Belle Rose Poodles

Plan proactively by doing things like doubling upon cooking, putting aside some to freeze for a later meal. You’ll never be caught again with nothing for dinner.
Make and use a workable to-do list. A long list of unrelated items is unwieldy. I divide a page into quarters, labeling the four parts Do, Write, Call, and Buy. I learned this from professional organizer Marsha Sims. Then I categorize my tasks, writing each item under the proper

When you purchase storage containers for a specific purpose—say for a filing system or gift-wrapping supplies—select larger sizes than you need at this time. You’ll probably find you need more space than you expect as you add a little more now and then. And “buy tall” when getting a new step stool for the house. You’ll need two or three steps more often than you think. Be careful, though! Don’t buy jumbo plastic containers if your only use will be to dump a multitude of unrelated junk into it. In this particular case, smaller is probably better.

Place soil-catching mats and rugs both outside and inside, so that by the time someone has entered your house, he or she has taken several dirt-shedding steps on floor coverings that catch soil and guard your house from unnecessary dirt. When you pare and clean vegetables, put down a paper towel to catch the parts you discard. When you crop snapshots, sort mail, or anything else that generates wastepaper, drag a trash can over and drop the paper directly into it.