Let me be clear: this is just MY laundry basket.
Please note that YOU CAN’T EVEN SEE THE BASKET.
I have no choice but to tackle it. What with my preference for wearing clothes that are, you know, clean.
So I guess we all know what I’ll be doing this afternoon. My goal is to finish (wash, dry, fold, PUT AWAY) everything in the basket. And to not get sidetracked by the sheets that need to be changed. And the towels. And the dishcloths. And the this. And the that. And the other.
(By the way, does anybody else see the look of condemnation on Ally’s face in the background? She’s all, I never let my laundry pile get that big. You wouldn’t find yourself in this situation if you’d do a couple of small loads every day.)
(I think she may even be rolling her eyes.)
(SOMETIMES SHE’S JUST SO CRITICAL.)
Anyway, I hope y’all are having a great day. I’ll be elbow-deep in Gain if you need me.
But the good news is that my Gain-covered elbows, they will smell DELICIOUS.
The end.
OH I hear ya! I just spent the morning ironing 12 of my husbands work shirts, 2 small girls shirts, 4 placemats and 4 napkins. Gotta love laundry! (Did you notice the hint of scarsism in my voice?)
Don’t worry, the same thing happens to me! All of a sudden, I open my underwear drawer and NOTHING! Speaking of which, I better go put a load in!
I think Ally is being too critical.
And Gain? When I smell that lovely scent it takes me back to when my husband and I were dating in high school. Yes, ma’am. His mama used that stuff and I loved the way he smelled. Still do cause I still use Gain.
I just kept waiting for the laundry fairy to visit, until I finally realized that she was probably trapped beneath the laundry avalanche in front of the washer. Guess I’ll have to do it myself after all.
I’m with ya! My washer broke just over a week ago. Imagine your laundry pile times six people. I went the laundromat (washateria for some southerners) and filled NINE of the super washers. The repairman will finally be here in about three hours, which means I’d better get cleaning!
Do you technically have to put it up to day that you are finished with the laundry? I think if it is clean and folded that is pretty close to finished…or at least that’s the way it is at my house:) My laundry piles up like that too…it just means you need a bigger laundry basket!
You can do it!!!
And yes, Ally is totally judging you. But I’m not, because that’s what mine looked like only a few days ago.
Wishing you focus and some good Tivo TV time as you fold…
I am right there with you. I have begun the challenge. Hope you have too :)
My pile is bigger, but I daren’t take nor post a picture. (::Shamed::) :)
But I’d love to get distracted from it…wait, I already have, that’s why I’m in this predicament!
I keep telling my husband we need a bigger hamper. He says if we get one, he needs more underwear! :)
Girl…..I think I recognize that expression on her face.
It’s…..
Geez lady, do your stinkin laundry…would ya? Hrmph!
You and your laundry have fun!!!!!! :)
oh, the foldin’ and the puttin’ away!! That’s the worst part! It’s the only part they haven’t created a machine for…I’ll wash and dry till the sky is blue. But the puttin’ away?! Oi Vey.
I pray that the Lord does NOT make me do laundry in Heaven. Unfortunately, your post just reminded me that I have some downstairs here in my earthly home. Thanks.
You are not alone, BooMama! You are not alone.
You crack me up with the dog!
I am sitting here right now doing this when there is a load to be changed and I just can not bring myself to woman up and do it! Yikes!
Okay, when you are done, can you come to my house please? I have more dirty laundry than I should admit. On second thought, you had better not, we would both definitely be too distracted to do any laundry :).
I did laundry today too, and when I was finished I went to Target to get some fake snow (long story) and saw Travis Cottrell- and he was buying laundry detergent and a Diary of a Wimpy Kid book- made my day- well, it would have really made my day if he had broken out in song, but he was on the phone with who I can only assume was his wife because he was standing in the laundry aisle saying, “I still don’t see it…”
So, it looks like it was laundry day all around.
