We've had our Maytag Bravos XL Washer & Dryer for five months now. I've been trying very hard to think up any "cons" of the set and...nothing is coming to mind. Compared to our previous set, this duo is top-of-the-line. Our favorite things: Extra-large capacity. We can fit our queen size comforter with room to […]
Welcome to our Laundry Room. It's really quite modest. Not Pinterest Perfect, to be sure. There is no oversized sink, no distressed wooden cabinets, no bar for air-drying delicates, and no lovely quotes on the wall. Even so, I'm wonderfully content with it. The quietude of the white walls. The cleanliness of the floors and […]
Tim is a master at packing. I lay everything out on the bed that we need to take and he carefully organizes each person's clothing into packing cubes (Never heard of them? If you like to travel, you want them). You can even color-coordinate them for each member of the family. Our San Diego packing […]
We read through the Little House series last year (pure magic, by the way!) and now I often think of Charles and Caroline Ingalls. Out on the brave frontier - building house after house, lovingly by hand, as they moved west. Tim almost always snuck in as I read aloud to the girls at bedtime, […]
Here's the rundown on laundry in our house. FREQUENCY: 1 load per day or a few loads every other day DETERGENT: Tide Original or Tide Sport BLEACH: Rarely - but we do bleach our white sheets from time-to-time DRYER SHEETS: None CHIEF WASHER: Tim CHIEF FOLDER AND PUTTER-AWAYER: That would be me. Mom Central recently […]
A few days ago, my 4-year-old folded all of the laundry. She came up with the idea all on her own. Then, she said, "I fold laundry even better than you." [I didn't argue]. She put it all away too. And she did a REALLY GOOD job. Not just for a 4-year-old. For anybody. Almost […]