I Flippin' Did It!!!

        I Flippin' DID IT!!

                       I have FINALLY caught up with ALL the laundry!
                   
  I know I know...big deal right?

But it is a big deal. It is a really BIG deal! I have been trying to tackle that monster for a while now.

I wish I could show you what it looked like before, but since I don't want my sweet grandmother to turn over in her grave (and my own mom to cry uncontrollably from deep and utter shame) I just figured I would nix that idea.

                             It was bad people, bad.  I'm talking mountains of laundry. ALL OVER!

                             It was a giant prehistoric octopus with tentacles that claimed the whole area as his.
                                                     

                                               and he wasn't going down without a fight.





                                                            Neither was I
                                                         

                                                 
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                             OK, That's not really like me





                                                           This is more like it
                                                         

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                   I'm a fluffy Super Hero, but DAAAAAMN  I still look good!


I went downstairs to that laundry area and decided enough was enough.

My goal?

Get to the point where I'm doing just one load a day and the laundry room doesn't look like a bomb exploded there.

Sometimes you just have to dive in (or in my case belly flop) into the muck and fight.

That is just what I did.




But First...
                                     
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Yeah, that's right; get it all out.


OK lets get to it.

This is going to take a while so make sure you have allotted time for this.

The next step is going to sound crazy but TRUST me.

Even if your laundry monster is in overflowing hampers and already sorted, take the laundry out and put in on the floor. The reason I write this is because if we have a lot of laundry but never can finish all of it...the clothes on the bottom of the hamper get neglected because the pile on top keeps getting bigger and taller.



If your laundry is in hampers, floors, bottom of the basement stairs

Do the same thing

But you are going to make separate piles

I made 6 different piles

1. Whites

2. Darks

3. Medium (for pastels or lighter colors)

4. Towels

5. Kitchen (kitchen towels and tablecloths)

6. Is for the pile of clothes that need special care Ex delicate Underwear, or sweaters that need a slower cycle

Instead of one giant Laundry octopus monster, you will have 6 small monsters to deal with and lets face it little monsters are cuter and much less intimidating.

You have your piles

Now get to it

Your mood is going to get considerably lighter and brighter as your piles start to gradually disappear...and they will disappear!

Keep plugging away, Take breaks. DO NOT start another big cleaning project.

As one load is done in the dryer fold it and put it away right away.

Each member of our family has their own basket, and because I got tired of sorting socks,  I have two baskets for socks ( one for black/dark  and another for white socks). Whenever anyone needs socks  they can go downstairs and find their own and put them away.

I have another basket just for towels and another for linens. We don't have a lot of room upstairs for all of the towel and linens. I keep the extras in these baskets and come down whenever I need to replenish the closets upstairs.

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That's all for now. Do you have any tips to share? I would love to read them!

         Keep up the good work Dear Ones!
           Blessings, Joanne