There are 5 of us and I sort the laundry mountain like this: towels, more towels, kitchen towels and bibs and wet towels. whites, darks, jeans and multi-colors. Then we have the pink and red loads. Plus, one more load of this and that. And do you put all the baby socks in a little mesh bag? I do. But for some reason, I still end up with only one sock per pair. How did I do that? Where do they go? And how do I wash sweaty gross volleyball kneepads without ruining them. Everyone has their special instructions for folding, restringing hoody sweatshirts, and all the begging and pleading to not shrink their 100% cotton stuff. Lordy. It's too complicated! I need a college degree in laundry!
Drying is another great adventure. Dry this on inside out, dry this one on low and this on high. Don't dry this! This should dry flat, this has to hang. Clean the lint trap every time!
I am very glad I don't have two kids on the swim team anymore. They used two beach towels a day (morning practice and afternoon practice) then took showers - that's two more towels each. Swim season was a very busy laundry season!
The rule is... check your pockets! They all say "I did, I did!" Then I do it again before I throw anything in. I always get a collection of coins, gum wrappers, and guitar picks. Maybe the concept of taking things out of your pockets is lost in the "check your pockets" instruction.
I let my husband help one time. He did a load of jeans. We had to buy everyone in the family a new pair of jeans, some of us needed two pair. And we had to buy a new washing machine. He is more help if he just steps back. Stay away from the laundry, Mister!
You should see my laundry room. Actually it's a laundry NO room. It's just a walk through space between the house and the garage. It's just barely big enough for the washer and dryer and a little space to walk through. Plus two doors that both swing into the laundry "room". It's a busy little space. No room to store anything, no room to sort or fold. But that's where I do all the laundry, me and the toddler who climbs into the dryer and the dog who is our shadow. We all squeeze in there - and then I lock the doors so nobody opens them and slams into me giving m great big door bruises (experience speaking). We're like circus clowns stuffed in the miniature space battling the family laundry monster.
So, where are the baby's other socks?
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I've gotten to wear I put a safety pin on each pair of socks before I put it into the laundry basket. That way, if the "Laundry Monster" eats one socks, it eats both of them and I'm none the wiser.
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Seriously... that is exactly how my house is with laundry. The only exception is my laundry "room" is off of our kitchen. So, therefore I sort laundry in the KITCHEN... ideal, heck no, but it's all I got.
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My laundry room is the same way...tiny, between the garage and the house and both door swing in...how nutty is that? My boys and husband don't check their pockets either and when I've been in a hurry I have run so many ball point pens through my washer it's not even funny.
Ohhh, good idea with the safety pin. I've trained them all (the whole family) to do laundry so it is a family effort. I will admit that I still like the way I fold the clothes versus anyone else but if push comes to shove they can do it. And, believe it or not, everone checks their pockets. There are very few uh-oh's, I left a kleenex in my pocket. I'm probably the worst culprit and I can thank the Dad guy in our household for instituting the "check your pockets" rule. The only item that Scott ever messes up is washing yellow shirts with the dark clothes. I lost a really nice yellow sweater that way. I say, "Teach them all how to do laundry whether they like it or not because you are not going to be there to do their laundry when they are on their own." Besides, it's their mess too.
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