May Monthly Newsletter
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As spring is
in high gear it is great being able to enjoy it. As coming into summer we need
to prepare in the next month for the children coming. The best time in the
entire year to get all that you need to accomplish in your home is right now.
Closets, pantries, garages, attics, basements, offices and over all deep
cleaning can be as easy as a phone call. So what are you waiting for? Now is
the last time you have before Summer comes into high gear and those
accomplished days are gone till fall.
Organization
Idea of the Month
At
this time of the year mothers are strapping down their pocket books in hopes
for a good summer vacation and husbands are trying to cross off the “not
needed” items off their homes expenses. So let’s jump the gun and save some
time, money and sanity.
Save
Time
Make your shopping list for
harder- Spend five minutes sorting your grocery list by department and the way
you travel threw the store. Many times stores offer maps of the store’s items
at the desk. Also you can download the Grocery Gadget application to your phone
that helps you organize your list and check things off as you go!
Commit to one supermarket- doing
this makes your trips easier and quicker.
Commit to a supermarket that
honors competitor’s prices. Instead of running around to different stores just
scan local competitor items that you have on your list and take in the circular
of that week and they will honor it at check out. It takes a few minutes;
however doing this saves you so much time and money.
Save
Money
Check yourself out- Instead of
waiting in check-out, go thru the self check-out. You are less likely to swipe
impulse purchases.
Size up the packages- Buy
according to price per an ounce, not by sale.
Compare- Store stock similar
items threw out the store. For instance, you can save 30% if you buy cheese in
the dairy aisle then in the deli.
Save
your Sanity
Don’t clip every coupon- Clip
what you need in the Sunday paper, however sign up for online coupon clippers
like coupons.com. Doing this you print what you need and you get emails when new
coupons are posted on items you normally buy.
Shop mid-week- Go after dinner
hours or before noon on weekends.
Give your kids something to do-
Ask the young kids “Count how many green items are in this aisle” and give the
older kids separate lists to go shop quicker and see which child gets back
quicker.
Cleaning
Idea of the Month
Oh
the countdown has begun before the kids get out of school and they are always
around, when your home will be in disarray for the next 3 months. So right now
you need to clean those things that have been on your list to do before school
ends. Have you run out of time? If so please let us know, steam cleaning,
window cleaning, closet organization or that attic you so badly need to get to
can be accomplished. We are more and eager to conform to your needs. Just make
a “needs to get done” list from now till June 1st. If you can’t
tackle it, just call us.
Craft of the Month
Oh
flowers every where this time of year! A great thing to do is to take some time
and picnic with your child or just go on a walk. Allow your child to pick a few
small flowers, or find a four leafed clover and press it! Take a paper towel
and place the flower in the center, fold the paper towel over the flower place
in a large heavy book. Leave for a few days. Take some contact paper and cut
out 2 pieces a little larger than the desired shape and lay the flowers onto
the contact paper. Place the second piece of contact paper right over it and
workout any bubbles. Trim the edges and punch a small hole in it so you can put
in a string for a bookmark or a wire ring to use as a charm on a book bag or
small chain.
Healthy Idea of the Month
As
much as I love to plant a vegetable garden I feel as if it is so much work,
money and maintenance that I cannot do it. However in recent years I have
discovered the tricks of the trade.
·
Save yogurt cups to seed indoors with
·
Place them on window sills
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Compost kitchen waste
·
Buy only what you can fit
·
Make watering the garden your child’s
daily chore (so 5 days out of the week it will end up being done)
·
Rip out at the end of season and you
had fresh produce for less than $30 all summer long!