Climbing Mount Washmore

Who else hates tackling the dreaded pile, hidden somewhere in each and every one of our houses, lovingly (or not so lovingly) called "mount washmore" ?? I DO!!! I've been trying forever to come up with the "perfect" wash routine so I don't have to hate doing laundry anymore. These attempts usually only last for a week or two and I then fall back into, once again, hating my laundry. Here are a *few* of the things I have tried....

Single laundry hamper, fishing out darks and lights when I go to do laundry

Three compartment laundry hamper, in which when one was full it was 1.5 loads of laundry, not just 1 load and it drove me insane LOL! Also, I hated that I could only make three categories, because ya know, I can make up like 10 (darks, lights, reds, towels, blankets, etc)!

Separating children's laundry from my laundry

Separating boys laundry from girls and also doing my laundry by itself

Are you getting the picture??

I've finally come to the conclusion that I will NEVER like doing laundry no matter what fancy system I can come up with. So in honor or my new theme let's just come up with a SIMPLE, FRUGAL, GREEN way to get the laundry done. I have a few ideas of my own, but I want to hear YOUR ideas! How do you do laundry? Does it work for you? What do you wish you could change (other than someone else doing it for you) ;) ?