tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post5185617888721264772..comments2024-02-09T04:00:27.528-05:00Comments on BECAUSE I SAID SO: Call the Hazmat TeamDawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00465587872521082056noreply@blogger.comBlogger124125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-61757242549028395552009-01-22T00:30:00.000-05:002009-01-22T00:30:00.000-05:00The bins came from IKEAThe bins came from IKEAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-25745398051846016112009-01-17T15:31:00.000-05:002009-01-17T15:31:00.000-05:00Wow, your transformation of the boys' room is prac...Wow, your transformation of the boys' room is practically miraculous! My younger daughter's room used to look like that all through high school (minus the food), and then she grew up, went to college, and turned into a neat freak! Now she cannot stand for anything to be on the floor or out of place or dusty or dirty. Strange.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08815105600814299694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-24669474150208235352009-01-17T11:53:00.000-05:002009-01-17T11:53:00.000-05:00Dawn, you may want to check out www.housefairy.org...Dawn, you may want to check out www.housefairy.org. I joined it and it helps the kids learn to keep their room clean. And, it's only $15 for 2 years so no big expense if it doesn't work for you.<BR/><BR/>What she does, is she's created the persona of the House Fairy, which she used to use in her family when her children were kids. The House Fairy is Santa's sister and her job is to check kids' Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09195146619739591016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-35775419672287900752009-01-16T14:32:00.000-05:002009-01-16T14:32:00.000-05:00You are good. I still can't get over at how fast ...You are good. I still can't get over at how fast you were able to organize that mess! Maybe your next book should be about organizational tips and how to declutter your kids' rooms.Vivian Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14901008350652019275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-20869331869559067592009-01-16T08:44:00.000-05:002009-01-16T08:44:00.000-05:00Hi Dawn...I'm so impressed that you managed to cle...Hi Dawn...<BR/>I'm so impressed that you managed to clean up that mess in 30 min!!! It took me more than 1 hour to clean up my room that looks exactly like that when friday comes! grown up doesnt mean we will be tidy all the time right? hahaha.....danni asffeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537949121721653059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-1581593158692750472009-01-16T01:38:00.000-05:002009-01-16T01:38:00.000-05:00So I can do a similar transformation in my son'...So I can do a similar transformation in my son's room too...but I'm curious - what do you do w/ the stuff? Do ya fill that garbage bag & toss it? Or do you find a place to put it (put it away)? It's no wonder we live in a cluttered mess, I can even throw away my kid's stuff! (but I can straighten it up & make it look better!)ShellyBlakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14658003497071342564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-51205814712272799132009-01-16T00:03:00.000-05:002009-01-16T00:03:00.000-05:00So when did my boys move into your house?And if my...So when did my boys move into your house?<BR/><BR/>And if my boys have moved in with you, who the heck are these short people raiding my refrigerator?<BR/><BR/>Seriously, it takes me two hours to clean when their room gets that bad. I am impressed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-11508816061274178802009-01-16T00:00:00.000-05:002009-01-16T00:00:00.000-05:00I too really want to know where you got the storag...I too really want to know where you got the storage bins!! I really think you need to let us know Dawn! I've got a 1 yr old and a 2 yr old both boys that I need something, anything to put all their stuff in!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-34860545951932093242009-01-15T22:30:00.000-05:002009-01-15T22:30:00.000-05:00Are those plastic test tubes and bible buddies fro...Are those plastic test tubes and bible buddies from the PowerLab VBS program? My kids have the same thing in their toybox (or on the floor or on my kitchen counter top, or between the cushions of the couch...) And we have the same rug to drive cars on too. My kids' rooms are cluttered messes too. Only they come by it naturally, because their dad is a clutter-holic. Our house is always a messAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-19514810624015777922009-01-15T18:34:00.000-05:002009-01-15T18:34:00.000-05:00Now, if you could just keep them out of the room s...Now, if you could just keep them out of the room so it would stay that nice!Patois42https://www.blogger.com/profile/07764936858778730692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-31503239435797252972009-01-15T16:13:00.000-05:002009-01-15T16:13:00.000-05:00I have to say - I LOVE your honesty on the "realit...I have to say - I LOVE your honesty on the "realities" of motherhood. Refreshing.<BR/><BR/>Genn in Ottawa, ONAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-83975546256623106452009-01-15T16:09:00.000-05:002009-01-15T16:09:00.000-05:00Hey! How the heck did you get into MY house?! LOL!...Hey! How the heck did you get into MY house?! LOL!<BR/>ShirleyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-9001562147168779882009-01-15T15:59:00.000-05:002009-01-15T15:59:00.000-05:00My mom would've gotten mad at us if we'd left an e...My mom would've gotten mad at us if we'd left an entire poptart out like that! She got angry when we didn't finish things off because it was a waste of food/money.<BR/><BR/>What are the weird little tubes that have glitter and some sort of liquid (it looks like a gel actually) with bubbles in it? In the picture with the orange and the tubs.