Nate's Room is clean for 10 minutes

Nate had the ridiculous task of cleaning his room by bedtime Sunday night. Not just cleaning it, but cleaning it to his Mom's standard. To understand how big of a job this was, you had to understand just how trashed he'd (we'd) let his room get. It was a slow deterioration desperately in need of a clean sweep.

Nate and I hauled some hefty trash bags up to his room and started going through his room, drawer by drawer, shelf by shelf. We were even brave enough to move the bed. 2 1/2 hours later, we had the room pretty spotless and spartan. We hauled piles of junk out of his room, and for the next hour, it stayed pretty clean.