Organising an Awesome Family Christmas Part 10 To-Do Jobs Around the Home Clean out the refrigerator. Make space for Christmas cooking by tossing expired bottles and jars. Clean out the freezer. Make room for Christmas baking and the results of a freezer cooking session. Clean out the pantry. Clean shelves and organize the survivors for efficient holiday cooking. Christmas Prep ...

Organising an Awesome Family Christmas Part 9 To-Do Jobs Around the Home It’s time for your home preparedness check. Household safety and preparedness is paramount, as we prepare to move into colder weather. Time to test smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, assess the household’s stock of cold and flu supplies, and review the household emergency plan. A kitchen deep clean. ...

Organising an Awesome Family Christmas Part 8 To-Do Jobs Around the Home Clean and organise the public space in your home. This Christmas time, your household’s living room or public space will be very much on display. Remove all clutter from the living room, then deep-clean the room. Move furniture pieces and vacuum beneath them, polish fine woods and silver, ...

Organising an Awesome Family Christmas Part 7 To-Do Jobs Around the Home It’s time to clean and organise the playroom / living room. Skip the toy box – Sure, that toy box might sound like a good idea, but in reality, toy boxes are a guaranteed way for kids not to play with all their toys. Worse yet, they’ll make ...

Organising an Awesome Family Christmas Part 6 To-Do Jobs Around the Home From the master bathroom to the small downstairs loo off the hall, this is the week to focus on the household’s bathrooms. Clear away clutter in each bathroom, deep-clean fixtures, floors and walls. Organise personal care storage and prepare for entertaining guests. Clean out the linen closet. Return ...

To-Do Jobs Around the Home Seasonal sorting of wardrobes. Eek! It’s time to make room for your sparkly dresses and Christmas sweater collection.First things first, and that’s to understand exactly what clothes you have, what you love/hate/don’t wear and make sense of everything – and that’s where a good clear out comes into play.I advise firstly getting all your clothes ...

Organising an Awesome Family Christmas Part 4 To-Do Jobs Around the Home First of all, it’s time to organise the guest room / the area you use to host guests. Christmas Prep Checklist Begin planning Christmas decorating. Inventory Christmas decorations. Decorate your home for Autumn. Nearer to Halloween, add a few Halloween items that can be easily removed afterwards. Schedule ...

Organising an Awesome Family Christmas Part 3 To-Do Jobs Around the Home First of all, it’s time to de-clutter, clean and organise your children’s rooms. Get them to help, and be sure to remind them that a before Christmas toy clear out will make room for new ones! Christmas Prep Checklist Plan any pre-Christmas home improvements. In addition declutter children’s ...

Wow, you’re still with me? Okay, here’s our organising an awesome Family Christmas part 2 checklist for this week. This probably sounds like a nightmare before Christmas, but for me it’s a simple equation: maximum sparkle for minimum stress. By mid-December, with all the dull stuff ticked off,  you can have some relaxing me time. Cue baking, a lovely roaring ...

When it comes to photogenic cocktail glasses, none are nicer to look at than the copper Moscow Mule mugs. However they are formed, they always look great filled with vodka and garnished with a lime. However, it turns out, what is on the inside of Moscow Mule mugs could count for more than you think. Iowa’s Alcoholic Beverages Division has ...

Here’s What Couple Selfies Really Say About Your Relationship We all know that one couple who seem to constantly post loved-up selfies. There you are, sitting in your pyjamas, alone, and there they are and their smug faces, blowing up your news feed for the sixth time that week. I can’t help but think: If you’re really so in love, ...

I know, I know, absolute insanity to be thinking about Christmas this early in the year, I quite agree. As my birthday is at the end of November, before I had a family of my own, I would not talk about such things until at least the 1st December. But, now I have a family of my very own, I’ll ...