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How To Enhance a Front Yard

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
Front Yard Before

Thought you might enjoy a sample of what can be done to enhance a front yard.

This is a yard where the extra driveway was just added.

The lady of the house wanted to have a flower bed in the front instead of grass.

Front Yard After

So …

We removed the grass and cleaned out the area.

We planted easy to maintain plants.

Simple fix with a Big Impact!

What do You think?


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Cleaning Tip of the Day – Windows

Saturday, May 29th, 2010

Herein Madonna shares some of her best cleaning tips for cleaning all of your windows:

Cleaning Windows with Vinegar & Water:

White Vinegar and hot water is the best thing to clean windows or any glass you have in your house.

But, …

the trick is to fill a bucket of hot water.

The water will cool off, and that is fine the mix is already made.

Then add the white vinegar

… and …

Always use a soft clean terry cloth rag.

As the rag gets dirty, get a clean one.

Dry with a soft cloth.

I’m asked a lot …

Can I put it in a spray bottle?

The answer is NO!

It does not work the same.

So save yourself some money and give vinegar & water a try.

I think you will be impressed.


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Feng Shui Tips – Colors – Part 2

Saturday, May 22nd, 2010

Herein Madonna shares some more Feng Shui Tips regarding how you may use colors to improve the positive energy (ch’i) flow in your home:

The five elements can be used in conjunction with the Aspirations of the Pa-kua to determine which colors can be used to enhance different areas of your home.

When the pa-kua is overlaid on top of the cycle of the five elements, with earth being placed in the center, we receive an interesting mixture of colors that can prove extremely useful.

Wealth area: Green, red, violet, and blue

Fame area: Red, green, and yellow

Marriage area: Red, pink, and white

Family area: Green, red, and blue

Children area:  White and gold

Knowledge area:  Black, green, and blue

Career area: White and black

You can use these color schemes in the areas of the house that relate to the pa-pkua, or alternatively keep objects of these colors in the relevant areas.

Softer colors are ideal for the bedroom. Any color that makes you feel peaceful and relaxed is ideal here. Pink, peach, cream, ivory, beige, tan, and light green are warm and gentle. Avoid strong colors, such as red and orange in the bedroom.

Earth colors, such as yellow, orange, brown, and green are suitable for the kitchen. Avoid blue in the room as it relates to the water element. In fact, speaking blue is not good as the dominant color in any room ( except the bathroom) as it tends to make people introspective and quiet. It is also inclined to make people feel cold. I have been in living rooms where a blue works. (  I have a grayest blue in my house) but it is a difficult color to experiment with. It is better to introduce blue in the form of throw rugs, paintings ornaments, and other objects.

Sensitive colors:  Black and red are the two most sensitive colors in feng shui. Traditionally, black should not be used on gates, doors and walls that face north or south. Red should not be used on gates, doors and walls that face east or west. It is believed that bad luck will come to the occupants of the homes that break these rules. Black and red should always be used with great caution.

Light and pastel colors can be used to make small rooms appear larger. Red, yellow, and blue do the opposite and decrease the size of rooms. Good use of light colors can brighten up a dark corner. A well-lit, sunny part of the house can be painted in light or dark colors. Hot colors, such as red, create stimulating environments. Conversely, cool colors such as blue, are restful and encourage quieter activities.

Color in your home:

All colors are either yin or yang, and as you know we are happiest when we are in perfect balance of yin and yang in our home. Red, orange, yellow, and black are yang. Green, blue, and white are yin. Purple can be either yin or yang depending on the combination of red and blue.  If there is more red than blue it is yang and conversely when there is more blue than red it is yin. Yin and yang colors can be used together to create balance, but ideally should each be of the same strength.

These are, of necessity, very general guidelines. Use the colors that you personally like. It is important that the colors in your home reflect you and your feelings.

It is best to start designing a room by choosing one color to be the dominant color in the room. Choose another color for the carpet or furnishings. Add a third color to either harmonize your two colors together, or to create a contrast. This method is simple, but effective.

I hope all of my Feng Shui tips will help you!

