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Taking a Moment to Contain Myself, or at Least My Stuff

June 3, 2011 By Dana White | 5 Comments

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This week has been wild with end of school stuff.  Not only the stuff I knew was coming, but extra things that came up at the last minute and kept me from having a single day at home.

I try to do at least one organizing project a week, and this week I planned to do the boys’ room.  But rather than write a post with no after picture detailing all of the different 20-30 minute sessions I’ve done in there, I decided to pull off a last-minute, less-than-ten-minute project.

Several weeks ago, I purged my medicine collection.  It was a quick project.  But, as several of you suggested, I needed to container-ize the medicines that were left.  This morning, on the spur of the moment (as I was lamenting the fact that I did not have a post to link up to Orgjunkie’s 52 Weeks of Organizing), I decided to grab the container I had finally given up on using in the boys’ room.

I realized that not ALL of the medicines would fit in it, so I decided to put the ones in there that we search for on a regular basis.

I plunked them in, and placed the ones that didn’t go into the container on the opposite side from the cups and glasses, creating a dividing line that will help stop the clutter-creep.

A small, but significant difference.

Hopefully, I’ll be able to post about the boys’ room next week without the need to end with “to be continued . . . ”

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Filed Under: kitchen, organization | 5 Comments

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  1. Mama Hen says

    June 3, 2011 at 1:22 pm

    I just redid my medicine cabinet on Tuesday. It was amazing how much I threw away and how much I still have!

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  2. Becky says

    June 3, 2011 at 5:41 pm

    We keep our medicines in a basket in the kitchen cupboard too. It's a great spot!

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  3. JoDi says

    June 3, 2011 at 11:28 pm

    Looks great! You should be really proud of the fact that the "before" picture in this post looks as good as the "after" picture when you cleaned the cabinet out a couple of weeks ago! I think it looks even better now that you moved some of the glasses up to the middle shelf and things are a little more spread out.

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  4. Michelle says

    June 4, 2011 at 12:31 am

    Looks great! Love your blog!

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  5. Gwenn says

    June 4, 2011 at 1:21 pm

    I got 6 containers with lids (similar to what you have) and sorted my meds by allergy/sinus, digestive (ie tums, immodium), pain relief, Rx,Thermometers/misc, and an extra.

    They now live in my linen closet. It is SO nice to be able to pull out exactly what I need when I need it. Even DH can find it!

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