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<blockquote data-quote="Mattsmom277" data-source="post: 329652" data-attributes="member: 4264"><p>Our lives are parallel!!! I live the same cycle. And I truly mourn the fact that we both live with the dreaded piles of wrinkled up laundry. Some things get washed many times without being worn, simply to avoid ironing, or because they appear dirty and how am I to know the difference in a wrinkled mess? Not to mention the wobbly piles fall all over, making a nice warm bed for difficult child's cat, thus they fill with cat hair, that then gets through the entire laundry load GRRR!</p><p></p><p>So here's what I did. When I was packing away things to make way for Christmas decorations, I PURGED. I didn't ask anybody. If it wasn't being used to my knowledge, it went into a box. If it was dusty for months, it obviousy was not valued, it went into a box. I purged lovely things but ones that cluttered and drove me crazy. I went through each item going into the laundry. If I could not recall recent memory of anybody wearing said item, it went to a garbage bag. Again, I asked nobody. Odds are they wont' notice a high percentage of the missing things. i don't even know how many boxes and garbage bags I ended up with. </p><p></p><p>I had a local charity place come pick it all the very next day before hands could dip in and drag anything back out. I couldn't believe how much less STUFF we can easily live with. So far, not one question of "where is such and such". So yup, nobody cared! Except for me!! The piles were reduced and can't expand as large. Nooks and crannies of piled up "things" are now out of my hair and out of the fray. It honestly helps!!! I highly recommend it. </p><p></p><p>As for the clothes thing, I now only do MY laundry and easy child's laundry since she is only 10. However she is now responsible for keeping her clothes ONLY in her room, nowhere else in the house. When I'm ready for a load of her dirty stuff, she is to gather it all and bring it to me. She doesn't? I don't ask again. I don't do it. School clothes dirty? Too bad so sad. She learned the hard way to bring me a basket full of laundry if she wants clean clothes. As for S/O and difficult child, I wont' touch their laundry. Won't wash. Won't fold. Won't put away. Won't iron wrinkles that exist because someone didn't hang it after coming out of the dryer wrinkle free. </p><p></p><p>I remove bedding for washing in the morning, by evening all bedding is back on beds. I wash towels available (meaning in bathroom or in laundry room, but don't collect from bedrooms). I keep a stash of my own clean towels. If they dont' bring their dirty ones, they can darn well dry themselves with them. Live and learn lol. </p><p></p><p>I still can't claim a pristine home, not likely going to happen ever. But there's fewer and smaller piles, and my aggravation level is much less. Baby steps!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mattsmom277, post: 329652, member: 4264"] Our lives are parallel!!! I live the same cycle. And I truly mourn the fact that we both live with the dreaded piles of wrinkled up laundry. Some things get washed many times without being worn, simply to avoid ironing, or because they appear dirty and how am I to know the difference in a wrinkled mess? Not to mention the wobbly piles fall all over, making a nice warm bed for difficult child's cat, thus they fill with cat hair, that then gets through the entire laundry load GRRR! So here's what I did. When I was packing away things to make way for Christmas decorations, I PURGED. I didn't ask anybody. If it wasn't being used to my knowledge, it went into a box. If it was dusty for months, it obviousy was not valued, it went into a box. I purged lovely things but ones that cluttered and drove me crazy. I went through each item going into the laundry. If I could not recall recent memory of anybody wearing said item, it went to a garbage bag. Again, I asked nobody. Odds are they wont' notice a high percentage of the missing things. i don't even know how many boxes and garbage bags I ended up with. I had a local charity place come pick it all the very next day before hands could dip in and drag anything back out. I couldn't believe how much less STUFF we can easily live with. So far, not one question of "where is such and such". So yup, nobody cared! Except for me!! The piles were reduced and can't expand as large. Nooks and crannies of piled up "things" are now out of my hair and out of the fray. It honestly helps!!! I highly recommend it. As for the clothes thing, I now only do MY laundry and easy child's laundry since she is only 10. However she is now responsible for keeping her clothes ONLY in her room, nowhere else in the house. When I'm ready for a load of her dirty stuff, she is to gather it all and bring it to me. She doesn't? I don't ask again. I don't do it. School clothes dirty? Too bad so sad. She learned the hard way to bring me a basket full of laundry if she wants clean clothes. As for S/O and difficult child, I wont' touch their laundry. Won't wash. Won't fold. Won't put away. Won't iron wrinkles that exist because someone didn't hang it after coming out of the dryer wrinkle free. I remove bedding for washing in the morning, by evening all bedding is back on beds. I wash towels available (meaning in bathroom or in laundry room, but don't collect from bedrooms). I keep a stash of my own clean towels. If they dont' bring their dirty ones, they can darn well dry themselves with them. Live and learn lol. I still can't claim a pristine home, not likely going to happen ever. But there's fewer and smaller piles, and my aggravation level is much less. Baby steps! [/QUOTE]
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