- Madonna


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Feng Shui Tips – Part 11 – Bedrooms

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

In Part 11 of Madonna’s Feng Shui Tips Madonna shares some Feng Shui Tips regarding how you may use Feng Shui to improve the positive energy (ch’i) flow of your bedrooms:

1) The ideal position for the bed is diagonally as far as possible from the entrance to the room.

2) The foot of the bed should not directly face the door to the room.

3) Make sure that you can see anyone coming into the room without turning your head more than forty-five degrees. Use a mirror, if necessary, to enable you to easily see anyone coming in the doorway.

4) The bed should not be placed under a beam. If there is no alternative, it is better for the beam to run the length of the bed, rather than the width.

5) Place the bed against a solid wall, if possible, rather than under a window.

6) A round mirror in the bedroom will enhance your relationship.

7) Do not place a mirror directly in front of the foot of the bed. If you wake up during the night, you may startle yourself by seeing your reflection.

8 ) The bed should be accessible from both sides if you want to attract a partner into your life.

9) Allow sufficient room under the bed for the ch’i to flow. We want the ch’i to circulate above, below and on at least one side of the bed. If underneath the bed is used as a storage area, you are probably constricting the ch’I and not gaining the full benefit of the bed.

10)  Do not place the dresser directly opposite the door, as this can lead to relationship problems. Dressers usually have mirrors which, in this position, reflect the beneficial ch’I in the bedroom, creating apathy and lack of passion for the people using the room.

11)  A live plant can help stimulate the energy of a bedroom. However, do not have too many plants in this room as they can use up all the available ch’i

I hope all of my Feng Shui tips will help you improve the positive energy (ch’i) flow of your bedrooms!

- Madonna


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Gardening / Landscaping Tips – Part 2

Saturday, May 1st, 2010

In Part 2 of Madonna’s Gardening and Landscaping Tips, Madonna  shares some Gardening / Landscaping Tips regarding Fabulous and “Green” Fertilizers to help your plants and flowers grow quicker, healthier and “greener”:

Fabulous Fertilizers:

1) Crushed eggshells worked well into the soil make a wonderful fertilizer. Terrific for gardens and houseplants. They aerate the soil, too.

2) Bury some used coffee grounds in your garden to provide much needed acid to soil that has a high alkaline content. You’ll notice much greener greens!

3) Fish tank water is loaded with nutrients. Use it for gardens and houseplants.

4) Plants love starch, so save the water each time you boil noodles or other pasta. Make sure to let the water cool down before pouring it on your plants!

5) Dampened newspapers placed on the ground around plants will help keep the soil moist and hold weeds out. Wet the newspapers, the weight of the water to hold them down than sprinkle lightly with soil. The papers are biodegradable, so they will eventually dissolve.

I hope all of my Gardening and Landscaping Tips will help you!

- Madonna


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Feng Shui Tips – Part 10 – Dining Rooms

Sunday, April 25th, 2010

In Part 10 of Madonna’s Feng Shui Tips Madonna shares some Feng Shui Tips regarding how you may use Feng Shui to improve the positive energy (ch’i) flow of your dining rooms:

1) The dining room should be either a separate room or a clearly defined part of another room.

2) The dining room should not be at a lower level than the living room.

3) The best shaped dining room table is round, oval or octagonal. Ensure that your square or oblong tables have slightly rounded corners

4)  Do not overcrowd the people sitting at the table with too much furniture. This constricts the valuable ch’i. Avoid clutter. The simpler this room is the better.

5) Even if you live alone, have at least three chairs around the dining room table. Make sure that you do not sit in the same chair for every meal. If all the chairs are used, you will encourage guests into your home.

I hope all of my Feng Shui tips will help you!

- Madonna


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Cleaning Tip of the Day – Clothing Tips 1

Sunday, April 18th, 2010

Herein Madonna shares some of her first tips for cleaning, and taking good care of all of your clothing:

A high-heeled ladies shoe.

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Cleaning and Deodorizing Shoes:

This is a method that will work with any shoes.

First, sprinkle some baking soda in the shoe, and then place it in a plastic bag and freeze it for a night or two.

Allow the shoe to come to room temperature (unless you want to cool your feet) and then shake out the baking soda and wear.

It is a good idea to leave the baking soda in the shoe until the next wearing.

