Just call me Suzie Homemaker...
The earth stood still today.
No, it wasn't because the planets were aligned.
No, it wasn't because yesterday's date was 10/10/10 (which happens only once every 1000 years)
No, it wasn't because the month of October has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays, in it which, according to Facebook (and we know how reliable that is),only happens once every 823 years.
No, it was more phenomenal then all of that.
It was because I ironed. Sheets.
Yes, I actually ironed sheets. Now, you need to understand that I only pick up my iron to move it from one location to another. Typically if something needs ironing one of three things happens:
1. it stays wrinkled
2. it hangs in my closet until gravity pulls the wrinkles out over time
3. I go and buy a new item of clothing.
I just don't iron!
So why did I do it today, you may ask? It was my front load washer and dryer's fault. It made Kiki's new bedding so wrinkly that I just could not stand to let my little princess lay her tiny, boney, little body on such rugged terrain as those sheets were.
So I ironed.
And may I say that they didn't look any better when I finished then when I began. Do you want to know why that is? Because, along with my top of the line washer and dryer, I have a nice, heavy, expensive iron that also is a useless piece of doo-doo! At the risk of being shunned, alienated, ridiculed or turned away from the next sale at Wal-Mart, I am going to shout emphatically from the roof tops that I hate front load washers and dryers!
Why? Well, the first reason you already know--they force me to iron things because they twist and tangle material into knotted, wrinkly messes; and the second reason is that I could get my clothes cleaner if I were to take them out to the muddy river and pound them with a rock!
How do you feel about front loading washers and dryers? I've used extra water, extra rinse, and extra soap and still they come out looking like they're fresh out of the laundry bin rather then fresh out of the dryer! Please, any tips you can offer would be much appreciated.
So, admittedly, a Suzie Homemaker, I am not. I could be called any of the following though:
1. Lisa Laundry-hater
2. Molly Messy
3. Cathy Clutterer
but am working towards being:
1. Darla Declutterer
2. Irene Ironer
3. Ivana CleanHouse
4. Velma Vaccum
but for now I remain,
Freida Frustrated.
No, it wasn't because the planets were aligned.
No, it wasn't because yesterday's date was 10/10/10 (which happens only once every 1000 years)
No, it wasn't because the month of October has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays, in it which, according to Facebook (and we know how reliable that is),only happens once every 823 years.
No, it was more phenomenal then all of that.
It was because I ironed. Sheets.
Yes, I actually ironed sheets. Now, you need to understand that I only pick up my iron to move it from one location to another. Typically if something needs ironing one of three things happens:
1. it stays wrinkled
2. it hangs in my closet until gravity pulls the wrinkles out over time
3. I go and buy a new item of clothing.
I just don't iron!
So why did I do it today, you may ask? It was my front load washer and dryer's fault. It made Kiki's new bedding so wrinkly that I just could not stand to let my little princess lay her tiny, boney, little body on such rugged terrain as those sheets were.
So I ironed.
And may I say that they didn't look any better when I finished then when I began. Do you want to know why that is? Because, along with my top of the line washer and dryer, I have a nice, heavy, expensive iron that also is a useless piece of doo-doo! At the risk of being shunned, alienated, ridiculed or turned away from the next sale at Wal-Mart, I am going to shout emphatically from the roof tops that I hate front load washers and dryers!
Why? Well, the first reason you already know--they force me to iron things because they twist and tangle material into knotted, wrinkly messes; and the second reason is that I could get my clothes cleaner if I were to take them out to the muddy river and pound them with a rock!
How do you feel about front loading washers and dryers? I've used extra water, extra rinse, and extra soap and still they come out looking like they're fresh out of the laundry bin rather then fresh out of the dryer! Please, any tips you can offer would be much appreciated.
So, admittedly, a Suzie Homemaker, I am not. I could be called any of the following though:
2. Molly Messy
3. Cathy Clutterer
but am working towards being:
1. Darla Declutterer
2. Irene Ironer
3. Ivana CleanHouse
4. Velma Vaccum
but for now I remain,
Freida Frustrated.
Comments
Okay, and may I just say that the fact that YOU don't iron surprises the heck out of me!!
Try drying out the rubber part before you close the door to the washing machine, or just leave the door ajar all the time. We do that to prevent the smell and it's worked so far.
I never either!!! Well maybe once a year and then I feel like I should get a Mom of the year award. I think wrinkles fall out (after a while anyway) If an article wrinkles too bad-time to give to the second hand store!
Maybe you need to set it to a lower spin speed? The fast spin gets most of the water out, but can set wrinkles in susceptible fabrics.