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She says it’s important to have a list before going to the grocery


store; otherwise people have a tendency to over-purchase. “It doesn’t matter how cheap it is, if you’re not going to eat it, you’re


wasting your money,” Lehman says. “Stick with what you need.” However, she does take advantage of sales on foods she knows her


family will eat, like ground beef. She will buy enough for a week or two, cook the ground beef and pack it in freezer bags. “Then, on basketball night, I don’t have to worry about browning the hamburger,” she says. When it comes to organizing kitchen drawers, Lehman recommends


getting rid of unused kitchen tools. “We all have multiple pizza cutters and ice cream scoops. Even though there’s only one we like, we still put them all back in the draw- er,” Lehman says. “Get rid of the duplicates.”


CLOSETS Lehman says people often overbuy clothes,


but usually wear the same things over and over. “We all have 20 pairs of black pants. There’s


only one pair we like, but we keep the other 19 anyway,” she says. Another common scenario is a closet full of


clothes her clients will wear when they “lose 20 pounds.” “More than likely, those clothes will be out of style by the time you


lose the weight. When you lose it, buy some new clothes to celebrate rather than wearing 10-year-old clothes,” she says. Lehman keeps a simple wardrobe for her kids, and only clothes she


knows they will wear. “If you don’t wear it, be okay with getting rid of it. Donate it or sell


it,” she says. STORAGE SPACES For seasonal items like Christmas decorations,


she recommends storing them by room, rather than by item. She puts away holiday books and movies along with the decorations so when they come out they seem special.


KIDS’ SPACES Every Christmas and birthday, Lehman reor-


ganizes her kids’ rooms. She takes the oppor- tunity to weed out old toys and put the focus on new toys. “If you ask them which toys they want to keep, they’ll want them all,” she says.


Rather than doing this, Lehman temporarily places the old toys in


a hidden tote. That way, if they ask for a specifi c toy, she can return it to their room. She donates the rest of the toys. For kids who have a tendency to be packrats, Lehman recommends


giving them a special drawer or container. Once it’s full, they have to make choices about what to get rid of and what to keep.


GETTING STARTED “No one likes to organize,” Lehman says.


“Take out a drawer and organize only during commercials. Then use the next commercial to put things where they’re supposed to go or in a trash or donation bag.” She says when deciding what to keep and


what to get rid of, use this simple rule: If my house went up in fl ames, would it crush my heart to lose it? For more information about Organizing Solutions “Clear the Clutter,”


visit www.organizingsolutions.info or contact Lehman at cleartheclut- ter@cox.net or at 918-740-1215.


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