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Feature Article: "10 Tips to Spring
Cleaning" April
2008
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Have you thought about doing any Spring Cleaning yet? Sure you can
skip from winter to summer, but today let me give you 10 tips on how you
can sandwich in some time to get a clean, fresh start this spring.
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TODAY'S
Time-Saving Tip
"An
important step in garage organizing is using large labels for your boxes
that you can see from a distance. A black marker and index card will do
the job well."
-- Simplify Your Space . . . Space-Saving Tip #41
FEATURE ARTICLE: "10 Tips to Spring
Cleaning"
by Marcia Ramsland, "The Organizing Pro"
“Spring
Cleaning” conjures up a mental picture of a warm, sunny day spent airing
out bedrooms, washing windows, and thoroughly vacuuming carpets. It
signals the passing of winter gray outside and the freshness of a spring
transformation inside your heart and
home.
Follow these steps and you will have that freshly cleaned look that
spring cleaning implies.
1. Vacuum the whole house and let some fresh breezes air it out. The whole house will begin to take shape and look fresher. Dust before you vacuum to make sure a room is really clean. (45 minutes)
2. Clean your closet by putting away winter clothes and bringing out spring attire. Wash, iron, and mend clothing before it gets put away. Giveaway clothes you didn’t wear and don’t like. (90 minutes)
3. Wash your bedding and change your blankets for spring weather. Put away wool blankets and bring out spring comforters.(60 minutes)
4. Put away winter coats, boots, and mittens, cleaning as you go through the front and back closets to your house. (20 minutes)
5. Wash the windows to clear out winter gray that blocks your view. No more winter smudges to peer through. (Average 8 minutes per window).
6. Recycle newspapers, catalogs and newspapers that may have accumulated over the winter. (15 minutes)
7. Sweep out the garage and wash the cars. Vacuum, wax, and change the oil in your car to get ready for spring and summer trips.(35 minutes)
8. Clean up your desktop for a fresh start at work, too. No need to live with left over paperwork from the winter. Get it done, filed, and cleared up to get outside with the longer sunny days approaching. (60 minutes)
9. Shop for something new to wear for spring. When you feel better about yourself in spring, people treat you better! (75 fun minutes)
10. Clean out the refrigerator and have your first cookout of the season. A social event outdoors like a cookout or picnic marks the official beginning of spring in your life. (90 social minutes)
* Bonus Tip: Clean out your garage from the center to the walls. Then place items by sections: game, craft, sports equipment, and gardening tool. Visualize garage sale income and beautiful, uncluttered space in these rooms as you proceed.
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Marcia Ramsland, the "Organizing Pro," is an international speaker, author, and media personality on organizing tips. Her recent book, Simplify Your Space: Create Order and Reduce Stress" and the CD “Making a Clean Sweep in Your Home” are perfect for spring cleaning at her website www.OrganizingPro.com.
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Warmly,
Marcia Ramsland
"The
Organizing Pro"
P.S.
Whether you decide to spring
clean on a weekday or a weekend, don’t wait for a sunny day. Any day can be
“Spring Cleaning Day.”
Our motto for this year -
"Things are great in 2008 . . . because I
got organized and stayed that way!"