Laundry - Page 4

Cadaverous Pallor · 04-06-2005, 11:29 AM

I do 2-3 loads once every 3-4 weeks. Lots of undies and re-wearing pants and skirts pulls me through.

Heh, all this taps into something I've been pondering.

I always hated doing laundry as a teen living at home, because it would take ALL DAY. Load 1 in the washer, load 1 moved to dryer and new load in washer, load 2 in dryer and load 3 in washer and fold load 1, etc. Hours of remembering to go check on the dryer. Bleh.

Since I've moved out it's been apartment laundry room woes. Drag everything there. Hope that there are available machines that work. But even so, it doesn't take nearly as long as doing one load at a time. I keep thinking of owning my own place and actually owning a washer and having to spend a whole day on laundry and how much that would suck. It would definitely force me into the whole "domestic day" thing that people are mentioning here, and that does appeal to me to some degree.

So what do you prefer? Your own W/D set, which means you'll do laundry more often or spend all day on it....or doing all of it at once in some annoyingly communal place?

Ghoulish Delight · 04-06-2005, 11:33 AM

I'd definitely prefer my own. I wouldn't so much do a whole day, although that I'm sure would be necessary like once every other month. I'd do a lot more quick single loads. It'd be so convenient to just get my favorite clothes + a few pairs of underwear clean whenever I want, instead of having to trudge to the laundry room. Especially in our current apartment, where we're exactly half way between 2 laundry rooms which means we're about as far away as we can be from either. And we're on the second floor.

Scrooge McSam · 04-06-2005, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

So what do you prefer? Your own W/D set, which means you'll do laundry more often or spend all day on it....or doing all of it at once in some annoyingly communal place?

I prefer my own set, hands down. No more laundromats for me every again.

Sheila · 04-06-2005, 11:53 AM

Me too on the in-house W/D. I do laundry about once a week. Three loads' worth: undies and jeans (hot), nice clothes (warm) and towels/sheets (bleach!). I almost never do it on the weekends.

I pretty much start a load after dinner, then check in on it as the evening progresses. By the time bedtime rolls around, I'm all done.

I HATE doing housework on the weekend. Weekends are made for goofing off, not clearning or doing errands. I'll move heaven and earth to get all that domestic stuff done by Friday night so I can go play, except for yardwork which can only be done on weekend days. It doesn't always happen, but that's what I shoot for.

Name · 04-06-2005, 12:01 PM

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"why do today what yoy can put off till tomorrow"

damm, now I'm missing Spain...

.....to be "on topic" I do laundry every week or two, but hate folding it or hanging it.

Not Afraid · 04-06-2005, 12:14 PM

I MUCH prefer in-house laundry. I can do it on my own schedule, whenever I like; I can let it sit in the dryer for days if I want (like the load that's in there now); I can do other things at home while doing laundry (reading, writing, LoT, YIM, cleaning, cooking, going out etc.). I don't miss the laundromat at all!

Prudence · 04-06-2005, 12:45 PM

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!

Claire · 04-06-2005, 01:34 PM

Bwahahaha!! Laundry!

I do laundry every day, usually more than one load a day and on Wednesdays, I do TONS of laundry. Somehow, even with daily maintenance, I'm always behind.

I rarely fold laundry...my husband usually does it on Thursday nights during Survivor and on Sunday nights during Arrested Development.

I will put Chloe and Cassidy's laundry away, but I refuse to put anyone else's away, including my own. WTF is up with that? I don't know. I guess I figure Courtney's ten and can do her own....and yet I'm thirty-one and won't do mine.....

Kels · 04-06-2005, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Prudence

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!

My thoughts Exactly!

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 04-06-2005, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Not Afraid

I MUCH prefer in-house laundry. I can do it on my own schedule, whenever I like; I can let it sit in the dryer for days if I want (like the load that's in there now); I can do other things at home while doing laundry (reading, writing, LoT, YIM, cleaning, cooking, going out etc.). I don't miss the laundromat at all!

I read "can let it sit on the dryer for days" as "whenever I like; I can sit on the dryer...."

I've heard things about sitting on dryers.

And here I thought you were confessing in the laundry thread. I'm so very naughty.

04-06-2005, 11:29 AM	#31
Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	I do 2-3 loads once every 3-4 weeks. Lots of undies and re-wearing pants and skirts pulls me through. Heh, all this taps into something I've been pondering. I always hated doing laundry as a teen living at home, because it would take ALL DAY. Load 1 in the washer, load 1 moved to dryer and new load in washer, load 2 in dryer and load 3 in washer and fold load 1, etc. Hours of remembering to go check on the dryer. Bleh. Since I've moved out it's been apartment laundry room woes. Drag everything there. Hope that there are available machines that work. But even so, it doesn't take nearly as long as doing one load at a time. I keep thinking of owning my own place and actually owning a washer and having to spend a whole day on laundry and how much that would suck. It would definitely force me into the whole "domestic day" thing that people are mentioning here, and that does appeal to me to some degree. So what do you prefer? Your own W/D set, which means you'll do laundry more often or spend all day on it....or doing all of it at once in some annoyingly communal place? __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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04-06-2005, 11:33 AM	#32
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	I'd definitely prefer my own. I wouldn't so much do a whole day, although that I'm sure would be necessary like once every other month. I'd do a lot more quick single loads. It'd be so convenient to just get my favorite clothes + a few pairs of underwear clean whenever I want, instead of having to trudge to the laundry room. Especially in our current apartment, where we're exactly half way between 2 laundry rooms which means we're about as far away as we can be from either. And we're on the second floor. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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04-06-2005, 11:53 AM	#34
Sheila Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 148	Me too on the in-house W/D. I do laundry about once a week. Three loads' worth: undies and jeans (hot), nice clothes (warm) and towels/sheets (bleach!). I almost never do it on the weekends. I pretty much start a load after dinner, then check in on it as the evening progresses. By the time bedtime rolls around, I'm all done. I HATE doing housework on the weekend. Weekends are made for goofing off, not clearning or doing errands. I'll move heaven and earth to get all that domestic stuff done by Friday night so I can go play, except for yardwork which can only be done on weekend days. It doesn't always happen, but that's what I shoot for.
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04-06-2005, 12:14 PM	#36
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	I MUCH prefer in-house laundry. I can do it on my own schedule, whenever I like; I can let it sit in the dryer for days if I want (like the load that's in there now); I can do other things at home while doing laundry (reading, writing, LoT, YIM, cleaning, cooking, going out etc.). I don't miss the laundromat at all!
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04-06-2005, 12:45 PM	#37
Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	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! __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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04-06-2005, 01:34 PM	#38
Claire Shagilicious Disneyland!! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Fulfilling my destiny..... Posts: 740	Bwahahaha!! Laundry! I do laundry every day, usually more than one load a day and on Wednesdays, I do TONS of laundry. Somehow, even with daily maintenance, I'm always behind. I rarely fold laundry...my husband usually does it on Thursday nights during Survivor and on Sunday nights during Arrested Development. I will put Chloe and Cassidy's laundry away, but I refuse to put anyone else's away, including my own. WTF is up with that? I don't know. I guess I figure Courtney's ten and can do her own....and yet I'm thirty-one and won't do mine..... __________________ Miles: It tastes like the back of a fing L.A. school bus. Now they probably didn't de-stem, hoping for some semblance of concentration, crushed it up with leaves and mice, and then wound up with this rancid tar and turpentine bull**. Fin' Raid. Jack: Tastes pretty good to me.
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