Stretching Shoes:

Here’s another freeze tip for the pair of shoes that pinches your toes.

For each shoe, use a heavy-duty zip-closure bag, or double up two of them and put them in each shoe.  Carefully pour water into the bag, until the toe area is full.  Close the bags securely so that the water doesn’t seep out and wet the shoes.

To help prevent the outside of the shoes from getting wet, put each shoe in a plastic bag.

Place the shoes in the freezer for at least 24 hours. As the water freezes, it expands.  And as it does, the shoes will expand and stretch.

You will need to allow the shoes to defrost enough to remove the bags of water when you take them out of the freezer.

Buttons:

To keep buttons from falling off, dab a little clear nail polish on the thread in the center of the button. This will keep the thread from wearing through so easily;  you may need to reapply the polish after repeated washings.

For buttons that get hard wear, sew them on with dental floss. It may not be as pleasing to the eye as thread, but the buttons won’t fall off!


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Feng Shui Tips – Part 9 – Color

Sunday, April 11th, 2010

In Part 9 of Madonna’s Feng Shui Tips Madonna shares some Feng Shui Tips regarding how you may use color to improve the positive energy (ch’i) flow in your home:

The effects different colors create is very powerful.

This is a fact that has been known for thousands of years.

Primitive humans used colors to ward off evil and to increase luck and virility.

The ancient Chinese used colors as symbols to represent the different seasons.

Green symbolizes wood and represents spring.

Red symbolizes fire and represents summer.

Yellow and orange symbolize the sun casting its warming glow on the earth; they represent the end of summer.

White symbolizes metal and represents autumn.

Blue symbolizes water and represents winter.

Colors have both positive and negative effects upon us.

Faber Birren,  a color psychologist, reported that normal people tend to find favorable qualities in different colors, but neurotics are more likely to notice the unfavorable.

We all react to color whether we are aware of it or not.

Imagine sleeping in a bright-red bedroom or cooking a meal in a jet-black kitchen.

Colors provide the emotional tone to the room.

Some colors excite us,  others make us angry.  Still others calm us down. An interesting experiment was done some years ago when violent prisoners were kept in cells that had been painted pink. This color drained the inmate’s aggression, and they became model prisoners. As this experiment shows, color can have dramatic effects, so we need to be careful with what colors we choose and how we use them.

In feng shui, colors control and assist reflected light.

The combination of color and light should provide the best possible conditions to live in.

It is best to choose your color schemes in the rooms themselves,  as colors have a habit of changing when looked at under different types of lighting.

Warm lights, for instance, make warm colors appear even warmer, while cool lights do the opposite.

Naturally, you should have the colors relating to the different elements of the people living in your home, but you should have a variety of other colors simply because you like them.

Be careful not to have opposing colors, though. For instance, too much red would not be a good choice for you if you belong to the water element, as fire and water do no harmonize.

Choose the colors of your ceilings carefully.  Light colors are generally better than dark.  Dark colored ceilings remind the Chinese of dark rain clouds overhead.  Dark colors also prevent the ch’I from rising.  Consequently, the ch’I does not circulate the way it should and your wealth, health, and good luck can all be affected.

I hope all of my Feng Shui tips will help you!

- Madonna


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Gardening / Landscaping Tips – Part 1

Sunday, April 4th, 2010

In Part 1 of Madonna’s Gardening and Landscaping Tips, Madonna  shares some basic Gardening Tips to help make your gardening activities more enjoyable for you:

1)  Try latex gloves in the garden instead of cloth. They’re easier to clean you can just rinse them under the hose and let them air dry and they don’t stiffen up like canvas gloves do.

2) For a moisturizing treat while gardening, rub your hands with hand cream or petroleum jelly before donning your gloves.

3) Don’t like to wear gloves? Scraping your fingernails over a bar of soap before you get started will prevent dirt from collecting under your nails and will protect them from breaking.

4) Tie a used fabric softener sheet around your belt to keep mosquitoes away.

5) Use a little wagon to haul your supplies around the garden. Check garage sales for a good deal on one.

6) Carry a quart size spray bottle filled with water and a squirt of liquid dish soap. Makes a great bug spray, for bugs on flowers.

