JOURNAL 10
With the soft-cover Journal 10, you can record what happens on any date for a decade.
Donate and get organized
January is National Organization Month and some local organizing professionals are celebrating by opening the Custom Closets by Rubbermaid showroom in Morrisville.
The showroom invites the public to drop by the grand opening at noon today and clean out your closet in the process. The organizers will accept gently used, professional clothing to be donated to Dress for Success. You can also donate gently used blouses; scrubs; conservative, all-season suits; new or lightly worn pumps; belts; scarves; costume jewelry and career handbags.
Guests will have the chance to win a free closet makeover valued at $2,500; get home and closet organization tips from organizing professionals; view showroom tours; register for a free in-home consultation and win door prizes. The event is free.
The Rubbermaid showroom is at 10970 Chapel Hill Road, Suite 106 in Morrisville.
10-year journal
Do you ever wonder what you were doing nine years ago today? Or wonder when was the last time you had your heater serviced, your car fixed or water tank replaced? Did your toddler say something cute that you'll want to remember forever? Have you ever thought, "I should write that down"?
Surely, there has to be a better way to record these events than journaling every minute detail of your day or recording it on annual calendars that end up collecting dust in the home office.
Indeed there is. A busy mom friend uses Journal 10 plus, an 11-year journal that provides four lines for each day of a 10-year span on one page. Each day, she records a meal out with friends, a service visit, a milestone or something cute her kids said or did.
She's been keeping one since her kids were little, and says she loves rolling around to the same day each year to see what her family was up to three, five or seven years earlier.
Who can't take two minutes to jot down service calls, quotes, doctor's appointments, weather and current events or just memorable times and meals with friends?
In addition to providing a single page to record, for example, what you did today (Jan. 28) for each year between 2012-2022, the journal includes pages for "looking ahead" and goal planning; at-a-glance yearly calendars through 2023; monthly overviews; an address book with room to record new addresses as friends move; special dates pages for birthdays and anniversaries; a "keeping track" section to record medical information such as doctor's visits, and an automobile section for keeping maintenance and repair records.
There are also "carry over" pages for those days when four lines of the daily journal aren't enough.
I've been using the journal for three weeks and have recorded everything from a date day with my husband to gas prices, sales on clothing, our daily meals, books I've read, doctor's appointments, a service call on our garbage disposal and the day our fireplace screen broke. I look forward to seeing how much things change (or don't) in a year or nine years from now.
The Journal 10 comes bound in a soft cover and can be started any time of year.
It would be a perfect gift for new moms, newlyweds, recent graduates, homeowners, teens, seniors, grandparents or anyone who cares to remember the highlights (or minutia) of their days.
The 2012-2022 journal costs $39.95 and can be ordered at www.journal10.com or at www.amazon.com.
Vinegar to the rescue, again!
In "Vinegar: Over 400 Various, Versatile and Very Good Uses You've Probably Never Thought of," author Vicki Lansky offers these tips for using vinegar:
Clean fireplace glass doors with a solution of one part vinegar to two parts water. Spray or wipe on, then wipe clean with a dry cloth.
Check the growth of mold in a humidifier by rinsing it out thoroughly, then adding about 1/2 cup vinegar when refilling with water.
Clean piano keys with a soft cloth barely dampened with a mild solution of 1/2 cup vinegar to two cups warm water. Be sure to wring the cloth practically dry before wiping the keys clean.
