My Nemesis....The Laundry.....

Yes, that again. The laundry. I am drowning in dirty laundry. Actually I am drowning in clean laundry too. Yesterday I tried really hard to get it caught up and our bed was covered in clean laundry. Clean laundry that I never got back to because I got sidetracked. So what did hubby do when it was bed time and our bed was covered? You guessed it...it is in a pile on our bedroom floor. God bless him, I would have done the same thing. We are all exhausted by bedtime. My oldest dug through it this morning for socks. I dug through it to find a shirt for my youngest. I am officially in a laundry state of emergency. Someone send help! Yes, I should be doing laundry instead of blogging. I know this. But I look at the laundry and I get overwhelmed. Clean laundry, dirty laundry, clothes that need to get culled and donated, clothes that need to get packed away for next fall, clothes, clothes, clothes, clothes, clothes, clothes, clothes...laundry, laundry, laundry, laundry, laundry, laundry.

And then....I walk away.

Yes, I know, that only make the problem worse.

I'll get it caught up. I will. I swear. I WILL!

Just not right now. I have a zillion things to do. Like blog. Just kidding! Like take a bath. Pick youngest up from school. Go back to school to eat lunch with middle. Go to town to get groceries. Clean the duck house. Stare at the garden and see if the seeds are sprouting yet. Stare at the garden some more. Fix dinner. Go back to school this evening for middle's graduation. And on and on life goes....

Life is good. :)

Laundry is bad. Just kidding! :) It isn't bad...it is just challenging. I'm laundry challenged.

No, I Don't Know Where my Laundry is!!!

If you have ever been to Flylady's website, you'll know that she asks you to ask yourself regularly (daily?) if you know where your laundry is. Unfortunately, "Uh, yes, piled shoulder high in the laundry room." isn't the correct answer. Darn it.

Right now, I barely know where mine is, other than to say it is in such a distressing state. Couple a busy weekend with a busy new week and then throw in me coming down with the crud and that is all it takes around here for things to zing out of control. And fast! And it does seem like once things are on the downward spin, it picks up speed and can become overwhelming quite easily. Right now we are picking clean clothes out of baskets and throwing in an emergency load of whatever we need for the next day before bed to be put in the dryer in the morning.

In the warmer months, I love to wash it all in a day and hang it on the line to dry. It just seems like it goes much faster. I actually enjoy doing it that way! Usually the rest of the year I do laundry on Sunday/Monday/Tuesdays and enlist everyone's help to fold and put away on Tuesday evening...I call it family laundry night. And then there are times like this week when it is just out of control and I don't know where to start. Yesterday I contimplated packing it all in the van and going to a laundry mat. But I think instead I am just going to dedicate some time to getting it caught up. And in the process, weed out some clothes. And I am thinking about restructuring the laundry chore and putting the kids in charge of their own. Off I go to tackle Mount Evil Laundry.

Do you know where your laundry is? And if you have any methods that make keeping up with it easier, please do share them!