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January Reminders
Excerpted from http://organizedhome.com/ Cynthia Ewer
 Remove all of your holiday decorations and while you are taking them down, examine them for any damages. Check to make sure all the lights are working, replace any burned out bulbs and make certain the holiday season has not caused wires to fray.Get One, Toss Two: Try this simple idea to pack a powerful clutter-cutting punch as you put away new holiday gifts: for each gift received, toss two counterparts.
Empty Mailing Boxes – Your goal: to fill every seasonal mailing box with items suitable for donation to Goodwill, Salvation Army or a similar resale store for used household items. Sort before you stow: This year, pay it forward: sort and declutter holiday decorations, linens and specialty cooking items as you store them. Cut the non-working, the tattered, and the tired from the herd as you put away holiday decorations. |
Clean out dirty and dusty air vents to help prevent colds and respiratory problems.
Carefully read and understand the directions on your fire extinguisherbefore you have to use it. Set the thermostat at 68 degrees. Use a programmable thermostat to set the temperatures at less comfortable levels when you’re not home or sleeping. Caulk and weatherstrip the cracks in your house. Use ceiling fans. If you get the reversible kind, you can use them to push the warm air down to people level in the winter. Unplug appliances you’re not using. Even if an appliance is turned off, it still uses a small amount of energy, if it’s plugged in. This is especially effective if you’re going out of town. Insulate, insulate, insulate! Switch to CFL bulbs Have a free energy audit performed on your home. |
 Basic items include non-perishable food and water, extra clothing, chemical hand warmers, a can of Sterno® , candles for extra heat and a metal can to melt snow for water. Add a snow shovel, traction pads, jumper cables, tow rope, multi-tool. |
Before heading out on a frozen pond or lake, remember the old saying “Thick and blue, tried and true. Thin and crispy, way too risky.”Don’t forget your SPF. You can still get sunburn in the winter, especially when the sun reflects off the snow. |
 To observe oosouji, Japanese homes receive a top-to-bottom cleaning. Business offices are sorted and organized and children clean out school desks. “Removing the dirt from the old year” creates a clean state of mind to welcome the New Year, and invite prosperity in the year to come. |
Use your children’s artwork for decorating. One family frames a piece of each child’s art, and rotates the art throughout the year. |
 Clean pruners and other small garden toolswith rubbing alcohol.Protect sensitive plants such as weeping figs from cold drafts in the house.
Plant dwarf annual flowers inside for houseplants: coleus, impatiens, and seedling geraniums. |
Toy Library: a set of playthings that, while old and familar, still retain play value. Pushed out of the limelight by new Christmas toys, toy library items will seem new and exciting if they’re given a rest for a few months, then brought out to liven up a rainy Spring afternoon. |
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Snow will be removed from Maplewood Community Association after 2 inches of snowfall in one storm. Main intersections will be salted as needed.Thank you for being a great neighbor!
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