Dirty Laundry

[twoweevils]

I had a somewhat unconventional childhood. Some of the things that most people learn to do at home as a matter of course, I had to figure out on my own -- with varying degrees of success. I'm interested in learning how other people manage day-to-day stuff.

I invite you to participate in my Laundry Poll!



[Poll #660554]

ETA: Holy typos, Batman! *blushes and curses non-editable polls*

M.

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[ct]

Hmm. I have no icons appropriate to laundry or meerkats. Kermit it is.

To explain my "other" answer... we live in a two story house with a laundry chute. I get the chute since it's right outside my bedroom door; my parents get a laundry basket.

Pants get worn more than once, especially jeans. Those go on the floor because I'm lazy and because it's not as if denim wrinkles easily. Sweaters (not the little thin ones, but good winter sweaters) get worn until they need to be washed. Remembering to wear a shirt under a sweater and then airing the sweater out over a chair does wonders.

I follow the care instructions for things that need to be drycleaned, my few dressy clothes, and hand-knit sweaters. No way am I putting a hand-knit sweater in a washer and dryer. Other than that, college laundry facilities trained me to be efficient, and laundry gets sorted into "sheets and towels", "clothes that won't bleed dye", and "clothes new enough to bleed dye plus some darks to fill out the load". Mom says I should put whites in their own load so they can be bleached, but I don't bother. No one (except her, evidently) cares if my white socks are a little dingy.

And in my own defense, the only time I've bought something rather than do laundry was during finals week in college when I was out of clean shirts. A trip to the school's bookstore was much faster than doing an entire load of laundry.

[twoweevils.livejournal.com]

I have always wanted a laundry chute. I suppose I should be happy to have a full-size washer and dryer in a condo. But chutes of all kinds intrigue me.

Okay, that sounded way dirtier than I meant it to. *grin*

I see your Kermit and raise you an assortment of Canadian chocolate bars!

M.