Laundry, Ugh!

Laundry isn't really that bad. But when you wait until you have practically EVERY piece of laundry in your house to wash, it becomes a nightmare. I just spent time in my laundry room - folding a batch of towels, putting in Brett's second load of laundry (which included pretreating practically every shirt and pair of pants!) and then I walked upstairs and saw the SECOND BASKET of his dirty clothes still to wash! UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

Part of my problem with Brett's clothes is that I have a matching pair of pants for each shirt he has. So that means that every day he puts on a new pair of pants and a shirt. I know this is a lot, but I buy his clothes at consignment sales and garage sales. And, it makes matching his outfits a lot easier for everyone in our family. He just picks out an outfit in the morning and puts it on. No need to figure out if the shirt matches the pants or if the jeans are clean, etc. So that's part of the problem. But, I'm not changing that. At least not now. Although it does take me a while to put his clothes on hangars and match up outfits. But in the long run I think it's worth it.

The biggest problem with my laundry situation is just finding the time to do the laundry. It's hard to put a load in when Claire's awake. But why I can't do it when she's napping or at night? That's a good question. I'll have to think about that one.

Last night as I was just finishing up Lance and I's laundry, he came into the bedroom and magically conjured up an ENTIRE BASKET worth of dirty clothes for me to wash! I just looked at him as he put them into the hamper. I had just finished folding the clothes and thought I was done for the night. He knew I wasn't happy.

I think I need to make doing the laundry more often, or coming up with a better system my New Year's Resolution. Because right now I'm really tired of all the piles of laundry in my house. Off to fold some clothes.