Friday, May 9, 2008

My cleaning and organizing must haves!

I thought I would share a few of the things that make my life easier.  I would love to hear what makes your life easier too!

I have this dry erase calendar board in my kitchen (it's also magnetic).  Every family member is assigned a different color so that it makes it easy for them to see their weekly schedule.

These clorox drop in tablets are placed in the toilet tank.  It keeps your bowl clean for weeks at a time, and really cuts down on scrubbing!  Just be careful if you have little hands that still like to swish around in the toilet!

These wipes I cannot do without!  I have them under each sink in the house.  The kids are expected to wipe down their sinks and toilets each morning (this really cuts down on my scrubbing time).  Also great for counters, doorknobs, lightswitches.  Anywhere that kids get germs.  You can get different brands that aren't as expensive, and they also have them in bulk at Costco.


A lady in my ward recently told me she organizes her whole closet with these cascading hanger organizers.  She hangs a pair of pants or a skirt and then all the shirts, jackets, etc. she wears with the pants above it on the same hanger organizer.  So it makes it really simple to find an outfit to wear. Each organizer has 2-5 outfit possibilities.  It also really cuts down on closet space.  You could also just organize it by clothing type: all pants, all short, all T-shirst, etc.  I haven't tried this one yet, but I'm going to.  I am going to do Brityn's closet as well to cut down on mismatched outfits she puts together.  You can get these at amazon.com, but they might even have them at Walmart or Target.

What are your must haves?

2 comments:

Amber Staub said...

Thanks for the tips. I'm going to try a few of those.

Behling Family said...

I love the closet hanger idea. That would really help. I too love the clorox tank tabs, less work for me, and I love that!!!!