Unique Laundry Opportunity on Monday!
by mamalaundry on February 10, 2012
On Monday, February 13th, I am hosting a unique opportunity for other Laundry Fans, like myself. If you like being on the cutting edge of new laundry products, then Monday is your day.
I am coordinating the give-away of a new laundry product that has yet to be released on the market for the general public. The makers of the product are interested in your feedback: how easy the product is to use, if you think the packaging is effective, etc.
The company is giving away 50 of their not-yet-revealed products for my readers to use, test, and provide their feedback.
While I can’t yet reveal what the actual product is, rest assured that everyone could use it. You don’t have to have a specific family make-up or have young children to benefit from it.
So if you’re interested, make sure to stop by Mama’s bright and early on Monday morning, February 13th. The post will go live at 7am EST, and I’ll take the first 50 to respond to the inquiry.
How fun! I love new laundry products to try! See y’all Monday.
Note: You will not be paid to review this product. You will receive the product at absolutely no cost to you and we are depending on you to provide your feedback after you’ve had time to use the product and develop an opinion.
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What to Do When You Don’t Have Time to Fold a Load of Clothes
by mamalaundry on January 31, 2012
See if you can relate to this laundry scenario:
You have 5+ loads of clothes that must be washed today. You have a 5 minute break in your schedule, so now is the perfect time to roll the laundry (take the clean, dry load out of the dryer, put the wet clothes on to tumble and put a new, dirty load in the washer).
You take the clothes from the dryer and toss them onto the bed. You’ve got time to put the wet clothes in the dryer and start a fresh load in the washer.
But what about the clean clothes you’ve put on the bed? You don’t possibly have time to fold them right now.
You can certainly choose not to fold them right now, but that’s going to create one cold, wrinkly pile of clothes you’ll have to deal with later.
So just deal with them now. Here is a quick way when you don’t have much time.
(Click on the picture to see exactly what is in each pile.)
Underwear and Socks
Put all of the underwear in a pile and all of the socks into a separate pile. These two items don’t need to be folded immediately, as they can be wrinkly and it really won’t matter.
Shirts and T-shirts
Hold the t-shirt by the shoulder seams and give it a good flap to get out the initial wrinkles. Then lay it flat on the bed. Repeat this same process with every t-shirt in the basket. Simply lay them on top of one another. They’ll appear slightly wrinkled but they’ll be fine once you fold them.
If it’s a shirt that needs to be hung on a hanger, lay them flat on your folding surface or bed in a single layer only. Don’t put another shirt on top of it.
Jeans and Pants
If your load consists of jeans, take one pair out at the time. Hold it by the waistband and give it a good, hard flap. Then lay it out flat on your folding surface. You can lay several pairs on top of one another without causing them to become wrinkly. Follow the same method for most any pair of long pants or shorts.
Sheets and Towels
I personally cannot stand to fold wrinkly sheets, so I pull them out quickly and just lay them flat. Interestingly enough, I can deal pretty easily with wrinkly towels, so I just leave them until I can work them in later in the day or evening.
If you could care less about wrinkly towels or sheets, simply leave them until later.
Now What?
So you now have these piles of clothes lying all over your folding surface or bed. So now what?
Well, you’ll have to fold them.
Laying them out this way only buys you time if you have to get the next load of laundry going. Unfortunately, it does not save you the trouble of folding them or the even more dreaded task of getting them put away.
How Often Should You Use This Method?
Choice #1:
Sparingly.
I do this maybe once or twice a week, at the most. I don’t want to get in the habit of doing clothes with this method because it’s one of the few habits I have going for me these days!
When I do use this method, I have all of them waiting for me when I come upstairs for the evening and then I have to spend the time folding them and putting them away because they are on my bed. And that makes me want to cry, because my bed is just calling for me to come get in it.
So I try really hard to get them all folded and put away prior to 4pm every day.
Choice #2:
Weekly.
Maybe you are a wash-once-a-week type of laundress. If that’s the case, you may choose to save all of the folding until all of the loads are completed. Turn on your favorite show from the DVR and fold away.
So what do you do when you have to move the laundry along but don’t have time to fold?
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