<BR/><BR/>Re: Jackson eating at night - boys!! And Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-7028907145206785192009-01-15T15:51:00.000-05:002009-01-15T15:51:00.000-05:00Hey, their dresser looks identical to my dresser, ...Hey, their dresser looks identical to my dresser, except theirs' is white and mine is just wood! Mine used to belong to my great-grandmother.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-47513034764893615082009-01-15T13:46:00.000-05:002009-01-15T13:46:00.000-05:00My boys just last week had to get rid of their "mi...My boys just last week had to get rid of their "minifridge" (which was supposed to be for WATER ONLY) because either it died and or something IN IT died. They carried it out through my whole house- without realizing it had a filter on the back and was leaking... Girl - I'm telling you my house stunk for THREE DAYS!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-66370384844272020852009-01-15T10:38:00.000-05:002009-01-15T10:38:00.000-05:00Seems a lot of people are wondering the same thing...Seems a lot of people are wondering the same thing I am - where'd you get the bin system?!? It just might save my life & my sanity. I'm guessing IKEA. Share your secrets, oh wise one!Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07458662986619479470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-28958924622505752792009-01-15T10:15:00.000-05:002009-01-15T10:15:00.000-05:00Wow. I want you to come to MY house for thirty mi...Wow. I want you to come to MY house for thirty minutes ;) That's impressive!<BR/><BR/>And I have to ask about the globe toy sitting on top of the tool bench. We got that for Christmas a couple of years ago and NO one. I mean NO one has played with it. No one of any age enjoys it. I've tried it, and it's not very accurate, which makes it hard to do for anyone. Do you guys play with it at Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07803503583347758969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-20738907970830909562009-01-15T08:47:00.000-05:002009-01-15T08:47:00.000-05:00wow, I can't believe how quickly you transformed t...wow, I can't believe how quickly you transformed that space! you could be on a tv show! my MIL frequently tells me about my husband "I swear I trained him better than that" :)kellyHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02171309204329616736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-79775865204282396282009-01-15T04:57:00.000-05:002009-01-15T04:57:00.000-05:00Can you puh-lease come to my house and do that to ...Can you puh-lease come to my house and do that to my boys' room?? 30 minutes....wow!! I so need you to come visit! LOL Oh, and those shelves look like IKEA... are they? I sooooo miss IKEA: we don't have it in NZ. Which is really warm and summery at teh moment... that's enough to get you on the plane here, right?! :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-38605858779750518262009-01-15T02:52:00.000-05:002009-01-15T02:52:00.000-05:00Gee whilikers that looks familiar! I had 3 kids. M...Gee whilikers that looks familiar! I had 3 kids. My 2 boys were much neater than my girl. Once they were school age, when I "had enough" of their messes I refused to clean up after them. I would spend the week warning them that my broomstick was arriving on Saturday and they knew what that meant. A friend who worked for a moving company would bring me 3 fair sized leftover boxes anytime I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-65039191927398449852009-01-15T01:37:00.000-05:002009-01-15T01:37:00.000-05:00That is so eerily spookily similar to my boys' roo...That is so eerily spookily similar to my boys' rooms that I feel like I'm n the twilight zone right now.Shelliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12851446861098955538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-14438539536232485592009-01-15T00:43:00.000-05:002009-01-15T00:43:00.000-05:00I'm not going to preach...BUT...Dawn, baby, you ha...I'm not going to preach...BUT...Dawn, baby, you have to get ahold of yourself. LOL Stop making it 'so easy' on them.<BR/><BR/>I like what Louisa said "My mum eventually after many threats went in and put everything in black sacks and they went out to the bin. I was completely horrified and instantly cured of my slovenly ways!"<BR/><BR/>You said that Jackson walked right passed you with a granola FoxMcLeodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09607577265863887205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-49353091915334520462009-01-14T23:41:00.000-05:002009-01-14T23:41:00.000-05:00Well I will certainly be back on Sunday to hear th...Well I will certainly be back on Sunday to hear the answers to all these questions! My, my! :)<BR/><BR/>I would also like to know where the stuff went and how you did that in half an hour? Seriously lady you have way too much energy! :)<BR/><BR/>On another note, please take the 5 minutes to check out that fairy site that someone mentioned. I need to know if it is the major sinus infection that isLucillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04389051577488829610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-17044793427986845002009-01-14T23:34:00.000-05:002009-01-14T23:34:00.000-05:00Yup. Still glad I have girls. Stiiillllllll glad.Yup. Still glad I have girls. Stiiillllllll glad.Angie [A Whole Lot of Nothing]https://www.blogger.com/profile/02242115803102270369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-80888967343464228292009-01-14T23:33:00.000-05:002009-01-14T23:33:00.000-05:00I too tired of the clean laundry back into the ham...I too tired of the clean laundry back into the hamper out of laziness. I told them to get rid of the stuff they didn't like, wear, want, fit into, etc, no questions asked. Then I made them start doing their own darn laundry. Best move I ever made with them. One less thing I have to handle, one more thing they've learned for that all important set of "life skills" they need. If they have no clean Feisty Irish Wenchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00689381839029507940noreply@blogger.com