One of our absolute favorite toys started out as a baby shower gift. My friend Loni gave us a really cute basket that she had put together when SD was born. It in was some baby stuff, but since she is a mom, she knew that stuff for later on would be really useful. One of the items in there were these Baby Einstein cards. I put them in SD's closet for a long time and found them one day after we had moved. SD was about 2 at the time, so it seemed like a perfect time to pull them out. She absolutely loved them! When I was in the hospital having Linus, I bought about 4 more packages as gifts when SD would come visit us at the hospital. We have them in every bag and take them every where we go. They are a great "toy" to bring out when you are out because they are not noisy, messy or take up a lot of room. Oh, and not to mention the fact that they are educational. SD knows every picture that is on there and on the back of the card there are facts about the picture, which will extend their life well into SD's (and Linus of course) school time period!
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Showing posts with label Works for Me Wednesday. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Organizing Your Cleaning Supplies
I have been blessed with an awesome laundry room. It has two full size double door cabinets in it each with three shelves. This works really well for me for a couple of reasons. First of all, our laundry room is next to our kitchen, but is separated by a baby gate. This means that I can store all of my cleaning supplies here because they are above the washer/dryer and behind a baby gate. I guess I could go the extra step and put locks on the cabinets, but I haven't yet. The other reason that this really works for me is that since I do the grocery game, I have lots of extra cleaning supplies on hand.
This summer while I was on maternity leave, I decided I needed to organize it even more. So, I went to the dollar store and bought a bunch of containers. I love the color red, so I was very excited when I found the red buckets and 4 of them fit very nicely on a shelf. For the big tubs, I bought dishwashing pans. Then I organized all of my cleaning supplies by room, ie. kitchen, bathroom, general (dusting and floor cleaning stuff). I made labels with my Dymo (I LOVE this thing) and put it all in my cabinets.
The right side of one cabinet.
The left side of the cabinet.
An example of a labled container.
Since I have two cabinets in my laundry room. I use one for mainly cleaning supplies and other household odds & ends (lightbulbs, dog stuff, etc.) and the other one I use for all of my laundry supplies, again I stockpile, so I have a lot on hand.
Go Check out more ideas at Rocks in My Dryer.
This summer while I was on maternity leave, I decided I needed to organize it even more. So, I went to the dollar store and bought a bunch of containers. I love the color red, so I was very excited when I found the red buckets and 4 of them fit very nicely on a shelf. For the big tubs, I bought dishwashing pans. Then I organized all of my cleaning supplies by room, ie. kitchen, bathroom, general (dusting and floor cleaning stuff). I made labels with my Dymo (I LOVE this thing) and put it all in my cabinets.
The right side of one cabinet.
The left side of the cabinet.
An example of a labled container.
Since I have two cabinets in my laundry room. I use one for mainly cleaning supplies and other household odds & ends (lightbulbs, dog stuff, etc.) and the other one I use for all of my laundry supplies, again I stockpile, so I have a lot on hand.
Go Check out more ideas at Rocks in My Dryer.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Works for Me Wednesday - Laundry
I thought I would take a hint from Rocks in My Dryer and give hints on Laundry. And it follows nicely after my ironing post.
Here is what I do for laundry...
1. I use a pre-sorted hamper which means, I don't have to sort the laundry before I do it, which saves a ton of time! Not only that, but it has wheels, so I just roll it into the laundry room, usually with the help of SD. Hubby is pretty good about sorting his clothes, but I usually do the colors first, then the darks because a lot of times, he gets those two confused.
2. I wash our clothes twice a week, Tuesdays and Fridays. I do this because it keeps the loads small.
3. I keep the kids separate and do a load for each of them. This way I don't have to sort a ton of little socks with adult t-shirts. And I can use "free" detergent because my kids have sensitive skin.
4. I do towels usually twice a month. This is only for our towels. I wash the kids' with their laundry.
5. I change all of our sheets on one day. Linus' get put in with his laundry since it is a crib sheet and I do SD's separate since she has a double bed and it constitutes a whole load. I do our sheets the day I change them.
The biggest advice that I have (and need to remind myself of often) is to fold it immediately when the little buzzer on the dryer goes off. I love the buzzer!!! And now my new washing machine has one too! So when the dryer goes off, I fold the clothes and if timing is right, switch the loads.
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Here is what I do for laundry...
1. I use a pre-sorted hamper which means, I don't have to sort the laundry before I do it, which saves a ton of time! Not only that, but it has wheels, so I just roll it into the laundry room, usually with the help of SD. Hubby is pretty good about sorting his clothes, but I usually do the colors first, then the darks because a lot of times, he gets those two confused.
2. I wash our clothes twice a week, Tuesdays and Fridays. I do this because it keeps the loads small.
3. I keep the kids separate and do a load for each of them. This way I don't have to sort a ton of little socks with adult t-shirts. And I can use "free" detergent because my kids have sensitive skin.
4. I do towels usually twice a month. This is only for our towels. I wash the kids' with their laundry.
5. I change all of our sheets on one day. Linus' get put in with his laundry since it is a crib sheet and I do SD's separate since she has a double bed and it constitutes a whole load. I do our sheets the day I change them.
The biggest advice that I have (and need to remind myself of often) is to fold it immediately when the little buzzer on the dryer goes off. I love the buzzer!!! And now my new washing machine has one too! So when the dryer goes off, I fold the clothes and if timing is right, switch the loads.
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