On a day in January. Clean, tidy & fresh new start
Although January of this year is already over,
my husband and I went to the nearby lake to welcome the New Year, just the two of us, in a million years.
No more walking with arms crossed 🤣 We are like fellow soldiers to each other now in the battle of parenting.
Yesterday’s enemy is today’s friend! After 10 years of marriage, wouldn’t it all be like this? 🙄
Let’s be safe and healthy together, my fellow soldier!
The temperature has dropped a lot in the morning these days.
The cold winter has finally come.
Making your bed in the morning seems like nothing but it actually makes your day more organized and productive.
It is an ordinary day just like any other day, but I wanted to change the atmosphere in my house for the new start of the year.
I placed my old decorations in a new place.
I brought the flowerpot from the kitchen to the living room, and then
I flipped it upside down.
The same old spot feels different with change in small décor.
The winter this year is definitely strange, and it snowed again.
I wanted to reset and organize my home once again before January is over.
And I also have a new chore to do, a lot of laundry!
After spending time outside with snow this morning, I gotta quickly start preparing for brunch now.
A clean and organized house like a model home must be a dream house to every housewife.
Organizing household items when not in use makes a tidy home.
But I also try to keep things clean and tidy even when in use.
When I am cooking, I don’t want everything to be out everywhere.
I tend to put all the ingredients in one prep tray, and clear out and stow away anything that is not needed anymore.
Only the things that are necessary are left sitting on my kitchen counter whether it is food ingredients or kitchen tools.
Don’t clean up later or all at once! Clean up right away!
This small habit seems like nothing but it actually does make a big difference.
Then your prep station gets enough space all the time and your kitchen will always be organized.
When I clean up as I go, my kitchen becomes a convenient yet calming place for me.
Kitchen is a place that easily gets messy if I am just a little inattentive.
It is true that the kitchen does become neat and clean as much as I diligently work.
As I reset my body and mind everyday, I reset my kitchen everyday too.
This Tortilla folding hack does work and I can easily put a lot of ingredients without spills or burst.
I lightly pressed it with my panini machine until the cheese melted.
When purchasing an item, I choose one that can be used for multiple purposes rather than one function.
I love this versatile ramekin for that matter.
Add honey and nuts that go well with Greek yogurt.
I hope my family is all well and healthy this year too with healthy food.
Tortilla wraps won’t get soggy if you leave them on a rack for a while.
“I enjoyed it mommy”
Now that we’ve all eaten full, it is time to work in our own place where we are supposed to be.
I wasn’t able to open the windows this morning as it was freezing outside. Let’s start with that.
The blue sky is especially more beautiful today.
The white snow makes the winter sunshine more dazzling.
It is a cold but pleasant winter breeze.
It is such a good day to reset and organize my home for the new year!
I left the recycled glass jars out in the Winter sun and wind for natural disinfection.
Just as we have a home to return to after going out, all the items I used need to be returned back to their own place.
I sort items by their function and type and store them together.
Large bowls, sieves, and colanders are stored together near the sink.
All the kitchen knives, scissors, and kitchen tools for food prep are stored together so they are visible at a glance.
I store them near the kitchen sink and prep station so I can easily grab them.
This knife organizer from Joseph Joseph is so handy to store all the knives from small to large/long knife like this.
Although several knives are stacked in two tiers, it is easy to take out and put them back in.
It can hold many knives in place in a small drawer without taking up a lot of space.
I want the scrubber to dry a little more.
I can roll and adjust the length of this dish drying rolling rack as much as I want.
A large peg from IKEA is big enough to wrap around the faucet so the rubber gloves don’t slip when drying.
All dried rubber gloves are back in their own place.
Today I am finally going to organize my vitamins too.
Where do you keep your vitamins?
I used to put them in the cabinet, and since they are out of sight, I often forget them.
Did I take the vitamins this morning? My forgetfulness gets worse nowadays haha🤣
It is the start of a new year, so I decided to take better care of health a little more.
At least I will try not to forget all my vitamins this year!
I’ve been using a pill organizer.
This one is 4 caps a day, so I needed a big pill organizer.
Multivitamins are usually big in size, and this pill organizer is a generous size to hold many pills.
It is a 7 day pill organizer so I can sort and distribute daily doses.
These magnets are called neodymium magnets that are stronger than regular magnets.
The magnets are strongly attached to each other, so I need to slide each to separate them.
Let's attach it on my pill organizer.
It can be a little heavy as it holds a weekly supply, but it sticks strongly on the refrigerator.
I am looking for the best place. It needs its own place like any other household item in my home.
One for my husband and one for me. A little sticker on mine to differentiate from his.
I think the pill organizers match well, and they are still visible enough so that I won’t miss taking pills.
Let’s bring back my recycled jars.
I am going to fill it up with Korean soup broth cubes.
After I started trying a zero waste lifestyle, I started to save and repurpose things that I would’ve thrown away in the past.
I hope my kitchen is convenient but at the same time clean and tidy.
Frequent disinfection with natural sunlight can amazingly remove the strong pasta smell from the jars.
We usually grind coffee beans manually, but my husband bought ground coffee this time.
Every time my husband opens and closes the packaging, it gets messy so I think I am going to put them in this recycled glass jar.
I made a label.
Then I attached a small cord clip.
I also recycled a spoon from my niece’s baby formula, and it is a perfect fit!
It is a newly transformed and repurposed container that serves its function perfectly!
Thanks for watching!🙏😍