Thursday, April 05, 2007
Word of the Day
Laundry:
1 a : a room for doing the family wash
b : a commercial laundering establishment
2 : clothes or linens that have been or are to be laundered
I do alot of laundry, I normally don't mind doing it, it's that last step, the putting it away one that I don't like so much. I do laundry every day except for Saturday, it's my "day off". I've been doing laundry for many years, I like to think of myself as a professional, but I'm not getting paid for doing it, so I guess I'm really not a professional, I still have that amateur status. I taught all of my kids to do their own laundry when they each turned 10. I don't mind throwing in a load for them as long as I know they are going to be putting it away themselves.
I've picked up some helpful tips over the years on doing laundry. Have you ever forgotten to take your lipstick out of your pocket and wind up washing it and then putting it in the dryer. The lipstick tube will bang against the side of the dryer, but you won't know what it is, you'll probably think it's a belt buckle or something metal. When you take the fresh clothes out of the dryer, you'll notice every article of clothing now has lipstick streaked across it. You can try and use Spray and Wash on the streaks and re-wash everything, but most of the lipstick is not going to come out. And the inside of the dryer will now have that beautiful shade of burgundy that up until earlier in the day was meant only for your lips, pretty much all over it. It's actually amazing to imagine that a little tube of lipstick can go that far.
I finished my laundry early this week. No laundry for tomorrow or Saturday. Instead, on Saturday, I'll be doing some shopping. I need some new lipstick, new socks, new jeans for my youngest daughter, maybe a couple of new t-shirts for my youngest daughter, a navy hoodie and a big bottle of Spray and Wash, because mine is empty right now.
Guess I'll be keeping that amateur status for a bit longer.
1 a : a room for doing the family wash
b : a commercial laundering establishment
2 : clothes or linens that have been or are to be laundered
I do alot of laundry, I normally don't mind doing it, it's that last step, the putting it away one that I don't like so much. I do laundry every day except for Saturday, it's my "day off". I've been doing laundry for many years, I like to think of myself as a professional, but I'm not getting paid for doing it, so I guess I'm really not a professional, I still have that amateur status. I taught all of my kids to do their own laundry when they each turned 10. I don't mind throwing in a load for them as long as I know they are going to be putting it away themselves.
I've picked up some helpful tips over the years on doing laundry. Have you ever forgotten to take your lipstick out of your pocket and wind up washing it and then putting it in the dryer. The lipstick tube will bang against the side of the dryer, but you won't know what it is, you'll probably think it's a belt buckle or something metal. When you take the fresh clothes out of the dryer, you'll notice every article of clothing now has lipstick streaked across it. You can try and use Spray and Wash on the streaks and re-wash everything, but most of the lipstick is not going to come out. And the inside of the dryer will now have that beautiful shade of burgundy that up until earlier in the day was meant only for your lips, pretty much all over it. It's actually amazing to imagine that a little tube of lipstick can go that far.
I finished my laundry early this week. No laundry for tomorrow or Saturday. Instead, on Saturday, I'll be doing some shopping. I need some new lipstick, new socks, new jeans for my youngest daughter, maybe a couple of new t-shirts for my youngest daughter, a navy hoodie and a big bottle of Spray and Wash, because mine is empty right now.
Guess I'll be keeping that amateur status for a bit longer.
# posted by Better Safe Than Sorry @ 2:57 PM 
