I hate laundry...wait I take that back, I hate putting away laundry, ahh that's better. I am GREAT at washing and drying laundry, I can do that all day long. In fact I do that every day, I try to do a load a day.
However, putting laundry away is another story. Rather than put laundry up as soon as it comes out of the dryer, I make a mountain out of it. I take a huge project (doing laundry for 5 people) and double it. After I make the mountain, I fold, and i put everything in neat stacks. I then take the stacks and separate them into laundry baskets. I put everyone's socks and underwear in one basket. The laundry sits in baskets until I FEEL like putting it away.
To make matters worse, and I am bearing my soul here friends. I get anxious about people digging through the laundry. Because then my stacks get messed up. So, here I am feeling like a huge project is left unfinished and anxious that the people who need clothes are going to mess up my little piles and stacks.
Somehow I feel great about the clean laundry but, horrible about not putting it away. This horrible feeling does not entice me into actually putting it away in a timely manner either. It usually just takes me not being able to find anything to just do it.
I have many excuses as to why I can't do laundry more efficiently. Some of those being, time (I work full time, I do a lot of volunteer work ect), I'm tired (I have 3 kids, see reason one), I'm waiting on the kids to put away their laundry (yeah right) and much much more. But I think the truthful reason I don't do it is because I don't like it. So, I'm going to try and get over my dislike and put laundry away, it only takes a few minutes.
Do you have a good laundry tip? What is your laundry schedule? Do you share my dislike or are you one of the lucky ones who like putting away laundry?
Before I say anything, I want to admit that I can't imagine how you do all you do! Your kids are well cared for and you are doing a great job!
ReplyDeleteHere's how I somewhat keep up (barely) with laundry:
It's part of my daily routine to start a load in the morning.
I call all the little people when the clothes come out of the dryer to help me spread them out to avoid wrinkles. Each child helps according to their ability. They deliver what they can, and I put away what they can't at the same time. It's amazing how fast it's all put away with three sets of hands!
Thanks for the comment, I am SUPER excited about our little club and blog. I love your suggestions and I'm going to try them and let you know how it goes!
ReplyDelete:)
V
Yepers, totally right on. I hate putting away laundry too...well, I can put away all the fold up stuff right away, but it is the hang up stuff that lingers on a chair or bed. If I hang it up right away and just NOT lay it out on the back of the couch or something, then it's done...but when I do lay it out it seems to become a permanent fixture to the room until every shirt has been worn again and put back in the dirty laundry. SO...I try really hard to just hang it up and get it over with. Speaking of that, I'm looking at a load of "laid out" shirts as we speak that have been sitting there since Tuesday. I guess I better get that put away. Thanks for the inspiration. haha :)
ReplyDeletePS - I also enlist the girls to help me by putting away their own laundry. They are a great help.
I never thought I was the type of mom to not involve her kids in housework but that is what I have done. I tend to think I can just power through and get it done, not much fun huh? I am encouraged to add the kids into the mix :)
ReplyDelete