Laundry: A Follow Up

 I causally mentioned that Harry and Jack’s trip to Florida helped us cut our daily laundry from 9 loads to 6, and people had QUESTIONS.

A couple caveats:

THERE ARE SEVEN PEOPLE IN THIS HOUSE, and I am the 4th biggest. CLOTHES ARE LARGE.

Bath towels are a 1-and-done for us (and are all white— so helpful)

Everyone has their own bed, so that’s a ton of sheets/blankets/duvet covers.

Everyone usually changes at least once for dance/dive/hockey— and there are so many pool towels that get thrown in with brights

Here’s how it breaks down on a usual day:

1 load of whites with bleach thrown in the wash before we go to bed

1 load of darks first thing in the AM

1-2 load(s) of brights next

1 load of clothes I find on the basement floor after that (WHO CARES WHAT COLOR THEY ARE— PICK UP YOUR CLOTHES IF YOU WANT THEM SORTED)

1 load of whites with bleach

1 load of random kitchen towels that have accumulated since early morning plus whatever throw blankets have a not-so-fresh-look or whatever Comfy I found laying around. 

2 loads of sheets and blankets (maybe only 1 load if we are talking about Minnie’s bed, maybe 3 if I did mine and/or Ben’s—4 if I washed duvet covers, too).

Here’s New Year’s Day when I washed and stored Ben’s and my Christmas bedding:

Do you want to hear the most bananas thing about my laundry situation? IT IS A RHYTHM THAT IS ACTUALLY WORKING FINE. I am going to spend some time tracking how long it takes me to gather, sort, touch, fold, put away all of this stuff, but it doesn’t seem to be enough time to make a difference in happiness/productivity/enjoyment of life. STAY RIGHT THERE ON THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT FOR THE FOLLOW UP.