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By: Wow, my laundry room floor is white! « Jesus and Dark Chocolate

Wow, my laundry room floor is white! « Jesus and Dark Chocolate — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:37:57 +0000

[…] For those of you who also have laundry struggles, and are laundry challenged, please visit my friend Kathy at Lessons from the Laundry, she is giving away laundry products to help lighten your load, and tips for being more efficient with your laundry woes. I have already seen several tips that may actually reform me! […]

By: Cynthia Robin

Cynthia Robin — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 21:50:08 +0000

What a wonderful idea! I use mesh bags for my hose and bras, but never thought of them for socks like that. What I did when my boys were home, was since they all wore the same white crew socks, I would run a overcast stitch at the toe seam with different colored thread. One boy had dark blue, one had green, and one had red. This way they always knew who’s were who’s. I also put them in the washer in pairs…if I couldn’t find the mate to one, it didn’t get washed, and the boy whose color it was had to find it or do without! After a couple of times of searching they all learned to put their socks in the hamper together with the tops rolled down keeping the pairs together Made life much simpler for me! Hope this helps someone!

Hugs,
Cynthia Robin

By: Angel Cope

Angel Cope — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:53:03 +0000

So, I am not the biggest fan of laundry myself, But my husband is a happy man that he has not folded a single pair of underwear in five years of marriage. Plus it is one of those tasks where I would rather do it then him ruin something I love.

I am similar to qtpies with my socks. I have a small plastic container that sits above my dryer. It has to be small to be sane. I usually fold over my dryer, so any mis-matched socks at the end of the load is tossed in there. When the container is full I dump them out and match them. Most usually do turn up. I will let the sock stay in there through one or two rounds, and then it is tossed.

The mesh bag is a great idea, too, but my system works so far and if I try to create a new habit right now I am asking for trouble.

By: qtpies7

qtpies7 — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 14:00:33 +0000

I have NOT mastered the sock washing by any means. I have a “sock box” that we just keep all our mismatched socks in. And they are always mismatched because we don’t wash them together, so they don’t get folded together. I just leave all the socks in the clothes basket we use for our sock box and we match as we go. Its “working” but not working.
A friend of mine, who thinks I am INSANE for having a sock box, says IF she doesn’t find the mate she puts it in the person’s drawer to wait for its mate to show up.
My husband would definately buy more socks, its crazy how many socks we have because the kids steal his and then he buys more because they seem to have black dirt in all their shoes, lol.

By: Kathy/ Lessons from the Laundry

Kathy/ Lessons from the Laundry — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:02:24 +0000

Elizabeth…so funny you posted about your clothesline. As I was folding sheets this morning, well kind of folding, kind of bunching up in a semi-acceptable wad, I realized they just didn’t feel crisp. I miss those crisp sheets I grew up sleeping on, straight off the clothesline. I’m thinking about stringing up a line…and the sock idea is great. Thanks. Kathy

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:55:53 +0000

I hang my laundry out to dry. Every other year I threw the socks and other small things through the dryer, but not this year. I found that hanging the socks up gave me several advantages. First, it allows me to weed out any that have bad elastic or are just too small for my 4 boys. Second, it makes good use of one of my clotheslines that always dips too low to hang towels and the like. And third and most importantly, I (or my kids!) can find the mates to the socks as we take them off the line. I didn’t realize how much I appreciated this until my dh thoughtfully took the laundry in for me and I found a whole basket of unmatched socks!!! At least it gave me a good excuse to watch “Kate and Allie” on WE while I sorted them all out.

By: Charlene

Charlene — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 03:18:11 +0000

Well I do not like to do wash either so this is a great sight to come too I raised 3 boys and am now raising my granddaughter that is fun. I use Oxyclean on my whites and I that’s the only tip I have but I like the mesh bag Idea my baby is only 2 1 /2 but loves to help so I will start her now on the mesh bag so it becomes habit thanks and Hey Charlotte can I send my socks to you to fold hehehe

Thanks for the site

By: Tidy Bowl

Tidy Bowl — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:22:24 +0000

At least we have washing machines to make our lives easier!

You know you want me to win!

By: motherofhope

motherofhope — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 23:22:04 +0000

My tip is similar to Pastormac’s. In our family, there is Dh, DD12, DS9, DS19months, and myself. So far, separating Dh’s socks is fairly easy, but DD, DS9, and mine tend to get mixed up. So like pastormac’s, I buy one type for DD (short socks, one brand), crew socks for DS9, and short “No Nonsense” brand for myself. So at a glance, I know who’s is who’s, mate them and toss them in the appropriate individual’s pile. So far, the baby’s are still fairly easy to tell.

FYI….got linked here from Trina’s blog….enjoyed your site!

By: Myrna

Myrna — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:03:56 +0000

Count me in too!

By: Caryn

Caryn — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:03:34 +0000

I would love to win! Sign me up!

By: mg

mg — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:25:01 +0000

I have tried all the different types of laundry detergent out there and I swear by regular Tide - original scent - which, by the way, isn’t really the original scent, but what the heck.

A splash of ammonia or greased lightening in the wash helps with grease stains or sheets that are laden with “man grease”.

By: Cherie

Cherie — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:14:11 +0000

Great ideas! Thanks!

By: Diane

Diane — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:41:45 +0000

I always need laundry hints! Anyone know how to get mushed banana out of baby clothes? Who knew that stained???

By: Heidi

Heidi — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:06:46 +0000

Great tips. Thanks for sharing!