Get organized with Mama Squirrel

A few random tips that are working for me:

Tip One

Our kitchen cupboard doesn't have expensive matching plastic containers. Besides recycled yogurt tubs etc., we have an assortment of whatever has been on sale at the discount store. For the past twenty years. Sometimes that can be confusing, especially with rectangular and square containers that only take lids of certain sizes and brands. (The Apprentice says it's not, but that's because she's just better at jigsaws than Mama Squirrel.)

Easiest solution? Mama Squirrel finally got around to permanent-markering alphabet letters on the containers and their matching lids...not the yogurt tubs, just the store-bought ones. Any lids that match leftover-box A got an A on them. Any that match slightly-bigger box B, and so on. We have three baskets in the cupboard: one for containers, one for lids, and one special one that just holds lunchbox-sized containers and lids (so nobody has to empty the cupboard looking for a sandwich box).

Tip Two

Coloured mini-size Post-It notes, one colour for each Squirrel. Good for phone messages and calendar additions.

Tip Three

Coloured cardstock: great for printing out or photocopying flashcards and other homeschool printables. Check for sales this time of year at any craft store. Index cards are cheap, but colour is cheerful!