OnTheBrink Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 To my daughter's room, that is. She's with her dad today and I just got her a book case and a cubby thing for storage. I'm going to clean out that room. She "cleaned" it before she left, now I'm going to get rid of those insipid little things she insists on keeping but doesn't even know she has. When I'm done, her porcelain dolls will have a nice, high shelf, her books will not be scattered all over the floor. She'll have new curtains and rods and her Barbies will be organized in their organizer. Pray for me. If I don't show up by tomorrow, send in reinforcements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Best tie a rope to your waist and the other end to the doorknob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissel Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Best tie a rope to your waist and the other end to the doorknob. :smilielol5: I have one of those kids too. If I find one more "rock collection" spread out across the floor...:banghead: You should totally post before and after photos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolly Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 We will be watching for your hopeful return.:lurk5: will be served while we wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich with Kids Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 *shudder* I'm just not ready to take my life into my own hands at this point. My girls' room is scary. Babysteps...babysteps... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 You go girl! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose in BC Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 I tackled my boy's room. It had been haunting (or maybe taunting) me for weeks/months and I finally took the plunge. It took the better part of the day, several garbage bags later but I did it and was very happy with the results. For days I'd hear "mom I think you cleaned my room wrong"? (aka did you throw away my favourite . . . .). What a relief. Next the basement. Good luck with your project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmom Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Good luck. I have to do this to. My ds is at his dads also and he sounds a lot like your daughter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacquelyn in NC Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 ... and my room growing up as well, if I'm perfectly honest. At least she comes by her messiness honestly. :001_smile: When we cleaned her room a few months ago, I got a big trash bag and had her put all of the odds and ends and "stuff" that had accumulated. I told her it wasn't going to be thrown out, it was just a storage place for everything without a home. After her room was clean, she could go through it. Well, it's been three months and the bag is still unopened in her closet. The other day, I asked if she remembered ANYTHING she and put into the bag, and she couldn't. She was sort of sheepish as she realized for the first time how little she cared about all the stuff she thought was so important. I think the bag will be on its way out soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted June 22, 2008 Author Share Posted June 22, 2008 Well, it's been 6 hours and we're almost done. I took out 3 full bags of trash. Her room is only 7.5' x 9.5' and I'm amazed of all the stuff I pulled out of there. I've not tackled the closet or the drawers under the bed, but I did get the cubby thing and the book case assembled and organized, took out two toy boxes which held literally nothing other than trash and dirty clothes, and she's right now picking up the 10 million beads (I will literally kill on the spot the next person who brings her beads or glitter. I am serious) so I can vacuum and I'm calling it a day. I'll do the curtain rods tomorrow. As soon as I vacuum, we're heading to Sonic. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmom Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Glad to see you are still alive after going in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockermom Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 :smilielol5: I have one of those kids too. If I find one more "rock collection" spread out across the floor...:banghead: You should totally post before and after photos! Yeah, what's with the rocks in the house?? Dss (7) is always "collecting" rocks and never looking at them again. I have an "artsy" stack of river stones on my mantle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissel Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 (I will literally kill on the spot the next person who brings her beads or glitter. I am serious) :lol: :lol: :lol: Yeah, what's with the rocks in the house?? Dss (7) is always "collecting" rocks and never looking at them again. I have an "artsy" stack of river stones on my mantle. Mine is obsessed with them. I don't make too big a deal of it because I remember my passion for rocks and gems and such when I was young, but man, the regular old backyard rocks have GOT to go. I console myself with fantasies of DD as a grown-up geologist :D We looked up mica and pyrite today. She found the mica in the backyard. That's good, right? LOL! ETA that she's right now, at this moment, asleep in her bed with a huge landscaping rock named Rocko, wrapped in a paper towel like a diaper *sigh* I haven't decided if that's sad or cool. It's seriously on her pillow next to her head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassicMom Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Well, it's been 6 hours and we're almost done. I took out 3 full bags of trash. Her room is only 7.5' x 9.5' and I'm amazed of all the stuff I pulled out of there. I've not tackled the closet or the drawers under the bed, but I did get the cubby thing and the book case assembled and organized, took out two toy boxes which held literally nothing other than trash and dirty clothes, and she's right now picking up the 10 million beads (I will literally kill on the spot the next person who brings her beads or glitter. I am serious) so I can vacuum and I'm calling it a day. I'll do the curtain rods tomorrow. As soon as I vacuum, we're heading to Sonic. :D Have you found any living organisms that you can use for science experiments yet? hehe...:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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