No, this is not really me.......... but it could be on any given day. Please take notice of the bowl and spoon. These two things are the nemesis of my dirty dishes. And, the clothes? Who owns a blue robe around here? Huh, I wonder.....
I just found this pic on the web and thought it would be cool to upload with this post!
I have been toying with the idea of getting rid of most of my children's clothing. I think my whole laundry problem is that we have too many clothes. I don't know where they all came from, either. I am not a big shopper -- not clothing anyway. :) I shop at the thrift store for the boys' clothes, for goodness sake.
Anyway, I think I could get rid of most of their clothing and they would never notice. And, then, wouldn't I have fewer loads of laundry to do? I mean, mathematically, that sounds right, doesn't it? Fewer clothes, fewer loads of laundry.
Clayton realistically only need 3 pair of jeans, 4 shirts each of long and short sleeves, 5 underpants, 7 pair of socks and one set of clothing for church, right? Let me think that thru here on the computer............If all the clothes were clean on Sunday morning, he would wear the Sunday clothes, and one pair of jeans and a t-shirt and a sweatshirt plus the underwear and socks, etc. on Sunday. The first thing he will run out of will be the jeans. Wear the Sunday ones again on Monday and then new on Tuesday and new on Wednesday. So -- laundry on Wed night for new jeans on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Wash on Sat. night again and we are good for the week, right? The other boys clothes are small enough to fit in with Clayton's and still only make like two large loads, I think. When they all get bigger, we may have to rethink this whole thing. Or, giving them each one night to do their own laundry sounds kind of good to me!! :)
Now, I need to figure at least 2 loads of whites each week (sox & u-wear + kitchen towels and washcloths) and at least 2 loads of bath towels and a load of sheets each week, too. That is figuring that we use sheets for 2 weeks and I only wash two beds each week. Otherwise, if I want to wash everyone's sheets each week, then I need to make it 2 loads there. (I try to wash sheets more often in the summer. Boys are dirtier, and wear less clothing to bed, hence, dirtier sheets! In the winter with the "zip jammies", etc. I let them go longer on the beds.) Also need to figure in a couple of loads of Joe's clothes, since he's so dirty, his work clothes get washed separately.
So Kids clothes on Sats. and Weds. Joe's on Monday and Thursday. Towels and whites on Mondays and Thursdays, too, lets say. That leaves only sheets, and my clothes, which I add in with the kids most of the time. So, lets add thesheets to Weds., because Saturdays are busy with running and cleaning and baths, too. That really only leaves me with Tuesdays as no laundry days.....so not much different than I do now. However, it sounds like this may alleviate the piles (mountains!) of laundry in my basement laundry room, doesn't it?
I think I will ponder that and work it out into my schedule (like I really have a schedule!) :)
I will post if I actually do it and if it is working out the way I picture it in my head. "They" say it takes 21 days to develop a new habit or to break an old one, so we'll see how this goes.
Clayton realistically only need 3 pair of jeans, 4 shirts each of long and short sleeves, 5 underpants, 7 pair of socks and one set of clothing for church, right? Let me think that thru here on the computer............If all the clothes were clean on Sunday morning, he would wear the Sunday clothes, and one pair of jeans and a t-shirt and a sweatshirt plus the underwear and socks, etc. on Sunday. The first thing he will run out of will be the jeans. Wear the Sunday ones again on Monday and then new on Tuesday and new on Wednesday. So -- laundry on Wed night for new jeans on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Wash on Sat. night again and we are good for the week, right? The other boys clothes are small enough to fit in with Clayton's and still only make like two large loads, I think. When they all get bigger, we may have to rethink this whole thing. Or, giving them each one night to do their own laundry sounds kind of good to me!! :)
Now, I need to figure at least 2 loads of whites each week (sox & u-wear + kitchen towels and washcloths) and at least 2 loads of bath towels and a load of sheets each week, too. That is figuring that we use sheets for 2 weeks and I only wash two beds each week. Otherwise, if I want to wash everyone's sheets each week, then I need to make it 2 loads there. (I try to wash sheets more often in the summer. Boys are dirtier, and wear less clothing to bed, hence, dirtier sheets! In the winter with the "zip jammies", etc. I let them go longer on the beds.) Also need to figure in a couple of loads of Joe's clothes, since he's so dirty, his work clothes get washed separately.
So Kids clothes on Sats. and Weds. Joe's on Monday and Thursday. Towels and whites on Mondays and Thursdays, too, lets say. That leaves only sheets, and my clothes, which I add in with the kids most of the time. So, lets add thesheets to Weds., because Saturdays are busy with running and cleaning and baths, too. That really only leaves me with Tuesdays as no laundry days.....so not much different than I do now. However, it sounds like this may alleviate the piles (mountains!) of laundry in my basement laundry room, doesn't it?
I think I will ponder that and work it out into my schedule (like I really have a schedule!) :)
I will post if I actually do it and if it is working out the way I picture it in my head. "They" say it takes 21 days to develop a new habit or to break an old one, so we'll see how this goes.
I would love to come out from beneath the mountain and breathe some fresh air!!
