Laundry Strike!
I have ignored the laundry for two weeks.This is what happened, one typical day, previous to my laundry strike:
For half an hour, I folded, folded and folded. Then…the straw that broke the camel's back: I had folded DIRTY laundry. (can you see me visibly deflate?)
I dislike (we've taught our kids to be mindful about using the word hate) folding laundry.
Really, folding my own- delicates, small shirts, manageable-size pants, and easy to match socks (pink goes with pink) - is no problem.
The frustration arises when I get to my husband and sons' piles: turning 40 white undershirts into perfect little squares gets monotonous.
Re-matching 12 pairs of slightly different black socks requires deep-breathing. Turning pants with a 34 inch inseam in to a neat rectangle, with creases intact, requires origami-training.
And how do you fold a kids' sweatshirt when the hood is as big as the body, but the arms are twice as long?
Even the way 3 pairs of toddler PJs won't lay in a nice stack, but instead keep flopping to the side and unfolding ..nearly puts me over the edge.
To top it all off…when I've finished building my little laundry turrets…like sandcastles on a beach, my boys inevitably start jumping on the bed ….toppling my masterpiece like waves crashing in.
Don't even get me started on the time I unloaded a dirty dishwasher…putting every last sauce-crusted utensil neatly back in its place. Comment
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Comment by Janice on March 16, 2010 at 2:47pm -
Good thoughts Cotton! Except that I never remember to check pockets...until I hear the clunking of rocks going round and round. :)
I will take your suggestion...an try to cherish the 'handprints' and clunking rocks and disturbed laundry piles....
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Comment by Cotton Dean on March 15, 2010 at 10:03pm -
Janice~ Welcome to the Wonderful World of Motherhood, Stage 3! At a later stage, I recommend your trying a couple of my laundry rules:
1. Anything Mom removes from pockets and/or finds during the laundering process becomes the ppty. of MOM.
2. If you're in middle school (or older) and you haven't learned how to un-inside-out your clothing before tossing it in the hamper (under your bed, the floor, on the lamp, etc,) Mom will fold your clean clothes inside out, to save time.
They drive you crazy often, and then they leave. One of my favorite quotes has always been, "The handprints on the wall get higher and higher...and one day disappear."
I recently purchased a new washer and dryer, although my old ones still work quite well. It was an aesthetic thing. I have yet to dispense of the old ones, and today was wondering what it would involve to have an electrician and plumber rig the old ones up, so that I could actually be washing/drying two loads simultaneously.
Enjoy.
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