I love to organize, create, and do things for my house & family. Here are some of my ideas that have helped me so much, I hope they can help someone else!
Ummm, yeah, if anyone has the secret please share.
When I am being good here at home I usually wait until Friday night, Saturday or Sunday afternoon to attack it all at once and put it away the second it comes out of the dryer. i wouldn't say that is staying on top of it though.
Laundry is the WORST. Last weekend I had to re-do a bunch of my laundry because I didn't put it away from like a week ago... I couldn't tell which clothes were clean and which were dirty so I had to start over! I hate laundry!
In our home we do laundry continuously. I keep a sorter next to the washer with three compartments. One for whites, light colors and dark colors. Evernight before bed I start a load of wash from whichever compartment is fullest, moving the clothes from the last load to the dryer and folding the clothes that were in the dryer. This only takes a few minutes and the folding can be done while watching the news/weather. In the morning, my husband repeats the process. In the evening the first one home cycles the laundry again. As clothes are folded, they are placed on a shelf where there is a lable for each persons clothes. As each person has time (or runs out of clothes) they take their stack to their rooms and put them away. It's worked well for us for several years now. Occassionally I may do another load or two on Saturday but not too often.
It's easy to stay on top of your laundry sis all you have to do is stop wearing clothes! I'm just kidding another great joke is you will never be done with your laundry until you die! So just keep your chin up and look forward to the day when your kids can do their own laundry!
Ok, here is my laundry system: First of all, I have laundry hampers lining the hallway between our bedrooms and next to the bathroom. They each have a color group assigned to them or specific type of laundry. For example; Pink, Red, Orange, and Yellow all go into one hamper. Green, Blue, Purple in another. Donald's work clothes in another, etc. After everyone is done changing clothes, the dirty ones go into the clearly labeled hampers. The sorting is done for me. I have a washer from the 80's and a dryer from the 70's, so it takes a long time to wash and dry each load. So I try for two loads a day to stay up on it. I just take the fullest hamper to the laundry room and wash and dry them. Adding in a load of cloth diapers every 2-3 days. (This saves my family $50 a month!) Anyway, my laundry room is small, but I have a thing to hang clothes on, so when the dryer is done, I take the items out one at a time and either hang or fold them. I have found this is the only way for me not to end up with lots of baskets of wrinkled clean clothes! Then, I take all of the clothes to our walk-in closet where EVERYONE's clean clothes go. It is off the room that is supposed to be our master bedroom, but we use it as an office. It is also the closest room to the laundry room. In the morning, everyone goes to the closet to get their clothes and takes them to their bedrooms to change, putting the dirty clothes in the hampers in the hallway...and the laundry cycle starts all over again! HaHa!
Ummm, yeah, if anyone has the secret please share.
ReplyDeleteWhen I am being good here at home I usually wait until Friday night, Saturday or Sunday afternoon to attack it all at once and put it away the second it comes out of the dryer. i wouldn't say that is staying on top of it though.
This is my secret:
ReplyDeleteI wait until my husband claims he has no clean garments...then I do all of it. I make piles in the hallway and just spend the day doing it.
Ok...probably not the best way to stay up on it, but it works for me:)
LOL Chelsea that's how we do it right now!! :)
ReplyDeleteLaundry is the WORST. Last weekend I had to re-do a bunch of my laundry because I didn't put it away from like a week ago... I couldn't tell which clothes were clean and which were dirty so I had to start over! I hate laundry!
ReplyDeleteI only have a week worth of clothes, so I have to do the laundry once w aweek no matter what.
ReplyDeleteIn our home we do laundry continuously. I keep a sorter next to the washer with three compartments. One for whites, light colors and dark colors. Evernight before bed I start a load of wash from whichever compartment is fullest, moving the clothes from the last load to the dryer and folding the clothes that were in the dryer. This only takes a few minutes and the folding can be done while watching the news/weather. In the morning, my husband repeats the process. In the evening the first one home cycles the laundry again. As clothes are folded, they are placed on a shelf where there is a lable for each persons clothes. As each person has time (or runs out of clothes) they take their stack to their rooms and put them away. It's worked well for us for several years now. Occassionally I may do another load or two on Saturday but not too often.
ReplyDeleteIt's easy to stay on top of your laundry sis all you have to do is stop wearing clothes! I'm just kidding another great joke is you will never be done with your laundry until you die! So just keep your chin up and look forward to the day when your kids can do their own laundry!
ReplyDeleteOh by the way it was your older sister Jessica posting that comment earlier wow I guess my natural hair color really is blonde!
ReplyDeleteOk, here is my laundry system: First of all, I have laundry hampers lining the hallway between our bedrooms and next to the bathroom. They each have a color group assigned to them or specific type of laundry. For example; Pink, Red, Orange, and Yellow all go into one hamper. Green, Blue, Purple in another. Donald's work clothes in another, etc. After everyone is done changing clothes, the dirty ones go into the clearly labeled hampers. The sorting is done for me. I have a washer from the 80's and a dryer from the 70's, so it takes a long time to wash and dry each load. So I try for two loads a day to stay up on it. I just take the fullest hamper to the laundry room and wash and dry them. Adding in a load of cloth diapers every 2-3 days. (This saves my family $50 a month!) Anyway, my laundry room is small, but I have a thing to hang clothes on, so when the dryer is done, I take the items out one at a time and either hang or fold them. I have found this is the only way for me not to end up with lots of baskets of wrinkled clean clothes! Then, I take all of the clothes to our walk-in closet where EVERYONE's clean clothes go. It is off the room that is supposed to be our master bedroom, but we use it as an office. It is also the closest room to the laundry room. In the morning, everyone goes to the closet to get their clothes and takes them to their bedrooms to change, putting the dirty clothes in the hampers in the hallway...and the laundry cycle starts all over again! HaHa!
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