Ughhh! When will it EVER stinking end!!?? No matter how many times I ask for the dirty clothes to be brought to the laundry room, I find myself walking into my kids hazardous habitats only to be greeted by the stench of their dirty clothes and filthy underwear. You would think since one of my kids, who shall remain nameless, cannot use a towel twice --- (since the idea of using said towel on his face that once wiped his just showered butt is just..... 'ewwwwwwww' ---[oops] ) that he would actually WANT his filthy stinking undergarments WASHED!
I don't know, maybe this is just happening in my little corner of my little world and you ---whoever you might be --- cannot relate at all. But there are days when the thought of washing and then folding one more garment of clothing drives me to want to drink! And I don't mean a cup of overpriced Starbucks coffee or a Diet Coke! It is also a sad but simple truth that my kids do not greet their freshly washed clothing, or their mother, with chants of "you are blessed, you're so great mom, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!" As a matter of fact, after the monotonous washing and the folding, I sometimes have to plead with them to actually put their clothes away! Funny, right?
In any event, I am reminded that --- necessity is the mother of all invention. Once upon a long, long time ago, women had to use a wash board and lye soap to clean the family's garments! Laundry was a back breaking chore that often took HOURS to complete. Someone, probably a woman ---or better yet--- a husband who was sick of his wife's drinking habit, determined it would be highly beneficial to all of mankind to --- invent the washing machine. Hmmm, necessity brought man invention. And many happier women.
So instead of complaining:
I will joyfully load up that GE Washer and thank Thomas Edison for bringing electricity into my home.
I will accomplish this task in very short order, which is why I am able to sit here and BLOG about my kids and their dirty underwear!
I will stick to drinking coffee and Diet Coke and stay away from the hard stuff!
I might even decide to invent something --- how bout an implanted micro-chip that gently shocks a teen-ager whenever their dirty dainties hit the bedroom floor!
Ahhhh, now that would be a Pulitzer Prize winner.
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2 comments:
HA HA!!! I'll see your loads of laundry and raise you a husband's full laundry basket (after only three days!) and 5 dress shirts that have to be ironed WITH STARCH every single week!
I say you go on children's laundry strike for about a month. Surely they will decide to start appreciating what you do by the time they're wearing those jeans for the 4th or 5th time without being washed! :)
I have thought many times about those shock collars for dogs. Hmmmmmm! You might want to think about them too. Isn't it amazing how the clothes can get so close to the hamper yet never seem to make it there. The bathroom is just a wreck also. At least mine does use her towel more than once. And sometimes you really don't know if the pile of clothes in the floor is from last week that was placed in the room to put up or if that pile is dirty. So it all gets thrown back in to be washed yet a second time. CALGON TAKE ME AWAY!!!!! Can we really get away with striking? If so, I'm right there with you sis! All the way!!!!!!
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