You must have your medicines identifiable in traveling. Save one set of old prescription bottles and fill with amount of medications you will need to take while traveling. No need to carry full bottles of pills.
To keep your cutlery sharp put the sharpener in a drawer or cabinet near the cuterly block. That way it is handy to run a knife through the sharpener before each use so your knives are always sharp and ready for use.
I have a good sized paper shredder, and I shred all the "black and white" junk mail and put it in "used plastic bags for recycle ever week or so. I do not shred the "colored printed" paper because I am not sure that is reusable because of the ink. So I use separate used plastic bags for it. I do this every day, at my desk at home, but it could be done once a week. I also line my shredder container with several bags, and I also keep (under my desk) several used plastic bags. Joann, Delphi, In.
I have several seasonal wreaths for my door. When changing them, I hang them on a hangar, then into a spare closet. Easily organized by holiday or season & can be covered by a small trash bag to keep the dust away. Each particular wreath is now easily found instead of digging out a big storage box.
Any woman or anyone with a daughter knows that hair accessories can get unorganized fast. We've put them in small plastic drawers, which worked, but we found a better way: Take an old Scott toilet paper or paper towel core (cardboard middle) and wrap hair ties around it. You can also put hair clips & bobby pins etc. on the ends. Two glued together make a good headband holder. They can be plain and under the counter or can be decorated (wrapped in decrotive cloth, painted, etc.) and put a base on for sitting upright on a counter or mounting on a wall. Makes a good gift idea as well, decorate to the girls taste & fill up with hair items from a dollar store!
Back in the 1960's Scott offered an upright napkin holder that held a full pack of about 200 napkins. It was a very sturdy plastic and I kept it until I lost everything in Hurricane Katrina. Does anybody out there know what I am referencing? I think this would be a great space saver. A lady in Manasha, WI came close with her idea. I guess I am asking Kimberly-Clark if they would have one I could purchase or if they would be repeating the offer. I do not like to fold napkins and nobody has ever made a better napkin holder. Anybody have an idea? I await a reply.
When going to a public beach or National Park always bring along a flattened partial toilet paper roll for your purse or pocket...these places often have none...I found out after a recent trip!
Be sure to request an airline blanket as soon as you board the plane....many airline seats are just awful...and your tush is numb after 5 hours of flight.... Leave the blanket in its bag folded and use as a seat cushion....A life saver!
