[Prudence]

In-house. I don't "spend the day" on laundry, but when I'm home I can have laundry going while I'm doing something else. Heck, if I'm really on top of things, I can load the washer the night before and set the time so that it starts at the same time as the alarm. Then mid-way through morning prep I can move it to the dryer. I hate the idea of having to be away from home until my clothes are clean. Ish! It also makes it easier to wash things properly. I don't feel like I'm wasting a load if I wash gentle cycle stuff by itself. Plus our washer has a "hand wash" setting which saves me so much time. I never actually hand wash things. Pain in the patootie, handwashing is.

No one steals my clothes. Any scary items left in the machine are mine. No one has just used bleach/dye and not rinsed it out. No one has just washed un-rinsed poopy diapers and left the machine a mess. No one takes my wet clothes out of the dryer so they can dry theirs on my coin. I don't have to sit right in front of the machine to mark my territory. I can do laundry at 2:30 in the morning if I feel like it.

Plus, if I'm feeling supremely lazy, I can toss something wrinkly in the dryer while I shower and then I don't have to iron!