Comments on: Taming the school clutter…again http://orgjunkie.com/2008/07/taming-the-school-clutteragain.html Teaching the world how to enjoy life one pile of clutter at a time. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:30:07 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Katy http://orgjunkie.com/2008/07/taming-the-school-clutteragain.html/comment-page-1#comment-17773 Katy Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:17:37 +0000 http://orgjunkie.com/?p=957#comment-17773 This is the other hot spot in my house. I homeschool my 5 kids, so there's lots to organize! I've got pics on my blog on my "progress". Why does it seem to get worse before it gets better?! Katy http://mynutvillage.com/ This is the other hot spot in my house. I homeschool my 5 kids, so there’s lots to organize! I’ve got pics on my blog on my “progress”. Why does it seem to get worse before it gets better?!

Katy
http://mynutvillage.com/

]]> By: Mary Pat http://orgjunkie.com/2008/07/taming-the-school-clutteragain.html/comment-page-1#comment-17761 Mary Pat Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:45:45 +0000 http://orgjunkie.com/?p=957#comment-17761 I am a big scrapbooker and one of the leaders in scrapbooking is Stacy Julian. She gave me the idea of rubber maid file boxes and hanging folders. Each of my kids (I have 2) has a box with a folder for each school year (Pre-K to 12) As they bring home papers, I decide what to keep and put the folder for the year (my DD just finished 1st and my DS finished his 2nd year of Preschool)This summer they will further weed what to keep and what to toss. I keep the boxes in my scrapbook storage room. I am a big scrapbooker and one of the leaders in scrapbooking is Stacy Julian. She gave me the idea of rubber maid file boxes and hanging folders. Each of my kids (I have 2) has a box with a folder for each school year (Pre-K to 12) As they bring home papers, I decide what to keep and put the folder for the year (my DD just finished 1st and my DS finished his 2nd year of Preschool)This summer they will further weed what to keep and what to toss. I keep the boxes in my scrapbook storage room.

]]> By: Jamie http://orgjunkie.com/2008/07/taming-the-school-clutteragain.html/comment-page-1#comment-17755 Jamie Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:59:12 +0000 http://orgjunkie.com/?p=957#comment-17755 Later hasn't come yet to deal with the supply clutter. I went through and weeded out the art and threw everything in a box. I'll have to go through supplies in the next few weeks before school shopping starts. Later hasn’t come yet to deal with the supply clutter. I went through and weeded out the art and threw everything in a box. I’ll have to go through supplies in the next few weeks before school shopping starts.

]]> By: Heather http://orgjunkie.com/2008/07/taming-the-school-clutteragain.html/comment-page-1#comment-17754 Heather Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:02:21 +0000 http://orgjunkie.com/?p=957#comment-17754 Um, do I still have school clutter... YES. YES. I was happy to see this post because the kids' papers (three in school) are definitely my #1 clutter problem. Kids have been out since June 17 too *embarrassed* Um, do I still have school clutter… YES. YES. I was happy to see this post because the kids’ papers (three in school) are definitely my #1 clutter problem. Kids have been out since June 17 too *embarrassed*

]]> By: Leigh Anne http://orgjunkie.com/2008/07/taming-the-school-clutteragain.html/comment-page-1#comment-17741 Leigh Anne Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:20:33 +0000 http://orgjunkie.com/?p=957#comment-17741 Laura, Being the mother of high schoolers my kids love to invite their friends over the weekend after school is out for a big bonfire where they burn all their papers. I think it is somewhat therapeutic for them plus it gets rid of all the clutter for me! Laura,

Being the mother of high schoolers my kids love to invite their friends over the weekend after school is out for a big bonfire where they burn all their papers. I think it is somewhat therapeutic for them plus it gets rid of all the clutter for me!

]]> By: Rene http://orgjunkie.com/2008/07/taming-the-school-clutteragain.html/comment-page-1#comment-17735 Rene Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:51:05 +0000 http://orgjunkie.com/?p=957#comment-17735 Wow, your kids do go to school late. In GA, school start July 31st-August 4th. We get out May 31st. So we have June and July. I am already starting on Back to school shopping trying to get ahead of some of the others. I better get a move on it and see what can be salvaged from this past year. I would love to see more back to school ideas. Thank you! I love your site. Wow, your kids do go to school late. In GA, school start July 31st-August 4th. We get out May 31st. So we have June and July. I am already starting on Back to school shopping trying to get ahead of some of the others. I better get a move on it and see what can be salvaged from this past year. I would love to see more back to school ideas. Thank you! I love your site.

]]> By: Mom is Broke http://orgjunkie.com/2008/07/taming-the-school-clutteragain.html/comment-page-1#comment-17734 Mom is Broke Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:01:37 +0000 http://orgjunkie.com/?p=957#comment-17734 Wow, I just discovered your web iste, and I love it. I am adding you to my favorites that I read everyday! Michelle @ momisbroke.com Wow, I just discovered your web iste, and I love it. I am adding you to my favorites that I read everyday!

Michelle @ momisbroke.com

]]> By: Forgetfulone http://orgjunkie.com/2008/07/taming-the-school-clutteragain.html/comment-page-1#comment-17733 Forgetfulone Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:41:50 +0000 http://orgjunkie.com/?p=957#comment-17733 Love your memory binders! And you're right that as the kids get older, it gets easier. I finished this two days ago when I tackled the school supply/craft closet. Love your memory binders! And you’re right that as the kids get older, it gets easier. I finished this two days ago when I tackled the school supply/craft closet.

]]> By: KarenR http://orgjunkie.com/2008/07/taming-the-school-clutteragain.html/comment-page-1#comment-17731 KarenR Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:28:38 +0000 http://orgjunkie.com/?p=957#comment-17731 My kids are sentimentalists and drama queens, so they don't allow me to throw any of their work away, except school announcements and math papers. I am a pragmatist and a purger who hates clutter all around my house. Our compromise is this: I keep all my kids school stuff in an under the bed box all year long. Special art projects are displayed on the fridge for a week or two, then into the box. Then, at some point in the summer, we pull them out and go through them. I keep maybe 10 things. By the time we go through it, they have lost a great deal of the sentimental attachment that makes it impossible for them to dispose of ANYHING! My kids are sentimentalists and drama queens, so they don’t allow me to throw any of their work away, except school announcements and math papers. I am a pragmatist and a purger who hates clutter all around my house. Our compromise is this: I keep all my kids school stuff in an under the bed box all year long. Special art projects are displayed on the fridge for a week or two, then into the box. Then, at some point in the summer, we pull them out and go through them. I keep maybe 10 things. By the time we go through it, they have lost a great deal of the sentimental attachment that makes it impossible for them to dispose of ANYHING!

]]> By: Kate http://orgjunkie.com/2008/07/taming-the-school-clutteragain.html/comment-page-1#comment-17730 Kate Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:59:33 +0000 http://orgjunkie.com/?p=957#comment-17730 I keep my kid's artwork in a huge, over-sized envelope (ones you get with those huge greeting cards) and store them behind the computer desk. I keep my kid’s artwork in a huge, over-sized envelope (ones you get with those huge greeting cards) and store them behind the computer desk.

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