The One Horrific Day approach is not for me. I think I will stick with the two-loads-a-day approach for now. I was trying to get all dirty laundry done on a daily basis, but that's where I'm getting derailed. This is without question a three-to-four-load-a-day household, and I don't have that kind of time.
I'm in the middle of the clothing switch-out, still, and that's part of the chaos. The weather here is sproinging up and down and off the wall like one of those crazy bouncy balls the kids get at the dentist's office.
I am literally overrun by ants. I have them crawling on me as I type. They are swarming out of the cracks in the bathroom. I have no hope of keeping the place sterile enough to get rid of them via starvation methods. Also, I'm out of Borax, and anyway, can't poison every ant in the great outdoors that way. I'm going to do the best I can to straighten and clean the upstairs, then call the bug man first thing next week. [Susie waves white flag.]
I thought we got a lot done today. We homeschooled, and I got two loads hung and dried on the line outdoors. It didn't storm as predicted; the weather was simply gorgeous. Almost as if it were apologizing for its moodiness earlier in the week. If things can dry out a bit, I can actually plant a few things. Speaking of which, anybody else remember this song?
I really need to go mop now. And a dozen other things I probably won't get to. 'Night!
and one more word on laundry... this helps as kids age a bit and have fewer spills... don't wash clothes till they're actually dirty. Most outer clothes go for 2 days here... obviously it helps a good bit. Just rehang them (backwards) or wear the next day.
The one load a day thing doesn't work for me either. But I'm finding doing laundry two days a week isn't that bad. There is a laundry basket in the kids bathroom and one in my bedroom (plus always some on the floor somewhere). I make about 4 piles in the laundry room and have at it. So far it works for me (but I don't have as many kids as you do). I'm sure as the kids get bigger and their clothes get larger, the basket in the bathroom won't work. I would like to find room in both of the kids rooms for a basket.
• May. 3, 2008 - The Garden Song
That young man did such a nice job, didn't he?
Something in the back of my head kept whispering "John Denver," so I Googled it and whaddya know! I was right! :)
(Who doesn't love the Muppets? ;) )
So sorry about the ants! You just can't seem to get away from them. :headbang: