9 Step Program
We are literally drowning in laundry here...Its beyond me how 4 people can create so much laundry in the matter of one day. I seriously hope that other homes go through the same laundry steps that we do.
Step 1: Wash clothes (wait a minimum of 3 hours)
Step 2: Wash again b/c you left it in the washer too long and they are starting to smell rotten. (I seriously did this 3 times just this week)
Step 3: Dry (wait one day)
Step 4: Hit the dry button again to get the wrinkles b/c you're feeling motivated and just stuck a new load in the washer.
Step 5: (this can go two ways- a: you lost your motivation and now you throw the clean clothes in a laundry basket to deal with later just so you can dry the other wet load. b: you are still feeling good so you take them out and fold them in neat piles on the couch. )
Step 6: Stack the different piles on top of each other and move them to the edge of the sofa so you can sit to watch TV (leave a minimum of 2 days)
Step 7: Take the large pile upstairs to the guest bed so that visitors don't see the clothes on the sofa and/or your husband doesn't give you that look of "what have you been doing all day?" when he comes home again.
note: during step 6-7 you can certainly take things off the piles as needed (ie. you're down to wearing your holy/stained crotch underwear or your children have no matching socks left)
Step 8: Hang up clothes or stuff as much as you can in drawers.
Step 9: Start all over again
Step 1: Wash clothes (wait a minimum of 3 hours)
Step 2: Wash again b/c you left it in the washer too long and they are starting to smell rotten. (I seriously did this 3 times just this week)
Step 3: Dry (wait one day)
Step 4: Hit the dry button again to get the wrinkles b/c you're feeling motivated and just stuck a new load in the washer.
Step 5: (this can go two ways- a: you lost your motivation and now you throw the clean clothes in a laundry basket to deal with later just so you can dry the other wet load. b: you are still feeling good so you take them out and fold them in neat piles on the couch. )
Step 6: Stack the different piles on top of each other and move them to the edge of the sofa so you can sit to watch TV (leave a minimum of 2 days)
Step 7: Take the large pile upstairs to the guest bed so that visitors don't see the clothes on the sofa and/or your husband doesn't give you that look of "what have you been doing all day?" when he comes home again.
note: during step 6-7 you can certainly take things off the piles as needed (ie. you're down to wearing your holy/stained crotch underwear or your children have no matching socks left)
Step 8: Hang up clothes or stuff as much as you can in drawers.
Step 9: Start all over again
posted by Amber @ 12:49 AM
7 Comments:
At 8:39 AM,
mk said…
have you been watching us on a camera hidden in our house??
At 4:31 PM,
amy said…
we don't have a full 9 steps, but i so dread doing laundry that i wait until the last possible second to wash clothes. i literally wash clothes once every 2 weeks or so, but when i do, it is a 2-3 day affair to get it all done (sometimes i forget the last load & leave them in the washer and/or dryer for a full day). and the clean ones that need to be hung up may lay over the back of the couch for up to a week before making it onto hangers & into the closet. it's sad...
At 5:18 PM,
Anonymous said…
by holy/stained croch panties you must mean the valentine's day granny panties that were given to me by my 9th grade boyfriend
At 7:07 AM,
Cindy said…
Thank God I'm not alone in this. The clothes in my washer have been there since Saturday wet. I'm afraid to open the door because of how it might smell.
At 9:33 PM,
Mother of the Year said…
Laundry is the root of all evil. I have a lovely little chair in my bedroom. It's supposed to be for sitting, reading, praying, - you get it- general reflection. It holds all the clothes that I don't want to hang up because I hate hanging up clothes!
At 10:48 AM,
SC Rocks said…
That sounds just like our house. The clothes go from the dryer to the couch to extra bedroom if not folded after they take over the entire couch.
At 3:48 PM,
Jennifer said…
I'm impressed you wear underwear really, holes in the crotch or not. I gave up on laundering all unimportant garments a long time ago!! Just kidding! I feel your pain though.
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