I hate folding sheets. I hate it.

They're huge and you always end up dropping a part of it on the laundry room floor - either that or one of the pillowcases. And what about FITTED sheets? They work great when they're on the bed but, honestly, can ANYONE fold them and have them come out flat? Or does everyone, like me, settle for a semi-folded, mostly-balled-up lump? What about the one pillowcase that ALWAYS gets stuck in the corner of the fitted sheet and comes out of the dryer either still damp or completely dried in a tight, wrinkley little ball? Jeez!

The only thing worse than folding sheets . . . is putting wadded, wrinkley sheets on the bed which have been sitting in a laundry basket. Particularly when you realize the damned cat has been using them for a comfy catnap! Crud. Back to the laundry room.

Sorry ladies, a food fight from my end involves pretty much yogurt and Soup.....nothing sweet & yummy....maybe I could add in some Protein powder if you beg me................

chicken bak bak

Don't make me come to Jersey..........

*frantically stuffs popcorn in her mouth, eyes wide as her head swings from side to side watching the back and forth between NJChick and Bandayed*

I know photonut, this is more exciting than the paint drying competition on the home channel!:fencing:NJChick & I like to mix it up b/c we're bandaversary buddies

Kathy, I loved the photo of Rachel's room. I too have a fashionista (11)who changes clothes several times a day, and who once refused to leave the house because her jacket was green but not the right green. It drives me nuts that she leaves her clothes all over the floor.

I love folding towels -- so satisfyingly in order when I'm done. I loathe folding my husbands t-shirts.

Another rant I'd like to hear about from you. I like for my family to use a towel 2 or 3 times before I wash it. After all, it's a clean towel used to dry off a clean body, so it doesn't get dirty. This has the happy side effect of decreasing the laundry. My husband, however, insists on a new towel every shower.(Grrr) At least he hangs them up to dry. My daughter uses 2 (1 body, 1 hair), and drops them in a wad on her bedroom floor, where they stay damp until someone (read me) picks them up and dries them out.

NancyRN

Okay, I'll admit...I use the towel once. I used to use it more than once, but I really like a nice fresh clean one, and I think about how I used the old one to dry off between my butt cheeks, no matter how clean they were! and I can't...I just want a new one! LOL

Hubby uses his towel 2-3 times. He'd probably use it more if I didn't change it out for him!

And the wad of wet towel on the floor...grrrrrr! She's only 6. She used to be too short to hang it up herself, but she's old enough now she can hang that wet towel up. OH, and the kids definately use their towels more than once.

Wow, sitting here thinking about how we do things in our house, I'm just a regular ole Towel Diva! This goes here and that goes there and this is why and that's just how it is!!!!!! So there! I'm the Momma. LOL

I so hate windows (and Mirrors) But I discovered the one and only cleaner that I trust. Ready for the inside info..???

Cornstarch mixed in Water and sprayed on from the old Windex bottle that was used up. Spray and wipe with an old terry towel and you have a non-streaked surface.

(My husband calls it window gravy.) Try it, you will like it! I want to see the comments after you all try this ....It is truly amazing!

I just had to share this with my Lapband buddies.

PS. this mixture does not keep so throw it out after use and remake next time!

You guys have me laughing!!! Back many (make that many, many) years ago, my Mom got tired of my brother and I using towels and leaving them wadded up on the floor. She did not have a problem with us using a fresh towel for our shower, however she wanted me to re-use one for a couple of times for my hair. As kids tend to do we ignored her. Come in one night, ready to shower, and found the linen closet locked with a cable like bicycle lock! If we wanted a towel, the only ones available to us were the damp, yucky ones. The biggest surprise of all was Mom stuck to her guns....she would NOT give in, and she always caved!! We thought surely the next day she would give in, but nope...she held strong! Later that night Dad had to cut the lock off, she found it in the garage, locked it on, and no one knew the combination! No wonder she was feeling so unbendable!!! Years later, my own made me want to lock the cabinets!!! To this day, I have a fresh bath towel daily, but use a towel for my hair 2-3 times between washings. Maybe I should call and tell her! Think I will call and razz her about the lock just for a good laugh with her!!

