Dear Friends,

This evening I was feeling a little poetic.

The FlyLady tells us that a load of laundry per day will keep Mt. Washmore away. This is a routine that I believe in and have been doing for years.

With a larger than normal size family, I have to do three loads of laundry per day to stay caught up.

We have six of us in the house currently, so that means that each person has bedding that needs to be washed weekly. We stage that out throughout the week. I do not wash all of the bedding on one day. It is just too much.

Generally, I will do my bedding one day. My 15-year-old and 12-year old do their bedding on the same day. The older boys do their bedding on their laundry day.

Normally, I have a load of dark clothes each day, and I have a load of towels each day. On Saturday, we have a load of white clothes that get bleached.

In the winter, our clothes are bulkier, and there are times when the boys layer their clothes. So I sometimes I have an extra load every couple of days in the winter. In the summer, the loads are not as full since our summer clothes are not as heavy bulky. They are also not layering their clothes like they do in the winter.

If you are struggling with your family assisting with their laundry, you can work with them on the stages of doing laundry to make it easier. Have a dark clothes dirty laundry bin, a white clothes bin, and a towel bin.

Teach them to use the sorting system wherever you set it up. I instituted this years ago, and it really helps the process to have them sorted out as they are taken off.

You can set the sorter up in your laundry room or in a bedroom. I keep the towel bin and white clothes bin in my room, and everyone uses them. Then we each have a dirty clothes bin in our bedrooms for dark dirty clothes.

Teenagers can be the worst about tossing dirty clothes on the floor. Many times these dirty clothes get mixed up with clean clothes, and then you have a mess and a lot of extra laundry. Teach your children to use a dresser or chest of drawers for their clothes. Hang as much as possible for the amount of closet space you have available.

Involve you children in the laundry process from a young age. Make it fun to sort, wash, dry, fold, and put away the laundry. Sing songs and talk as you work together. Laundry does not have to be an albatross around your neck.

How many loads of laundry do you do per day?

Your Zone Mission today is to wash the bathroom run, shower curtain, and accessories. Detail dust one other area.

Your Home Blessing for today is to wipe windows and mirrors.

My menu plan for Wednesday is lasagna and garlic bread.

Have a blessed day!