Spring Cleaning: No Mops Required

Spring is finally here, and you know what that means! It’s time for you to clean out the cobwebs and break out the warm weather wardrobe. If you’re feeling a bit overwhelmed by this task, relax, we’re here to help. Take a look at this short list of tasks that will get you well on your way to being ready for the season!

Organize and clean the refrigerator

Do you have three almost empty bottles of mustard and some long-expired eggs in your fridge? How about those Mexican leftovers from a month ago? Go through your fridge and toss what’s no longer edible. Then, if you want to go the extra mile (or if the fridge literally stinks) actually clean it. And don’t forget the freezer section while you’re at it.

Edit your clothes

Even if it seems like you have the right amount of clothes, you may have much more than you think. In fact, it’s not uncommon for someone to give away 20 pounds of clothing after going through their closets. Get out all of your clothes and consider how long it’s been since you’ve worn each article. Often, items at the very bottom of your dresser or back of your closet haven’t been used in several seasons. If you haven’t missed these pieces yet, you likely never will. Give them away, or throw them out, as the case may be. By doing so, you’ll finally have room for the clothes you actually wear.

Get rid of ‘the pile’

Have a box or two that you never bothered unpacking after your last move, or a stack of “important papers” that is making a mess of your desk? How about a stash of old CDs or video games shoved under the bed? Go through them. Toss what you don’t need, save and organize what you do, and be glad to be done with it. Who knows, you might find something you’d been vaguely searching for but had given up as lost. As for those old video games: You might be able to convert them into a little bit of cash online.

Don’t be a product hoarder

Now, go through all the products and cosmetics in your medicine cabinet and bathroom shelves. Throw out everything that you are not currently using — even if it was expensive — or that is clearly past its “use by” date. And while you are in the bathroom, look at the shower curtain liner. Is it greenish? Then it’s time to get a new one.

Sprucing up your apartment doesn’t have to be painful. If you cannot do the entire cleanup in one day, tackle one or two things at a time. You’ll feel better about your place and ready for the new season.

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Case For A Small Place

Is bigger always better? Maybe not. You might want something a little bigger than a broom closet, but a smaller living area has some serious benefits! Apartment Therapy argues the case for a small place, so read on...

First, there's the obvious benefit of cleaning. Barring an actual lottery win, a cleaning crew doesn't make financial sense for me right now, and the few hours a week I already spend cleaning up my teeny tiny space is more than enough.

Second, I really enjoy the design challenge of a small space. It keeps me from hoarding a bunch of stuff I don't need. I have no choice but to consider every piece that I buy and how it will fit into my space. I save money by not buying things to fill space, and there's an environmental advantage. I contribute less to the pollution and waste that goes into the production of furniture and textiles (smaller space, smaller footprint). It also makes moving way easier.

If you're a small space convert, whether out of necessity or preference, here are some of our best tips for small space lovers/likers.

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DIY St. Patty's Day Crafts

Are you having a St. Patrick's Day Party, or are you attending one?  These DIY Crafts are super easy to make, and they will help you figure out whose drink is whose.  All you need is some different color card stock, scissors, and straws.   You can follow the directions below and make the straws in different colors.  This way you know what drink belongs to everyone.  For more great DIY St. Patty's Day crafts, you can click on Martha Stewart.



As a nod to Saint Patrick's Day, let your kids create their own luck with four-leaf-clover straw toppers. Shamrocks fashioned from green card stock make for an instantly festive table.

Tools and Materials

Card stock
Scissors
Bendable drinking straws, in green

Shamrock Straw Toppers How-To

1. Cut card stock into 5-inch squares.
2. Fold each square in half diagonally, creating a triangle, and then fold in half once more to make a smaller triangle. Trim off outer points as indicated.
3. Unfold paper halfway, as shown. Cut a small V at the bottom, in the center.
4. Unfold shamrock, and crease diagonally, reversing the direction of the fold; repeat to make another diagonal crease. Slide card-stock shamrock onto one end of a green straw. Make a wish, and have a sip!

Henry County Recognizes Their Star Students

Congratulations to the Henry County STAR students.  These students are recognized for their outstanding achievements in and out of the classroom.  Teachers who inspire these students are also recognized in this program.  Learn more about the STAR program in the Henry Daily Harold.

Congratulations to Henry County’s STAR students.

At the annual Student Teacher Achievement Recognition at Eagle’s Landing County Club, Thursday morning, the young men and young ladies were celebrated for their achievements.

The Chamber of Commerce and the Professional Association of Georgia Educators recognize the students each year based on their testing scores and academic performance.

Teachers who inspire these students toward academic excellence are also recognized.
 
The Henry Daily Herald was proud to be part of the STAR student recognitions by highlighting the individual students in the Wednesday edition and providing coverage of the event in this edition.
Congratulations to Brittany Burdette, Christopher Campbell, Nash Van Zandvliet, Patrick Oney, Courtney Allen, Savannah Holcomb, Anthony Ciccarello, Collin Garnett, Ammad Ashraf, Cayla Doolittle, Sol Ah Jung, Sydney Wilson and Charlie Campbell.

We hope all of our students will be able to continue their education, pursue their dreams and hopefully many of them will choose to return to Henry County, make a living, and raise their own families here some day.

While these students are being spotlighted for the level of their achievements, they are a microcosm of the excellence than can be found in both public and private schools throughout Henry County.

While bad behavior sometimes gets the attention of the public and the media, the number of bad-behaving students is very small when compared to the thousands who go to school each day, do the things they are supposed to do and act responsibly.

Largely, those students who excel, both in the classroom and in life, have parents who are also on the job, who incubate a loving environment in the home, support the school system and celebrate successes.

While discipline and corrective action may be necessary in schools, and in life, it is equally important that whether it is a student, a friend, an employee, colleague or family member that we always try and take the time to give a pat on the back, a warm smile and say, “Job well done.”

In this case, to these classroom champions who have distinguished themselves as Henry County’s STAR students we say, job very well done.