I’ve been using a new application created by our team called FindThingsFast (http://www.findthingsfast.com) to get my home organized. Recently I found a new use for FindThingsFast – storing then FINDING my food storage items.

This weekend my wife was in the kitchen preparing for graduation parties when she asked,  “Can you go look under one of the beds and get some flour from food storage?” I asked “Which bed?” Her response, “I think under Ke’ilani’s bed”.

I dutifully ran off to rummage under beds to collect a can of flour. Lucky for me my wife was right the cans of flour were under Ke’ilanis bed.  But, I still had to pull out all of the boxes so I could read the side label.

White Rice - found with FindThingsFast

The entire time, I shuffled through boxes I thought, ”This is another great use for FindThingsFast.”

After delivering a can of flour to my wife I returned to the bedroom to put numbered labels on each food storage box and arrange them so the numbers are facing outward. Now next time I need to find an item from food storage it’s a simple query and I’m directed to the location and box number. It’s that easy.

Now where is the Oatmeal?

Oh…under Zayne’s bed, box 3.

Jody Sedrick - Zenware

Soccer Cones stored with Find Things Fast

This weekend amidst running kids between soccer games, I realized that one of my biggest challenges with getting things organized is finding the time.  Then it hit me I can organize items on the go with my iPhone and Find Things Fast. In literally 10 minutes this is how I added Gear Bag and all if its items to Find Things Fast.

1.     Dumped the contents of my soccer bag
2.     Opened Find Things Fast on my iPhone
3.     Added a storage container (GEAR BAG 1)
4.     Then added the items by
a.     Selecting Store
b.     Selecting Location
c.      Selecting Container
d.     Then took a photo of every item in my bag

Now I could have went through the added step of entering the name of every item and searchable tags, but I decided to save that task for when I was in front of my computer.

It was that simple.

Now if the kids need to find the first aid-kit, pinnies, cones or soccer balls they can use their iTouch instead of rummaging through 5 gear bags.

Jody Sedrick - Zenware