Organizing the Medicine Cabinet

Happy Thursday! Back to organizing...

  

If you are just joining us, we have been getting organized using Jennifer Ford Berry's Organize Now book.
 

 

It has some great info and tips on organizing various parts of our life and home. You can see past posts here:

Week 1 about Organizing Your Mind and Life Vision HERE,

Week 2 about Organizing Your Priorities HERE,

Week 3 about Organizing Your Schedule HERE

Week 4 about Organizing Your Cleaning Schedule HERE.

Week 5 about Organizing Your Personal Information HERE. 

Week 6 about Organizing Your Finances HERE. 

      Week 7 about Organizing Your Bill-paying System HERE.

        Week 8 about Organizing Your Receipts and Taxes HERE. 

Week 9 about Organizing Your Files HERE

                             Week 10 about Organizing your Magazines and Newspapers HERE.
                                               Week 11 about Organizing Your Email HERE
                                                Week 12 about Organizing Your Mail HERE
                                         Week 13 about Organizing Your Child's Toys HERE.

Week 14 about Organizing Your Crafts HERE.

Week 15 about Organizing Your Photographs HERE.

Week 16 about Organizing Your Purse or Wallet HERE. 

 Week 17 about Organizing Your Vehicle HERE.

                                                  Week 18 about Organizing Your Pet HERE.

Week 19 about Organizing Your Books, CDs and DVDs HERE.

Week 20 about Organizing Your Entryway or Mudroom HERE.

                           Week 21 about Organizing Your Family Room or Living Room HERE.

Week 22 about Organizing Your Kitchen Countertops HERE.

Week 23 about Organizing the Kitchen Cabinets HERE.
Week 24 about Organizing the Pantry HERE. 
Week 25 about Organizing the Refrigerator HERE.

Week 26 about Organizing the recipes HERE.

Week 27 about Organizing the dining room HERE.

Week 28 about Organizing the Laundry Room HERE.

Week 29 about Organizing the Bathroom HERE.
 

This week we are organizing the medicine cabinet. Not too big of a task, so hopefully it won't take you long to do. For me, it was pretty easy this week as we don't even have a medicine cabinet! Our house was built 9 years ago and I think that newer houses don't really have these. 







Jennifer points out that it is important to organize your medicine cabinet so you can find things when you need them quickly. It's also important to clean it out so you do not use expired medications. Coming from a pharmacist's wife, I have heard this one before! It can actually be harmful to take expired medications and they also don't work as well when they are past their due date. Lastly, Jennifer says that you know that there will a curious guest who will take a peek once in awhile, so keep it organized! :)

This Week's Goals:

1. Take everything out and clean the cabinet well. Toss out any expired medications, antibiotics, etc (both prescription and non-prescription). Get rid of things you don't use anymore as well as old razors. Check with your local poison control center about disposing of your old medications safely.

2. Group things together and organize by height to maximize space and keep it looking neat. You can rearrange shelves to make it work best for you.

3. Place most frequently used items up front. Make sure child-proof caps are secure.

Tips:

1. Add a magnetic strip to store tweezers, scissors, nail clippers. How clever is that?? 

2. Be sure to read labels each time you take an over the counter medication to make sure you take the proper amount within a 24 hour period. Since switching to Shaklee supplements, my family has not had to take too much medication. If you or your family is continually buying medications and antibiotics for various reasons, I could share more about what we use if you are open to it. Feel free to ask....here is a picture of my family's "preventative medicine cabinet":)

3. Don't stuff your medicine cabinet full. Keep some space for future purchases.

I hope this post has been helpful to you. Do you have a medicine cabinet? How do you organize it?

Next week we are headed into a new section of the book: Personal Spaces. First up - Your child's clothes and closet! 

Thanks for reading! Have a healthy day!!

Rebecca  

Trip to Connecticut

My family enjoyed a trip to Connecticut last week. We had a great time. My boys love being on vacation and seem to do pretty well with less sleep then usual.

One thing my husband and I agreed on is that next time we will probably drive instead of fly. Do you find flying to be difficult lately? It did not help that I forgot my wallet at home! ugh! I did learn that it is possible to get through airport security without it though...

We were supposed to leave on July 18th, but our flight kept getting pushed later and later back because of weather, so we went home and flew on the 19th instead.

We had a great time visiting David's brother and his family in the Hartford area while we were there. They have a new baby who is just adorable. We also had the chance to have lunch with my good friend from HS music groups who lives out there. Here are a few of the pictures we took. Enjoy!!

both kids did great on the flights. We were hopeful for naps at some point...I guess you can't have every wish:)

Our flight was re-routed to Providence so we had dinner in Mystic the first night. Here we are at the Seaport.

We had a great time visiting David's brother, his wife and their newborn baby. The baby in this picture is actually their first born, Paisley! The kids loved chasing her around and getting kisses. :)

we spent a couple hours at the Children's museum in Hartford. When I asked Andrew to put his arm around his brother for the picture, he took me pretty literally. lol

walking like an ape

We went to an outdoor symphony concert with David's brother's family. It was a lot of fun!

Having fun with Uncle Glenn!

We had a great time at the Essex train museum. We rode on restored steam trains from the 1920s. Do you think my boys enjoyed it?? :)

There was an indoor museum with a huge model train set. The kids were in heaven!

Having an awesome seafood dinner at Abbot's! Highly recommend although probably easier without small kids on your lap! :)

David loved his mussels and clams!

Do you think I enjoyed my dinner??? Yes, yes, I did!! :)

Abbott's is right on the water. so nice!

The last day we went to the Mystic aquarium. We had a blast! Here is a beluga whale working with the trainers.

jelly fish!

We enjoyed a sea lion show. We were in the front row and got to see this guy up close.

cheese!

the kids loved playing in the hotels.

 

all good things must come to an end....

 Thanks for taking a look. I hope you enjoyed the pictures. We have many good memories from this trip and I am happy to share with you.

Have a good day!

Rebecca