Best Kept Secrets: Laundry

As a kid growing up I loved folding the laundry. I didn't do it without being asked or anything, but of all the chores I was so glad when the wheel landed with my name next to "Laundry". That love of doing laundry has remained the same up until the past year or so. I can't seem to find the desire to keep the laundry monster at bay. There are a few things I have tried to do to keep the hampers from overflowing, but nothing seems to be working.

Matt has been home for the past few days for the New Years holiday, and he realized that I needed some serious help to get the monster at bay. He started doing laundry early yesterday morning & would switch it out to the dryer, add a new load to the washer, fold the newly cleaned clothes, then put them away. That routine continued like clockwork all day long & he started up this morning and continued until about noon. I was SO relieved to be left with only 2 small loads of clothes left dirty, and can happily say that the last load is in the dryer at this moment!! Wow, do I have a GREAT husband or what?? But back to my point...How do I keep the laundry from turning into this horrible monster that starts to ruin my life!!?? Here are a few things I have tried (some half hearted)

• do at least one load of laundry every day
• wear clothes twice before proclaiming them "dirty"
• store or get rid of clothes that no longer fit

Short and sweet-those have been my tactics up until now, but like I said they aren't really working. Within a matter of 5 or 6 days the 3 divider laundry hamper in my room is creaking at the hinges with the weight of all the clothes that are piled on. The kids hamper is busting at the seams & there are dirty clothes strewn about almost every room of the house!!

What is your secret, how do you keep your laundry monster at bay? I need some new ideas and fast. All of our hampers are empty, but inevitably will start to grow, and as we feed the monster with more dirty clothes it will once again come to life. What can I try, what works for you, and does your laundry behave the same way mine does?

Element of Surprise

I don't know anyone who doesn't like a good surprise. I have met people who say, "I don't like to be surprised!" But, come on. If it is a good surprise then who wouldn't like it? I am lucky enough to have little surprises all the time, but I have recently gotten REALLY TIRED of one type of surprise. Let me explain:

Lets say I've been folding clothes (that may be stretching it-most likely I've been reading on the couch or wasting time on Face Book-but lets just pretend) and have divided them into piles depending on what room in the house they belong. I take a big stack of clothes into the girls room and as I am standing at the dresser I notice my foot starts to feel a little damp on the bottom. My nice warm sock is no longer nice and warm. The element of SURPRISE strikes again and I realize that my poor sock has been violated by dog urine!! DISGUSTING!

So, I have a request for the culprit.
Buckley, PLEASE stop peeing on the carpet. I hate having to clean it up and I really hate stepping in it!

Daily Bloggin Train

I have missed being with my family over the holidays this year & realized that I relish in the moment when I see that new pictures are posted on Blogs or FB of what they have been up to. I realized that I have not really been the best at returning the favor of our "happenings" so that my family can keep up with our life out here in Denver.

I don't really have any new year resolutions that I want to set, but I would like to try harder to blog everyday. Just to tell a little about what fun things we may have done, the funny things the kids said or did, or the little bumps in the road of life. Blogging is such a good way for me to get things off my chest & keep a journal at the same time. Matt will be leaving at the end of Jan to go to Texas until the beginning of March & I know there will be some tough days! My hope is to "blog out" all the stress & make it until he gets back.

Reading other blogs is also a great stress relief for me & can be a good way for me to "escape" for a while during the day. I can't promise that my blog will be anything grand to read & I also can't promise that there will be pictures with every post (as much as I hate posts without pics). BUT-getting your comments makes blogging more worth while, so if you do stop by to see what I'm up to please leave a quick comment & say "hi" and I'll do my best to return the favor!!

Happy Bloggin!

01022010

They talked about today's date on the news. Too bad I don't have anything more exciting to post about.

Treats for Friends

It seemed so simple: Mini Doughnuts, Chocolate Chips, Mini Chocolate Chips, & Some sort of Orange Candy for a nose. I worked for a good part of the day getting all the little snowmen just right. It was a little harder to get the "chips" to stick in than I expected, but seemed to work OK. I even printed out cute little tags & was ready to go deliver!!I had delivered 4 of the 23 plates & then it happened....The adorable powdered doughnut snowmen became smashed powder messes! :( So...if you live in the Denver area, and consider yourself my friend. Don't think that I forgot to bring you your plate of treats. I just didn't think you would want the smashed mess.

*Note to self: Figure out a better way to package delicate treats when heading out to deliver with 3 kids!