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Sep 24 2012

20 Days to Organise & Clean your home Challenge – Day 17

Category: Organising

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Light switches and door handles - Today’s cleaning task is simple, grab some surface cleaner wipes to wipe over all your light switches and door handles to remove dirt and germs build up.  Don’t forget the light switch in the garage or wardrobes!  

Medicine Cabinet - Go through your medicine cabinet or box and check the expiry dates on all items.  Throw out all medication and that is out of date.  Check your scripts and note those that have expired so you can get new scripts while next visiting the Dr, throw away all scripts you no longer need.

Medicines - Organise your medication, scripts, lotions and band aids so you can easily find items the next time you run to the cupboard.  

Find below a basic First Aid Kit Checklist and Emergency Contact printable to add to your medicine cabinet.

Junk Mail.  Throw out junk mail as soon as you have read it.  

Spot clean your lounge

Day 17 checklist (place in tasks divider)

  
 
 
 

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  • MrsMcK85

    Thank-you so much!!!! No words can say how this challenge has helped me to become the more organised housewife I wanted to be!!! <3

  • Felicity Jorgensen

    Really needed to do the medicine cabinet. Glad it’s on the list! I’m really enjoying the way you’ve set up this challenge, easy to follow and complete each task. I’m a little behind (started late) but my kitchen hasn’t been this tidy EVER. And it’s staying that way.

  • Jacqui

    Since wipes are in hand anyway, do all tv &air con remotes and telephones as well ????

  • http://www.facebook.com/sharon.young.5836 Sharon Young

    I was just taking a break from my walk in robe (which had turned into a dumping ground after the birth of my son…no spare room) and got ahead on this task. Handles and switches done. Medicine cupboard gets done every couple of months so it didn’t need doing. I do not like having out of date medicines in my cupboard because it could be dangerous. My husband loves the fact that I am doing this challenge because I often flit from task to task and it looks like nothing has been done. For the first time in a long time my house is looking consistently clean and tidy. Hopefully all good habit will have kicked in before I go back to work next year.

  • MadS

    There’s a better habit for junk mail: Put a “No Junk Mail” sign on the letterbox. Hubby and I don’t read it so we save ourselves from the rubbish. We’ve put a no junk mail sign up since we were getting inundated with just crap when we first moved in together. If I want to look a catalogues I’ll actually go to the shop or I’ll download them or get them emailed. my email inbox is much cleaner than my “dumping space” at home. :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/corrie.pierce.9 Corrie Pierce

    Loving the challenge! Thanks so much for your time and effort! XX

  • http://www.facebook.com/rachael.wilkinson1 Rachael Wilkinson

    I got myself in a habit of walking past the recycling bin on the way back from the mail box. There I browse through and out any junk I don’t need/want before it even enters the house.

    • http://twitter.com/DiLishLife Di Nolan

      I do this too!

  • Carley

    I really don’t want this to be over. I grew to look forward to the emails hitting my inbox and doing them in simple steps because before I would get so overwhelmed that I would spend a day doing nothing. This has completely changed my life, you can’t leave me now!

    • Zoe

      I could not agree more! I have never liked or been good at cleaning but I look forward to 4pm to see what I’ll be doing next and my house has never looked better! I dont know what I’m going to do with myself next week :(

  • Roz

    Hi Kat, I can’t access the downloads or connect to any of the links – keeps coming up with error messages or shutting down. Is there a problem with the links or is it just me this is happening to?

    • Peg

      Hi Roz, the same thing is happening to me! Did you work out how to fix it???

      • Lisa Lahdidah

        Q: Are you using a mac?

        • Roz

          Not using a Mac and No, I haven’t worked out how to fix it so I printed from the website direct. I’m still having lots of problems even when scrolling page down it will just blank out and close down my e-mail program, sometimes three or four times in a row – very frustrating and only with this website and OH emails.

  • Michelle Grainger

    I am having the same problem Kat. The message I receive the message stating “Error establishing database connection”

  • Edwina

    What size and shape Tupperware is used for your first aid kit.

  • Larissa

    Hi Kat, I can’t access the downloads today or any of the links – when I click on them it keeps coming up with error messages. Same with the email I got.

  • Naomi

    Live out of town – nobody bothers you with junk mail then :-)

  • http://www.facebook.com/tracey.cruickshank.5 Tracey Cruickshank

    What an awesome idea I didnt even think to use my tupperware for the medicine. My kids cant open tupperware and I could put it in my pantry instead of the cupboard with my recipe books

  • Lee

    I have my medicines in a tool box with a combination padlock – my kids are both climbers and can get into tupperwear…. The combination is on the top of the box – our wedding anniversary date….. That way my husband never forgets it…..

  • Jenny

    Oh my gosh i just cleaned out my medicine cabinet! I found something that expired in 2004!!!!!!!!!!!! YUCK!!!!! Wow its so empty now but at least I know were not taking anything that isnt going to work!!

  • Miss Perpy

    I can’t seem to find day number 16 of the Challenge ?

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