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Oh, boy. I should have taken pictures. You would...

2012-01-20T08:28:29.805-05:00

Oh, boy. I should have taken pictures. You would not BELIEVE the mess on my desk. Well, if you can call it a desk. It was more of a horizontal surface absolutely loaded will all manner of thing--and Jack finally decided that he needed to step in. Between my desk and this one kitchen counter on which I'd been stacking mail, there was enough stuff to completely cover our kitchen table. And you may remember that our kitchen table is more than 11 feet long. Oy!

Anyway, I've got it down to just two feet of tabletop that's still got stuff in stacks. Once I get through those, I think I need to have a glass of champagne!

Congratulations on being able to ease out a box of stuff. I need to do that in several areas of this house!

I just blogged about Organizing Toy Central in you...

2012-01-20T07:48:41.326-05:00

I just blogged about Organizing Toy Central in your home. I'm going to link it up at the party today. Check it out for some potential ideas ;)

http://www.lifestylesofthestayathomemom.com/2012/01/organizing-toy-central-part-2.html

Do I have a problem area in my house...hmmm...I wi...

2012-01-20T06:17:12.295-05:00

Do I have a problem area in my house...hmmm...I wish! How about my whole house. My kids are 1 and 2, and I feel bad donating toys that are only a couple months old but they are TAKING OVER OUR HOUSE. One can only have so many storage devices before the storage devices need a storage device. Very fun post, it made me laugh out loud :). Take care and hope you have a great weekend!

Aw, come on--that looks like fun, not a mess, righ...

2012-01-19T22:54:10.423-05:00

Aw, come on--that looks like fun, not a mess, right? I have a friend who says that leaving a vacuum out at all times ups your cred as a mom--either it looks like you just vacuumed or you were about to--either way, you look good :). That's my theory about the vacuum, anyway--although I'm having a harder time explaining its unique position :).

Hope you got a lot accomplished. The mess didn...

2012-01-19T17:53:43.435-05:00

Hope you got a lot accomplished. The mess didn't look so bad to me. I know adults with no kids whose family room looks way worse than this! In a few years you'll miss this kind of mess!

I think we all have places like that that need our...

2012-01-19T16:11:13.257-05:00

I think we all have places like that that need our attention! You always have such a fun outlook on things!

Wow! You are cracking me up. But I know it's g...

2012-01-19T15:21:35.507-05:00

Wow! You are cracking me up. But I know it's going to look fabulous when it's done. And all the mess just means your kids are having fun and making memories.

And this post is just going stay between you and me. Because, the excess stuff that kids accumulate, THAT is my husband's biggest fear of having kids. Keeps him awake at night. ;)

Haha thats awesome! yup we have a room just like t...

2012-01-19T13:13:57.420-05:00

Haha thats awesome! yup we have a room just like that and it tend to leak out into the rest of the house.

Ha ha. I hear ya. Good luck! Organizing is fun tho...

2012-01-19T11:40:33.674-05:00

Ha ha. I hear ya. Good luck! Organizing is fun though (right?) ;)

Oh this brings back memories! Thankfully mine wer...

2012-01-19T11:19:13.774-05:00

Oh this brings back memories! Thankfully mine weren't huge fans of Barbie (and I was known to pitch the little stuff that came with them before the girls could get their hands on it, LOL).

too funny! i think you snuck over and took a pictu...

2012-01-19T09:41:25.641-05:00

too funny! i think you snuck over and took a picture of our playroom-lol, course, my girls' room looks the same!

Amanda - thank you for the laugh this morning - I ...

2012-01-19T09:18:39.589-05:00

Amanda - thank you for the laugh this morning - I NEEDED it! I can't even see the floor of my boys' room right now. I will probably be spending my day in there as well. I love this ... 'You have to handle these things delicately, lest you alert small children to the loss of their stuff. Then all hell breaks loose.' SO TRUE!!!

-Kelsey of Poofy Cheeks

Our play 'area'..the whole house..looks li...

2012-01-19T08:46:18.070-05:00

Our play 'area'..the whole house..looks like this most of the time.

It's a vicious cycle. You clean, they mess it up, you clean, they mess it up.

Heehee! Ahh, the joys of childhood, I remember our...

2012-01-19T08:27:50.379-05:00

Heehee! Ahh, the joys of childhood, I remember our play room looking like this growing up. I have a friend who boxes up several of her kid's toys, hides them & rotates them every 3 months so its like they have brand new toys again. :-) Send up the white flag if you need help! :-)

My boys' play room is constantly a mess! We ca...

2012-01-19T08:18:20.171-05:00

My boys' play room is constantly a mess! We can spend an hour in there cleaning and organizing and the next day it's back to looking like a tornado hit!