My Love/Hate Relationship with Laundry

(Yes this is my actual laundry room – pitiful I know)

Laundry and me have a love-hate relationship.  I love the smell of laundry detergent and softener and don’t mind actually washing the clothes, but I hate putting the clothes away.  I am fortunate enough to have our washer and dryer on our main floor (although upstairs would be better) and it is right off the kitchen.  I can work on the laundry while cooking dinner or watching the kids play in the family room.  I also find myself using washcloths more often to clean or wipe up spills rather than paper towels because I can toss the washcloths right in the laundry room.  Our laundry room though is very small, which is the only room in the whole house I would really change, so I do have to maximize shelves to make the most of our laundry room.

To make laundry fun, or should I say bearable, I like to challenge myself.  I like to see how many loads I can get done in a certain time, can I get a certain stain out, or how can I save money in our laundry room.  As far as saving money goes in the laundry room, other than of course using coupons or getting detergent on sale, I try run our washer/dryer at off-peak times (usually around 9pm), I only run full loads, I use smaller amounts of detergent to stretch the bottle, and I use cold water for everything except whites.

Laundry though is something that needs to get done and I have learned to live with it.  With two active boys who constantly challenge my laundry abilities, a husband who constantly changes his clothes, and a baby on the way, laundry and me like I said have a love-hate relationship!