7)  Need a kneeling pad? Take a 2 or 3 inch piece of foam, wrap it in plastic or a large re-seal-able bag, and you’re ready to go!

I hope all of my Gardening and Landscaping Tips will help you!

- Madonna


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Feng Shui Tips – Part 8 – Living Rooms

Saturday, March 27th, 2010
A sitting room in the United Kingdom. Original...

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In Part 8 of Madonna’s Feng Shui Tips Madonna shares some Feng Shui Tips regarding how you may use Feng Shui to improve the positive energy (ch’i) flow of your living rooms:

The living room should be close to the front door and on the same level.

If the living room is on a lower level to the front door and effective remedy is to hang a crystal in the center of the room to encourage the ch’i upwards. Potted plants can also be a attractive remedy.

Do not place couches or chairs under exposed beams. This can cause overhead shars and can be oppressive and create discord. Two bamboo flutes hung from the beam act as a remedy if there is no alternative but to place the furniture under the exposed beam.

A fireplace makes a focal point in the room and creates warmth and cheer. However it can also allow the ch’i to escape up the chimney. The remedy for this is to hang a mirror over the fireplace to reflect the ch’i back into the room.

In many homes all of the furniture is oriented towards the fireplace. Although tis may make good sense in winter, it is better feng shui if at least some of the chairs face each other to encourage conversation.

It is also common to have all the chairs facing the television . The television creates positive ch’i in the room, because it produces light and sound, but it can also kill conversation.

The furniture in the room should be a mixture of yin and yang. This means that the some items should have square corners and others round.  Some authorities insist that everything have round corners, but this is not practical, and is likely to concentrate  peoples thoughts on the money.  It is better to create a harmonious mixture of furniture that you personally find attractive.

The living room should be well-lit, but make sure that the lights are not too strong and harsh. Balance the overhead lights with table or floor lamps to light up different parts of the room. Place a pa-kua over a floor plan of the room to determine the positions that you want to activate.

The wealth sector is particularly strong in the living room. Make sure this sector is well lit to reap the rewards that you deserve. It is also an excellent place for a prized possession, a potted plant, or the television.

You may like to organize your furniture to make the wealth sector the focal point of the room. Other good areas to highlight in this way are the marriage and family sectors. Alternative is if the room is not large you may place comfortable chairs in all of these sectors, arranged in such a way as to encourage conversation.

Negative ch’i is created in the living room when two doors directly face each other at opposite ends of the room. If possible, use a screen to hide one of the doors. Alternative is to place a wind-chimes or hang a crystal by one of the doors this acts as a remedy. A door and a window opposing each other also create negative ch’i as do two windows. The remedy is to keep the blinds pulled over one of the windows.

If the opposing doors form a passage that is used all the time, try and arrange the furniture so that entertaining in this room is not affected by people walking through the room. If the doors are near a wall a mirror will remove the shar-like effects of the straight line through the room.

I hope all of my Feng Shui tips will help you!

- Madonna


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Cleaning Tip of the Day – Spring Cleaning Tips

Saturday, March 20th, 2010

It’s spring!

The flowers are blooming, the birds are singing, everything’s fresh and new, and you can’t wait to get started with your spring cleaning.

Yikes!!!!!!!

Did I say that?????????

Spring Cleaning!!!!

Spring Cleaning started many years ago when log cabins were boarded up to keep out the winter cold. The arrival of spring presented the first opportunity to clean out all the dirt of the winter. This is how the phrase “Spring Cleaning” started.

But in the 21 century spring cleaning is anytime you home needs to get a good cleaning from top to bottom.

So here is where you start when you spring clean.

1) Don’t clean your CLUTTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2) The hardest part of cleaning is working around the accumulation of all those things you’ve somehow acquired. If you really want to streamline your cleaning process, take a few minutes, go room to room, and take stock of what’s in sight, as well as what’s hiding in your cupboards.

3) Eliminate smells in old trunks and drawers with a slice of white bread placed in a bowl and covered with white vinegar. Close the trunk or drawer for 24 hours, and when you remove the bread and vinegar, presto— the odor will be gone!

4) Dryer fabric softener sheets will leave a clean, fresh scent in luggage, storage containers, closets, and drawers.