Kat

Hey Kat - locking the towel cabnet is a good one. It reminded me of the time I didnt clean my bathroom after the MANY demands from my parents to do it.

Came home late one night to find a pad lock on my bathroom door! The entire bathroom - not just the cabnet - locked tight.

*Memories* ((or maybe we're giving ideas??))

And yes, in our house we use our towel more then once.

I gave up folding sheets and roll them into oblong tubes which I stack in a bathroom pantry-thing. I do not have a washer/dryer in my tiny house so I still go to the laundromat but only once a month. If need be I get out the ol' scrubboard and wash out a few things by hand.

I hate housework...I have always hated it. So now that I live in one of the poorest countried of the world, I have a social responsibility to hire help. So I have a housekeeper. But here's the weird thing - I used to change towels daily. Now I use 1-2 towels a week. When they iron the towels to kill the eggs (that hatch into itchy bugs), they stink! After a day or so use, the smell is gone. My clothes stink too. They smell like burnt cloth. This is one thing I haven't complained about before and won't do again but sometimes on Sunday, I need to *****.

For everyone who hates housework:

Go to flylady.com and check out her system for staying on top of housework.

Now, pleas for help: Does anyone have a creative idea for getting an 11-year-old to put her clothes away instead of leaving them on the floor?

And do you have a creative idea for getting all of us to quit piling clutter on the dining room table?

NancyRN

I hate housework...I have always hated it. So now that I live in one of the poorest countried of the world, I have a social responsibility to hire help. So I have a housekeeper. But here's the weird thing - I used to change towels daily. Now I use 1-2 towels a week. When they Iron the towels to kill the eggs (that hatch into itchy bugs), they stink! After a day or so use, the smell is gone. My clothes stink too. They smell like burnt cloth. This is one thing I haven't complained about before and won't do again but sometimes on Sunday, I need to *****.

Dang, Road Queen. You have a perspective most of us will NEVER understand. (((hugs))) and blessings to you! Ironing towels to kill the bug eggs? eewwww. You have every right to complain, even on Sunday! But, I getcha girl. You are learning so much living over there. I can't even imagine.

For everyone who hates housework:

Go to flylady.com and check out her system for staying on top of housework.

Now, pleas for help: Does anyone have a creative idea for getting an 11-year-old to put her clothes away instead of leaving them on the floor?

And do you have a creative idea for getting all of us to quit piling clutter on the dining room table?

NancyRN

Here's the link www.flylady.net

As for clutter piles? I decided to let it go. Clutter piles. Flylady calls them hotspots. I can't live without my hotspots! BUT! What I have learned from her is to deal with the hotspots every day. The dealio for me is to allow a guilt-free hotspot or two, but deal with them. The one in the kitchen gets dealt with daily. The one in the office gets dealt with weekly. I refuse to whine or complain. I decided to embrace my hotspots and take care of them, for they must be precious, indeed, right?

As for your daughter, maybe make the clothes pile part of her evening routine? Have her make a list of the things she needs to do every evening. She can toss clothes all day, but she HAS to put them ALL up before bed. Would that work? My daughter is only 6, so she's only as good about this as I am. :omg:

I try to FLY every day. I jump in every day. I do what I can and don't beat myself up when it isn't perfect. Noone is.

Don'tcha hear me preachin' to myself?!!! :amen:

I begged, I pleaded, I threatened, I bribed, I chastised, and mostly I yelled. But the clothes remained on the floor...clean clothes, I had just washed, and she tried on and discarded. Made me FURIOUS!!! Eventually I took a lundry basket to her room, and collected everything that had been tossed on the floor or left wadded on the bed, or dresser, or desk. When she come home she thought I had as usual broke down and put it away myself, until she wanted a certain item and it was not to be found. The deal was, if she wanted something out of the basket, she could only have it IF she put the rest of the items in the basket away. It became part of my routine, I would walk through her room, and if it was on the floor,or had not been put away, it was mine. She had to work the basket to get what she wanted. It was not a perfect solution, but it worked for us. She learned eventually, she is on her own now, and has her own daughter...I LOVE IT!!!!!

Kat