So, my Wash Wisdom du’jour comes from my friend Mary.  She was so sick of chronically mismatched socks that she instituted a new rule for her three kids (and husband too…but we’ll get to him in a second).  The kids must put socks in mesh washer bags before sticking them in the dirty clothes pile.  No socks enter the bag unless both from the pair are in the bag, ready for splishing and splashing.  The bags hang on the back of each child’s door.  On laundry day the whole bag goes to the wash.  Remarkably, Mary says it works.  The kids get the rule and she doesn’t find socks at the end of the cycle without mates.  Unfortunately, Mary’s husband didn’t want to play.  Instead, out of spite, he went out and bought more socks.  Maybe he’s playing nice now…I’m not sure.  But I’m going to give Mary’s idea a try.