Box Up the Seasons Including the Clothes
Seasons come and go. Now it’s winter and before too long it’ll be spring. You may be considering what to do with the items that you use during the winter months. Why not box up the seasons, including the clothes that are no longer needed?
If you’re like a lot of people, you’ll have a special place where you store Christmas, Chanukah, or Kwanza decorations. When the seasons change, you’ll probably be packing those decorations up and putting them back in storage. What about the other things in your home that aren’t used all year long?
You may want to purchase some plastic totes, boxes, or other storage units in which to store off-season items if you don’t already have them. There are so many things you can put away that could help you get more organized.
[nmslink:Holiday decorations,Holiday decorations] are an obvious choice of things to put away until the following year. If you’re currently using boxes, you may want to look into getting some plastic storage boxes
Out of season clothing is something else you could store away until needed. Of course, before you store clothing away, you want to make sure it’s clean and in good repair. It would be terrible to take clothing out of storage only to find it dirty and having split seams.
Wash all clothes that you intend to put up, but also check to make sure someone in your home is going to be able to use them next year. If you have children that will be able to use the clothes, be sure to sort the clothes into sizes and clearly mark the outside of the box or tote with the size. If no one is going to be able to use the clothes that have been outgrown, consider giving them to charity or to someone you know that could use them.
Salvation Army, Good Will, or a homeless shelter would be glad to take gently-used clothes off your hands. And, if you itemize everything that’s being given away, you can also get a tax write-off for your taxes. That’s a win-win situation – your house is minus some clutter and you have a tax deduction for the end of the year.
When you’re trying to clean up after the holidays, you may want to box up the seasons – including the clothes that your family has outgrown. If they can’t be worn next year, be sure to pass anything that is usable to someone else. Not only will you clean away some clutter, you’ll feel good about helping others in need.
Don’t Quit
(Author unknown. Some verses attributed to W.J.A. Rowe)
When things go wrong,
as they sometimes will,
When the road you’re trudging
seems all uphill,
When funds are low and
the debts are high,
And you want to smile but
you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must, but don’t you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won
if he’d stuck it out.
Don’t give up, though
the pace seems slow -
You may succeed with another blow.
Often the goal is nearer than
It seems to a faint and faltering heart;
Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured
the victor’s cup.
And he learned too late,
as the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.
Success is failure turned inside out -
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell
how close you are -
It may be near when it seems afar;
So stick to the fight when
you’re hardest hit -
It’s when things seem worst
that you mustn’t quit.
Easy Thanksgiving Recipes
With only a couple of weeks until Thanksgiving, many of us are looking for those quick, easy and tasty recipes.
Thanksgiving dinner doesn’t have to be hard on you and your family. For the next 2 weeks, I’ll be posting a recipe every day, so come back and choose what you want to add to your Thanksgiving Meal. As I add new recipes, I’ll come back to this post and update it with links to each of the recipes.
Here is the first recipe:
Thankfully Easy Gravy
Ingredients:
5 cups turkey stock
1 cup water
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp poultry seasoning
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
1/4 tsp celery salt
1 tsp salt
Instructions:
Place water in small mixing bowl. Slowly add flour stirring as you add to dissolve flour. Bring turkey stock to a rapid boil over high heat. Once boiling reduce heat to medium low. Add flour mixture slowly stirring as you go. Once all the flour mixture has been added, stir in poultry seasoning, pepper, celery salt and regular salt. Bring back to a boil. Continue boiling until gravy is the consistency you like.
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Thanksgiving Cheesecake Surprise
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