More on laundry
Before I get a reputation that I don't deserve regarding good laundry practices, I feel I should clarify that when I say "darks", I mean anything that has even a hint of color. This explains why the outfit Holly is sporting in this picture was one of the casualties. With the purchase of our new washer last May, I've managed to whittle down the number of loads of laundry I do each week to three: whites, darks, and towels/sheets. Thanks to my bad laundry habits, every time I throw stuff in the wash I assume that it's a gamble that things will come out looking the way they went in. Last Spring I picked up a set of totally awesome, ridiculously expensive, but finally on sale, Pottery Barn Kids dark blue tie-dyed sheets for Henry. Since I had to wash them before he used them, I put them in with our white sheets to kill the proverbial two birds with one stone. When I pulled everything out, our white sheets had a distinct blue sheen. Dave noticed it while we were making the bed and I launched into how they don't look blue, they really just look whiter thanks to the blue balancing out the yellow that was in the white. He totally bought it. Or at least pretended he did. And that is what makes our marriage work, lying and good acting.
Comments
I would have washed that with the whites. Let's go shopping.
Posted by: Gabriella | September 26, 2009 08:55 AM
Your laundry habits are better than mine. The only time I'm careful to wash darks and whites separately is when I am washing something (with color) for the first time. Paul sometimes leaves something in a pocket but usually it's a gum wrapper and it doesn't harm any of the clothing. My problem is Nadia who has taken to putting random objects into our clothes hampers in our bedrooms. Usually I have discovered the object (such as a plastic hot dog), but once (recently) I missed a bright pink fabric barrette and yep it bled onto a few items in the laundry. I put stain stick on the stuff and immediately washed those items again and thankfully the stains came out of all but one item. Whew...
Posted by: Ruth | September 26, 2009 07:16 PM