General Chat

OH is always asking"Where are all my pants".He has a load in the drawer ,but he likes his favourites.I say" have you thought of looking in the airing cupboard ??".No of course he hadn't thought to look there.They should just be in the drawer.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.The pants and socks fairy will have sorted lol

I have an excellent system, myself, that seems to work opposite to all yours. ;)

I leave the dirty things in a dedicated heap in the downstairs bathroom. Some time within a week or so, they appear in my closet and drawers, neatly hung and folded. (What is this "ironing" I hear of? I think I do own a couple of those shiny electric jobbies, and a charming antique padded wooden folding object of my mum's that I think is somewhere at the back of a closet ... I dunno, you wash it, you hang it on hangers to dry, voilà, neat clean clothes, no nonrenewable resources doing what the air does.) Oh, I do have about 30 pairs of undies, for backup.

I work and cook, he cleans and launders and gardens and shovels snow. Kind of. I'm better at my jobs then he is at his, but then the wages are low. He also loses my clothing regularly. But hey, I was always pretty good at doing that for myself. So ... it all comes out in the wash!

I think I am taken for a Mug Janey lol.Clothes horse???? the antique wooden thing lol

No no, it's a gen-you-ine ironing board, 1950s vintage. It hasn't broken yet, although it also hasn't been used in 8 years or so, and only sparingly for a fair bit before that. I wouldn't want to wear it out!

I did use it a lot in my youth. One of my not too onerous household chores was ironing my dad's week's worth of white shirts. I got to do it in the basement rec room, cool as cool in the summer, while watching every old black and white movie ever made. A well spent youth. ;)

I tell you Theresa that bugger hangs out world wide.
with a family of 7 dont need a laundry basket either, the clothes fill the laundry from floor to ceiling,then they come in and take over 1 whole couch until claimed by their owners which has to be a daily event or that goes to the ceiling as well.

Well I have cleared every bit of washing and ironing today.....I wonder what I will find tomorrow lol....my heart sinks !!

Oh TaniaNZ

7 peoples washing?????

It makes me want to go and lie down in a darkened room.

How does that phantom get about so quickly? must be related to Father Christmas the speed he gets round the globe. lol

Teresa

LoL trust me I want to lie down in a darkened room too but the washing would come and find me.(either that or 5 kids)
I think the PLBF does travel like Santa Im sure
the problem is the kids will help but I generally do the sorting otherwise OH cow poop covered overalls will end up in with the school uniforms

Yuck!!!!!

Will be more washing next year when sons school in their wisdom has gone from claret coloured uniforms of polo shirts and jumpers to nice crisp white shirts Grrrr

Teresa

The wash basket fills up about twice a week, and is emptied on some occasions by labrador dog. This is our punishment for ignoring his demands. Removed dirty laundry stuffed in dog's mouth is paraded in view then deposited under the dining room table.


OH operates the washing machine, hangs items on line, takes off line and chucks onto couch in spare room. Unless of course he decides it is time I had a turn at domestic chores, then I get to play with the machine. I fold up most items and place ironing in basket which goes to the ironing lady each week.


I stopped ironing fifteen years ago.

The only time I ever iron is if there is an item OH desperately needs. That has happened half a dozen times in the last fifteen years. I too have an antique ironing board and an iron to match.

The dog always knows the location of the missing socks. Actually he has a few pairs of old ones in his toy box. They have squeaky toys tied up inside them and are useful for chewing and squeaking when his humans are trying to watch TV or read quietly.