In a family our size it seems that laundry is the one chore that will never be completed. I have found that it is indeed possible for every dish in the house to be washed. It is a very rare occasion that this occurs, but it is possible. Laundry is another story entirely.
Just when I think I have done every possible piece of dirty clothing in the house, I will stumble upon a stray article that somehow conveniently slipped behind the girls' bed just enough to be missed the first time through the room and happily rears its ugly head upon my return to put away its clean associates. It never fails. Laundry is a task that simply never gets completed.
I think this is the reason I have such difficulty forcing myself to attempt to keep up with it. My personality is such that I like to finish things. Please don't interrupt me in the middle of a piano piece I am playing to ask some trivial question about something I really don't feel like dealing with because there is no way I can leave the keyboard until the piece is completed. Most often when I start a book that I really enjoy it will be completed within a day (or two, depending on the length).
I can handle vacuuming and mopping because once those tasks are completed the floors are nice for a while. Yes, I will eventually have to clean them again, but it just isn't as daunting as laundry. Give me windows any day of the week. Once they are sparkling it takes weeks (or even months) to get nasty enough to need cleaning again.
Laundry is a task I simply loathe. This is of course why I am teaching my children how to do laundry at such early ages. My Caleb (9) has done an entire basket of his dirty clothes from start to finish... on more than one occasion! He even folded them (as best a nine-year-old can) and put them away. Brady and Amelia aren't that far behind and Daisy loves to help me load the washer and dryer. It's just a matter of time before she's doing her own laundry, too.
You would think that with help like that, laundry would be a breeze. It is not. It is a never-ending chore that simply sucks the life out of me. Regardless of how it makes me feel, laundry is a task that needs to be done whether I like it or not. And on that wonderful note, I shall depart to tackle Mt. Washmore and attempt to chisel it down to a small ant hill. I am certain that there are children available somewhere in this house to give me some welcome assistance.
I hate laundry too. I'm all about minimizing. The less clothes in the house = less laundry. :) My sister-in-law does laundry Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays. She does loads before the kids are even out of bed. That works for her to keep up and stay on top of it without it becoming overwhelming.
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