Tried and True Mommy

Sorry I left the laundry blogs hanging . . . between the end of the school year, two kids with ear infections and a third on antibiotics, I basically did what we all needed most; cuddled up with my kiddos in blankets and watched cartoons all day.

Now that life is back to normal (if that’s what you want to call it) I am blogging again.  I’m doing a happy sigh right now.        (sigh)          I like to write. 

So where were we?  Oh yes, the ever so dreadful laundry.

I have learned a few things over the course of doing the laundry for a family of six.  Things like: 

~  Don’t buy dry clean only clothes, it’s not worth the time or money.

~  Treat a stain with RESOLVE MAX™ Stain Stick^® and forget about it.  (See previous post  http://www.triedandtruemommy.com/2009/10/stick-it-to-stains/comment-page-1/#comment-37)

~  Have separate laundry baskets for whites and darks and put your clothes in the appropriate baskets as you take them off at night.  Tah-dah, no sorting on laundry day!

~  If it has to be ironed wait to iron it till you’re about to put it on.  I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to stand there for an hour and iron all of my hubby’s “office” shirts when it only takes him two minuets extra in the morning to iron one himself.  And, save yourself some money by not having them dry cleaned.

~  Don’t buy anything that has a tag on it warning you that the colors will bleed.  No red shirt is worth turning your son’s socks pink!  I have heard of Shout® Color Catcher® sheets that stop colors from bleeding (see the link on the left of my page for more info).  Some people swear by them but I’ve personally never tried them.  Why?  Well . . . one, I’m too cheap to buy them, and two, it’s just not worth the worry in the first place.  Which brings me to the KISS Principle.

~  Above all follow the KISS principle:  Keep It Simple Stupid.  You have enough to think about and fret over in a day; don’t make laundry part of it.

In my next post I’ll tell you how my kids do their own laundry with only a tiny bit of help from me.  Yes, my four year old does his own laundry!