tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2857161791109887176.post3084207064485154433..comments2024-03-23T04:55:57.478-05:00Comments on Katie Olthoff: How a Messy Mom Cleans: Clean CategoricallyKatie Olthoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11530237661834412493noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2857161791109887176.post-10602229627810691332013-07-16T08:28:21.039-05:002013-07-16T08:28:21.039-05:00Yes! Sometimes, "papers" is one of my c...Yes! Sometimes, "papers" is one of my categories, too!Katie Olthoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11530237661834412493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2857161791109887176.post-52384827547718742562013-07-16T08:28:03.044-05:002013-07-16T08:28:03.044-05:00Wow! Sounds like you have a great method that wor...Wow! Sounds like you have a great method that works for you!!! I think I need to buy more laundry baskets. That must be my problem. :)Katie Olthoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11530237661834412493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2857161791109887176.post-79411512450278002052013-07-11T12:44:28.360-05:002013-07-11T12:44:28.360-05:00I'd add the category "school stuff" ...I'd add the category "school stuff" because with 4 kids in grades 1 up to 7, (and I'm a teacher, as well!), there are always school papers laying around, books, notebooks, pencils, permission slips, notecards, etc.. I collect stuff that needs to be saved and make a pile, we have a bin for school supplies, some things just need to be shoved back into backpacks. This is really Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17987131805020535280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2857161791109887176.post-29145800608105181072013-07-10T16:55:31.957-05:002013-07-10T16:55:31.957-05:00My categories tend to be:
1. Kitchen
2. Trash
3. ...My categories tend to be:<br /><br />1. Kitchen<br />2. Trash<br />3. Donation materials (outgrown, unused, etc items)<br />4. Upstairs (bedrooms)<br />5. Toy room<br /><br />I bring several laundry baskets with me when I clean....two of them lined with trash bags - 1 bag is for actual trash and the other bag will go to Goodwill to be donated. The other baskets correspond to the categories.<br /dreaming in mainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00351781973941395751noreply@blogger.com