Ways To Organize During Your Fall Cleaning

Yes, there's a Fall cleaning, too!

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
One of six ploy seven Light FM Cubby and Christine
and producer Kristen. So, you know, we love talking about organization,
but there's something about the fact that it's September. Yeah,
that this story kind.

Speaker 2 (00:12):
Of hits a little start over. It seems like organizers
love September. You know how you do a spring cleaning, huh,
they like a fall clean, fall cleaning. Yes, so this
is a professional organizer. Her name is Denise Jones, and
she says, here's what I do. So if you want
to take a cue from Shenise. First thing she does,
refresh the closets, so you know we're gonna switch over
the wardrobe, get rid of the stuff you haven't worn

(00:35):
over the summer, and purge the kids' rooms.

Speaker 1 (00:38):
That's hard.

Speaker 2 (00:40):
I know.

Speaker 1 (00:40):
I don't do any of it really. My wife is
always just on the ground going through stuff that because
they grow out of thing so quick. And yeah, that's
all another story.

Speaker 2 (00:48):
So you got to handle the home maintenance tasks, she said,
things that you might have been putting off, like organizing
garages and getting supplies and tools get ready for the winter. Also,
organize the pantry, any piles around the house. Maybe you've
got travel bags. You have stuff from the summer right,
kind of piled up that's got to go. Set up
a command center for you and Kristin create a dedicated

(01:10):
spot for all the kids' forums, permission slips, and activity schedules,
so you're not searching for them at the last minute.

Speaker 1 (01:16):
Here that as parents, we have to have a command center.

Speaker 3 (01:20):
Yeah, I'm already behind them.

Speaker 2 (01:22):
Okay, no pressure, right. And the last thing she says
is to now, now is the time to assess your
holiday decorps. What if you got what's old that's going
to go? What do you want to get? And she
said you need to start planning your holiday gifts.

Speaker 1 (01:38):
Oh well, yeah, there's that.

Speaker 2 (01:39):
I want to get ahead of it now. I will
tell you, Kaby. I got a red alert from my
sister in law, Barbara yesterday, who was in her favorite
hobby lobby, who said to me, you need to get
over here now. Christmas decorations are fifty percent off and
people are buying them like crazy. That's how I hear.
It's the text to the.

Speaker 1 (01:59):
Yeah, yes, that's great, though fifty percent off in September,
you would think it'd be normal price because you're leading
up to Christmas.

Speaker 2 (02:06):
Yeah, I guess like we're already. These folks are already
done with Halloween. They're moving on to Christmas, and it's
bargain time for Christmas, and then right it'll go up.

Speaker 1 (02:14):
That's it, you know, I give up. I want Halloween
decorations on the yard. I want Christmas decorations. Put it
all out today, throw it out there.

Speaker 2 (02:21):
Christin. Where are you at on this flow chart here
of organizing for the holidays?

Speaker 3 (02:28):
Oh well, the holidays. I actually started Christmas shopping already.
I actually start Labor Day because you don't have to
buy toys and stuff for the kids, and then you
know family, I have nieces and nephews and all of that.
So I try to be ahead of it, and to
be honest with you, you our tup aware of our
Halloween decorations are already out. I just haven't set up
the decorations yet.

Speaker 2 (02:49):
I think you're good.

Speaker 1 (02:50):
I feel like you're late on Halloween decorations. What I am? Right?
They're out everywhere now. They were at Costco back in June.

Speaker 3 (02:58):
I mean now.

Speaker 2 (02:59):
I'm saying I'm too late because I didn't buy much.

Speaker 1 (03:02):
Just kid, it's just too much.

Speaker 2 (03:03):
Too much, all right?

Speaker 1 (03:04):
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