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December 2024 - Organizing Your Fridge and Freezer

This is a great topic for December because many of you will be doing some entertaining over the next few weeks. Let's start with your fridge:

1. Remove all the items and clean the shelves and drawers. Now it’s time for a trick I learned from my Mom, place paper towel sheets in the refrigerator’s drawers. Then, every couple of weeks, replace them — and the drawers seem to stay cleaner, longer.
2. Now place your items into categories when you put them back into the fridge: salad dressing, sauces, condiments, left-overs, etc.
3. Several years ago, I took my label maker out and labeled some of my refrigerator’s shelves so everyone using them would place items back where they belong. They saw the salad dressing actually had a home on the inside shelf. Then, when I'm off to the grocery store, it's easy for me to see what items are running low.
4. Look at your expiration dates and write down any items that need replacing.
5. Did you find any “forgotten projects” deep in the fridge? That's what we call them at our house. Maybe it’s a forgotten left-over from last week, or something else that slipped your mind. Throw them out and move on.
6. Are there any items you want to use sooner rather than later? If so, put together a meal menu to help remind you what needs to be used up.

Now let's move to organizing the freezer:

1. If you have a fridge freezer, remove all the items to remind yourself of what you have, and what you need to use up — especially if you are planning a holiday get-together. You may need to use up some things to provide more room in the freezer.
2. If you have a chest freezer, use baskets to help you categorize your frozen items.
3. When you are placing items into the freezer, label the content and date it. Then there is no guess work involved. I like to use Ziploc freezer bags. This simple idea has saved me important time. Place the older bags on top as well.
4. Place a whiteboard on the outside to keep track of what's inside? This can be a simple yet great tool to help you remember the contents. I label the contents on the left side and then use checkmarks so if I have 4 packages of chicken, I would have 4 checkmarks beside the chicken. As I remove a package, I remove (wipe off) one of the checkmarks.

Two Upcoming Presentation in January 2025:
Troy Public Library on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 from 6:30-7:30. Please visit www.troypl.org to register.

Gloria Coles Flint Public Library on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025 from 6:30-7:30pm. Their website is https://www.fpl.info to register.

Happy Organizing and Happy Holiday!

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Your local professional organizer,
Betty Huotari

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