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First, The Princess would like you all to know that she has lost her first tooth. Well, her first voluntary tooth loss. Her first natural, normal tooth losing. The thing is, about 6 months ago, a Pirate who shall remain responsible I mean nameless ok it was Cannonball Jack, hit her in the mouth with a bat. She walked into his back swing. Fortunately, it was a foam covered bat. It busted her lip and took out a tooth. Not all the way, of course, but enough so that a dentist had to be called in to the ER after all the stitches (there were 4) were sewn into her lip. So, this was her first REAL and regular tooth loss. And it was so easy. I used the paper dinner napkin method of tooth extraction. And by the time I felt like I had a good grip on it, I realized it was already free. The Princess was so relieved, it didn’t even hurt. She thought you had to go to the emergency dentist for all tooth extractions, silly Princess.
Next, I would like to talk about laundry some more. I love doing laundry in my “new” Whirlpool washer. I have read on Works for me Wednesday links about NOT sorting your laundry. Now, I was taught that we sort the laundry into as many categories as is reasonably possible. So, this I did for ever and ever, amen. Until a few weeks ago I read on a WFMW link that in an effort to save time and whatever that she just threw it all in together! GASP! And it came out fine. SHOCK AND AWE! So, I’d like to try this, but I keep on not trying this. Weird, huh? But, I wonder, did the whole sorting thing arise out of a desperate attempt to contend with horrible fabrics and horrible dyes and horrible detergents. Have we, perhaps, outgrown the NEED to sort? Are our fabrics and dyes and detergents so space age that sorting is just a big waste of time and whatever?
I feel like I may have some extenuating circumstances. We wear a lot of denim. And the denim that the Pirates and my DH wear gets pretty dirty. And the Pirates wear red t-shirts alot, I mean, they ARE Pirates. Is it really ok to wash our towels mixed in with our t-shirts and jumpers and socks and undies? I have always adhered to these general sorting categories.
- towels
- denims
- whites
- reds
- darks
- lights
- brights
- khakis
And now you know why this new-fangled laundry method intrigues me. That’s alot of sorting. I can see the light at the end of the sorting tunnel. I just don’t know if it’s the right thing to do. What do y’all do? Do you sort by weight or color or level of filth? Or do you just grab an armful and start half an hour before I’m all sorted and ready?
Since I got our latest electric bill I have been doing a little sort in between the washer and the dryer. I take out the big stuff and hang it to dry. I don’t have a clothes line, yet, so I just hang it on hangers in doorways on the top of the door frames and on shower curtain-rods. Most of what we wear is 100% cotton, so it takes a long time to dry in the dryer.
So, really. What do y’all do? I really want to know. Leave a comment and tell everything you care to tell about your laundry routine.
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I, rather, the kids, sort into three easy piles:
Lights
whites
Darks.
On days when it’s just too crazy for that I throw it all in together with a Shout Color Catcher (they really work – even with brand new red shirts) and we’re good to go. I think maybe our fabrics have “evolved.”
I keep things fairly simple.
Towels/wash cloths
Colors (all colors)
Whites
Blacks
I only do my own laundry so it’s pretty simple!
I throw all my clothes in together. I always have, and I have never had a problem!
I only use cold water, though.
I have way too many categories myself. I have darks/warm
lights/warm (I used to have whites separate, but not lately)
darks/cold
ights/cold
towels
rags
I usually wash my jeans with my towels, or I turn them inside out so the zippers don’t catch my other clothes and put them in with my darks.
I have separate cold cycles just because my hubby has so many golf shirts that have that special “breathable” fabric that requires cold cycles.
Well, since we are a family of four, and are able to generate enough laundry to make sorting worthwhile, I do sort our clothes. However, before I was married and was only doing my own laundry, I often washed multiple colours of things together with no ill effect (within reason, of course). I currently sort our clothing according to whites (bleach load for socks, underwear, and undershirts), lights, and darks. I also do separate loads for towels, bedding, and kitchen laundry. Sometimes, when there are just a few colours and darks, I mix them together to make a full load…I know…I’m a rebel that way.
As long as something has been washed a lot, I don’t worry about it transfering colour. If we happen to pick up a new red shirt or similar item, I will put some water in the sink, dunk it in, and then squeeze it to see if any colour comes out. If it seems colourfast, it is fair game to twist and shout with all of the rest of the clothes in the washer. We are an equal opportunity family and do not discriminate based on colour, manufacturer, or size. All we ask is that you keep your dye molecules to yourself and don’t turn on any heat in the dryer.
P.S. If you really want to know everything about my laundry routine, I wrote about it here: http://www.northofthe49.com/blog/?p=103 It really doesn’t say much more than what I just wrote though.
I don’t believe in sorting laundry. For us, everything goes in together EXCEPT for reds- those get set aside until we have enough of them to make a load. I’ve turned batches of socks pink one too many times to mess with that. If something red has been washed enough times that it won’t bleed anymore, it goes in with the rest.