About Me
Christian, Homeschooling Mom of 2, Photography Lover, Southerner, Blogger, Encourager, and Prayer Warrior. I love sweet tea, my Nikon, cooking, & traveling.
Let's Party
Grab My Button
My Photography
My Other Homes
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
The Home Engineer: Laundry!
12:00 AM | 
Posted by
Meghan
Am I the only one who just loves laundry and finds it so relaxing? I think of it as this...
But there is something so soothing about the thought of making dirty clothes clean, the smell of fresh linen, the fabric softener and dryer sheets.
Instead of doing laundry one day a week and being overwhelmed by the loads and piles of laundry sitting around, I break it up into every day of the week (minus Fridays and Saturdays). Here is my schedule:
Sunday: Joe's laundry
Monday: Towels, Sheets, Placemats, and Rugs
Tuesday: My laundry
Wednesday: Jackson's laundry
Thursday: Knox's laundry
With this schedule, I can enjoy the process and the scent longer. Not to mention not having piles and piles of laundry to do, fold, and put away all in one day.
TIP: For larger families, double up on the days. Do two family members laundry on one day, and so forth.
Now on to the fun stuff :) What is your favorite detergent, fabric softener, and dryer sheets? Or do you make your own detergent? I've always been interesting in coming up with a concoction to make my own. So, if you do just that, share your recipe with us!
My favorite is Tide with Downy (the blue downy) or Gain (original scent), Snuggle fabric softener, and Snuggle (the blue box) dryer sheets. MmMm! As we speak (well type), my house smells of fresh linen.
Do you ever lose socks and have spares just laying around? I've found a method that works and I've used it since I was little. Each time you take off your socks, pin them together with a safety pin and put them in the hamper. When it comes time to wash and dry, do just that with the safety pin attached to your socks. It makes folding easier, and voila - your socks aren't lonely and always have their match!
Another tip that makes laundry so much easier on me is to take the entire hamper or whatever you put your dirty clothes in, down to the washer with you. When folding, place them back in hamper nicely folded and it makes putting away easier on you!
Have this helped you? I'd love to hear from you about your laundry tips as well.
Labels:
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
LinkWithin
Follow & Contact
Sponsors
Blog Design By
5 comments:
One day I woke up and wondered why in the world I was doing laundry for 10 people. It was time the kids learned. We made four teams, each with one older child and one younger child. They had their specific wash day and if they missed their day, oh well they had to wait until the next time they could wash. I think that only happened once with each team. So then mommy could concentrate on her clothes and daddy's clothes.
I still have a problem with those pesky socks though! Great post!
We are Gain users here. LOVE them. We also do a person's a day. I, on the other hand, HATE laundry. I don't mind doing it, but I hate putting it away. I'm not a fan of that at all. lol
Good for you! Laundry is my worst nightmare but your feeling of relaxation comes when I wash the dishes. I find it so calming to stand at the sink hand washing everything. No one bothers you when you are doing that and its time for me to reflect and plan. However, I wish I loved doing laundry like you! Great tips on the socks too! Though I know my husband would never catch on.
Laundry is not one of my favorite things to do but hey, we all have to do it. I use Tide with bleach for our clothes and sheets but for the towels and blankets and pillows and such I use the extremely cheap detergent that the Duggars use. You can find it at http://www.duggarfamily.com/recipes.html it's extremely cheap and it works really good. I have not changed to it for our clothes and sheets because I had such a hard time finding something that would not cause Hubby's skin to break out.
Doing laundry is not one of my favorite parts,ha!
Happy Wednesday.
Post a Comment