New Years Habits.

Good idea! We have a proper pantry used for food, crockery and booze and the stuff that gets hidden at the back you wouldn't believe. Perhaps that's a good job for today. Sort and clean the pantry out.

What a coincidence kittylester
I have had a NYD spice sort out for years.
Last year DH decided to help and somehow got the year wrong,tipping out herbs and recycling jars all well within date!

Nothing so organised for me. I’m in awe.

There are lots of things I always intend to do in the New Year......

Not many, usually bad. Like telling myself I am going to do some task and never getting round to it.

corner, it's the only thing I do do. It's hard work!

I always try to buy some spring flowers (tulips this year) and clear my desk and tidy the content of my lap top.

If I started actually organising putting anything into any sort of order, my family would probably think it was time to have me certified! Any room ‘in awe’ for me, corner?

I do the cupboard clear out also as there is lots of leftovers from Christmas so may as well make a good job of it,my next job will be to write all the birthdays on the new kitchen organiser so no one gets left out I have a terrible job remembering birthdays etc.

I do have the family for lunch on New Year's Day. I go the them for Christmas Dinner. It's all part of the celebrations.

Hi glammanana I used to do same with birthday reminders & it was a bit of a chore until I found a ‘birthday calendar’ in my local bookshop. No days just dates on each month so that you can enter all the birthdays & keep adding to it over time. You just keep it for reference. I look up all the birthdays for the coming month & buy my cards in a batch. Never fails!

It's a holiday, so New Year's Day for me, is for cooking a celebration dinner and relaxing. Plenty of time to do a purge on the cupboards later!

I always have to go round the house and make sure all the bins are emptied just before midnight!

I put receipted bills, tax papers and the like into an envelope or plastic bag on Hogmanay and label them with the year, then they go into a box in the attic, and the oldest lot from there goes out, carefully shredded.

Deleted junk filters etc. in my e-mail yesterday too.
Shall check the direct debit tomorrow as the 2nd is the first day banks are open again.

hIlda - I didn't actually say today! Just ' new year'

Mmm, I suspect I could sort out my paperwork, notice that I didn't write would. It there's one thing I have learned - don't put off today what you may feel too poorly to do tomorrow.

My vehicle mot, service and insurance all due this month
Remind myself of this by sticking a large notice on my fridge door of must do's or else?????

It must be catching - DH has streamlined his wardrobe today

I sorted out some food cupboards today and threw out a few things. But that was more in preparation for the dreaded housemove.
Then I went into husband's workshop - but it looks as if he has sorted a few things ready to take to the 'tip'.
Also reminder to myself that it's the final date for his UK tax online at the end of Jan. I haven't told him yet.

Done my herbs and spices and washed the shelf! Sorted!

I suppose the only regular New Year habit I have is ...... nothing! In recent years I have taken the decorations down on NYD, as my wonderful, benevolent Santa Claus of a husband turns into the Grinch and just wants everything back to normal.

I watched a documentary a while ago that tested herbs and spices Years out of date. They proved to be less strong than when first purchased but still alright to use as there was nothing wrong with them. The industry works well in getting us to spend unnecessary money

Yep, I can feel the springclean urge coming on. I usually start on the garden but, having ended up in A&E on 2 separate New Year's Days thanks once to a deep splinter and the other to a dead bramble in the eye, I am pleased it is raining!

But, that's why I do it, minxie because they are not so strong........
and because St Delia said it was a good idea. Doesn't seem any point using flavourless seasoning.

And it pleases me!