006 at 6:51 am

    I’m stealing that idea!

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  3. ABC Momma says

    July 4, 2006 at 9:55 pm

    Congrats on tackling your van. I’ll be trying out the basket idea.

    Thanks for the inspiration to get some things done around the house. I tackled laundry today.

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  4. Shereen says

    July 4, 2006 at 2:52 pm

    Wow, it looks great. You’ve inspired me to hit my car soon as well. I know it makes it so much more pleasant to drive when the car/van is clean. Tell Jackson I am looking forward to Washy Wednesday. My children are all for it. lol ;0)

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  5. surcie says

    July 4, 2006 at 10:36 am

    Wow, good for you! My home office is such a disaster. I keep watching episodes of “Neat,” feeling inspired but still putting off the inevitable. I’ll have to be sure to take a before and after photo and post ’em. “Tackle It Tuesday” is such a good idea!

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  6. wrigley says

    July 4, 2006 at 10:02 am

    congratulations on organizing your van! plastic baskets are really godsends!

    hey there, thanks for the kind comments you give me on my blog! and your visits, too! i enjoy your blog, too. 🙂

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  7. Susan says

    July 4, 2006 at 8:21 am

    I have baskets all over my van too! One for me, one for the little one, one for water bottles (no one can remember to bring one to their activities), one for blankets in the back (for all those same activities), one for headphones (for when we have the DVD player in the van). Baskets. They are life savers. Hey Jackson, that was pretty good! Washy Wednesday. I have some girls that like that too!

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  8. eph2810 says

    July 4, 2006 at 8:11 am

    You did an awesome job and what wonderful ideas to orgianize everything like that…I almost did my car for tackle it…maybe next week I will.
    Yeah – have noticed. Although I said I would do web stuff today…I just couldn’t stay away….

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  9. Nikkie says

    July 4, 2006 at 7:51 am

    The van looks great! Such great idea’s! Now if only I had a van, or vehicle of some sort!

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  10. Leann says

    July 4, 2006 at 7:19 am

    I think I am going to “borrow” some of these ideas for our van. What a great result!!!

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  11. Susanne says

    July 4, 2006 at 6:29 am

    What a sparkling clean van you have! And one smart boy! Our kids are past the bazillion toys in the vehicle stage but we have a small basket to hold a first-aid kit, all our maps, a blanket for that spur of the moment picnic or park jaunt and a couple bags for garbage orwhatever.

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  12. Heather says

    July 4, 2006 at 5:27 am

    Im officially nominating you to fly to Florida to tackle my van when we get home from our vacation….. bring help and gear.

    Lots of Gear.

    Be Blessed! (the interview turned out fabulous, btw!!)
    Heather

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  13. Mom2fur says

    July 4, 2006 at 3:55 am

    It will be so much more pleasant taking a trip in the van now that it’s so clean! (And I love “Washy Wednesday!” Smart kid!)

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  14. Laurie says

    July 4, 2006 at 2:51 am

    Jackson sounds like my kind of boy. Go Washy Wednesday! Bet he’d like Splashy Saturday too. How about Sudsy Sunday? Maybe Foamy Friday? (You could take a bath in the rain…I did that lots as a kid, it is fun!)

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