Hello Dear Reader,
Time is precious for everyone and the less time spent doing any sort of housework is best for all of us. We get by with a lot less clothes than some because we keep on top of the laundry. The weather has been good so laundry has dried outside. I then get the ironing done daily and keep the turn over regular and into small manageable loads.
Like most Brits, I don't have a laundry room and have to sort the laundry in the living room after I've got it dry. I have a clear system so I get the job done really quickly.
I sort into, tea towels and kitchen rags, towels, underwear and then my clothes and DB's clothes. I'm then ready to get to work.
I get the towels folded and take them upstairs straight away and put into the linen cupboard. I keep that sorted into dog towels, hand towels, bath towels and flannels. I then know where everything is and where everything goes.
I then iron all my tea towels and fold the kitchen rags and immediately take them to the kitchen and get them in the drawer. The laundry pile is disappearing in just a few minutes.
I then fold all the underwear and straight away, take it upstairs and put it into our respective drawers so it's where it should be. There is nothing worse than an empty knicker drawer!!
All I'm left with then is our clothes and I can iron those in a few minutes and again, we put them straight away either hung in a wardrobe or into a drawer. Simply and in a few minutes, the job is done.
The iron lives on a shelf in the downstairs loo as does the ironing board. Everything is put away immediately.
I can then straighten the sofa, run a dust pan and brush over the floor to collect any fluff or lint and the living room is back to normal. I like to get as much housework done on a weekday evening so we can have the weekends to ourselves.
If you are in Cornwall, don't hang out the washing before you go to work in the morning...........a huge band of rain will sweep the county although it will clear by mid to late afternoon. Put the clothes horse in the window and dry the washing there......it's the best we can do this weekend! Mine will be hung in the back porch.
Over to you Dear Reader, it would be great if you could share your tips on minimising housework or at least simplifying it. All of your hints and tips would be really great.
Until tomorrow,
Love Froogs xxxx