What did you do this weekend? Well I spent 8 hours on Saturday cleaning Kylah's room. One small 12x12 room. I've been avoiding going in her room except to kiss her goodnight and I've been wanting to turn the lights off before I go in lately. I think I have a hoarder on my hands. I've done some pretty good clean outs this year already but none as aggressive as this one. Not one strand of carpet went unturned. Kylah loves to tape things, anything, if it sits still to long she'll tape it to something. We found dead bugs under her bed and an old band aid stuck to the underside of her bed (gross, I know!) I found at least 100 hairbands that have been transformed into horse bridles, rocks, pinecones, wires, a stack clothing tags in her jewelry box, a plastic iguana in a pink satin barbi dress, about 25 tupperware bowls (which explains why I have lots of lids but no bowls), a collection of "keep out signs", lots of erasers that have been ripped from their pencil mates in a monkey pencil pouch, the decapitated pencils had all been laid to rest in a box that I think she took from my laundry room, 15 gummie lizards each in their own snack size zip lock bag placed in her sock drawer. Most of the tons and tons of crap, I mean treasures was organized in a really weird sort of way. What really had me thinking was where she gets all this stuff? I thinkyou could work at it full time and not be able to accumulate this much stuff. But besides all the gross stuff and the unimaginable amount of stuff I learned alot about Kylah. Here's a few of my favorite items that I discovered in the cleaning. Kylah is becoming a talented clay artist.
These beauties were saved from the non stop vacuuming.
These wonderful treasures were saved from the three lawn bags and one big box of giveaway items.
And these beauties were saved from two lawn bags of trash.
And while I was doing all this Kylah was freezing plastic sea animals. Just to see what they would look like. Yep, thats a frozen shark!
Can't even tell you how much I am enjoying the results. I can actually go in the room and not have an anxiety attack or trip over a boobie trap of chinese jump ropes.
I'm enjoying it so much that next week I'm doing the same to Niguels room. Shes been served her 6 day notice that if she wants to keep it she better get it put away.
Look out house i'm on a roll!
Hmmm, my house next?
Posted by: SusanC | October 27, 2009 at 04:10 AM
That's absolutely amazing!!! You must be exhausted, or motivated. Hell, come on over and help me out- we don't even have kids and I find the weirdest sh-t l never knew I had when I do a massive clean up effort. Man, you need to get Kylah hooked up with an archeological dig, or the discovery channel, who knows maybe E.T, or the Loch Ness Monster may be well-preserved in you kitchen freezer! Good luck in 6 days with Niguel's room. Can't wait to see the pic's of the treasures you find there.
Posted by: cathy somdahl | October 26, 2009 at 01:53 PM
lol I did this just about two weeks ago w/my daughter Allysa. Oh the things I found!! No treasures like you found though.
Posted by: tchrtiff | October 26, 2009 at 01:08 PM
LOL....I spent about 6 hours on Jessies room last Friday.....2 lawn bags of trash, 2 lawn bags of clothes and shoes that haven't in some cases fit for years!
Posted by: shari anderson | October 26, 2009 at 10:13 AM
can you come over to Ben's room when your are done..please?
Posted by: steph | October 26, 2009 at 09:02 AM