My meditations on an ordinary laundry day:
We all know the routine. The break up of the darks and lights, the stain stick being liberally applied to those articles of a more soiled nature. With one basket on each hip, I carefully make my way down the stairway, over a 73 lb labrador and through the kitchen only to be met by one final obstacle. . . the garage door. PUtting both baskets down, I brace open the door with an agile foot and push one basket after another through. Whew.
I tip in the first load, cascades of smelly clothing fall in. The trick is to settle all the clothing in a centered ring around the middle to prevent the 'hiccups' that sometimes happen in unbalanced loads.
Now to select the settings. . . hmm. Always seems like such a gamble, but I test the water for the "Cold" setting. Didn't mom always say that that cold would keep the colors from bleeding? Or was it warm? Oh well - we always find out the hard way, right?
Water starts filling the full barrel. Time for the best part - detergent. The smell is absolutely intoxicating. . . if I didn't hold myself down to sanity, I'd be washing my hair in this stuff. After filling a cup halfway, I make three circles of dribblings all over the clothing. Then, I slam down the lid and pull the lever for a majestic finish.
Time for the washing machine to do its magic. Who ever said doing the laundry was a monotonous chore?
Its been a very long week, and I am glad to see it at its end now.
Hubby and I celebrated the weekend over Chipotle burritos and later, a Lost episode we missed last week. Sigh.
I have the best hubby ever - he mopped all the floors (kitchen & bathroom), unloaded the dishwasher, and disinfected the toilets. I didn't even nag him ;) What a guy :)
I have a lot of BSF lessons to finish before tomorrow's meeting, and its already 10pm!
We are tucking ourselves in for the night, as a sever thunderstorm is headed our way. Night Night!
*Yeah - I am procrastinating about those Ohio trip pics - I'll get to it ;)
Happy Friday - the 13th, AHHH!
Last night. after work, we headed over to the house(with an army of boxes, cleaning supplies and a huge pack of paper towels) . It was not really that bad - just needed some disinfecting and a little scrubbing. Haven rented a Rug Doctor at HEB & let me tell you, those things work WONDERS on a dingy carpet. It smells so fresh while the carpet is drying too.
I bleached out the bottom of the shower stall in the master bath. . .hopefully it will get a bit fresher. Anybody have a good solution for shower scum?(Or am I just doomed?)
Our glass shower door is kinda streaky, and the scrubbing bubbles spray that I used didn't really attack it.
Anyway. First load is in! You probably wouldn't really notice it if you looked at our apartment right now. Tonight and tomorrow should be enough to clear out :) Hurray!
**p.s. I know, NO PICTURES YET? - I will get some tonight to upload - we had to make it sparkly first :)**
