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How to Organize Household Cleaning with Kids
Do you have a particular day that you do an overall cleaning of the house? Friday is my day. Mom did it that way and I just followed in her footsteps. Sometimes after having a crowd on the weekend it really should be done again on Monday but unless it’s really bad I don’t do an overall cleaning. I just wait for Friday. With kids you could vacuum everyday and with all the dust you have in Arizona, I could dust every few hours but I guess I would rather do other things. You with me? As you know, I’m a believer in having your children help around the house like…
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Organizing Table Linens
When I looked in my kitchen cupboard and saw this… I decided something needed to change. So I took my linens and hung them up using pant hangers and regular hangers. I first thought I would place them in our guest bedroom closet but decided that wouldn’t work if I had guests staying overnight. You savvy? I finally settled on hanging them in our coat closet. Sometime I’ll change the hangers so they all match because it’s really bugging me but for now it is what it is. Edited to say: I thought, “Why procrastinate? Just change the hangers!” So for your viewing pleasure, here are the matching hangers. It’s the little things, people. 🙂…
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Organizing Under the Bathroom Sink
Since Flylady’s mission for the week is the bathroom I thought that today’s organizing focus would be under the bathroom sink. Under the bathroom sink is probably one of the easiest places to tidy and declutter. Here are some steps to cleaning that area. 1. Empty the cupboard out. 2. Wipe clean with a damp rag. 3. Gather like items with like. (for example: shampoo, toothpaste & lotions) 4. Restock your toilet paper, hand towels and bath towels, if needed. 5. Discard anything that is not wanted and then place the remaining items back under the sink in tidy way or use one of the following ideas to help you maximize your use of the area. The Storage…
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Displaying Children’s Artwork
Do you display your child’s artwork by taping them to the walls like I do? If so, you may like some of the ideas I have compiled from many different sources on ways to showcase your child’s artwork. Many photo companies such as Snapfish, Costco, Sam’s and Mandy’s Moon offer the ability to turn a digital picture into a useable item or even a gift such as the following… Mouse Pads Magnets 12 month calendar using your child’s artwork for the pictures mugs coasters These coaster samples are from Mandy’s Moon. Simple and inexpensive idea… Hang a clothes line and use the pins to hold your child’s artwork in place. This makes an easy way…
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Organizing Tasks & Appointments with Microsoft Office Outlook
Would you like to have one place where you can write all your appointments, make notes to yourself, keep track of projects & be reminded that an important event will be taking place (your sister’s birthday, for example)? If you have not used Microsoft Office Outlook, I would really encourage you to check it out. It’s an electronic appointment book, where there’s always plenty of room to write as many tasks as you can think of, all your appointments, read your email as well as send email and best of all you won’t mislay this notebook! One feature Outlook has is a Calendar where you can add one time occurrences or recurring events. You can…
