How Did Your House Weather Summer?

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It was a very long summer and my house has paid the price! Now that everyone is healthy and the birthdays are over, I can get my house back in order!

How did your house weather the summer? Mine wasn't so fortunate. The drawer got pulled completely off in our media room,


Food smeared over various walls throughout the house,


Paint on the walls from the boys crafts,


Paint is chipping off the doors as well as toy marks all over the doors,



Davis' door on his locker got pulled off! Also, my car had food and soda splatter everywhere, and my carpets had spots everywhere too. Seriously, yuck!! So it's time for some fall cleaning.



I couldn't be luckier because I opened the door yesterday and Lisa was standing there!! She surprised me with a visit and a birthday cake. She Rocks!



So what do I do to reward my giving sister? I put her to work! We vacuumed and shampooed the carpets in both our cars. (If you notice Drake in the background - I found out pretty quickly after taking this picture - that he was SIPPING old soda out of the trash can! YUCK! He's totally busted in this pic.)



Lisa touched up the wall paint throughout my entire house, and I touched up the pait on all the doors and baseboards. Yeah!!



Lastly, I shampooed the carpets downstairs. Here's Drake helping me pre-treat by rubbing it in. :) It was such a productive day! Thanks Lisa!!

Comments

Chanda said…
Dude - your arms look totally buff in the paint can picture! Whoo-hoo hot stuff!
September 18, 2007 at 10:12 PM
Rochelleht said…
How fun that Lisa came! We missed her at the party.

My carpet totally looked worse for the wear after all the rain this summer. I had it cleaned a week or so ago. It really made me happy.
September 18, 2007 at 10:14 PM
Crazymamaof6 said…
wow! lucky! you are so ambitious and inspiring! makes me wanna do my fall cleaning! i think fall is almost more important that spring , because like you displayed , the kids wreck havoc on our homes all summer long! way to go!
September 18, 2007 at 10:25 PM
Wendi said…
So inspirational! Thanks for the motivation. I have many of those I need to get to as well.
September 18, 2007 at 11:21 PM
Paige said…
Sounds like fun sister bonding! You guys work while we neglect our kids, eat, and get pedis. My house weathered the summer OK, it's the kids the house won't survive. They should come out with a tattoo of a number of a good handyman on their ankles.
September 19, 2007 at 12:40 AM
Julianne said…
Actually looks kind of fun! It's so nice to get those little things taken care of. I need to get on all those things, too!
September 19, 2007 at 7:26 AM
Katrina said…
Lisa's so great! What a fun surprise! I'm glad y'all accomplished so much.
September 19, 2007 at 8:18 AM
donna said…
Wow you were one busy girl.
Ryan and i did some touch up painting last weekend. Hmm so nice.
September 19, 2007 at 9:03 AM
Holly said…
Good luck recovering from a Full House of Boys kind of summer. Glad your sister surprised you with a visit--and donated some of her own elbow grease! :)
September 19, 2007 at 9:22 AM
Traci said…
Wow! I like how you dug right into it and got it done! Nice you had some helping hands too!
September 19, 2007 at 10:37 AM
Christie said…
I need you to come do that to my house...HURRY!
September 19, 2007 at 11:30 AM
Melanie M. McKinnon said…
wow, that was quite the damage! we didn't have near that much trouble, but we also don't have little boys living here.
September 19, 2007 at 1:06 PM
Anonymous said…
Chanda you rock girl!! You can comment on my blog anytime. ;)
September 19, 2007 at 2:37 PM
Laura said…
My house needs a face-lift! Sisters are the best! I love it when my sister comes over to help- we call her the white-tornado!
September 19, 2007 at 3:06 PM
kelly said…
wow! do you guys make house calls?
September 20, 2007 at 1:34 AM
Anonymous said…
You guys are so funny! It was so much work! We started at 9:00 am and finished about 9:00 pm. I worked her so hard I'm worried it's going to be months until she comes to visit again. ;)
September 20, 2007 at 4:25 PM
onehm said…
WOW! That's so great that she was able to visit and that you guys could do a little bit of clean up...
The pic of Drake- He lives at my house too, although his name is Gigantor and he loves to get things out of the trash to eat or drink. What's up with that? I don't know how to stop it either...
September 20, 2007 at 6:15 PM
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