The time has come! Fall cleaning, remember the Spring cleaning so we could have fun all summer? Well, its fall and all that fun that put the cleaning aside has built up and its time to get`er done before its cold and we are in for the winter.
Since the kids are back in school and we have had a couple weeks to get some energy back from summertime activities, lets get to work.
One thing that I tend to do first is the clothing, getting rid of the summer clothes that I didn`t wear and put away the ones I did and I love to wear. That means taking out the fall and winter clothing, once again purge! get rid of those maybe I will wear this and only keep what you love to wear, what makes you feel good wearing.
The summertime toys, yes those squirt guns and noodles, the sand buckets and shovels. Place a tub in the back of your storage area with a nice label "Summer toys" and move the wintertime toys/decor to the front.
Something I really have noticed this year is the cob webs, I mean they are there in the upper corners of the walls, I even spotted one in the door way! I am thinking what the hell? I try to wipe those once a month but this is now a weekly deal.
Straighten up the pantry and restock with healthy snacks and cold weather staples. Put the grilling tools up and pull out the chili/soup pots and the slow cookers/crock pots.
If you are a camper put the tents, fishing poles and sleeping bags away so that they are ready for next Summer.
Clean up the garage now before its to cold to care.
And last, the flower beds. Take out the annuls that look like death and either replace with fall mums or cold weather flowers, or simply add new mulch.
I think a week should have you in tip top shape and ready for the fall and wintertime.
Photos by Andria Perry
Written by Andria Perry.
"Straighten up the pantry and restock with healthy snacks ..."? Any suggestions for the healthy snacks that will keep in a pantry??
ReplyDeleteNuts and homemade fruit roll ups, homemade protein bars. I have dried fruits too. All in my pantry.
DeleteI am getting started with this myself. First is getting those winter clothes and blankets out and cleaning them good. There are a lot of cobwebs around here. i have notice the deck is full of them.
ReplyDeleteThe cobwebs are terrible this time of the year! I bet its colder there than down here.
DeleteYes, there is a certain satisfaction in putting away the season that is past and bringing out the season to come, especially when all has been sorted before it was put away the last time. Good time to sort out what can be disposed of. And bringing out the coming season's toys makes them seem new again.
ReplyDeleteYes the old toys do seem new again.
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