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Getting Ready for Fall & Winter

9/23/2021

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If you live in an area that sees all the season like I do. September is a reminder that you have some long months coming up. Not only are you getting back to school, but you are thinking about upcoming holidays, colder weather, snow, etc. I have complied a detailed checklist of things to do to help ease those concerns and get ready for the fall and winter months! 

Cold Weather Gear: 

  • Get an inventory of your family’s cold weather gear
  • Make sure everyone has what they need
  • Check sizing on coats, scarves, gloves, and boots for your children
  • Discard/donate unwanted or unused items
  • Find a central location to keep all items that will make coming in and going out of the house easier 

Tidy the Garage: 

  • Put away summer decorations, outdoor activity gear, gardening supplies, grill
  • Clean and put away/cover outdoor furniture
  • Pull out items needed for fall lawn care- rakes, leaf blowers, etc.
  • Pull out items needed for winter weather- shovel, salt, prep snow blower
  • Pull out items for winter sports
    • Inventory items
    • Check sizing
    • Make any repairs needed 

Restock First Aid Kits:

  • Restock items drained from those summer scrapes
  • Restock cold medication- be proactive about making sure you have these items so you don’t have to run out when someone gets sick
  • Restock tissues- runny noses and sniffles are coming your way ensure you have tissues for the house and small packets for on-the-go 
  • Restock/ wash facemasks (if needed) 

Declutter Toys: 

  • Donate toys your children are no longer playing with or have outgrown
  • Trash/recycle toys that are broken or missing parts 

​Clothing: 

  • Put away summer clothing
  • Pull out warmer clothing
  • donate/offload items that no longer fit or you no longer want from both summer and warmer clothing
  • Go through you child(ren)s clothes, donate/offload any items that no longer fit or will not fit when summer comes around again 

​Lawn Care/ Gardening/ Outdoors: 

  • Mow the lawn for the last time and begin leaf cleaning
  • Clean gutters
  • Move tropical plants indoors (if needed)
  • Order and stack firewood
  • Cut perennials back for winter
  • Plant spring bulbs 

Car: 

  • Remove beach, picnic, summer items from trunk
  • Deep clean your car
  • Make a winter car kit:
    • Small container of salt or cat litter
    • Snow brush
    • Emergency blanket
    • Spare hat & gloves
    • Handwarmers
    • Phone charger
    • Flares
    • Deicer
    • Jumper cables
    • Flashlight & extra batteries
    • Small shovel. 

​Other Household Fall To-Do’s: 

  • Have heating systems maintained
  • Clean and set up humidifiers
  • Put away summer quilts and linens
  • Take out warmer, winter quilts and linens
  • Test all smoke and carbon monoxide alarms (should be done monthly), replace any batteries needed
  • Check flashlights make sure they work, replace batteries if needed, in case of power outages
  • Start prepping for holiday season:
    • Restock home bar
    • Inventory spice rack and baking supplies, restock if needed  
    • Organize pots & pans, service ware, baking pans
    • Organize table linens and seasonal dishware
    • Deep-clean the oven 

​Fall Fun for the Whole Family: 

  • Go leaf-peeping
  • Go apple and pumpkin picking
  • Celebrate Oktoberfest by inviting friends & family over for craft beer & bratwurst
  • Visit a haunted maze
  • Make Halloween costumes & decorations
  • Carve pumpkins
  • Make Thanksgiving decorations
  • Consider volunteering at local food banks or shelters
  • Bake spooky cookies for Halloween
  •  Bake turkey and leaf themed cookies for Thanksgiving 

Happy Fall Y'all!!
Remember to HAVE FUN too!


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