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Tackle It Tuesday – Week 13

August 21, 2006 by Janice

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Tackle it Tuesday

Project to Tackle: My Desk

Life has been busy! I have barely been in my house the last few days, let alone tackling anything.

So tonight I finally got home at 9pm, quickly got Jackson in bed, with stories and prayers, and made my way downstairs by 9:30 pm to look around for something to tackle before I collapsed with fatigue. I was definitely not in the mood to tackle the kitchen pantry, which I had hoped to get to all weekend.

Instead I turned to my “desk,” the kitchen table and home of one of my enormous early Tackles. I have been trying hard to keep it clean, but a stack of papers, mail, etc has been growing steadily and cluttering my space, despite my vain attempts to mask the procrastination by stacking it in a “neat” pile.

Yes – it needed a little tackling again.

It wasn’t as quick of a tackle as I hoped, (it is almost midnight now) but it is done! Well, until that mailman comes again. Don’t you remember those days when you longed for mail?

My Desk — Before

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My Desk — After

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So what did you tackle this week?

Come on – you know you want to show off! And if you haven’t tackled yet – no worries – show us your before picture and then get tackling! We will cheer you on!

Please Note: I tend to do my visiting from the comment links, not the Mr. Linky. So please leave a comment when you add your name to the Linky, so that I don’t miss you. (The reason I use the comment links is that some visitors are not participating in Tackle It Tuesday, but I still drop by and visit their blog. In past weeks I have tried to go through both lists, but I just want to give you the heads up that if you aren’t in the comments, I might miss your place by accident.)

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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.

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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24 Comments

  1. Manic Mom says

    August 23, 2006 at 6:34 am

    Got up three mornings in a row at 6 a.m. to power walk!!!

    Also, last week I cleaned out the garage before school started! I am woman, hear me roar!!!!!!!!!!!

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  2. Erna says

    August 22, 2006 at 4:32 pm

    Ha ha! Brain freeze! Is there any way you can change my blog address on “Mr. Linky” or whatever it’s called. I forgot to put blogspot in there. Ay yi yi!

    Anyway, as you’ll see in my Tackle it Tuesday I have paper issues too! Looks nice and orderly over at your desk now. I’m sure you’ll be seeing many of my piles in the future. :0)

    Thanks for the extra motivation to tackle the lingering projects around here. :0) Have a great day!

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  3. Leann says

    August 22, 2006 at 3:14 pm

    Ummm… that last comment was me… my name did not get finished… LOL

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  4. L says

    August 22, 2006 at 3:13 pm

    Girl, I wish my desk pile was that cluttered… You would swallow your tongue if you saw mine right now!!! LOL

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  5. Stephanie says

    August 22, 2006 at 12:57 pm

    This is my first time participating. I think this will help keep me moving!

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  6. Amanda says

    August 22, 2006 at 12:36 pm

    I just spent 2 hours mowing the lawn, I’m ready for a nap. Thanks for letting me share my accomplishment. 😉

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  7. Barbara H. says

    August 22, 2006 at 12:32 pm

    I just finished mine — going through an old record album collection and weeding out a few (though not as many as I had hoped).

    I have a counter area in the kitchen where I put mail, and have to clean it off several times a week. I throw out the obvious junk and catalogs, but need to leave the rest out for my husband to see before one of us puts it in the desk. Sometimes it’s a week before we do that. I get to a point where I can’t stand it any more and have to deal with it. Unfortunately, since more mail comes almost every day, it is a continual thing.

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  8. Erin says

    August 22, 2006 at 11:20 am

    I tackled two cabinets in my kitchen and I’m SO glad it is done! Thank you again for inspiring to tackle it! Erin

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  9. Nikkie says

    August 22, 2006 at 9:25 am

    Looks great! I really need to remember to start doing this, I’ve got a ton of stuff to tackel!

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  10. Mom2fur says

    August 22, 2006 at 8:57 am

    I still look forward to mail–but isn’t it awful you usually have to throw out about 80% of it? I think the weight of junkmail puts cracks in the foundations of our houses, even more so than old issues of National Geographic.

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  11. Susan says

    August 22, 2006 at 8:14 am

    Oh I would love for my desk to look like even your before picture! I’ve decided to try my luck with my desk too!

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  12. kep says

    August 22, 2006 at 7:54 am

    Good job on the desk! I just did my first mission: cleaning off the kitchen counter of the dishes that needed to be handwashed. SO glad to have it done!! Thanks for this motivation.

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  13. Mommy the Maid says

    August 22, 2006 at 7:54 am

    Looks good! I am taking on a big project today. The girl’ closet. Eekk! Pictures to come soon 😀

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  14. Sandra says

    August 22, 2006 at 7:11 am

    I just got my kitchen and my laundry tackled, and all because of you Janice LOL

    You did a great job with the desk 🙂

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  15. Erin says

    August 22, 2006 at 6:43 am

    I just organized all of the manuals and books that come with household items: appliances, baby gear, etc. into binders. They were taking up two drawers of a desk and when I was done, I threw half of them away (as we no longer used the particular item or it had long since broken) and filed the rest in plastic sleeves in binders. Of course, it took two hours…nap time..but worth it in the end!

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  16. Bianca says

    August 22, 2006 at 6:06 am

    I used to have a real problem with letting my mail pile up, and because most of it was junk, by the time I got around to going through it, I ended up throwing most of it away. On of the ways that I’ve tackled the problem now is that when I go through the mail the first time, I make sure to do it near a trashcan, and anything that is immediately identifiable as junk goes straight into the trash can. That way my piles are rarely more than just a couple of pieces of mail, and because they’re bills and things that need to be immediately tended to, they don’t tend to stay piled for very long.

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  17. crygibb says

    August 22, 2006 at 5:37 am

    Your “desk” looks good.

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  18. dawn says

    August 22, 2006 at 5:29 am

    I tackled something Saturday night while watching a movie – didn’t get much out of the movie. I had a box in my little “office” that has been accumulating stuff I don’t know what to do with for I don’t know how long. I have a hint, though, based on some of the pictures I found in the bottom! I threw away pounds and pounds of junk and still have so much left! Right now it’s sitting in piles around my recliner – I don’t know where I’m going from here. I don’t have a picture, but just imagine it in your mind!

    Thanks for stopping by my romance story.

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  19. Jodi says

    August 22, 2006 at 5:24 am

    Great job! My desk could use a “retackle” again, but that will have to be another day. I have to get the sauce made for spaghetti, then off to the park we go for a playdate.

    Happy Tuesday!

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  20. Julie says

    August 22, 2006 at 5:19 am

    Well done! Won’t be tackling anything today as I have company coming and getting the house ready is a big enough job on it’s own 😉

    Your desk looks great.. love the mouse pad 🙂

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  21. Kristina says

    August 22, 2006 at 5:14 am

    I didn’t see a place to linke but I did my projects as well and maybe more today……

    My Tackle It Tuesday

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  22. eph2810 says

    August 22, 2006 at 4:21 am

    Well, at least your tackle was a tackle. Mine is really lame, but at least I got the bags of clothing out of my car I was driving around for a week.
    Have a blessed day in the Lord 🙂

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  23. Jenn says

    August 22, 2006 at 4:07 am

    LOL there’s that desk again! Gotta love it when things you have tackled before need retackling…I tell you though, it’s TOUGH to keep things clean! GOOD GOING on getting it cleaned up again! 🙂 YEAH YOU!!!

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  24. Ariane from NeatLiving.Net says

    August 22, 2006 at 4:00 am

    My project is a big one – a complete Laundry Room makeover – thanks to a flood in the basement. It’s better than ever now!

    Reply

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