I just really think that maybe I shouldn't post this. That documenting the truth may be more than I should share.
Oh well. In an effort to make all of you feel better about your housekeeping - I will.
THIS is Mt. St.Laundry.
I know. It's outrageous.
You see, I put all of my clean laundry on the "folding" table in the laundry room as I wash each load. But lets be honest, it sees a LOT more "piling" than actually "folding". I rarely have any dirty laundry, as I can't stand that. But what? I can stand the worlds biggest pile of CLEAN laundry? Puh-leese.
So last week I asked Peter to bring up the mountain before he left for work. So I could FOLD it. Oh mama. Help me.
(I do this HUGE task every couple of weeks. It's awful. Other than that, it's daily digging for clothes!)
As he brought this monstrosity up the stairs, he says, "I think it was vacuumed packed in the laundry room, because it has EX-PLODED!"
In an effort to show the enormity of the pile, the kids generously posed for me.
I tackle such an effort by sorting into the owners piles. Then I fold and put away batch by batch. I'm sure you all have a system, but this is what works for me. (I use the word "works" loosely. Because if something was 'working', then I wouldn't have this disaster, now would I?)
This, the a fore mentioned process; and cursing each morning as I did for clean clothes for each member of the family while saying, "I HAVE to fold this!!! Arghh!!" It's a great system. (haha)
And here is Peter showing the true prospective. Even he isn't tall enough to cover the whole pile.It's enough to make you weep.
Seriously.
Isn't it?
3 comments:
Oh my. We must talk laundry. I have solved the laundry delemma in our household. Seriously. But before I discovered what worked for us, I had the same huge piles of clean laundry. Usually they ended up in my bedroom. They would start out on our bed where I would have the best of intentions to fold and put it away, and then it would be moved to the chair/floor/wherever when we went to bed. Kids would come in to rifle through it all to find clothes and then it would literally be like the clothes exploded or reproduced. I feel your pain, my dear, truly.
I like that Peter is highlighting a nice pair of pink pants.
Also - don't you think Amy's comment is showing off just a little? :-)
HAHAHAHAAAAA!! Claire just saw the pics and said, "WOW!" Obviously, she has never been a mom, who looks at the pictures and says..."Oh boy! I better do my laundry!!"
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