Hey everybody! I've been a member of the Women's Room for quite some time but haven't had a chance to post yet. So here I am! 
I know most people are big on 'spring cleaning' but TBH, fall is when I do mine. I usually have company just about every weekend in the summer. Once school starts, that usually ends and that's when I start cleaning up and 'winterizing'.
Anyhoo...I have a couple of tips I came across this year while cleaning up...thought I'd share!
1) A lot of people have 'to do lists'. I used to keep a notepad but hated the scratch outs then transferring the undone stuff to a new page....so along came stickies...which were good...but you know how they can accumulate....or get lost or thrown out. So I combined the two!
I bought a 3 subject spiral notebook (but you could use 1 or 5 subject). I titled the very first page 'ASAP' meaning those have to be done this week. Then I put stickies on the page with the things I need to do. As they get done, I throw the sticky away. At least now they're all in one place...no scratch outs....no transferring info from pages.
Then I named some other pages 'Online' for stuff I want to research or look into buying; 'The Weekend' for stuff that can wait til then; 'Long Term Goals' for things like my retirement; etc. And I carry it around everywhere I go. You can also have a page with blank stickies for when you need them...or stick them on the inside cover. Let me tell you....it's been a godsend!
2) I don't know about you but I get more mail than God! Then it ends up laying around everywhere...you know. Well, I got one of those 22 pocket over the door shoe hangers at WalMart....I actually tacked it up on a hall wall...and now all my mail goes in there. I have each pocket labeled such as credit cards, insurance, things to look at later, misc....and even pockets for mail that I still get for my sons who no longer live with me. And the pockets expand big enough to hold misc greeting cards (like b'day, mother's day, etc).
No more piles...yay!!! That's been a lifesaver!
3) And one last one....all summer I use a couple of coolers on wheels for when I have guests. They come in handy as a seat too. Well, I just cleaned them all out and thought "Why not put eliquids in here?' I have my extra juice in boxes now in a spare room but I moved them all over to the cooler. I can even put a dry ice in there if I needed. Yeh, next summer I may need the cooler back but who knows....maybe I'll just pick up a new one! I saw small styrofoam ones at the dollar store earlier this year too. Might try a couple of those...and they look stackable too.
So ladies....just some tips I came across that might be useful to others. Hope to talk more soon!
Lu
I know most people are big on 'spring cleaning' but TBH, fall is when I do mine. I usually have company just about every weekend in the summer. Once school starts, that usually ends and that's when I start cleaning up and 'winterizing'.
Anyhoo...I have a couple of tips I came across this year while cleaning up...thought I'd share!
1) A lot of people have 'to do lists'. I used to keep a notepad but hated the scratch outs then transferring the undone stuff to a new page....so along came stickies...which were good...but you know how they can accumulate....or get lost or thrown out. So I combined the two!
I bought a 3 subject spiral notebook (but you could use 1 or 5 subject). I titled the very first page 'ASAP' meaning those have to be done this week. Then I put stickies on the page with the things I need to do. As they get done, I throw the sticky away. At least now they're all in one place...no scratch outs....no transferring info from pages.
Then I named some other pages 'Online' for stuff I want to research or look into buying; 'The Weekend' for stuff that can wait til then; 'Long Term Goals' for things like my retirement; etc. And I carry it around everywhere I go. You can also have a page with blank stickies for when you need them...or stick them on the inside cover. Let me tell you....it's been a godsend!
2) I don't know about you but I get more mail than God! Then it ends up laying around everywhere...you know. Well, I got one of those 22 pocket over the door shoe hangers at WalMart....I actually tacked it up on a hall wall...and now all my mail goes in there. I have each pocket labeled such as credit cards, insurance, things to look at later, misc....and even pockets for mail that I still get for my sons who no longer live with me. And the pockets expand big enough to hold misc greeting cards (like b'day, mother's day, etc).
No more piles...yay!!! That's been a lifesaver!
3) And one last one....all summer I use a couple of coolers on wheels for when I have guests. They come in handy as a seat too. Well, I just cleaned them all out and thought "Why not put eliquids in here?' I have my extra juice in boxes now in a spare room but I moved them all over to the cooler. I can even put a dry ice in there if I needed. Yeh, next summer I may need the cooler back but who knows....maybe I'll just pick up a new one! I saw small styrofoam ones at the dollar store earlier this year too. Might try a couple of those...and they look stackable too.
So ladies....just some tips I came across that might be useful to others. Hope to talk more soon!
Lu
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