February 4, 2002
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I'm winning!
I started the battle yesterday in my sons' closet. They asked for my help finding pieces to their game and before you could sound the alarm, I was knee deep in battle with a ferocious army of clutter. I fought hard and valiantly. I beat the miserable force out of the closet, only to discover that it had retrenched under their bed.
The fading sun forced us to disengage and regroup. With dawn's early light, I reentered the fray using a new weapon of mass destruction - the vacuum cleaner. Now as we break for our midday planning session, the clutter has been chased onto the open field between the bed and the closet. We have it surrounded. If we can prevent Tucker from turning traitor (he shows signs of weakening resolve so we're getting worried) we should be raising the flag of victory by supper time.
(And sometime after that I hope to have time to check on on my Xanga friends and leave you comments.)
Comments (19)
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You have taken an every day type of event, and made it fun and interesting. Your talent in writing is obvious.-------
*ForgottenReality* - A place to Think.....
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I have an entire house that I need to battle
I just love that way you have of turning things into fun stories. Do you ever get a headache?
Sweet Dreams
I do love you! You have such a great sense of humour!
On clutter....I'm with Mystical2 on the house situation 
Check here's a really funny link on the most unusual items found while decluttering.
Oh I feel for you. THe Battle of the Clutter. WE fight it just about every day.
PS I'm gonna send you some links for the enneagram pretty soon. No time today.
Battle on!!
God Bless - Dale
Wanna come battle the beasties under my bed? I'm not even sure what Lydia has stashed under there... I'm hoping Archibald Asparagus is hiding there, or we may have a Veggie MIA...
LOL
And lovely new banner!
I always lose those battles.
The flowers look great - check out my site, I posted a picture of the jeep we are looking at.
Well I don't have clutter under my bed, but I have a closet that sure needs some attention. I loved reading this, gave me a much needed laugh. THANKS!!
I think I'd rather be in Somalia...
This is a delightful story.....
What can I say that hasn't already been mentioned? The retelling of the story was far more entertaining that the crazed stares I received during the heat of battle. The room looks good! And I'm not sure where you found those velcro manicles but they should slow Tucker down a little...
*smiles* I always dred those days of battling with all the many many things you find in your children's rooms.. ick!
Blessings, ~Helena
My kid's closet looks a lot better than my own. Ack! If I go missing from Xanga for a few days at some point, someone should have the husband check in our closet...I'm probably stuck in there...
Great blog!
I took my youngest to play with friends yesterday so I could really tackle the two boys rooms. I got most of the way done with the 8 yo's room. When I stumbled in from my education committee meeting near midnight, I started to creep into his room to kiss him goodnight, but the floor was covered in books, legos, tinkertoys and I'm afraid to find out what else. Oh well, I know from experience that one day I'll have a nice clean home with my babies far away. I'll take the mess.
better a vacuum than a sandblaster!!!
Love your Military strategizing here, hehehe
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