The attic works the same every other room does, except it's probably got mostly stored boxed and old clothes.
Remember what our motto has been?
If you haven't worn it in the last year, and you can't figure when you'll wear it in the next year, get rid of it! Don't save outdated clothes for someone to wear later...they won't. As for boxes of stuff, bring it down and go through it while watching a Christmas movie. If it is memorabilia from your kids youth... make one container and fill it until it is full. Should you find more that what fits in the container choices with have to be made. If your child has a home of their own send it home with them. They are most likely to take one container that has been sorted for them.
If you have toy's for grandchildren check them out for safety and keep 1 container for them.
The Holiday Prep list seems to be a long one this week. It appears our Thanksgiving is what we need to keep in mind with this list.
Remember what our motto has been?
If you haven't worn it in the last year, and you can't figure when you'll wear it in the next year, get rid of it! Don't save outdated clothes for someone to wear later...they won't. As for boxes of stuff, bring it down and go through it while watching a Christmas movie. If it is memorabilia from your kids youth... make one container and fill it until it is full. Should you find more that what fits in the container choices with have to be made. If your child has a home of their own send it home with them. They are most likely to take one container that has been sorted for them.
If you have toy's for grandchildren check them out for safety and keep 1 container for them.
The Holiday Prep list seems to be a long one this week. It appears our Thanksgiving is what we need to keep in mind with this list.
- Make one batch of Holiday Goodies.
- Make one extra meal for freezer again labeled HOLIDAY MEAL.
- Buy two canned food items from menus (get 2 of each item, one to use and one to donate to food drive).
- Buy 1/8th of TO BUY gifts. Save all receipts, note return policy before buying. Ask for gift boxes.
- Wrap and label packages. If needing to ship, get some shipping boxes now and store packages in them.
- Work at least 1 hour a day on homemade gifts.
- Make place cards.
- Make 3x5 card for each serving dish, list what goes in it, garnish, how much before dinner can it go in and serving silverware used with it; tape it to edge of dish.
- Be sure all dishes are clean!
- Borrow or buy any additional serving dishes needed.
- Are linens clean and ready? Unfold and verify that all spots can be hidden by centerpiece.
- Buy reusable foil bakeware from party paper place.
- Work on centerpiece.
