Attack of the Clothes

I never really understood why others would complain about laundry. After all, I would just throw a load in here, a load in there, and we never seemed to be swamped by clothes. But as we have added boy after boy, I have begun to see just exactly what others have meant. It started a few months ago when I realized that we could open a small Goodwill store for boys age 7 and under. So I limited the outfits that we kept for each boy at each size. I found smart storage options that would make these clothes easy to access. And before we packed for our Thanksgiving trip, I got all of the laundry clean, folded, and put away. Everything was great.

Then we returned. Forget the fact that I did 3 loads while we were up in Oklahoma. I still had 6 loads of laundry to do today as we unpacked every suitcase. This of course does not take into account sheets and towels as we left those behind. I am amazed at the amounts of clothes that get dirty with the hard play that goes on each day. And I no longer scoff at those who talk of their own laundry woes - many have more young uns to chase after than I do! Most of all, I am extremely thankful for my nice,working washer and dryer as I find myself musing "just how did the early settlers do it?".