Yesterday I started a big project. I'm cleaning out my storage area behind my home. I got through about 1/2 of it. I spent all day yesterday & all day today sorting, purging, reorganizing & cleaning. A lot of the things in storage were donated to the Salvation Army. It was wonderful. Some of the stuff was brand new, but was put into storage when I first moved here but never had the room to put them. The rest is mainly furniture that I no longer have room for, so that'll be a quick purge (hopefully this weekend)
This year I hope to get an early start on preparing for winter. Last year, we had roughly a week of snow (a couple of days here, a few days there).
I look around and see what seems like an never-ending list of to-do's. For me it helps to have everything written down (printed from the computer), put into a sheet protector & cross off things as I go (it gives a feeling of accomplishment).
This month (before the weather REALLY starts to cool down) I hope to:
- Touch up the children's bedrooms (I just painted them, but they got messy's & crayon on them already, lol)
- Give my home one more good purge (Winter = Christmas= more clutter)
- Check window seals (last thing I want is to find a leak & be fixing it during a storm)
- Wash windows real good before the rainy weather hits
- Finish bathroom remodeling (ok, more my husband's job, lol)
- Have car checked (I like to get everything checked before the summer & before winter hits)
- Pack up summer clothes & unpack winter clothes. Hem any gently used clothes. Recycle "heavily loved" clothes (dish rags, etc)
- Clean the fridge - a good deep scrub down
- Clean the deep freezer. - I have a stand up deep freezer. But same basic principle. Clean, toss old/frost bitten foods, defrost freezer, re-fill & organize. I also got long (1 wide & a couple skinny) bins. I keep meats in one, frozen fruits in another & frozen veggies in yet another. I also keep extra loaves of breads at the very bottom because the grocery store is a good 30 miles away & that's a good drive for just a loaf of bread, lol
- Pantry - (I just got done with this one earlier (: yay ) - I have a large pantry so I go a bit over board on my pantry organization. I have a lower level (w/ 2 shelves) & an upper level (also w/ two shelves).The bottom lower level has cereal, pancake mixes, rice, (grains basically). The top lower level shelf has canned veggies on the left & canned fruits on the right (Fruits & veggies level).The bottom upper level has beans, canned tuna, peanut butter (proteins/meats on the right) & evaporate milk/ pediasures/ shelf stable almond milk ("Dairy Group"). The top upper level (furthest from everyones reach too, lol) has cake mixes, frostings, chips, etc ("sweets" group") on the left .... and (not on the food pyrimd) the right side has drinks (juices, teas, etc).
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