TW posted about laundry (using Baby Blues as an example) and it got me to thinking. I realize that doesn't happen very much, so enjoy it while it lasts (the thinking that is, not TW writing funny posts).
Laundry used to be a casual affair, with me throwing in a couple loads here and there during the week. Then I got married. The amount of laundry increased, but it wasn't too bad, even though I am married to a man who does not believe in wearing any item of clothing more than one time. Don't even take me there. It could get ugly and I've just gotten back on Santa's nice list and don't want to ruin it.
Then we had kids. All bets are off. They each change their clothes an average of 3 times a day. I can't even count the times that I have asked "weren't you wearing your pink flowered jeans an hour ago?" That wouldn't be so bad if they would put the clothes they were wearing previously away if they weren't dirty. I know the chances of that are slim to none, but hey...it happens. I'm just saying.
You can dress a child in clean clothes, brush their hair, and leave the room for just a moment. When you come back, there is grape juice on the front of their shirt, their face looks as though they planted it face down in the mud, and one ponytail is down next to their shoulder, and the other by their ear. People, I'm telling you we have all of this and they haven't even left the house.
And I was so excited to have two girls! I was picturing curling their hair, dressing them up in pink and lace. Bah! Somebody lied to me.
And where did the Sock Monster come from? Who let him into my house? Why the heck does he follow me everywhere I move? At last count, I have 17 unmatched socks, sitting in a pile, on the table next to my dryer. I keep saving them in hopes that their mate will show up. I don't understand how two socks can go in, but only one can come out. Can someone explain that phenomena to me? Personally, I think the sock and the dryer manufacturers must have a deal on the side.
Can you relate?
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Laundry is the bane of my existence (sp?) I hate it with every fiber of my being. At this moment there are at least 6 loads that need folding and probably at least 3 more that need washed.....aaaahhhhhh!
Posted by: mrsrum at December 17, 2004 07:59 PM
It's not just that you have to wash the damn clothes etc. It's the fall out from that exercise...the folding, the putting away, and I've even heard of this thing people do called 'ironing'. What's with that?
Posted by: DaFFy at December 17, 2004 10:05 PM
Relate? Who, me? NoooOOOoo, not me. Uh-uh.
Posted by: Kris at December 17, 2004 10:29 PM
I have the answer to the sock question: the go down the drain with the water from the wash machine when it drains after the rinse cycle. How do I know this you may ask. Our wash machine had to drain in a sink for a while and you would not believe the amount of socks that found their way to the bottom of the sink! The ones that don't go down the drain in the washer get eaten by the dryer monster!
Don't get me started on laundry--8 loads a day EVERY DAY is all I have to say!
Posted by: Melonie at December 17, 2004 11:28 PM
With all the laundry I've been doing lately, I've decided to create a Lonely Socks tub: an empty clear plastic tub into which one can put lone socks as they're collected. Every month or so, sort through the tub and see whether the loners have been reunited with their mates. Only problem: with quickly growing kids, by the time the mates are found, they may no longer fit the child's feet!
Posted by: Mellie Helen at December 18, 2004 03:03 AM
I don't have children, but I have a husband, so I can kind of relate!
Strangely enough, I actually miss doing laundry! I can't wait to get home and do it again!
(Confused? I'm an Army lieutenant in Baghdad, Iraq. Coming home soon after being here for a year.) :-)
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Posted by: Erin at December 18, 2004 04:41 AM
ROFLMAO!!
Yep, TW writing something funny is helped greatly by quoting a comic strip! *G*
Laundry. What to say. I reckon as the urchins get older their clothes take up more room in the washer. Cute little rompers, onesies, and jeans took up far less room than nasty PE shorts, smelly t-shirts, and jeans that stand up by themselves.
And thanks for the plug!
Posted by: TW at December 18, 2004 09:59 PM