ARG....I did it again! - Page 2

BirkiLady · ‎02-22-2015

Why didn't their mom's teach them to do laundry? My husband knew how to do laundry and household cleaning. I didn't have to teach him anything. To be honest, he probably had to teach me a few things about housekeeping! I grew up in a home with a housekeeper and never had to do that stuff for myself. Prior to marriage I received a quick lesson from "Lois" (our housekeeper).

Our first home didn't have a dishwasher (or Lois) and actually doing the dishes every evening became overwhelming. In short, I hated it! Didn't mind cleaning, laundry, doing the floors or bathrooms. But the dishes . . . not my thing at all. My husband tried to do them periodically, too. He didn't like doing dishes, either.

We were on limited funds, but my husband managed to save enough money from his Veteran's Disability Payments for one of those portable dishwashers (it was yellow!) that hooked to the kitchen faucet! We both felt like we were in Heaven . . . and spent our evenings studying instead of doing dishes!

Money screams; wealth whispers.

songbird · ‎03-21-2010

@ID2

Thank you!

songbird · ‎03-21-2010

@stellabystarlight wrote:
I never put anything with cotton in the dryer. I let them air dry because I have always found that they shrink a little even if I put them on delicate dryer cycle.

I usually hang them up.. But for some reason, I got distracted and forgot about them. When I went down stairs to the now stopped dryer, I suddenly remembered! I'm going to iron them in the hopes they will stretch out.

Witchy Woman · ‎03-15-2010

@SurferWife

DH is a contractor and his clothing is pretty dirty. That is why he decided to have his own washer and dryer in the garage. Thankfully, he does all his own clothing.

It's a gift.

However, he told me once that he washes everything, including the rugs on the floor, in the same load.

Nothing gets separated.

Hey, at least he's doing his own wash!

ceekay · ‎03-12-2010

@songbird - my mom always said dryer shrinkage can usually be reversed. Not the same case if something is mistakenly washed in hot water. Anyhow, I usually just soak whatever snuck into the dryer in cool/lukewarm water and then lay it out and stretch it back to its original shape (usually roll in a towel to remove excess water first). Does not work for everything but you might give it a try. I would think using a hot iron and stretching will not have the same result. Good luck!

crawford5153 · ‎03-15-2010

Witchy Woman, you made me laugh so hard lol with the statement of your husband putting the rugs in with his clothes.

When I was first married I would wash and then hang all the laundry outside as I had two clothes lines. Then I would fold them up as I was taking them off the clothes lines. One thing I liked was the wonderful fresh smell that all my laundry had from the fresh air drying them. I did this for 11 year until we built out house and I finally got a dryer. Even then when I did laundry and if it was a nice day out they went to air dry. I had so much energy back then it was unbelievable. Wish I had that now lol!

I still do dishes by hand and never use the dishwasher unless I have a large gathering and then I use the dishwasher but that is not very often.

ECBG · ‎01-08-2011

@so so wrote:
Exact reason i keep my husband away from doing laundry....everything goes in the dryer on HIGH heat. gets my goat. so many things have been ruined by him. an Issac t shirt. never bought another one.

@so so OH MY GOSH!!! You brought up a memory for me. I was in my 30's and had bought a beautiful shirt with matching cashmere sweater by Talbots, NOT on sale, periwinkle and navy, beautiful!

I had them in the washer, DH comes along and pops them in the dryer. The sweater looked like it belonged to Barbie! I had preached and preached "Don't touch MY laundry!!!!!" I took that sweater and draped it over the trash can where he had to see it every morning.

He'd put the sweater in the trash, I'd rehang. I told him it was his "sticky note"! It stayed a month. Never happened again.

I was able to rebuy my set, thank goodness!!!!!!!

crawford5153 · ‎03-15-2010

ECBG, My husband does not even know what the knobs are for on the washer and the dryer. Thank God for that as I do not want him within 10 feet of anything mechanical in the house lol.

I can only imagine the horror on your face when the sweater came out of the dryer. At least I have not had to experience that situation.

sfnative · ‎03-10-2010

@songbird

Having had the same disaster a few times, I finally found a solution.

First off, I needed to just slow down a tic when stuffing the washer. Secondly, I went on Amazon and purchased some of those "lingerie bags" you use that have zippers on them. I purchased the selection that has about 6 different sizes.

Anyway, I place my 100% cotton tops in these zipper bags and anything else needing extra attention, like a black top with a faded red Japanese rooster on it with a few teeny rhinestones within Japanese character writing. I know this top sounds weird, but I've had a gillion complements on it and not one rhinestone has been lost in the wash, because I turn it inside-out and then place it in one of those bags.

Edited to add: At the end of the wash cycle, I grab any lingerie bags and head for the rack, so I can hang or lay them out to dry.

Good luck!