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Spring Awakening: A spring cleaning checklist for the overwhelmed

If you can just hang in there for another month, warmer weather is on its way. What does this mean? New flower buds, baby animals and oh yeah, spring cleaning.

You might groan at the thought, but for our stressed and overwhelmed friends, we have some great spring cleaning lists to help you organize your tasks by room. 

Let's check out the list for your kitchen:

1. Break out the dust buster. It's time to dust down the ceiling and corner of walls. Wash dirty spots. Clean your air vents and change air filters.

2. Dust and clean all art, vases, chatzkes and fixtures.

3. Clean the blinds

4. Apply oven cleaner to the oven (no, you can't just leave it like that with the crusty black spots!). While you're at it, tackle the sauce stains on the microwave.

5. Sort through the fridge and freezer. Be sure to label your plastic-ware with Dymo D1 Tapes, which hope up in the cold conditions.

6. Give your fridge a new box of baking soda

7. Clean out kitchen cabinets and reline if needed

8. Sweep and mop the floors

9. Wash the sink and clean out the garbage disposal

Dymo tapes for storing pre-cooked meals

What's a productive kitchen? One where your week's worth of meals are precooked from the weekend before and waiting for you in the freezer. Ready to be heated in the oven in minutes. 

We can't really help you with the cooking, but we can help you organize all of those tasty meals. Dymo 45010 tapes are made to hold up in the refrigerator and the freezer. Just label with the meal and cooking instructions.

Check out some more tips from Mommy's Idea Book:

1. Do all cutting at one time - If you know you’ll be using onion three nights this week, go ahead and chop enough onion for all three meals on the less busy night, then it’s ready when you need it later in the week.
2. Let the kids help - Kids can be a huge help just by setting the table. Depending on their age they may be able to do other kitchen duties also.
3. Have supplies out and ready - Place all your pots, pans, utensils and non-perishables on the counter the night before or in the morning before you leave the house, so that you don’t have to take time to get all these out when you’re ready to cook.

The color code: organize your home in a few simple steps

Who knew the colors in a rainbow could shed light on new organizational tips for your home? It's true. You're just steps away from living a less chaotic life with these tips.

Use color in the kitchen

• Assign your kids a colored cup for the day. You'll cut back on waste and conserve water at the same time.
• Color code your pantry with labels, placing like foods together. It'll save you reference time.
• If you make meals ahead of time, you can label your freezer-safe containers with freezer-safe labels, like Dymo D-1 Tapes
  
• Use color coded storage bins to keep track of your children's sports equipment
  

Your source for Dymo D1 Tapes

If you're looking for Dymo D1 tapes, you'll love our selection and prices.

• Dymo 53710 - Black on clear tape; 1" (24 mm)
• Dymo 53713 - Black on white tape; 24 mm
• Dymo 45802 - Red on Clear; 3/4"
• Dymo 40914 - Blue on Clear - 3/8"

That's just a sampling to whet your appetite. We have dozens more for you to choose from.

We even include which label printers are compatible with the product you are looking at to eliminate and extra guesswork.

Get your craft corner in order

Crafts are a wonderful way to bond with your family, but there are so many small pieces--from tiny paint bottles to glitter pens--that it's difficult to find old supplies.

Since your craft corner is so colorful we're going to help you organize using just that: color!

We love the idea of using a storage container with drawers to keep small to medium supplies organized. Using Dymo Letratag Tapes, you can color code the drawers. Green can mean paper supplies, Yellow can indicate paint and paint brushes, red can stand for embellishments like sequins and pompoms -- you get the theme.

You might also want to purchase organizers for within the drawers to keep items confined to their own nook.

Dymo D1 tapes weather the elements

You like to change your mind. These labels give you the freedom.

Dymo 45013 tapes have a split, easy peel backing. The semipermanent labels don't leave a sticky residue if you want to change things up in the home or office.

Tape color and adhesive are UV resistant, meaning they will not darken or fall off over time. It even holds up in the fridge or freezer.

Product Features:

• Dimensions 1/2” x 23'
• Color = Black Print on White Tape
• 1 Cartridge/cassette per pack
• 12mm Tape
• Same as 45113 with different packagings

Dymo D1 Tapes hold up in extreme conditions

It's performs well under the toughest conditions.

Dymo 43610 black on clear tape is easy to peel off and won't leave behind sticky residue. Both the tape and adhesive are UV resistant. It even holds up well in the refrigerator or freezer --- go stock up on delicious left overs.

• UV resistance means labels won't darken or fall off over time
• Dimensions 1/4” H x 23' W
• Color = Black on Clear
• 1 Cartridge/cassette per pack
• 6mm Tape