Things are getting back to normal around here now that the boys are back in school. I'm so sad to not have them home, but I'm making the best of today and trying to get the house back in order. Since last week was spring break, and we left at 10 a.m. Monday morning, I had a fantastic excuse to ignore laundry. But thankfully, with my new mindset … [Read more...]
Laundry Report – Week 1 and Daily Checklist
Things I've learned during this first week of my new laundry routine: The boys have plenty of socks. I do not have enough socks. Don't wear your favorite totally-comfy-but-you-tell-yourself-they're-slimming-so-you-wear-them-twice-a-week sweatpants on Tuesday morning when you clean bathrooms. You won't be able to wear them again until after … [Read more...]
Reworking my Laundry Routine . . . Again
Laundry and I are not on the best of terms. I feel that he/she/it is is needy, high-maintenance, never satisfied, ungrateful, and constantly undermining any efforts I make. I've tried. Really I have. I added it to my list of daily non-negotiable tasks a very long time ago. I even gave it several weeks of focus, trying to come up with a way … [Read more...]
Just Doing it or Doing it Well?
I've read in various places, such as Flylady, that perfectionism is a problem for people like me. It sounds strange, but I do get where this idea is coming from. It has a lot to do with why big cleaning jobs overwhelm me. I imagine that to do something well, to really get all of the pee out of the carpet, I would need a huge amount of time, work, … [Read more...]
Me vs. Laundry
I'm okay with clothing as individual pieces, I even like a lot of it, but as an entire group of my family's clothing, I despise it. Does this make me a laundrist? Laundry overwhelms me. But since I have a moral dilemma with going to the grocery store naked, I have to deal with it. I taught in Asia for two years. I worked with a couple who were … [Read more...]
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