Tackle it Tuesday June 17, 2008

Here is a picture of my tackle today:

We had 13 new chicks hatch out. 

They are out in the brooder box. 

They are eating and drinking so much that I need to get a larger waterer and a larger feeder for them.  

I also need to add some more bedding. 

They are too stinking cute. 

 We have 12 Buff Orpingtons and 1 Aracauna babies.

So what are you tackling today?  For more tackles visit 5 Min for Mom.

Have a blessed day,

~Rhen

Tackle it Tuesday May 13, 2008

Happy Tackle it Tuesday!! 

Today my tackle is a wet, dirty and scratching event but oh-so-needed. 

Here are our dogs:

Morgan

and Morpheus

My two puppies need a bath, a brushing, an ear cleaning and a nail trim.  No easy feat but our whole family will benefit from it!  LOL 

 

So, what are you tackling?  Pop over to 5 Min for Mom and see what others are up to.

Have a blessed day!

~Rhen

Tackle it Tuesday May 6, 2008

This week’s tackle is for my daughter, Ms. Firecracker (7). 

This was her first year taking gymnastics lessons and then competing as a gymnast.  She earned 26 medals, 4 ribbons and 2 trophies.  I was storing them all in a bag on my dresser. 

I wanted her to be able to enjoy them so I bought some of those command hooks and put them on her wall.   There were 6 in the package, which is perfect.  She competed in 5 meets and then State.  Each hook holds the medals from 1 meet. 

Now all her medals on up for her to see and her trophies are on her shelf.

While we have finished the season for the local and state meets, she will be competing in Nationals in June. 

I am so proud of her!

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Have a blessed week,

~Rhen

 

Tackle it Tuesday- the master bedroom April 29, 2008

As I have posted before, I am participating in Organizing Junkie’s Monthly Organizing Round Up.  It is great.  She assigns different areas of the house each month and then we, the participants, are challenged to clean and organize that area.  It may be a spot in the area or it could be the whole thing.  It is up to you.

April is master bedroom month.  I was looking forward to this month for good reason.  As I have been cleaning the rest of the house my room had become the junk room.  The dump all room.  The store-it-in-there-until-later room.  It was driving both Mr. Muscles and I crazy!!!  Wanna see what I did?  Here are the before and after pictures.

Here is my side of the bed before:

and here it is after:

You may recognize that shelf as one just like I used in the dining room.  They are very strong, easy to assemble and cheap to buy.  Win, win, win!

Here is the shot of my vanity:

And here it is minus all the junk:

Here is behind the door that leads to the master bathroom:

And now it is cleaned as well.  The coat rack is behind the door. 

Here is my avalanche-in-waiting dresser:

Here it is cleaned, declutered and dust free:

Here is the cleaning in progress:

Here is my bed made and my room feeling all clean and great. 

That is my tackle it Tuesday for this week and my monthly round up for April!  To see more TT’s visit 5 Min for Mom and to join the round up or just see what everyone is doing visit Organizing Junkie. 

Tackle it Tuesday April 22, 2008

    

     I love Tackle it Tuesday.  Each week it helps me to get something cleaned and organized that is in desperate need. 

     This week, however, I am headed outside.  Not that my house inside doesn’t need more organization and such but it is spring and I have so many things that I need to get planted in the garden. 

     Right now I am headed outside to get to work in the garden and plant beans, corn, carrots, radishes, and so many more things.  I also have some transplanting to do.  I will take some pics as I go and then post them here in a little while. 

     What are you tackling today or this week?  Share what you are up to or just check out others and get inspired over at 5 Min for Mom!

Have a very blessed day,

~Rhen

Tackle it Tuesday- March’s Organizing Task. March 25, 2008

     I am loving being a part of Organizing Junkie’s Monthly Roundup.  The month of March was designated Dining Room Month.  Here is what I worked on: 

     How many people actually use their dining room and dining room table for eating meals only?  If you are a homeschooler, like me, then is much more than a dining room.  It is also a classroom, a science lab, an art center- you get the picture.  Let’s not forget a place to pay bills, sort mail, play games, put together puzzles, cut patterns, sew, eat and much, much more. 

     Since my dining room plays so many parts it also had the most junk piles of all of the rooms in our house.  I had to clear a little area at my end of the table to fit my plate for meals.

See the mess here?  

And here?

     I had no idea how I was going to organize all of this stuff until I walking around Target and saw the answer.  Here is the shelf I bought:

Here is what it looks like now:

     The shelf holds my teacher books that I am using now, some of their books, future projects, papers I am grading, studies I am putting together for them and such.  The bulk of my homeschooling curriculum is stored in a 4 drawer filing cabinet but I needed something that would keep what I am using now in arms reach.  This is much easier.  I am able to reach over and easily put away each child’s items.  They each have their own basket that holds their books, folders, notebooks and papers.  Those are stored on their own shelf along with neatly organized tubs of schooling supplies.  Now we all have somewhere to keep everything organized.

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      It has made a big difference in my stress level as well as the ease of being able to clean the table and the dining room.  Hallelulia!! 

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     What is your tackle?  Are you joining in the Monthly Round Up at Organizing Junkie’s?  Pretty please leave  me a link to your tackle/ monthly organizing post in your comment so I can come visit. 

