Laundry Talk

Here is my nifty idea to manage my laundry clutter monster. Hopefully it will be helpful to somebody out there! I purchased six rubbermaid containers with removable lids, printed a picture of each person in my family and affixed the photos to the inside of the container using clear contact paper. I fold clothes, right there on the counter and stick it in each person's bucket. One happy day, they will all be old enough to put away their own laundry (Lou does now) but until that day, I have an easier time putting the clothes in the right drawers. If only those buckets would grow legs and arms and put the clothes away for me!


An added benefit to having these buckets is clutter management. When my kids bring down a toy from their rooms and leave it lying around somewhere, we can stick it in the buckets and it is brought up with the clothes and put away at that time.


Now, if I could just figure out what to do with miscellaneous stuff like towels and sheets. I guess I should just fold them and put them away! Novel idea!


On another laundry note, here is a little tutorial on a neato way to fold underwear. My mom always folded them this way and I thought everyone did until I was married and gained a husband who did it differently. I have had friends see me fold clothes and ask me how I do it, so I thought it might be a good idea to share with my fellow laundry doers...

First, you lay the pair of under- wear out flat.

Next, you fold in one side a third of the way over.

Then, do the same thing to the other side.

After that, you fold the waist band side a third of the way down.

Now, if you pull down the top layer of waist band a little bit, you have a pocket.

Last, you take the other end, here...

and stick it in the pocket.

There you go. You now have created a little under- wear roll. It goes nice and neat in the drawer and stays folded.

Try it! You'll thank me, later, when you have a nice, organized underwear drawer. I promise this will be the last post about unmentionables. Maybe. And thanks to my Mom for teaching me neato things that make my life easier!