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Great points. I’d add having the baby monitor on. You can’t get it on with one ear trying to hear if the baby is squawking in her crib!
And Van Morrison? Yes, please.
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Great ideas… I didn’t think about the pictures of the kid. I LOVE the idea of telling my hubs I can”t “focus” with the mess. This is going to be fun
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I have had “get the bedroom de-cluttered” on my list for months! I think I may get the help I was promised by my hubby this time! This is going to be great fun.
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I will get rid of the kids pictures tomorrow & move them to another room. I never thought of that. I could do with out the TV, but hubby would never go for that. So…what to do?
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Yes, Ma’am!
Done and done!
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Okay this will be my goal for week one- declutter the bedroom. I’ve got everything else on that list covered but the room being cluttered is a big oops for me. Oh well.
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We don’t have any pics of our little girl in our room, and I’ve always felt kind of bad about it. Now I guess it’s not too bad!
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Okay, I just commented on this post but your older one of it a few seconds ago. I don’t even know how I found that one!! LOL.
Anyway, again, we are big on the No TV rule. As for the music, I love that suggestion and am probably going to work that in tonight. ; )
This challenge is lots of fun!
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we already keep the 1st and 2nd out of the bedroom! just need to work on the last 3! 3 will be the hardest, but this may have just have given me all the motivation i need! thanks
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Wow, what a coincidence (or not, depending on how you view such things). My January project is to restore our bedroom to it’s previous boudoir state. A couple years ago, we painted the bedroom, got new furniture and made a room for us, a haven that was uncluttered and nice to be in. Well…over the past several months the state of affairs in the boudoir have significantly declined, so I decided to start the year off right and get it back in shape!
I know I’m able to um, concentrate better, when I’m not distracted by clutter on the bedside table and clothes on the floor!
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If you can’t get the TV out of the room, how about establishing a no TV time? Agree that after a certain time the TV will be turned off and not come back on until the sun comes up. Our problem right now is the baby, who still refuses to spend the entire night in her own bed, although we are working on it and most nights she starts in her own bed giving us a few hours of alone time. Gotta start somewhere!
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all of that is already done except the clutter part. and i’m sure he left his church pants laying on the floor in there last night. i’ll take care of it tonight
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Great ideas! A couple I never thought of…like pics of the kids. I should replace them with pics of me and hubby together.
Also, I agree about the baby monitor. Ohhh that is a killer and I have one in my room, even though the baby is two steps across the hall. If she really needs me, she’ll let me know!
Great challenge! I look forward to sprucing it up this week!
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Candles. Check.
Music. Check.
Crap. Gotta declutter our room. No pics of kids. Or Grandma. Or any other figures that might make for a scary mid-session glance over. So we’re good there.
Really good thoughts here.
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Twitter: WholeLivingGal
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Okay, okay. So this means I probably need to move the 2-month old out of the bedroom, too? I’m having a hard time letting go – even though she’d only be moving a few feet down the hall…Guess I need to suck it up, though, huh?
K – so my challenge is to de-clutter my bedroom by transferring the babe to her own room. Luckily, I have a week to work up to it…
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this might be TMI… but what’s a post on sex without TMI? I went to world market and got some incense. it smells nice and gives a sense of the faraway (we have really good vacation sex, trying to play that up at home you know)… unlike candles which we burn in our kitchen to get rid of the grease smell (not so much sexy). I plan to light out nice-smelling incense this week.
ugh, I guess that means I need to clean our room first, and put away the laundry.
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Oh, man … you’ve been spying on me! We emptied a room that has termite damage so we could fix it. Well, at least that was the plan. 6 months later the extra furniture is still cluttering up our bedroom. Your post is a terrific reminder to make the master bedroom a place for comfort and coming together as a couple.
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Okay…I’m in a dilemma. My husband and I are in the process of building a house in another state. (Yea!) BUT…our bedroom is full of packing boxes and it is chaos! We have a small apt. in Ohio, the state we are moving to for when we have to be up there until the house is done. It is like a bachelor’s pad to say the least. This is just the way it is until we actually move. Maybe I should just have sex with blinders on???? ha!
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I think this is great so far! I have some clutter to take care of, and a picture of my girls that needs to move. Although their little outfits match the decor so nicely….Ok, ok, I’ll let it go.
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Woot! 2 weekends ago Hubby and I DEEP cleaned our bedroom and now we have a bet going. Whoever leaves clothes (dirty or clean) on the floor first, has to be the others “slave” (backrub, initiating, etc). Haha! I want a backrub so bad, I keep hoping he’ll leave something on the floor, but he doesn’t!
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And we don’t have a TV in our room! yay!
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Great ideas – getting the clutter and the kids’ pics out is a good suggestion! And some aromatherapy / lighting will be a nice touch, too!
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Sign me up! I have 4 baskets of laundry to put away, will get done ASAP!!
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I’m in!! No pic’s of kids in room,small lamps in place and surround sound for ‘mood’ music.
Now, I just need to get the picture of ‘Christ’ out! Don’t get me wrong, I love Christ but the rather large pic of Him, by Greg Olsen, in my room might be making me feel somewhat ‘NOT IN THE MOOD!!’
Until next week…
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I am so totally using the clutter card! For the most part our room is pretty tidy, but my sweetie has a corner that drives me crazy!!
Awesome tips – can’t wait for next week!
