The undefeatable pile of laundary
Laundary piles up faster than ever now. I had thought we would use fewer clothes with Darling Angel going to a school where she wears a uniform, but contrary to that expectation, we’re creating more items for laundaring than ever before. Yes, she wears a uniform to school. Then she goes to the daycare for ‘after school’, and there she changes into play clothes. On days that she has karate, add another item - negligle, just one item, but one more item nevertheless.
Baby Brother’s going through clothes as fast as he can soak them with his drooling - no disappointment there. I get burped on, wiped on, slobbered on and I’m also doing my part in ensuring we have a huge pile of clothes to launder every week. Hubby tries, maybe not as hard as the rest of us, to ensure a considerable laundary output.
To facilitate smooth weekday mornings, I’ve found that having clothes ready-to-go is about the most essential item. Past few weekends, I’ve succeeded in having washed laundary sorted out, ironed and put away by Saturday. Putting away laundary might not sound like a big deal, but I find it to be very time-consuming what with all the socks that need to be matched and onesies to be folded.
This weekend, it got pushed to Sunday. Then Darling Angel shoveled dirt on her head (don’t ask me why) while ‘helping’ her dad do yard work. Taking out her plaits, washing her hair and redoing her hair then took precedence over laundary.
Just before jumping into bed, I ironed two sets of uniform - one for Monday and one for Tuesday. Tuesday night, I planned to get through the rest. It’s Tuesday night and instead of putting laundary away, I’m blogging. Well, after picking out clothes for tomorrow. But while I write and think of laundary instead of actually doing it, I realize that I must improve my laundary efficiency.
- Hang uniforms as they come out of the dryer. That way, they’re still nice and crisp and do not need ironing. Crumpling them in the clothes basket with the rest of laundary just adds another step - ironing.
- Put away the large items first. Folding towels, bedsheets take a relatively short time, yet significantly decrease the size of the laundary.
- Ok, I’m out of ideas - I thought I had more when I started numbering. I’m dozing off. And I must wake up early to dig through laundary for what I will wear…and hope it’s something I don’t have to iron.
