Photograph Credit: Flickr (Northland Furniture)
Spent our Christmas celebrating with our family and enjoyed some time outside when the rain ceased. All six kids needed the space to run and burn the pent-up energy. What a joy to be using time wisely with my family!
Though Christmas Day has come to an end, our family celebrations continue throughout this week while relatives are still in town. Besides making more cookies, I hope we get to drive through more neighborhoods viewing the beautiful Christmas displays.
After taking a moment yesterday to consider the journeys traveled by Joseph and Mary, the shepherds, and the Wise Men, our Top 10 list countdown continues today through Friday, December 30.
In case you missed one of the previous five posts, here is a recap:
#10: Fuelperks!: Lowering Gas Prices at the Pump – Part 2 of 2
#7: Pork Chops: Experimenting with Pork Loin Assorted Chops
#6: My Top 5 Preschool Board Games
In the coming days, our family will be purging and organizing our home to make room for the new items received. I look forward to cleaning out, trashing, and donating our unused items. In preparing to organize more spaces, I am excited giddy to reveal the #5 most-visited post of Using Time Wisely in 2011. Enjoy! 🙂
My Organized Nightstand Drawer
By Tracy on February 28, 2011
As I went to put away some prescription samples, I found there was no more room in my nightstand drawer. When this happens, I must clean it out. I cannot just stuff the extra items in a drawer and close it. Leaving an area unorganized bothers me until I take the time to clean it out and make room for the needed items. In this case, I cleaned out the drawer immediately.
To organize my nightstand drawer, I followed these steps:
- I made three piles: (1) items to keep, (2) items to toss, and (3) items to give away.
- Then I placed the items to keep back in the drawer and had plenty of room.
- The items to toss included expired medication, which I disposed of, and empty boxes from used medications, which I threw away.
- The items to be given away were placed in a bag to be distributed later.
Now there was plenty of room for the prescription samples. I placed these in the nightstand drawer and surveyed my clean, neat, and organized drawer.
Does disorder bother you, too? Like me, do you organize as you put items away, or do you need to set a schedule to organize?