Clutter Tip Of The Day ~ Weed Out Old Personal Hygiene Items

I know it is hard to throw away some items, nail poilsh or blush. The are not empty yet but maybe they are getting to old.
How about once a year for some and every few months see what you have in your bath room. Plan the first of the month to cull out old items.
Body wash is good for 3 years, facial cleanser 6 months, moisterizers 1 year, sun screen 1 year, mouthwash 3 years, nail poilsh 2 years, shampoo and conditioner 2 to 3 years, blush 6 months, eye makeup 3 months, lipstick, 1 year, mascara 3 months, hair spray and gel 2 to 3 years.
Looking at this list I see I need some new make up.

Thanks for stopping by Grace

CLUTTER TIP OF THE DAY ~ CLIP AND SAVE FAVORITE ARTICLES

Rather than keep a pile of magazines save only the articles, recipes or ideas you are interested in. Keep them in an accorion file or a stack of loose file folders labeled travel, recipes, decorating ideas or what ever.
Toss out the old magazines or donate to a senior center, dentist office or you may come across an orgaizing saving shiny paper for a project.
Right now my grand daughter and my church are saving shiny paper to recycle for class trips.

I keep my recipes in a file folder next to my cook books, when I want to try a new recipe I have this folder to search through.

Thanks for stopping by Grace

Life Goes On One Photo At A Time 12/5/12 From My Picture Window

Here is a picture of my beautiful city, Lake Superior and bridge from my front window. Last year I was doing a blog where I attempted to take a picture one day at a time. Life got busy and I did not keep up with the blog.

This morning as I took this picture of my beautiful city my thoughts went to that blog. I went and visited some of the pictures I took and memories came back of part of that year. The idea was take part in Project 365, a picture a day. There are pictures of my city, my lake, my grandchildren, food we cooked and food we ate out.

We had just moved back to Duluth, my home town, relocating from the Houston, Texas area. We rented the tiniest of apartments, steps from the beach but so small we had to move a year later.
So here we are in an apartment near the hospitals and views of the lake that are breath taking.

We are in a much larger apartment and have a view of Lake Superior from all windows. Project 365 is a great idea to see your life one picture a day.

Enjoy this wonderful picture of Duluth and Lake Superior. Grace

TIP OF THE DAY ~ USE THE LAUNDROMAT TO CATCH UP

If you are over loaded with dirty laundry you can catch up by gathering every thing up and going to your local laundromat. You can do 5 or 10 loads at a time.

CLUTTER TIP OF THE DAY The Bathroom and Your Makeup

Idea for storing your make up. Transform an ordinary tooth brush holder into a make up caddy. Grab all your make up brushes and eye pencils and store them in tooth brush holder or even a pretty drinking glass or coffee mug you are not using. Any room left add your masacara to the group.

CLUTTER TIP OF THE DAY ~ The Junk Drawer

Here is another clutter tip for your junk drawer. Instead of buying costly storage containers use your throw aways. Clean out your small jars, save boxes from your checks. You get the idea. Use these items to store away paper clips, rubber bands, batteries, twistie ties or what ever.

thanks for stopping by for Tip Of The Day Grace

HUNTING For TREASURES Every Day ~ Selling Antique Medical QUACK Books on eBay

While visiting one of our regular haunts I spotted a pair of old books sitting on a shelf. Closer look told me they were antique medical books with a lot of false/ quack remedies. Soon they were walking out the door with me after putting down my $10.00 cash.

Once home I did research and found some similar to them on the Internet for sale. Both Amazon and eBay had them for sale auction and at buy it now prices. The ones I saw were one book only while mine were published in a two book set. Most were selling in that $35.00 to $80.00 price.

Rather than offer at a buy it now price I decided to put up for auction starting price of $24.95. To my pleasure they ended up selling for $75.00 plus shipping. 

Nice profit for a pair of antique books, but they will give the buyer hours of fun reading.

How are your sales going this Christmas season? We have been busy selling on eBay and Amazon and the antique store is even doing good at this time.

Grace

WHATS FOR DINNER ~ Hamburger Hot Dish, Vegies and Home Made Bread

Whats for dinnert tonight was home made hamburger hotdish, peas and home made bread.
Warms up the house and our tummys.

 

Have a great night and full tummys. Grace

CLUTTER TIP OF THE DAY Tidy Up A Messy Drawer

Clutter tip of the day is to help you organize a drawer in no time. Organize a junky drawer in seconds using a plastic silverware try. They come in different colors and sizes and are easy on your budget.
Perfect to for small batteries, twist ties, rubber bands or what ever.
Thanks for stopping by for tip of the day. Grace