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wasmith21 back to work...more files to transfer. Yipee

Mission Accomplished, So Far... 6 hours ago

All of my laundry is done. Yes, yes, yes it is!!! And by my laundry I am including my daughter’s. There is one small pile of cleaning rags that I will wash tonight as I further organize all of our clean clothes. I started pulling clothes out of my dresser for giving away or discarding. And separating summer clothes for vacuum packing. I am thrilled. :) But this is only half the battle. Now I must stay on top of it! Ready. Go!



cuteandsmart08 is doing indescribably horrible.

Status as of 11/4/09 4 days ago

I did a load of laundry today! I still have a lot of laundry I need to put away tho.



cuteandsmart08 is doing indescribably horrible.

Status as of 10/28/09 1 week ago

I have done a couple loads of laundry this week.



tehmorp noticed that 50% of things make her feel confident.

I think I'm hooked. 2 weeks ago

I’m doing a load of laundry right now. It’s been nice to make my bed each morning and put my clothes away each nice, and I feel good getting out a nice clean towel today and throwing my old one in an almost-empty hamper!



tehmorp noticed that 50% of things make her feel confident.

Success criteria 2 weeks ago

Now that I’ve managed to make dish-washing routine, I need to do something about all things cloth. I have a neat little hand-crank laundry machine for small loads, and an ordinary washer for big loads, plus an outdoor clotheslines.

I have extra incentive to do this because my kitten started peeing on dirty laundry. I think it’s because stuff tends to mold in my damp old apartment, and the smell is attractive to little kitties.

To Start:

  • Clean out my drawers

Daily Maintenance:

  • Put folded laundry away immediately
  • Make bed every morning unless partner still sleeping when I leave; if that is the case, make bed when I get home.
  • Do not keep any laundry under any table anywhere.
  • Every night before bed, put all clothes away.

Weekly to more-than-weekly maintenance:

  • Do a little wash of whites every few days
  • Wash pants as soon as I notice they’re dirty
  • Change sheets and towels every week (or every two weeks)
  • Do big wash as soon as my hamper is full, instead of after the entire closet is jam-packed. If it is a Saturday and there is no need for a big wash, do a little wash; this way maybe a big wash will not be needed next week either.


jhooper3 Proud of herself

I have come to the conclusion that my family has entirely too many clothes. 4 weeks ago

My idea is that as I am doing laundry I have two bags, one for donation one for garbage. Once the bag is full it goes into my trunk to be dropped off at Goodwill or into the trash. I am also considering getting rid of extra pillow cases, throws, fitted sheets, flat sheets, etc. that no longer have a “match.” As long as everyone has 2 sets for their bed that is all you need. When one is being washed the other set is on the bed. I am going to donate all my extras to the local dog shelter. They are always in need.



Donna is cookin' up a storm!

Keeping On with Keeping Up 3 months ago

I’m marking this done, but I have to be careful not to backslide…it’s easy to shrug the task off. Right now I’m enjoying the results of my discipline so much. Yay!



Donna is cookin' up a storm!

Getting Much Better! 4 months ago

I am making progress on this. I’m almost ready to mark this done. Whatta ya know.



Donna is cookin' up a storm!

Laundry Calling 4 months ago

There are two loads of clean dry clothes in the laundry room. Getting more and more wrinkly as each moment passes…gotta go!



Donna is cookin' up a storm!

Laundry Progress 4 months ago

This morning when I got up, I folded the clothes that were in the dryer. Before doing anything else.

I’m so proud of how I’m training myself.



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hisorerus asks, “I HATE doing laundry! It's a building laundry room, so I can't decorate it or anything (half of why I hate it is because someone else is always on my back to make me switch the load the second it's done...). Is there a way to learn to like it?”
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