October 1 is National Family Fire Drill Day—that is tomorrow. According to a 2011 Liberty Mutual Insurance survey 38% of families don’t have a fire escape plan.
This is your chance to create and practice an emergency home-exit strategy for you and your family and pets.
My product review is on portable escape ladders. I haven’t used one but the information from Pearl at states that: “all their ladders are designed to be stored within easy reach under a bed, in a nearby closet etc”.
They support up to 1500 lbs, allowing for more than one person to escape at a time. The 23’ 8” length accommodates up to 3 story homes. The price for the permanent escape and rescue ladder is $279.99.
Have you or anyone you know used one of these or similar ladders?
Chief Philip Shaver of Freeland Michigan: “Clean up the clutter. Clogged dryer vents, piles of trash in the kitchen and flammable materials packed around water heaters—housekeeping issues account for 90% of our fire calls.” I say: Holy Smokes (no pun intended). This is another good reason to get rid of clutter—to reduce the risk of fire hazards in our homes. This is something I hadn’t thought of before.
Ready for a laugh or at least a smile? Here are headlines that got past the editor:
For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together.
With cooler temps we may be indoors more so it is also a good time to declutter your home. Last night I taught a class on Purging Paper Clutter. Everyone left fired up to get their files lean and uncluttered.
I cautioned them to do a little at a time—files overflowing? Then do one or two files at a time, don’t try to do it all at once as that is when we become overwhelmed.
As I told you I have a closet with among other things gift wrapping bags. I was so glad our focus was on doing one thing—not the entire closet. I only had 10 minutes and that was about right to do one drawer.
This made me feel so good—it doesn’t take only big things to make us feel good. Clearing clutter can be a small thing that reaps big rewards.
Monday’s Clutter Control Focus:
Here is a product I tried a few months ago and now Smead is giving one away free to all my blog readers who go to the link below.
We were foster parents of a little orange kitty for a few days and we quickly grew to love him. They didn’t have toys for him so I rolled up little balls of newspaper and he loved chasing and batting them around. He would put them in his mouth and carry them to the room he wanted to play in. We were sad when his real parents came and took him back to their home.
We have one kitty of our own who is a princess. She was very upset to have another kitty in her space. Now that she is the only kitty getting all the attention she is back to her happy contented self.
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower”. ~Albert Camus
Show ‘N Share Tuesday:
Today we bottled 13 bottles of stewed tomatoes. It makes me want cold weather even more so I can open a bottle and make a yummy soup with them.
