Laundry & Leftovers
- turn all clothes right side out before adding to the hamper (this includes your socks!!!)
- if it doesn’t stink or have a stain hang that puppy back up and wear it another day
- if you drop chocolate ice cream, ketchup or wipe a booger on your shirt you are responsible for using the stain remover before I wash it
- your body is clean when you dry off with a towel….use it 3 days before adding to the hamper
- failing to follow my #1 rule will result in you receiving the laundry back exactly as I received it….inside out
- doing the laundry has 3 steps….if you want to do your own laundry you need to do them all
I cannot fold cold clothes y’all so the number of times I might cycle the clothes through the dryer before they are folded probably on average is 3. And y’all, I am the most sucky clothes folder there is. My boys are way better folders.
Don’t blame me when you can’t find your baseball socks either because you probably just don’t recognize them inside out. Or maybe it is recently single.
Even though the laundry got me down tonight and left me feeling lonely and underappreciated (except for the warmth after the dryer), I was so damn excited about leftovers. I love leftovers and seriously did not offer to make a thing for my family tonight and I was good with it. I seriously had some deer sausage with mustard for dinner and it was awesome.
I really do love this family and truth is I love being in charge and taking care of them. Ever so often I just wish someone else would take the reins without me asking. Take the initiative to put a dish away or pick up their shoes or…or….just anything that might cause me to feel a little less like clawing my eyes out.
Tomorrow morning they will wake up and give me sweet hugs and kiss me goodbye and I will not be thinking about the laundry but tonight I’m kind of feeling like the leftovers.
On the bright side we have staff development this afternoon at work and tomorrow I will only be working half a day and then it is vacation for a week! I’m sure there will be some laundry but lots of fun too. Have a super day!
I'm right with you on running a load through the "wrinkle release" cycle a number of times! Have a great vacation!
I loved this post! And I am right there with you on the laundry – both my kids wear something for 10 minutes and it finds its way to the laundry hamper – inside out of house!!!
Oh my god the laundry….it sucks and it's never ending. And what makes me nuts,,,,i will do AJs laundry and I am washing clothes he hasn't even worn,,,if it falls off a hanger or something, he just throws it in the laundry basket, because it's way easier tondo that than hang it back up!! And my kids are famous for dragging their laundry basket out at 930 at night "hey mom I need this laundry done by the morning". I HATE laundry!!!! Enjoy your half day today!!!
If I ever win the lottery Cathy you can bet I'm hiring someone to do my laundry!!
So frustrating! I think the worst is when I do all the laundry and I see my stack compared to everyone elses stack. My kids do know how to do their own laundry and so does the hubby but the part that drives me out of my mind is the living out of a laundry basket!
Girl I know….that is when I stopped doing Jordan's laundry when she was younger because I found clean and folded clothes in the dirty clothes hamper!! Now we have these high capacity washers and I feel bad having them wash smaller loads when everything could be done together. Plus the washing is the easy part…ugh I had putting away!! And I'm telling you girl…next time he drags that basket in at 9:30 you just take that opportunity to show him how to use the washer. 🙂
OMG this post made me chuckle! I got home last night and laying on our bed was the laundry from the dryer. Just dumped there. Ugh I hate laundry! Especially when my sweet hubby just takes it out and dumps it. I might have said something about being mad cuz the damn laundry fairy didn't show up! And even with just 2 of us here at home now, Tony refuses to use his towel again! I wash more towels then a normal family of 5!
Oooh laundry…everyone can relate to that complaint! Sometimes I fold the kids' laundry, sometimes they have to do it themselves. But I hate when I fold it on their bed and then come in to see it thrown onto the floor. Grrrr!
But I will never look at laundry the same way after living in England. When I got my large capacity w/d here when we moved back, I wanted to kiss it. The washers over in the UK hold about 3 towels, basically what you could balance on one hand will fit in. And the dryer takes about 2 hours to dry and even then it is still damp. If we went on a trip, it literally took me 2-3 days to get through all the loads of laundry. Luckily, you don't sweat much over there, so we wore things many times before laundering!
Have a wonderful trip!!
Girl – I hate laundry too! But, I will say your advice on returning socks the way they come to you has been a life saver (and sanity saver!) for me! I haven't flipped a sock since you gave me that advice so many years ago! Hang in there, mama! Vacay is coming soon!
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I totally feel your pain! I HATE laundry too!!
Oh gosh – the only thing I like about laundry is that it's easy to throw in…hate folding it! xo, Biana –BlovedBoston
you would hate me and I would be a big fail in your house then come laundry day haha! My husband throws my wash in sometimes when he does his (yes he does his own-he lived on his own for many years before we were married so its just a habit for him..i ain't complainin! haha) and I am so bad that i'll even leave my undies in my pants that I throw in the hamper..inside out and all!! haha
Love this post!! I found myself either laughing or shaking my head and saying YES!!! Our love seat holds all the laundry I do during the week. I usually fold it all on the weekend. I've been putting forth extra effort to keep it clear this week. I'd say i'm improving. Only one of the cushion has clothes on it 🙂
Laughing! Seriously laughing! Laundry is the one household task I enjoy doing. Everyone I know feels the opposite. Except the one pet peeve I have with it, DO NOT turn your socks inside out when putting in the basket. It is a time robber when folding to turn them all right side out. So I wash them the way they enter the basket and they get folded the same way. They can turn their own socks right side out. Enjoy your much needed vacation!! Thanks for linking today.
The clean laundry thrown on the floor gets me every single time – arggh! I kind of like doing laundry, but it is never ending. Hope you have a great vacation!
Haha LAUNDRY. Ugh. We have a bag of socks without matches. And we always threw down clothes that were clean but on the floor because less work for us than putting it away! Now that I do my own laundry…I should've been more grateful for my momma 😉
LOVE this more than you know!! Happy vacation sweet pea, will say a prayer for you for safe travels and so much fun and love!
Right from the "oh laundry…where do you come from and why do you never go on vacation?" I could relate! lol. Have a GREAT time in Florida!! Wish I could sneak into your luggage and join you! xo – Brenda // Chatting Over Chocolate
I hate laundy with an intense passion. I guess I should enforce the rules better now huh?!
Girl…get them while they are young! I'm serious…teaching them to turn their clothes right side out is the bomb diggity. It will save so much time when you are trying to get everything folded and put away.
We had a super time Brenda!
Thanks for the prayers..they worked! Great weather and safe travel.
That and the fact they dirty laundry cannot seem to make it into the hamper are my two biggest pet peeves! We had a super time….and after relaxing the laundry hasn't seemed so awful today.
Amen girl….I try to explain to them how much more time that takes me but after years of trying to explain it I finally just stopped turning them right side out. Everyone gets their laundry back exactly like it went in. We had a super vacation!!
When all the laundry is done, folded and put away I feel so accomplished…for all of what…30 minutes until someone decides to change?!!
Haha…Jennifer you sound much like my oldest daughter. I love her so much but at times I wonder if she has it so much easier than me because these things just don't bother her.
Folding is the devil….I hate it!!
Oh gosh…I cannot even imagine! Having the large capacity definitely changed the way I do laundry. Unfortunately that means the more I can throw in the more there is going to be to fold at once. Never ending….but should remind me how blessed I am!
Girl….that's the kind of stuff my man does. Hate to love him so much sometimes!