{"id":191,"date":"2015-08-07T17:35:38","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T17:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myschoolyear.com\/blog\/?p=191"},"modified":"2016-06-01T15:45:05","modified_gmt":"2016-06-01T15:45:05","slug":"how-to-get-the-new-car-feeling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myschoolyear.com\/blog\/how-to-get-the-new-car-feeling\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get The &#8220;New Car&#8221; Feeling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have a 12 passenger van for our family.\u00a010 of those passengers are our kids and\u00a0they range in age from 7 months to 17 years. It does not take long for us to easily accumulate lots of stuff in our van. Things like books, papers, toys, water bottles, and hair clips are just a few items that make their way into our van.<\/p>\n<p>When\u00a0the load of items that we are transporting around town\u00a0starts to impact our gas mileage \ud83d\ude42 then\u00a0I know it is time to clear out and lighten the load. When the van gets cleared out of all the\u00a0stuff, it actually feels lighter when I drive.\u00a0And not only lighter, but my\u00a0old used van feels new and fresh!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_195\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-195\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gowallace-002-site1.dtempurl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_3688.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-195\" src=\"http:\/\/gowallace-002-site1.dtempurl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_3688-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Just a few of the things that might be lurking under your car's seats...\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myschoolyear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_3688-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myschoolyear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_3688-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.myschoolyear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_3688-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myschoolyear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_3688-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.myschoolyear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_3688.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Just a few of the things that might be lurking under your car&#8217;s seats&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here are some of the ways we get that new clean feeling:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>A minute before arriving home I\u00a0assign kids their particular items to bring into the house for discarding or putting\u00a0away. I call out a name and\u00a0item category so that I\u00a0have one child bringing in all the books, another picking up trash, another toys and\u00a0so forth. If you only have one helper then each car trip can focus on one category!\n<\/li>\n<li>Sometimes I find myself waiting in a parking lot with the kids. During that\u00a0time an amazing amount of items can be picked up, thrown away,\u00a0or organized in just a few minutes. It is handy to keep extra trash bags in the van for this purpose.\n<\/li>\n<li>We normally keep a grocery\u00a0bag for trash\u00a0that hangs on the door and this helps reduce some of it going to the floor.\n<\/li>\n<li>When I remember, I remind the kids to take out what they have brought in for the day.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Leave a comment if you have a great\u00a0way to\u00a0keep your car clean. I&#8217;m wishing you\u00a0a great new car feeling as you lighten your load!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have a 12 passenger van for our family.\u00a010 of those passengers are our kids and\u00a0they range in age from 7 months to 17 years. It does not take long <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myschoolyear.com\/blog\/how-to-get-the-new-car-feeling\/\" class=\"more-link\">[&hellip;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"Layout":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Want that \"new car\" feeling again?  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