A Date Which Will Live in Circus Infamy
** May 3, 2010 **
Write it down folks. Circle it on your calendar.
I’ve dreamed of this day for months. I’ve gotten so close only to be thwarted.
But, folks… it finally happened.
The circus family is caught up on laundry.
I know, I never thought it would happen either. Friday afternoon I washed my Christmas table cloth. This evening, I dry cleaned our sweaters with one of those handy Woolite Dry Cleaning sheets.
In fact, except for that dry clean load, I was caught up on Friday afternoon and this evening I just washed the clothes we wore this weekend. That’s right… the only clothes that are dirty at the circus abode right now are the pjs we are currently wearing.
In fact, we uncovered a problem that I’ve never encountered here before. Since all of our clothes are clean, I actually ran out of hangers. I have clean clothes folded and ready to go in the closet, after I go buy more hangers tomorrow. I also have bulging dresser drawers… which tells me that this week I need to go through our clothes and bag up the winter clothes.
What will I do with this new found state of being?
Well, I have a plan. I’ve been conjuring it up for months and I think it is fool proof. I have a laundry basket sitting in the hallway outside of our bedroom doors and each evening we will throw our dirty clothes into it. And each morning I will wash that load. With 5, soon to be 6, people dirtying clothes, we actually make a load of clothes a day with my small washing machine.
Meaning, the circus will stay on top of the laundry.
Stop laughing, I really think this is possible.
No, I mean it, it is not nice to laugh at an 8 month pregnant momma.
I figure every night before I go to bed, I run the dishwasher, then I unload and put away the dishes the next morning. Why can’t I run the laundry every morning and fold the clothes during nap time? It is totally doable… it just hasn’t been for months because it has taken me literally months to get caught up on the back log. But, now that I am… I am confident we can boldly go where this circus mom has never gone before.
Hey, I might even have time to stay on top of the sheets and towels on a weekly basis. Can you believe it??
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