Laundry Woes

I had a large family, six kids, and often got behind in the laundry. The washing and drying I could handle just fine. It was the endless folding and getting it to their rooms that was the problem.

In Kansas, we lived in a big house with the laundry in the basement. The laundry room was about 12' x 14' with hanging racks and a banquet table for folding. Great set up, but impossible to manage. Each morning I would collect the laundry from the third and second floor and carry it to the basement. Every other day, I would sort and wash. Folding took hours so often the clothes would end up on the table in various piles. Notice -  the house is tilting toward the laundry room!!

The older boys, whose rooms were on the third floor, would often get dressed in the basement. (It was their job to carry up their own laundry) I had to make curtains for the windows as the laundry room opened into the alley. Later I attempted to have them do their own laundry and then the clothes never got folded. Anyway back to dressing in the basement... I really thought those days were over.

Now there are only three of us in this house. The laundry room is on the main floor and is about 8' x 6'. There is one hanging rod and only enough room to open the door. The blessing is that I am never behind on laundry and folding, or so I thought.

This morning I was downstairs cooking breakfast for Andy before I took him to work. I heard him muttering as he came down the stairs. He was dressed in his socks and BVDs. He went straight to the dryer to find a pair of pants and his favorite shirt! 

I guess, even though it has been eighteen years since we lived in Kansas, he still remembered where to find the clothes he wanted.  So much for having the laundry dilemma solved!