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Handy timesaving tips for those working moms Of the 33 million work- ' ing women in this country, more of them are working mothers than ever before. If you're one, you prob­ ably want the free time spent with your family to be really free. Here's a list of ideas to make sure that your precious time isn't cluttered with household chores. It's important to organ­ ize, plan ahead and count on your family to help. Get together and decide on menus for an entire week and then make a list so that you can buy all your grocery needs at once. Take your older children shopping with you to help find special items and carry everything home. And don't forget, on a weekday night the store will be less crowded and your spree will be over much faster. One night a week, relax and order from a local take-out restaurant. A quick green salad will give the meal a homey touch in no time at all. When you do cook, cook big. Large quantities of soups, stews or casseroles can be stored in the re­ frigerator or freezer and warmed for a quick, nu­ tritious meal even by your all-thumbs teen-ager. Paper plates and cups are great time and labor savers. Use attractive and disposable Dixie plates, bowls and cups to make a pretty dinner table setting and cut dishwashing time. Or use them each morning at breakfast to eliminate clean-up before work. Spend a few extra min­ utes during the week to avoid major clean-ups on the weekends. If you have a habit of falling asleep in front of the television at night, get to bed a half hour earlier instead. Since you probably have more energy in the morn­ ing, use that extra half hour to put in a load of wash, dust, water the plants or quickly straight­ en the living room. You'll feel even more energetic when you come home and find your job half done already. Don't procrastinate and turn a little job into a big one. Food spills on coun­ ters and stoves can be cleaned much more easily if you grab a sponge and wipe them right away. And if your family loves sheets without a wrinkle, fold them as soon as you take them out of the dryer. If you leave them crum­ pled until later, the wrin­ kles will be set unless you iron. SCHROEDER METAL CRAFT !• WEATHER .VANES U NAME PLATES (• LAMPS & CHANDELIERS WE MAKE OUR OWN HANDWROUGHT METAL SPECIALTIES • ANTIQUES 1713 So. Route 31 McHenry, Illinois 815-385-0950 OPEN DAILY 9 AM - 5 PM i SUNDAY 12 NOON - 5 PM Since there's a limit to your energy, nothing will be left undone for long if each member of your fam­ ily is willing to share the work and clearly knows his or her responsibilities. Keep a list of duties on a bulletin board or a kitch­ en wall where it's an easy reminder. Even a young child can pick up his toys and may welcome the idea of learning to care for his own things. Older children can take charge of their rooms and have a special weekly duty like cleaning the bathrooms or setting the table. Husbands can collect laundry and dry cleaning on their way home from work. Plan ahead. Shop for "back to school" and sum­ mer camp clothes well in advance of the season when the stores are the least crowded. Also, make sure you buy permanent press clothing for easy care. When time is limited, good family relationships are far more important than good housekeeping. Ask your family to follow these easy suggestions with you and then, with all your extra free time, get out and have some fun. Turn thai kitchen inside out! Kitchen decorating has taken on a new concept. A creative person, when faced with the task of re­ decorating a kitchen,; might make the of ten- used room look like an outdoor patio area. Starting with the walls, put up house shaker shin­ gles. Cover the floors with some wall-to-wall artifi­ cial turf -- the soft, green indoor/outdoor kind. Brick-like tiles for the splash board area behind the sink complete the look. With such a start, a per­ son can go even ^further with individual accessory ideas, such as wrought iron dinette set or out­ door light fixtures which resemble lampposts. NATURAL MOTIFS Many "natural" motifs and concepts are becom­ ing popular in kitchen designs. Ideas in this area include the use of stone, brick, bamboo, terrariums, and living plants. Those who put off their work from day to day are al­ ways the ones who tell you how very busy they are. * * * * C O A S T T O C O A S T S T O R E S mtM«total hardware 4400 W. RTE. 120 • McHENRY 385-6655 _ i:H:x lAcrytic Rati latex House •PaintB LATEX EXTERIOR HOUSE PAINT Acrylic formulated for years of protec­ tion. In white and 8 ready-mixed colors. Over 1000 custom colors available at slightly higher prices. 531-6104 to 531-6138 $7.99 Medium custom colors. Gal. - $8.49 Deep custom colors. Gal. $8.99 Ultra deep custom colors. 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