Have a blessed week, 

~Rhen

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Tackle it Tuesday March 18, 2008

 

Here is a picture of what I need to tackle today:

These are the medals and the trophy that Ms. Firecracker (7) has earned at the 4 level 2 gymnastics meets she has competed in so far this year.  I am so proud of her ya’ll.  

This weekend she competed in her 4th meet.  She did marvelous.  On vault she ran strong and hard, scored a 9.35 and placed 3rd. 

Her bars routine is the only one with a flub.  The actual routine was perfect but on the dismount she arched too much and landed on her tush instead of her feet.  If she had been able to stick the landing she would have gotten a 97.-9.8 and placed first.  She was disappointed but did not beat herself up about it.  She still scored a 9.0 and placed 6th. 

Her beam routine was the best one she has done at a meet.  She scored 9.40 and placed 1st. 

Her floor routine was right on as well.  She held each position and her round off was not wobbly.  Yah!  She scored a 9.45 and placed 1st again. 

These were the first times she placed 1st.  She has placed 2nd and 3rd almost every time. 

Her all around was a 37.200 and she placed 2nd.  You should have seen her face when they presented her with a trophy.  Not another medal but a trophy.  I don’t think her feet touched the ground until the next day.  LOL

Out of 42 gymnasts, ages ranging from 6 to 12, she placed 5th overall.  Her next 2 meets are in April. 

Anywhooooooo, I am going to swing through our local Home Depot today and pick up some command hooks so we can hang the medals on the wall over her shelf and then clear off the top of her shelf for her ribbons and trophy.  When I get them hung up I will post a picture. 

Have a happy Tackle it Tuesday and a blessed week.  What is your tackle?  Share it with everyone at 5 Min for Mom.

Tackle it Tuesday March 4, 2008

I really have to say that this Tackle it Tuesday is almost a family project.  

Last week I showed you a shelf that Mr. Muscles was almost done making. 

Here is the shelf:

I bought a few more tubs for Short Man (9) to use to sort his belongings and this is how he organized them:

WTG Short Man!!

So what did you tackle?  Head over to 5 Min for Mom to share your tackle and to see what others have been tackling.  I always get inspired by visiting other blogs showing their tackle.

God Bless,

~Rhen

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Tackle it Tuesday February 26, 2008

    

Hello fellow tacklers and those just surfing the net!  Today you get a twofer.  A twofer?  Yep!  A two for one special.  LOL 

     First is my kitchen tackle.  I did this cabinet as a part of Organizing Junkie’s Organizing Round Up. 

     February was kitchen month.  Here you see my cabinet for storing pots and pans and their lids.  Well, it was chaos.  Everytime you tried to get something out everything would crash down on your hand and possibly come out and smash your toes. 

 

     Here is what it looks like now.  Sorry the picture is crooked. 

     Mr. Muscles put screws in the wood around the top so I could hang pots and pans from them.  Now it is much easier to find what I am looking for and keep the lids all together as well.  I love it! 

     It has made a big difference in my kitchen.  Woo Hoo!

     Now comes the second half of this Tackle it Tuesday.  This was Mr. Muscles tackle. 

     I saw a post on Organizing Junkie’s site about using cubicles to help children organize their toys and rooms.  We priced buying the presswood ones but found that Mr. Muscles could make a solid wood one for less than half the price.   His intentions were to make a cubicle but when I saw it like this:

…I just loved it.   I can use the longer skinny baskets or 2 of the shorter baskets side by side.  Oooh, choices!!  It is 4 feet tall, two feet wide and 1 foot deep.

     This shelf was made for Short Man (9) to put his stuff on.  You can see all his mess behind his new shelf.  Tomorrow he gets to start working on organizing, sorting and getting his stuff into the tubs I have for him. 

Is it sad that I am this excited over organizing???? 

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Tackle it Tuesday February 19, 2008

 

     With spring right around the corner and getting the first seeds in veggie garden just 2 weeks away my tackle for today is all about my gardening fever!

     I am going to go light on the number of seedlings I start indoors this year and keep it under 350.  That should give me a good head start.  Of course, I am going to stagger the seed plantings to go along with the appropriate planting times. 

     Tomatoes will be first (I have a wierd thing about getting my maters going first ) but I will wait a couple weeks on my peppers.  They (the peppers) require a lot of warmth inside during germination and outside when they are transplanted.   My cabage and other cooler weather crops will be started first with the tomatoes and then followed by cucs, watermelon, squash, and such. 

     To really boost your growing medium add organic composted manure and peat moss to your medium at a 50/50 ratio and mix well.  This will help it to sustain the seedling beyond germination.  You can also use composted mushrooms instead of manure.  What ever flicks your bic. 

     If you are looking for some great ideas for what to grow and a place to talk with other gardeners (novice to expert) take a gander here.  You can also go to Rhen’s garden for tons more information.  Have fun getting dirty!

     This tackle isn’t part of my list in my M and M Monday post but I am looking forward to this today far more than I am the stuff on that list.  LOL  It’s all good though, right?! 

     So, what are you tackling today or this week?  Leave me a link so I can come visit and look around.  If you have the time to hang out, please do!