Oh – I am with ya! I cannot – cannot – do a couple loads every day – because then there is never an END to the madness. At least if I do it once a week – it all gets put away (except when the kids keep it in their clean laundry basket all week)and there is an END for another week. Putting away is the hardest – but when it gets done it is a definite feeling of accomplishment. And since my kids wear uniforms to school, laundry definitely has to be done every weekend or they don’t have anything to wear to school.
Don’t hate me because I love to do laundry.
I can’t believe I’m going to admit this on national tv, but I took a shower with a clean sock as a wash cloth this morning. As in I have FOUR baskets of laundry – mostly towels obviously – that look just like your picture.
So girl, no condemnation from me.
p.s. The sock is from the infamous ‘sock basket’ where the unmated go to die.
So my kids are in college and it’s just hubs and me at home yet I still have found a way to mis-manage the laundry. The pile that I used to call Mt. Neverest no longer seeps out over the hamper so every now and then my husband will have to say, “uh, are you ever going to wash whites?’…it’s like I never have a big enough load to wash now so it just doesn’t get done.
There is something satisfying about whittling down a pile of laundry like you have though so happy washing!
My first thought was about the dog and her face. LOL!!!!
Mine is begining to look like that. My parents look like that after items have been washed. My mother is bad about not folding so you live out of the baskets.
My dog is more likely to think great something else to keep her from cuddling with me.
This post reminded me that I started a load of laundry early this morning…and if I want to get dressed tomorrow I better go switch it over to the dryer. (probably with an extra dryer sheet or 3)Thanks! :)
I’ll see your stack and raise you *5* that look just like.
Then you know what my laundry room looks like.
Yep. I had that basket, plus three more and a duffel bag (kid home from college – yay!) But worked on it all day yesterday and I’m just about done! There is a nice sense of accomplishment when I gaze in wonder at the empty baskets – for about five minutes, then someone throws a towel into one and the moment passes…
Oh, I hear you. My laundry is calling me to Deal With It. But I’m still ignoring it at the moment. Our cat actually likes when the laundry overflows, because she has a weird/gross habit of curling up in it. Yes, in the dirty laundry. I can’t explain her reasoning.
Same here, at least we have Gain. When my daughters friends tell her she smells good and ask her what she uses she tells them. “It’s GAIN”
She DOES look very condemning. And smug.:o)
I hope that you were able to get all of your laundry done. I FEEL YOUR PAIN!
I wish I was in Alabama for Christmas! My daughter used to live in Hoover. Amazing scenery y’all are blessed with.
As far as the laundry–my extra bathroom has a tub full of dirty clothes to deal with. My washer bit the dust in August so it has been awful for trips to the laundromat. I am ready to buy a new washer and am stuck as for what to buy!!! Any suggestions? (p.s.–I love your blog! I think you and I could be sisters!)
no no no—your dog Ally is not judging you, but so sad that you are removing all that lovely dirty laundry. My pets just love the full dirty laundry basket.
The laundry fairy came to visit me this past weekend but then he, as in my husband, came to his senses and left all of the clothes for me to put away! Which by the way I did gladly but only because I didn’t have to wash, dry, or fold them.
My washing machine is broken. I have 3 (yes, 3) overflowing baskets of laundry. And I’m wearing the chonies that are usually buried in the back of the drawer because I don’t like them.
Clearly, it’s a rough day. ;)
My laundry looks FAR worse than this! Take heart and do not be discouraged! There is always someone with worse laundry than yours!
I wish you could have seen (not really) the monstrosity that overtook the hallway on the way TO our laundry room. The gargantuan pile that made it all but impossible to even GET. TO. the laundry room!! This after being in and out, in and out over the last two weeks with a family of 6, two of whom are in cloth diapers. And having done absolutely NO laundry in all that time. It was so horrendous I very nearly gave up and burned them all. It was nothing short of a heavenly miracle that I live today to tell about it!