Thursday, June 26, 2008

wednesday, i dub thee "laundry day"

I think we must be having way too much fun this summer because for some reason, the laundry has really backed up this past week.  We attended a baptism Saturday, so between that and Sunday, we needed 10 Sunday-dress outfits, give or take. . . But one child had no pants and another had no shirts.  Child A refused to let Child B wear his pants, even though Child A had plenty of other pants available to him.  My hubby's pants were very worn right in the back pocket/wallet area so those went to the trash and Child C is just growing out of everything he owns.  The towels were all dirty, I had a few blankets that really needed some cleaning, and oh yeah, there was a load of colors left in the dryer that I'd forgotten about.  Fortunately, everyone still had clean underwear, so I figure as long as the unmentionables are in ample supply, we're not too desperate.

The heaps and heaps o'laundry have piled up a bit and usually I try to do it after 9p and before 9a (to get the lower electricity rate) but finally today I announced to the household that today was Laundry Day.  I went around singing and encouraging, "Laundry Day!!  Oh yay oh goody yes, it's Laundry Day!" (Sung to "Horray for Hollywood", lol)  So for quite a few hours, I loaded, moved, unloaded, folded, and put away laundry.  Every single item we own is now clean.

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Till tonight when all the laundry baskets will fill up again.

(Fortunately, we're all living in our swimsuits practically, so that helps)  It was nice to get that and a few other chores under our belt for a bit.  I think by the looks of my house, I need to declare a Bathroom Day.  And a Garage Day.  And a Let's-Clean-Out-the-Fridge Day.  I hate doing that.  I've been known to pay a relative to do that for me.  (Nudge nudge, wink wink bro.planning a trip out to the west side any time soon?)

5 comments:

Toni said...

That kinda looks like my house today :)

Anonymous said...

The only thing about us living in our swimsuitd is I have been washing about triple the amount of towels. No fun. I like you Breaking Dawn timer. Take care, Tammi

Lorie said...

Gotta love swim suits!

Putting away laundry isn't my favoritem but I will clean out the fridge any day!

Jesika said...

Ah!! Laundry is never ending! Boo-hiss!!! Good for you in getting it all done today! (Hey, you should try the 12pm-7pm on peak schedule. I love it!! When I switched last summer, I felt like I had so much more time to get stuff done!!!!!! Lots more off peak than on peak! It's been wonderful! I'll never go back to the 9-9 schedule.)

The Bluths said...

It's hard getting anything done before 9:00am for me. Since I have to leave by 8:15 for the workout. I find myself doing laundry outside of that time frame as well. Sometimes it just can't be done!