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Get Organized for Thanksgiving
By Karen Porter,
Editor
EasyHomeOrganizing.com
It's almost time
to get organized for Thanksgiving. Depending on your plans and how you celebrate
the holiday, you may want to start getting organized for Thanksgiving no later
than the first week of November. Here are a few tips to get organized for
Thanksgiving.
DECORATE EARLY - If you like to get in the
spirit of the holiday with your home decor items, do that at the start of
November. That way you'll have the whole month to enjoy your seasonal decor
items and holiday decorations. And the remainder of the month will be free for
cleaning, cooking, entertaining and enjoying Thanksgiving.
CLEAN YOUR HOME - Expecting guests this
Thanksgiving? Set a date with your immediate family members to do a thorough
housecleaning. That means doing windows and shampooing carpets too as needed.
Make your family housecleaning date the week before that of Thanksgiving. (And
then you'll only have to do touch up the day before guests arrive.) During the
week of Thanksgiving your schedule will be packed with cooking and shopping for
related supplies.
CLEAN YOUR FRIDGE - A good time to clean the
inside of your refrigerator is when you have the least amount of food in it.
That won't be during the holidays. So do it now. While you're at it, make room
for the turkey in it. You'll be defrosting it in the refrigerator.
INVENTORY YOUR COOKWARE - When you're about
to cook the turkey isn't the time to remember you loaned your only roasting pan
to Aunt Sue three months ago. Take a good hard look inside your cabinets to make
sure you have appropriate cookware and serving utensils and platters to prepare
a Thanksgiving meal.
COUNT YOUR GUESTS - How many people are
coming to your house for Thanksgiving dinner? Start getting r.s.v.p.'s in early
November. Figure you'll be serving about one pound to 1.3 pounds of turkey per
guest (based on a whole turkey). Once you know the number of guests, you can buy
the appropriate size turkey.
COUNT YOUR DISHES - Make sure you have
enough dinner plates and eating utensils to go around. Having an extra set or
two of table settings won't hurt either--just in case you get an unexpected
visitor or a plate accidentally cracks.
PLAN FOR LEFTOVERS - The words Thanksgiving
and leftovers go together. You won't be eating turkey sandwiches for the
remainder of the week if you have nothing to store the leftover turkey in. And
of course, you don't want to throw out that leftover cranberry or corn or any of
it. If you plan to send some leftovers home with your guests, make sure you have
some "throw-away" containers that you can pack for them to take and keep.
If you organized and planned for Thanksgiving, you'll probably have a happy one.
Enjoy.
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