Category: Clutter Hacks
This Week: Stock up on extra school supplies
August 28, 2007
This is the best time of year to buy school supplies. The prices just don’t get any lower. I saw spiral notebooks for ten cents each! Take advantage of the good pricing and buy a few extra spirals, two-pocket folders, pens or glue sticks and keep them on hand. I store extras in my office […]
Kid Clutter Hack: Dirty Basketball
August 27, 2007
If you’re tired of being the nagging mom from hell, constantly yelling “Clean up your room!” try making neatness a game. This works best with impressionable younger children. It is probably a waste of time with teenagers, so start early. A mom interviewed in the New York Daily News came up with Dirty Basketball. She […]
Organizing your gift collections
August 27, 2007
Throughout the year as I see something go on sale that I know a particular family member or friend would like, I purchase it and put it aside for when I need it. My dilemma was I needed somewhere to store these items. One of my big pet peeves is when “like” items aren’t stored […]