I have five people wearing at least 3 pieces of clothing a day in my house, more in the colder months. That is 21 pieces plus PJ's, kitchen, and bath towels in just one week. Let's just say 3 hampers are filled by the time the weekend rolls around. I won't even mention the weeks when the laundry has gone more than a week before it gets done... Mounds and mounds and mounds of clothes. When I am busy, this is the chore that I always seem to give up on.
I have been successful at teaching the kids to separate the clothes into three hampers - whites, brights, and darks. It does make the job more manageable. Paige is just getting to the age of being able to do her own clothes. She is still working on getting the clothes upstairs and put away neatly. It's the baby steps that count, right?
Let me not forget the other fun laundry item... white scrubs, nursing uniform, whatever you want to call it. As a nursing student, we have to dress from head to toe in blinding, unflattering white. It is the kind of get up that makes you pull up you pants and tip toe through the parking lot so you don't accidentally splash parking lot sludge on the back of the pants or the shirt. A drop of coffee or a splash from a puddle will instantly show up. Bleach should be the easiest thing to keep it clean, right? WRONG! Bleach will turn the white to a dull, aged yellow in only a few washings. My answer, baking soda. Yep, that stuff that is sitting in the back of your fridge collecting the nasty odors that are coming from inside the fridge. It cleans and keeps white shockingly white.
Today's post was inspired by the delve into the laundry hamper today. I can celebrate because all 3 of my hampers were empty for a full 15 minutes before the kids jumped in the shower. It was a short lived victory but a victory none the less.
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