laundry routines are like snowflakes
each one is a little bit different
because we are all a little bit
different and so are our needs and why
the snowflake reference well it's
blizzarding outside right now but I will
spare you the visual a lot of you guys
ask me about what my laundry routine is
so I figured this week I would show you
my laundry routine and also give you
some tips to help create some
efficiencies in yours all right let's
get to it
before we move on with things just a
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already my laundry routine begins with a
try sorter I found this to be super
helpful because prior to having this all
my clothes were on the floor so rather
than that I now know where my darks
colors and lights are and what I need to
put a load through all I have to do is
pick which one needs the most attention
reach down grab the stuff go to the
washing machine in case you're wondering
Chad and I each have our own laundry
routines so for my laundry I like to do
three loads of clothing a week lights
colors and darks on laundry days here's
how the timing works first thing in the
morning like before I have breakfast I
put a load in which means as I'm coming
down the stairs I have a load of laundry
in my hands which I dump into the
washing machine before my day begins
then about 60 minutes later just before
I go out to the office I switch my load
into the dryer or I hang garments
accordingly finally when I come home
from the office
I bring the clothing upstairs to be hung
or folded as quickly as possible
now I admit this doesn't always go as
planned seeing sometimes Netflix or
nails or even wine gets in the way but
in general I try to finish up this step
as soon as possible and get on with my
evening for those of you wondering about
Chad's routine well it goes a little
something like this
he waits until his laundry hamper is
unable to accept incoming items or until
he's completely out of underwear seems
perfectly reasonable to me then every
three weeks or so he'll spend an entire
Sunday
doing his laundry doing laundry goes a
little bit beyond just socks underwear
and t-shirts there are other things
around the house that need to be cleaned
as well so here is how we launder some
of the other stuff around the house
linens we don't mess around with our
linens seeing as how we spend a good
amount of time sweating all over them
so we wash ours once a week on their own
as directed by the care label cleaning
cloths and tea towels I'm a fan of using
really clean cleaning cloths and tea
towels so these get changed out once
every other day or so and wash once a
week in our house towels and washcloths
we change these out every few days or so
at the house so once they're dry we put
them in a pile and then we wash that
load once a week as well here are a few
more tips to make your laundry day go a
little bit smoother and we'll start with
sorting because when you're doing
laundry for a big family something I
haven't had to do yet but I know one day
is gonna strike me it gets overwhelming
so a great way to identify who gets what
is by using the clothing tag a simple
way to do this especially with kids is
to take a permanent marker and draw one
dot on the oldest child garments that
way you'll always know it goes into
their room when that garment becomes a
hand-me-down take out your permanent
marker and put a second dot beside it or
a third dot depending on which child
inherits what garment that way
sorting will be a breeze maximize your
washing machine
hold off on washing a smaller load of
laundry until you can create a larger
more well-rounded load the reason you
want to do that is because the more
clothing in the machine spinning around
the better agitation so the better clean
you get now don't do that and over stuff
the machine you want to find a good
balance too little is not good and too
much is also not good deodorize with
vinegar now let's say you leave your
laundry in the washing machine for a
little bit too long and it starts to
develop that
what you can do instead of totally
panicking is use some white vinegar in
place of regular detergent and rerun a
load the vinegar is going to help work
out the smell so specifically you want
to use about a cup in the detergent
compartment run through your load and
then dry as you normally would clean
your dryer trap one thing that I want to
remind you about I know you know but I
just have to tell you again it's really
important get out of the way to make
sure that you clean out your dryer trap
each and every time you finish doing a
load in your dryer reason being all of
this lint can not only lead to dryer
fires but it also reduces the efficiency
of your machine to actually effectively
dry your clothing well there you have it
that's my laundry routine and like I
said everybody's is a little bit
different which brings me to this week's
comment question which I'd love for you
to answer down below and that is what is
your laundry routine I know so many of
you guys use the comments as a resource
and you end up talking to each other so
I feel like we can all kind of really
hook each other up with our information
this week so definitely let us know down
below if you'd like to see what I'm up
to during the rest of the week aside
from folding laundry you can find me on
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is constantly buying new underwear so he
doesn't have to do his laundry he is
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watching and we'll see you next time
it's that special time of the week where
I get to throw you to a couple of other
videos I think you're going to love and
you see I wasn't making it up about that
snowy snowstorm this week I'm going to
send you to a couple of other laundry
videos because it's of interest the
first one is our laundry room tour where
I show you around the new laundry room
that we just renovated and built out and
the second video is how to get rid of
that laundry stink up in your laundry so
be sure to check those two out and if
you haven't done so already remember to
subscribe to the clean myspace YouTube
channel is free and amazing there's a
button somewhere that you can click you
know how to do it thanks so much guys
and I'll see you next week