{"id":1183,"date":"2012-01-03T00:27:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T00:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/katrina.effexhost.com\/index.php\/2012\/01\/03\/tackle-it-tuesday-clean-life-challenge-week-1\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T18:11:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T18:11:14","slug":"tackle-it-tuesday-clean-life-challenge-week-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/2012\/01\/03\/tackle-it-tuesday-clean-life-challenge-week-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Tackle It Tuesday : Clean Life Challenge Week 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhJFiFlvSy8zNeXMU2SFIhv1Ii7Qm45QLxdA3bG5x9dy-TPOtintQKPNBN5qzxfLH61KJqBv2FBoHh1YxtfbFJviPwLpR-X28Qh0EtcWwVDtYosMXDIjvaXvJw99HAwdK_Ipg8i6REifqD_\/s1600\/CHCWk1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhJFiFlvSy8zNeXMU2SFIhv1Ii7Qm45QLxdA3bG5x9dy-TPOtintQKPNBN5qzxfLH61KJqBv2FBoHh1YxtfbFJviPwLpR-X28Qh0EtcWwVDtYosMXDIjvaXvJw99HAwdK_Ipg8i6REifqD_\/s200\/CHCWk1.png\" width=\"200\" height=\"190\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;m so glad that I wrote the other night. It&#8217;s helped me pull things back into perspective and to focus more on what I can do. Things are still going to be rocky around here and chaotic but as long as I keep going and don&#8217;t give up, it will be ok. So, in the spirit of just keep swimming..or in my case, just keep organizing&#8230;I have our very first challenge. Some of you may recall me doing a similar challenge last year before life swallowed me up. \u00a0The rules are really simple.<\/p>\n<p>1. Come here each Tuesday and check out the challenge for that week.<br \/>\n2. Take a before picture of your area.<br \/>\n3. Post that each Tuesday with your post along with an after picture of the previous week&#8217;s challenge.<br \/>\n4. Stop back here (or do this along with step 1) and in the comments section, leave a link to your post.<\/p>\n<p>If I get enough interest, I&#8217;ll put up a more official linky. Don&#8217;t worry if your area doesn&#8217;t look perfect. We&#8217;re working on baby stepping our way to clean and tidy spaces. I bet you can finish this phrase just like my kids do&#8230;Progress not &#8230;Perfection. They hate when I say that but they understand the concept.<\/p>\n<p>Now that we&#8217;ve covered the rules, let&#8217;s jump right into our first challenge! This week, I want you to go to your bedroom and look at the top of your dresser. If it&#8217;s anything like mine, it&#8217;s piled high and covered in dust. Don&#8217;t believe me? Here&#8217;s mine:<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEh1Yxr05PpL2NR5YOvZSkRgiMoUnzmbFbhti_-KNuxrGJJfd9QTusUnUlaQdmnFrsLPBE7KptMpoP7TvKA-ipObCEfYreLdf_gTFwXMGRGab858brUdz78RquIDZsxnyYOaynV3VYT6ImkH\/s1600\/DSCN4195.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEh1Yxr05PpL2NR5YOvZSkRgiMoUnzmbFbhti_-KNuxrGJJfd9QTusUnUlaQdmnFrsLPBE7KptMpoP7TvKA-ipObCEfYreLdf_gTFwXMGRGab858brUdz78RquIDZsxnyYOaynV3VYT6ImkH\/s320\/DSCN4195.JPG\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>I do want to point out that my house isn&#8217;t on fire. I have a small lamp that sets below where that doll is and I had it on when I snapped this photo. Combine that with the pink walls and you get the illusion of fire. See how messy that is? Eww!<\/p>\n<p>I am so ready to tackle that area! In fact, it might even get tackled tonight. Make sure you come back next week for a new challenge and to see what oddities I found lurking on the top of my dresser!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s227.photobucket.com\/albums\/dd163\/kroets\/?action=view&amp;current=Name2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i227.photobucket.com\/albums\/dd163\/kroets\/Name2.jpg\" alt=\"Photobucket\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>PS Challenge posts will (hopefully) go up on Monday nights so that everyone has a chance to see the challenge before the day before pictures are &#8220;due.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m so glad that I wrote the other night. It&#8217;s helped me pull things back into perspective and to focus more on what I can do. Things are still going&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1183"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2495,"href":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183\/revisions\/2495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}