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You're not the only one involved in the Battle of Laundry Hill. Not the only one by far.
My favorite is when I find clothes that still have hangers in them...with the price tags still attached to the sleeves in the laundry. OBVIOUSLY these items have not been worn since the last time I did laundry. In fact, they have NEVER been worn. Ugh.
A second favorite is when several items that are STILL FOLDED end up in the laundry together. What are my boys thinking when they throw them in the dirty clothes pile?!?!?
In the neverending battle of laundry, I am in a quandry. I quarantine the socks, leave them no chance of escape, and yet when I get back to them....one had always managed to escape, never to be seen again! Argh!!!
I absolutely love this blog! I am a single mother of 3 boys ages, 8, 6, and 4. I am facing the never ending laundry battle myself; Not to mention my biggest war of the year...post Christmas clean-up! I find myself standing in the middle of it all asking myself "where do I start?" I can relate to the lack of motivation - simply because I have learned that it is indeed a losing batter. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from our home of craziness to yours :)
Amen Sister! You realize you cannot win. You're doomed from the start. No one will mourn your loss until they run out of clean underware - then the monday morning quarterbacks come out. Ungrateful family.
As a fellow comrade in the Laundry Wars, allow me to share with you a strategy I have recently adopted:
No more clothes for an individual are washed until the previously washed and folded ones are put away. And yes, if often comes down to when they're out of underwear! But none of their dirty laundry gets cleaned until they comply. Even my 2 yr old is able to put items in drawers, albeit not always the correct drawers.
You should just SEE the effect this is having on my beloved husband! And my 4 yr old son, too! Whoo hoo! Why didn't I think of this before?!?
I knew you were talking about laundry by the second line. The laundry is like the poor, it will be with us always. I would love to join a nudist colony, except I need to diet beforehand. When I win the lottery, I'm going to hire a laundry service. Pick up & drop off, fluff and fold. Forget your mansion, your private airplane. FLUFF AND FOLD, BABY, THAT'S MY DREAM!
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