Life is a basket of laundry...

One blog posting won't ever be enough to explain my obsession and love of laundry.  Dirty or clean, I am passionate about my laundry.  The entire process of cleaning the clothes, drying the clothes (whether in the dryer or on the clothesline) brings me pure joy.


I have spent more time choosing a washer than my last car, and the shelves in my laundry room are like a laboratory.  Nothing is more satisfying to me than getting out a tough stain, hanging up hand wash, putting clean sheets on the bed and battling static cling.


Doing clothes for a family of six could be a full time job and it sometimes is. My daughter has started to help me over the past few months.  She needs to have as much of her wardrobe at the ready.  She does a great job.  It also helps that our front loading washing machine works as well as it does.  It is incredibly efficient, using less soap and less water.  Everything takes less time to dry too because the machine spins most of the water out of the clothes.  My first front loader lasted almost 10 years and literally did thousands of loads of wash.


And please, do yourselves a favor, don't buy cheap laundry detergent. Shop the sales and use Tide (again, this an unsolicited opinion) .  I have literally tried every brand and nothing works as well as Tide.  It gets the stains out, takes better care of the fabrics and lasts a long time. I also use only Clorox bleach.  It works very well also.  Fabric softeners are helpful, especially in the winter.  Get the one with the smell you like.


Believe it or not,  I also like to iron.  This chore didn't come to me naturally until my friend P. told me to splurge on an iron.  I did and this changed everything.  I use starch, and ironing water from an online company called The Laundress.  It makes the job a labor of love and pressed garments smell fantastic.


So if one of your chores is the laundry, try to hate it a little less.  After all, you can actually see the results of a job well done.  Take a moment to feel the clean sheets when you crawl into bed, or savor the fluffy towel you wrap yourself up in after your shower. And if you don't have to do your laundry because someone else in the house does it (I am talking to you T.!) give them a hug and thank them for a job well done.  Because keeping up on the laundry is like climbing a little bit of Everest, every day.


Thank you for spending your precious time with me and my words.