5) Decide on your approach and be consistent. If you decide to clean for an hour, stick to it. If you decide to clean one room now and another tomorrow, stick to that. Indecision and distraction can really affect how well you clean. If you start out doing one thing and end up doing another, you’ll have a houseful of half-finished projects, and you won’t feel as if you’ve accomplished anything. That can be very frustrating, to say the least!

6) Generally speaking, work from the top, don’t backtrack. Finish one task before moving to another. Put on some high-spirited music t set the pace and keep you going.

7) Don’t use a feather duster. They just scatter the dust all around. Use a furniture polish and soft cloth. When the cloth gets dirty get a new one.

8 ) After you’ve dusted your electronic equipment, it’s a good idea to give it a wipe with some rubbing alcohol. Apply with a clean, soft cloth, then buff dry. Make sure to turn the power off first, though!

9) For underarm stains on T-shirts and other cottons, dissolve 8 to 10 aspirin tablets per cup of warm water, then saturate the underarm area of the garment. Allow to sit for 30 minutes, and then launder as usual.

10) Need to know which eggs are boiled and which are raw? Just give them a spin on the counter. A hard-boiled egg will spin easily, whereas a raw egg will wobble.

11) If you are going to allow your colored Easter eggs to sit out in baskets, don’t eat them! Eggs spoil rapidly at room temperature and can cause anyone who eats them to become very sick.


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Cleaning Tip of the Day – Uses for WD-40 Part 2

Sunday, March 14th, 2010

We all know that WD-40 is Great for lubricating things, like squeaky hinges and car parts, right?

but …

Did you know that you can also use WD-40 for a wide variety of house cleaning tasks?

The following are just a  few more of Madonna’s Cleaning Tips regarding how you may clean various things around your home using WD-40:

Cleaning uses for WD-40 – Part 2:

5.    Keeps your ceramic/terra cotta pots from oxidizing
6.    Keeps your glass shower doors from water spots
7.    Helps to keep your shower curtains from staining
8.    Removes grease on stoves
9.    Keeps your bathroom mirror from fogging up
10.    Removes glue that is left after removing tape
11.    As we all know it’s great to stop squeaks from fans, doors, windows, car doors, etc.

What other uses of WD-40 do you know of for cleaning around your home?

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Feng Shui Tips – Part 7 – Bathrooms

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

In Part 7 of Madonna’s Feng Shui Tips Madonna shares some Feng Shui Tips regarding how you may use Feng Shui to improve the balance of your bathrooms:

The toilet and bathroom are extremely important rooms in the house as they are places where water (money) drains away.

The ch’s should be allowed to flow smoothly into and out of these rooms without impediment.

Consequently, overly ornate bathrooms are not good from a feng shui point of view as they tend to hold the ch’i inside the room.

In fact, the Chinese prefer relatively simple, functional bathrooms with little in the way of ornaments or other decorations.

All the same, you should make this room a pleasant one with delicate colors and one or two objects that you find attractive.

A potted plant can also help encourage ch’i into this room

Green and blue colored towels help you relax, while at the same time, encourage the water to flow freely down the pipes. Blue is also a good feng shui color for the bathroom and toilet as it relates to the water element.

If the bathroom is located in the middle of the house in the good luck area, it will send negative ch’I through out the house. It will also send all your good luck down the down the toilet. If the toilet is located here, it is known as a “dead” toilet. The remedy for this is to place mirrors on all four walls inside the bathroom, which symbolically make the room disappear. It is also a good idea to place a mirror on the outside of the door to a dead toilet.

The other unfavorable locations for the toilet and bathroom are in the southwest, northeast, south, and beside or facing the front door. It is believed that if the toilet and bathroom are placed in the southwest and northeast the occupants will squabble and not get along with each other. If if is placed beside or in front of the front door. It is believed that the occupants will get a bad reputation

The bathroom also should not be located at the end of a long hallway, as this creates a shar heading directly toward it. This means that the beneficial ch;i that has come in through the front door ends up in the toilet! The remedy for this is to keep the lid down on the toilet and to keep the toilet door closed. It would also be beneficial to place a mirror on the outside of this door to make the room symbolically disappear.

