I’ve got the food storage blues this weekend. We have a narrow storage area in our basement that we have filled with shelving. I use about 30% of the shelving for longer term storage of non-perishables and things like cereal, crackers, noodles, etc. I think of it as my own personal store.
Wednesday I was off [...]
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I’ve got the Food Storage Blues….
Posted in Frugal Living, Household Chores, cleaning, cooking, coupons, organizing on November 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Keep digging – one day I will be able to see the garage floor!
Posted in Clutter, Household Chores, organizing, tagged cleaning, Clutter, decluttering on August 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have to apologize – I started back to work last week after a summer off and found that putting up a daily blog post was getting to be harder than I thought. Sometimes I can get to one during my lunch hour, but otherwise I end up posting when I get home from work [...]
Pantry Tip #5 – Keep a List!
Posted in Kitchen Tips, organizing, tagged organizing, pantry tips on August 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This tip may seem a bit self-evident, but I think it bears repeating. The best way to make sure you don’t run out of things and have what you need is to keep a running list and check it before you go to the store. If you keep things on your fridge with magnets, put [...]
Pantry Tip #4 – How much food should you “stockpile?”
Posted in Frugal Living, Kitchen Tips, cooking, coupons, organizing, tagged cooking, frugal, organizing, pantry tips, saving money on August 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Pantry Tip #1 – Use a Sharpie and put dates on those pantry items!
Posted in Kitchen Tips, organizing, tagged organizing, pantry tips on August 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This week, from Monday to Friday, I am going to post a tip a day on helping get your pantry organized and working for you. The start of school is rapidly approaching, for both me and my kids, but I don’t want to discontinue posting to my blog. My idea is to set weekly themes [...]
Garage Cleanup Update
Posted in Clutter, Household Chores, organizing, recycling, tagged cleaning, Clutter, Clutter busting, decluttering, recycling on August 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you are a regular reader, you know that I have set a goal to clear out the clutter in our garage enough to pull a car in before the first frost. Progress has been slow, but we keep chipping at it. Yesterday, though it was quite hot, I spent about an hour out there [...]
My Pantry Must Have Items
Posted in cooking, organizing, pantry meals, tagged cooking, pantry cooking on August 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today’s list contains items that I consider to be essentially non-perishable. Most won’t keep indefinitely but they won’t spoil in a week either. There are many sites on the internet that will give specific shelf life information. On another day, I will post a list of my refrigerator and freezer staples.
Baking (as well as general [...]
It’s a Decluttering Day
Posted in Clutter, Household Chores, Kids, cleaning, organizing, tagged cleaning, Clutter, Clutter busting, Kids on August 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have been working on my pantry lists and will post those soon. But today I want to comment about how our home decluttering is going. Last week, my daughter finally got around to cleaning her room – something we’ve been asking her to do for a while. She is a bit of an odd [...]
Do You Have a Pantry?
Posted in Household Chores, organizing, pantry meals, tagged organizing, pantry cooking on August 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the past I have posted “Pantry Meals” or referred to ingredients that “you probably have in your pantry.” It got me thinking that what I consider a pantry staple and what you consider a pantry staple may be different. So I wanted to open up a discussion about the “must have” contents of a [...]
This Week’s Garage CleanUp Report
Posted in Clutter, Household Chores, cleaning, organizing, tagged cleaning, Clutter, Clutter busting, decluttering on July 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday afternoon, I spent about 2 hours in the garage and did make some noticeable progress. I decided that first I would look for the obvious junk to toss or donate. My clean up did not start well when one of the first things I found to deal with was a bag of my spouses [...]
