I hate doing laundry.
Let me say that again. I. Hate. Doing. Laundry. I’ll wear a pair of jeans for weeks before I
wash them. I’m not a dirty person – far
from it. I just don’t see the need to
wash something that isn’t dirty. And
let’s face it, when it comes to jeans, they fit better the longer you go
between washings.
When I was a
teen-ager, my mom used to say my jeans could just stand in a corner all by
themselves.
But when I do run clothes through the laundry machines, I’m
very particular about how it’s done. I
separate colors from whites, towels from wool sweaters, my husband’s exercise
clothes from the baby’s laundry. I
bleach whites and hang delicates and specialty fabrics to air dry. I know that running a full load
of clothes is more energy efficient. But
I refuse to ruin clothes to make a full load, and space is limited in our modest (tiny) home. Our laundry "room" is really a closet in our eat-in kitchen. I don't want to climb over clothes waiting to be washed.
My husband has a very different view of doing laundry. He stuffs the washer as full as it will
go. And he throws it all in there together - my Vickies bras, his sweaty, nasty workout gear, the babies clothes with towels and sheets. It drives me absolutely crazy!
We have much more laundry during the winter. My oldest son visits his father all summer and the baby refuses to wear clothes. I run the washing machine every single day. I hate it.
So in an effort to rein in our energy bill, I'm enlisting my husband to help me construct a clothesline in the backyard. We're going full old-school in our house. My husband is skeptical. He doesn't think it's going to do much. (Other than cause him to lose a few hours on a weekend doing house chores.)
Oh, but it will. It will save my sanity. My husband has gotten a new job - he's working from home. Which is great! His previous job as a civil servant had him working AWFUL hours and we rarely saw him. And when we did, he was mainly sleepy and cranky. So I love that this new job has him up during daylight hours and much calmer and happier. But since our house is tiny (read: miniscule), he set up his home office in the dining area of our kitchen. He bought a desk and a whole office worth of furniture. We also have our kitchen table. So in order to do a load of laundry, I'm climbing over him and more furniture in that area than needs to be there.
Not to mention the baby and our 11-year-old Boxer are under foot constantly. They both have to be where we are. There's much more room in the back yard to do laundry than there is in the house. So yes, this weekend we're putting up a clothes line. He'll see once I'm back to doing a load of laundry a day how much easier it makes our home life. And that's what it's all about. Happy wife = happy home life. And what husband doesn't want that!
We have much more laundry during the winter. My oldest son visits his father all summer and the baby refuses to wear clothes. I run the washing machine every single day. I hate it.
So in an effort to rein in our energy bill, I'm enlisting my husband to help me construct a clothesline in the backyard. We're going full old-school in our house. My husband is skeptical. He doesn't think it's going to do much. (Other than cause him to lose a few hours on a weekend doing house chores.)
Oh, but it will. It will save my sanity. My husband has gotten a new job - he's working from home. Which is great! His previous job as a civil servant had him working AWFUL hours and we rarely saw him. And when we did, he was mainly sleepy and cranky. So I love that this new job has him up during daylight hours and much calmer and happier. But since our house is tiny (read: miniscule), he set up his home office in the dining area of our kitchen. He bought a desk and a whole office worth of furniture. We also have our kitchen table. So in order to do a load of laundry, I'm climbing over him and more furniture in that area than needs to be there.
Not to mention the baby and our 11-year-old Boxer are under foot constantly. They both have to be where we are. There's much more room in the back yard to do laundry than there is in the house. So yes, this weekend we're putting up a clothes line. He'll see once I'm back to doing a load of laundry a day how much easier it makes our home life. And that's what it's all about. Happy wife = happy home life. And what husband doesn't want that!
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