Getting Organized:
In your home and homeschool
Today let’s spend 15 minutes decluttering and organizing the kitchen pantry. Things tend to get pushed to the back of the kitchen pantry, and often they are there for years. Many times you can just throw out the items that are in the very back of your pantry. Reach back there and pull stuff out. Check for expiration dates. Next, look quickly through your pantry and see if you have excess foods that can be donated to a local soup kitchen. Our local soup kitchen is doubling in size, and they have a list of items that they need. Check your local area and see if you can help meet the needs of an organization that exists to feed the hungry. During the summer months, they feed more children and women than during the school year, so they have greater needs. Take a quick inventory and write down any staples that you need to replace in the pantry. If you keep your pantry organized, you will save money on your food budget. You won’t find yourself buying things that you already have on hand.
Zone Mission: Declutter and organize the kitchen pantry.
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Set your timer for 15 minutes for the Home Assignment and 15 minutes for the School Assignment
Home:
- Make Your Bed (Do this as soon as you get up.)
- Get Dressed Down to Your Shoes
- Swish and Swipe
- Start Your Laundry
- Decide on Dinner
- Check Your Calendar
- Start the Day off with a Shiny Sink. Don’t leave the breakfast dishes sitting.
- Clean out your refrigerator. Toss the science experiments.
School: Gather library books to take back to the library on errand day.
Afternoon Routine:
- Eat Lunch
- Clear off One Hot Spot
- Reboot the Laundry
- Declutter for 15 Minutes (Be sure to have your children declutter, too.)
- Drink Your Water
- Write up a menu plan for the next 7 days. Check your pantry and freezer and make a grocery list. This habit will save you time and money. Try out some new recipes with the slow cooker. It will save you time once you start back to your school schedule.
Family Fun: Take your children for a walk.
Before Bed: (This starts right after dinner.)
- Check the Calendar for Tomorrow
- Lay out Your Clothes for Tomorrow (Have your children lay their clothes out, too.)
- Put things at the Launch Pad that you will need first thing in the morning
- Shine Your Sink
- Clean Off a Hot Spot
- Go to Bed at Decent Hour
