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Let's talk party prep shall we? I have a love/hate relationship with throwing parties. The idea of gathering people together is the love part. The cleaning is the hate part. I could (and have) spent hours and hours on the details of making a party fun, but then there counters to be wiped down, toilets to clean, and floors to be vacuumed. I'd rather focus of the F U N. Wouldn't you? My kids are finally at the age to be helping more around the house. Really helping. Woohoo! So I've given them more jobs over the past few months. One of those jobs is vacuuming: 
We have several hard to clean places in our home. The rug in our family room is walked on, played on the most and collects lots of crumbs. The corners in the kitchen aren't much better. Our stair landing gets a ton of foot traffic and it shows. Julia got to test out the new PowerGlide® with Lift-Off® Technology from BISSELL. It's lightweight and swivels so it's easy for her to use. There's a long (27 ft!) cord so she can go all over our rooms without a problem. There are also tools that come with it so she can suction up all the small little things. If my eleven year old can use this BISSELL and clean well with it, it passes my test! And one less thing for me to have to do. Especially when I'm scrambling to get all the last minute party details done. 
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So Julia is all over the vacuuming but there's a whole lot of other things on my to do list. As I've mentioned recently, I am more of a mental list taker. That usually ends up with me forgetting something. Not good. Why not make a little party preparation checklist? Just because I wanna. 
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I love your party prep checklist!! I know that you said for personal use only, but I was wondering if you would mind if I gave this to my Tupperware Hosts and credited you of course! I just found your blog today and I absolutely love everything on here!!
What a great idea! I’m going to use it to help me get ready for an upcoming vacation. I love your blog by the way! The next time you do a giveaway, can you try and make Canadians eligible for entry?
XOXO
Ruth
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
I need more organization like this. Party planning tends to be last minute for me, and stressful like none other!
Love the checklist, I keep mental lists too but always end up doing some last minute items that so could have been done the day before. i will be using this for our next party.
Thanks for sharing.
This is a wonderfully beautiful list! Love it :)
Loving all your great printables + checklists Mique!! :) Keep ’em coming!
Thanks so much Rebecca! That means a lot coming from you. ;)
what a great party list, thanks for the inspiration. that vacuum looks pretty fabulous!
Thanks KDuke. That vacuum is fabulous!
I’m all about checklists! I make them for everything. And this Bissell looks awesome!
I wish I were all about the checklists- I’m trying to be better! The BISSELL is awesome. We love it!
Thanks for the printable ~ I have the same love/hate relationship with gatherings.
You’re welcome Maryann. Glad I’m not alone. ;)
We love parties at our house as you know! The checklist is great. Have a party this week I’ll use it for!
You are always throwing the best parties LA!! Love what you come up with.