Today is Monday....

Monday is Laundry day at our house, including all the bed sheets.

It just happens to be one of my days off from preschool when I'm home all day!

(Except this week, it's my birthday and if you don't schedule time off for yourself no one else will. So a few years ago, I decided no housework or cooking on my birthday!)

Of course it piles up through the week so I do about 2-3 more loads on Friday, also day off.

I'm not telling you, you have to do it on Monday, just simply pick a day that works for you, then your not doing everything, everyday.

I hate ironing, my husband even says it is a waste of time, especially when you have kids your constantly holding.  So I have bought 3-4 nice wrinkle-free shirts for Sunday, and maybe once a month I actually iron when it piles up and I pick a chick flick to watch while doing it. (I can't just sit and do nothing, ask my sis-in-law.)

Each day our laundry is put into 2 laundry baskets next to the bedrooms.  Each day a different kid has the job of sorting that laundry into these bins. Whites, lights, darks, and levis, the towels go in a hamper in my bathroom after being used at least twice.

I might be crazy for making my own laundry soap, but I love not running out, and this recipe (see bottom of post) saves a ton of $. I very rarely have to use the Spray N' Wash, and I only use the dryer sheets for less static. (My husband has one of those electric personalities.) And it makes everything smell fresh, you could also add some essential oils for fragrance.

I keep this 5 gallon buchet on my laundry room floor and fill when needed.

Everything gets hung up or folded and put away by the end of the day by who it belongs to.

Laundry Soap Recipe:
1 Cup Arm & Hammer Washing Soda
1/2 cup Borax
1 Bar Fels Naptha Laundry Soap Bar
water

Grate bar soap & dissolve in 4 cups water on med.-low heat in medium saucepan.
Pour melted soap and washing soda and borax in 5 gallon container. Fill to top with hot water & mix.
Cover. Let set overnight. Stir again. Fill 1 gallon jug 1/2 full with concentrate, 1/2 water. Shake.
Use 1/2-1 cup per load.

I found everything at Macey's.