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OHMYGRANNY. I can’t wait to see what comes next!
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We redid our bedroom this time last year. It’s a really grown up room. Except as I’m typing this, I did notice a basket of toys. I will be removing those. Thankyouverymuch.
Also, I’m issuing my own little challenge tomorrow and I’m linking to yours!
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I have now put that on to do list….cleaning the bedroom that is!
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Twitter: brandiofbham
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Ummm… there’s a giant crib sitting in our room. And, at night, there’s a giant baby in that crib. Uh-oh! Do I fail already? I can move her out once we, you know, buy a bigger house!
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We have a TV in the bedroom but it is never used. No pictures either. Just laundry that I’ve been too lazy to put away. Guess I’ll get that done tonight.
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My husband will thank you–especially if that whole mood thing works
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The TV went a few months ago- and it was really painless. Of course, now the computer is in there…
No pictures of my parents (or his)- check!
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Uh, you totally got me on this one. I spent the day cleaning and de-cluttering. I can’t wait to see what you’ve got in store for us next week and the ones that follow.
TV? Gone.
Clutter? Gone.
Candles? Lit.
Playlist? Made.
Extra Credit? Absolutely!
Thanks for doing this challenge, I can already tell that it’s going to be good!
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For those of you who have a baby in the bedroom…we learned how to be pretty creative during those years – a nest of blankets on the living room floor, the couch, you get the picture. A little adventure never hurt anyone!
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I’m in! I blogged about it!
http://teachinauntie.blogspot.com/2009/01/challenge-week-1.html
Way to go Rebecca!
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totally in! It will be hard as we are knee deep in redecorating and remodeling the second and third floors. But its needed and I will be tackling it this week!
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Yes!- I just did a major clean out of the bedroom this weekend and it’s so much more relaxing now. All the junk by the bed was a stressor. Now I need to deal with the really funky curtains, maybe put a candle in the bedroom too. Dh would like that/
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Okay, I don’t have any pics of the kids in our bedroom or any toys. However, I do have to get our seventeen month old daughter out of the room…sigh…easier said than done.
**For those of you ladies who deal with the-baby-in-the-room dilemma, try the living room
or a spare bedroom, or the minivan–if you have a garage of course, privacy is paramount– (haven’t done that one YET…hmmm…might be a fun way to spice it up though!) The point is to work with what you have and WORK IT! 
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Clutter is minimal and usually consists of laundry…which drives my husband insane…so I try to keep it picked up.
For mood lighting, there is no cheaper way to go than Dollar Store tea lights!
There is no CD player in our bedroom, so we are at the mercy of what is on the radio….need to put “stereo for bedroom” at the top of our “to-be-bought” list!
However, I am working on creating a more romantic decorating atmosphere conducive to lovemaking in our bedroom. It is so hard when you have such a limited budget and extravagant dreams! Guess I am going to have to get creative
The TV got kicked out of our home almost a year ago. We decided that it was taking over our family time and our couple time. Out it went and we don’t miss it a bit!
I got my extra credit done last night *grin*
Thanks for such a great challenge!
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Wow, sorry I didn’t realize I had left such a verbose comment!
Just wanted to pop back in and say I linked to your blog.
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Twitter: Jenny86753oh9
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Great tips! Unfortunately, when we clean the house, our room always gets the “throw backs”. Piles of papers, etc gets thrown back to our room. It drives me nuts. Moving “de-clutter bedroom” to the top of my to-do list.
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Count me in! Got the list for this week and put the button up at my bloggy home!
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Well, I can’t get rid of the TV, my husband wouldn’t go for that. I could do without it. However, we live in a very rural area and are having DTV difficulties so that may be solved for me in another month!!
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I’m in! I’m super excited about this challenge too! So far I’m ok…have some things to work on in the bedroom but a few months ago I redecorated, took out all photos of anyone but hubby and I, put out some new photos of us, and no tv. BUT my room is a mess! I need some organizational tips/help for this! I simply am not good at always putting away clean clothes, keeping things picked up, etc….HELP! So…I’ll work on cleaning/decluttering and look into good lighting (I think that is a FABULOUS idea!)
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~robin
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Yeah, another incentive to stop throwing all the ‘junk’ in the bedroom!! Ready to clean it up and make it a haven to escape and enjoy! I like the ‘slave’ idea mentioned above…someone in our bedroom has a problem with clothes on the ….gasp…FLOOR! Hmmm…maybe it’s more than one person!?
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How many weeks do I get to accomplish all this? Just getting rid of the clutter may take weeks!
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count me in. I need to de-clutter and do something about the TV. DH bought a new TV for our room last year, don’t think I can get rid of it. I like the idea of turning it off at a certain time each night.
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Hey! I’m in this sounds great!!
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I am guessing that getting the four-year-old out of our bed would also be an important step. Hmmmm?
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Getting rid of the TV is going to be really difficult, lol!
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1. Check – no tv
2. No pics of kids but I need to remove pic of my dad
3. Clutter – almost there – I need to move the box of kids too small clothes
4. Lighting – I will get some tea lights next time I get into town. In the meantime I will use the candles we have now.
5. No cd player but the laptop is a good way to get the music going.
Thanks for the challenge. I blogged about it on two of my blogs – http://www.jennifervalerie.blogspot.com and http://www.helpmeetministries.blogspot.com and put buttons up as well.
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