Organizing Issue
Organizing Tips for the Large
Family
I don’t like new years resolutions. I
don’t even make any! But I always seem to "promise" to organize my
house a little better, make more time to do fun things, spend more
time doing things with my children etc. Surely, I could be so
organized that all I would have to do is spend a few minutes each day
"maintaining". Well, I learned that I could make my life a lot more
bearable but since my family hasn’t learned to do EXACTLY as they’re
told my house isn’t perfect. Here are some tips for organizing your
above average family!
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Befriending the Laundry Monster
I decided to spring clean the
children’s rooms.......
I ended up with 40 loads of laundry, this is embarrassing because it
says a lot about my house keeping skills. I hauled it all down to the
Laundromat, used 20 washers and 20 driers and had it done in 2 hours.
Then I hauled it all home and had the children separate it into their
own piles. One at a time I had them bring down their clothes and some
of them hated what I did next.
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Affordable Storage Ideas
There are really only 3 main things to remember when you are trying to
organize and store items in your home.
- ELIMINATE If you have not used it in
a year - get rid of it! Don't hold onto household items with the
idea that you will use it "someday".
- LABEL Find a specific place for
everything. Label boxes, shelves, doors or containers so that
everyone in the household knows what goes where.
- GROUP Cluster things that are
similar and are most likely to be used together. For example store
the baking items in a cupboard for baking, lightbulbs near the
stepstool, etc.
Conquering Kids Clutter
Spring is here, and with it
comes the urge for to clean, de-clutter,
and toss out. Until the next year, when we start all over again. For
some reason, after the holidays and again in the springtime, I find
myself drawn to minimalist
decorating. You know the style: no knick-knacks, a few things hung on
the walls, throw out all the kids' toys... Ok, that is a bit drastic.
But with a preschooler's Hot Wheels taking over my living room, I'm
getting ready to regroup. Perhaps a few of these organizing tips will
help you in your quest to conquer clutter in kids' rooms.
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Spring Cleaning a la Testosterone
Do men just play dumb when it comes to cleaning?
Is this an obvious attempt to avoid any sort of housework? I used to
think so, but now I think it may have something to do with a
testosterone brain block or something.
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Be Prepared
One of the things that will
afford a family the opportunity to grow is a feeling of security. One
way for your family to have this feeling is to be prepared for
emergencies by having a plan that everyone in the family has discussed
and has had a part in creating. Our family lives along the Wasatch
Front in Utah and we have been hearing quite a bit about the big
earthquake that "is" coming our way. Because of this talk, what the
kids have been learning in school and our desire to be safe, we have
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Meal Planning Made Easy
It's no fun trying to decide what to make for dinner every night.
Planning your meals ahead of time often saves you time as well as
money.
There are many different ways to plan
your meals. How you plan yours depends on how much time you want to
spend now to save yourself time later.
I plan my meals once a week. Because I
have limited refrigerator/freezer space and a small family to feed
(3), this plan seems to work best for me. I only go to the grocery
store once a week. When I'm getting ready to go to the store, I sit
down and starting planning my menu for the next week.
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Out of the
Mouths of Babes
Our 4-year old daughter has made a new friend at
preschool this year. She calls him her "boyfriend". When I asked her what
his name was, she answered my question with the usual mispronunciation of
a 4-year-old, and said "Heaven". I made an assumption that she meant to
say "Kevin".
For the next couple of days I told my husband about
"Kevin" (aka Heaven). When my husband took our daughter to preschool, he
was introduced to Kevin, but was quickly corrected. His true name is
"Evan". So you see I wasn't that far off with "Heaven".
Colleen Fitz-Gerald
Sydney, Australia
Daughter: Rebekah
When our son Devin was about three years old, he requested his usual
afternoon snack of a graham cracker. As I handed him one, he held up
two chubby fingers and said "May I have two crackers Mama?" As I told
him that one was enough, he thoughtfully took a bite of cracker, munched
it carefully and said "Mama, I think my graham cracker needs a friend".
-Kirsten Clary
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