These are traditional interpretations, and there is a remedy for each of these locations. A mirror on the outside of the door reflects the ch’i away from the toilet and bathroom.

Mirrors are necessary inside the bathroom, of course. Avoid mirror tiles though, as they create a netting effect that constricts the flow of money.

Light colors are better than dark ones in the toilet and bathroom. Different shades of blue to represent the water, element make a good choice. However, any color works well here. Except for red ( as water and fire oppose each other)

The one exception to a simple, purely functional bathroom is when it is located in the marriage sector of your home. If it is located here, make the bathroom as beautiful and as attractive as possible. Display favorite ornaments and hang a crystal from the ceiling to encourage the ch’i.

Ideally, the bathroom should have a window to allow light and ch;i to enter. This is because the bathroom is considered a negative location in feng shui. We do not want all the love and romance to be symbolically flushed down the toilet.

Enhance and beautify this room by encouraging ch’i in and effectively remedying what is normally a negative situation.

I hope my Feng Shui tips will help you!

- Madonna


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Cleaning Tip of the Day – Laundry Tips 1

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Herein Madonna shares some of her first tips for quickly, easily, safely and cost effectively cleaning, drying and ironing all of your laundry / clothes:

Tip for drying clothes:

Keeping a tension curtain rod or shower rod set up in the laundry room or in your shower makes it easy to hang your clothes up for drying. (and will also save you $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$)

Energy-Efficient ironing:

Put aluminum foil-Shinny side up- between the ironing board and the ironing board cover.

The aluminum foil will reflect the heat upward onto the garments you are ironing, so it will iron both-sides at one time save you time and energy.

Keeping ironing boards clean:

To keep your ironing board clean longer, spray the cover with spray starch and iron over it. This will let the iron move easier, and save your ironing board from wearing.

Pressing embroidery:

Lay the piece of embroidery face-down on a towel, and iron it on the reverse side.   That way, you won’t flatten the embroidery.

Handling large items:

Before you start ironing, turn the ironing board around so that you are using the wide end rather than the point.  You can cover more area if you iron this
way.

Fold items, such as large tablecloths, in half  and iron this way.   Fold items in half and iron one side, then fold in half again and iron the both sides.

Cashmere:

This is an expensive fiber that comes from the undercoat of cashmere goats.

Treat it with respect.

Dry-clean these prizes or hand-wash with care in cool water and well-dissolved gentle soap.   Rinse well, and do not wring. Dry flat, reshaping the garment as it dries. Iron on the wrong side while still damp with a cool iron, if necessary.

Down:

Down is the soft under feather of waterfowl that is often combined with adult feathers.  It is machine washable and dry-cleanable.  Just be sure to follow the care label closely.

Do not air-dry down. It dries too slowly, and mold or mildew in the process.

Dry down items in your dryer, or use a large capacity dryer if needed.  Set temperatures low (under 140 F) fluffing and turning the item often.

To remove butter or margarine:

Scrape off the solid concentration of butter with a dull edge, such as the back of a knife on washable fabrics, work in dishwashing liquid and wash.
(Do this only on washable fabrics)


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7 Tips To Help Your Kids Get Organized

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Here are some of Madonna’s Tips regarding How To …

Help Your  Kids to get organized!!!!!!!!!

1) Let your child select some bright hangers in her favorite colors.  Clothes are less likely to end up on the floor that way.

2) A baseball cap holder is great for that little league enthusiast.

3) Everyone knows that an over the door shoe rack is great for shoes.  It’s also great for T-shirts, gym clothes, swimsuits, and dance gear.

4) Use plastic storage bins to hold clothes that aren’t used daily … and make sure to label them well.  If your child is too young to read, let him draw a picture so he or she knows what’s inside.

5) Encourage children to make use of all of the racks and shelves in their closets (the ones they can reach, anyway!).

6) Give each child their own colorful laundry hamper.

7) Remind them to put away their school clothes when they remove them, not several hours later when the wrinkles have had time to set in.

Remember parents that a habit takes at least two weeks to become a habit so keep reminding them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope this all Helps You and Your Children get More Organized for All of Your Benefit! :)

- Madonna


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