Clean Off Your Kitchen Desk
• Organize smaller office supplies like paper clips and clamps, rubber bands, push pins, miniature sticky notes, and so forth in a small multi-drawer organizer found in office supply, craft or hardware stores. These multi-drawer organizers now come in various sizes with a number of pullout drawers. Be sure to label each drawer with designated contents so everyone knows where to find and store stuff.
• Store colored paper, card stock, and/or stationery in stackable paper tray holders found in office supply or discount stores. The top tray can hold memos, recent email messages and/or important papers you'll need to refer back to.
• Store note pads, stapler and staples, tape, ink pads and other bulkier supplies in a three-drawer cart with attached wheels (easier to move) available at a discount store. Stow crayons, markers, colored pencils, tempera paints and glue in the cart, too. Find one that can easily fit under your desk to utilize wasted space.
• A recipe box will keep smaller Post-It Notes from getting lost. Afraid the notes will get lost in the shuffle? Staple the note to an index card and jot a key word at the top. File.
• A small square basket on the top of your desk will keep floppy disks, CDs and thumb drives at your fingertips, yet protect them from possible damage.
• Remove all the extra pens, pencils and markers from your desktop. Keep one or two of each in a small holder.
• Keep a calendar posted near your desk for quick reference. Instead of jotting meetings, activities and such on a piece of scrap paper, mark it on the calendar.
• Go through the stack of papers on your desk. Put any papers that need to be completed in a separate file folder and mark as such. Shred the old ones.
• Place any reports, newspaper clippings or research in a file for future use. If the piece is too large for a file folder, slip it into a 9 by 12 envelope or an expandable vinyl folder. These can be stored in a magazine basket.
• Have the kids go through their papers. Separate into piles. Scrapbook their favorites. Shred the colored ones to line a gift basket. Use fun artwork as wrapping paper or book covers.
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Mary Jo Rulnick is the author of THE FRANTIC WOMAN'S GUIDE TO FEEDING FAMILY AND FRIENDS (Warner Books, 2006), which has been featured in BETTER HOMES AND GARDEN and QUICK AND SIMPLE MAGAZINE. Rulnick is an award-winning writer for Parenting Publications of America.
Rulnick, a former events manager for a national non-profit organization, turned her do-it-yourself expertise into a writing career. Her articles have been published in magazines throughout the United States and Canada and she specializes in home, family and life issues. She is a frequent radio and television guest and a regular speaker at corporate and non-profit organizations.
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