Bathrooms

I know Im so far behind. Things have been sneaking up on me. Anyway, Im back and ready to do the assessments for our bathroom area.

Bathroom:
The most dreaded task that we face in our bathrooms are our medicine cabinets and "extras". So we will start with those. In our medicine cabinets we all have stuff thats gotten pushed to the back or has otherwise left our memories thinking we didnt have. The best way to handle this is to take everything out of the medicine cabinet and start fresh. Since its completely empty clean the shelves. Now we're going to start putting things back. You want to toss out anything you no longer use, anything that has no label and check ALL the expiration dates on the boxes or bottles. Now you want to start putting the most commonly used items (pain medicines, daily prescriptions, etc) on a particular shelf (whichever suits you and your family best). Make sure all the labels are facing you so its easy to find what you need. Add bandages and first aid items to another shelf. If you have room add some of the things you dont use as often. Most medicine cabinets come with a 3rd shelf so all the seasonal items (cold medicines, seasonal allergy medicines, etc) should go onto this shelf.

Now for the "extras" we all have them. Find a great deal on shampoos & conditioners. The extra shaving cream we picked up because we thought we were out. You get the idea. Before we start digging into this stash we need to work on the bathtub. Check all the cans & bottles and other things you store there for easy access. If its empty toss it. If theres just a little bit left in a bottle can you combine it with another bottle? (i.e. scented shampoo matched to the same brand/scent in another bottle). Check all razors and if the blades are rusted or no longer usable, toss it. Now you have room for the stuff you actually need in there, so we can get to the stash under the sink or in the closet.
Once again, take everything out. We're only going to put back what we need and know we will use. First pick all the things you dont like or wont use and set them aside. Go through the rest of them and start putting the things back you want to keep. Keep all shampoos together (again with all labels facing you when you open the door), keep all shaving items together, and so forth.
Make a list of the things you have found you are completely out of, pack up the stuff you set aside and ask a neighbor or someone close to you if they can use it.

Now the hard part is out of the way and it wasnt as bad as you thought it was going to be. The rest is in your hands.