Time to emerge from deep under the never-ending, constantly growing, abundantly overflowing clean laundry pile to announce a few winners.
By the way...am I the only one, or is doing laundry just the worst? It is so easy to wash (the washer is always on my thankful list), but dang, packing it away is another story entirely. Perhaps if we washed our clothes by hand like they did in the good old days we'd wear way less? Mmmm...I think my kids would trade me in for a new mom if I suddenly declared that everyone had to wash their clothes themselves...by hand! Lord have mercy!
Goodness gracious, and the five hundred orphan socks? How in the world does that even work? What happens to them? Seriously. For the life of me I cannot figure that one out. Such an enigma.
Harper sure does make the job a whole lot more fun though. She gets right in there to help out when help is needed.
Sweet little lovey. I can just eat her up.
Anyway.
Time to let you know who won the copies of Radical.
~~~ Sarah @ Sweet Caroline
~~~ Hawk
And then...finally. And I mean finally. The winner of the blog header makeover by my one and only. Yes, I know, I know, it's way overdue. That's because I'm forgetful. Or way too busy. Or distracted. Or slack. Or flaky. Or a dork. Or maybe I'm just constantly folding laundry. Or all of the above. {sigh}
~~~ Sarah @ kiss the frog 4 me.
Okay ladies, get in touch with me as soon as you can at [email protected].
That's it for now. Have a stunning weekend.
Off to do more of the same. I will have a good attitude. I will have a good attitude. I will have a good attitude.
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Hi Adeye, your post made me smile because you know what I'm doing right now? Laundry! Lots of it. I just put my third load and am staring at the pile on the floor in the hall that is waiting to be folded. I was just thinking all the same thoughts as you mentioned in this post. I like your new blog header!
Your post cracked me up! Today, I too am doing loads of laundry and ugh I'm so not a fan. ;) And yes, how is it that so many little socks leave their mates while washing and drying??? We will probably never know! ;) I've not commented before but I wanted to let you know that I really enjoy reading your blog! You and your family are such inspirations! God bless you, your hubby and your precious little ones! ;)
We solve our single socks problems by tossing them in a basket....when the basket is full my little people have the job of sorting through it all and matching what has a match (that simply went through a different load of wash). Ones that have no match for awhile get turned into dust mitts....
I , too, am grateful for the washer, but dislike putting it all away. It is not that hard and I always have the best of intentions, but there the piles of clean laundry sit- begging to be put away. You are not alone!
Who made the rule that clothes must go in dressers and closets? Two years ago I realized I'd been lied to my whole life. That this was not really necessary, and there IS a better way!
http://gardenofeagan.blogspot.com/2008/12/reposting-who-made-rule.html
I love your post today! Me too can't seem to catch up with folding laundry! One idea for missing socks (if your kids cooperate) at soon as they take a pair off ask them to please rolled them in a little ball and than put then in the hamper, that way they make it to the washer together!!
Adeye, I highly recommend the book Managers of Their Chores by Steve and Terri Maxwell of Titus 2 Ministries. I learned so much about what God's Word tells us about chores and the importance of them...things I never realized beyond the "normal" understanding of the importance of chores. The Spirit convicted me in a way I hadn't ever been convicted regarding teaching my children the value of chores, from a Biblical viewpoint, with Scripture to help us remember and understand and appreciate why God asks us to joyfully perform chores. And He asks us all to join in, from the tallest to the smallest. Implementing ideas from this book has made my "chore life" SOOOOOO much more manageable. I am so grateful for all God has taught me (and continues to teach me) in this department. If you will get this book, I think you'll find that God will show you all kinds of ways to simplify your chore life at home as well. (The book is especially helpful for large families, but is applicable to all families.) They also have Managers of Their Homes and Managers of Their Homeschools, but the chore book is the one that really restored the joy in mundane chores and taught each member of our family how to step in and daily do our part to help the household stay organized and the laundry clean, folded and stored. An immediate help would be to give the dry laundry to your kiddos. Appoint a few "folders" who fold and put them into stacks (according to who the items belong to). Then each "owner" of the stack puts their own laundry away. You'll be amazed that even 3, 4, and 5 year olds can do this beautifully!!! And the Biblical principles and character they'll build along the way is priceless. You can also have a helper who gathers all of the dirty laundry, a helper who sorts it into the correct piles, then you be in charge of the washing and drying. The others are in charge of folding, stacking, and then putting away. And you can even have a sock matcher...you'll be amazed how proud of himself/herself the sock matcher will be when he/she finds more matches than you ever thought possible! :-) To simplify things to make the young children helpers, you can use a colored Sharpie to identify each child's belongings. Put a colored dot on the tag of each child's clothing and put up a chart that shows who is each color. Then when the kids are folding and sorting into stacks, they can easily identify which clothing goes into each child's stack. You can also have a laundry basket for each child that has the same colored dot on it, so that as the clothes are folded, the clothes are placed into that child's laundry basket. Then the owner of the basket takes his/her basket and puts all of the items into their proper homes. It saves TONS of time, and everyone is learning Biblical character together. Even the fruit of the Spirit can be built through the family doing laundry as a team: love (doing a task for others), joy (being joyful that we have clothing...clean clothing at that!), peace (that we're taken care of by our Father...He clothes us as His Word promises), patience (as we search the orphan socks for matches!), kindness (folding a sibling's laundry), goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control...there are examples of how each of these is demonstrated through the mundane chore of laundry. Praying for you and your precious family, Adeye, and thanks for sharing so faithfully and with transparency! Grateful for you, friend!
Adeye, I highly recommend the book Managers of Their Chores by Steve and Terri Maxwell of Titus 2 Ministries. I learned so much about what God's Word tells us about chores and the importance of them...things I never realized beyond the "normal" understanding of the importance of chores. The Spirit convicted me in a way I hadn't ever been convicted regarding teaching my children the value of chores, from a Biblical viewpoint, with Scripture to help us remember and understand and appreciate why God asks us to joyfully perform chores. And He asks us all to join in, from the tallest to the smallest. Implementing ideas from this book has made my "chore life" SOOOOOO much more manageable. I am so grateful for all God has taught me (and continues to teach me) in this department. If you will get this book, I think you'll find that God will show you all kinds of ways to simplify your chore life at home as well. (The book is especially helpful for large families, but is applicable to all families.) They also have Managers of Their Homes and Managers of Their Homeschools, but the chore book is the one that really restored the joy in mundane chores and taught each member of our family how to step in and daily do our part to help the household stay organized and the laundry clean, folded and stored. An immediate help would be to give the dry laundry to your kiddos. Appoint a few "folders" who fold and put them into stacks (according to who the items belong to). Then each "owner" of the stack puts their own laundry away. You'll be amazed that even 3, 4, and 5 year olds can do this beautifully!!! And the Biblical principles and character they'll build along the way is priceless. You can also have a helper who gathers all of the dirty laundry, a helper who sorts it into the correct piles, then you be in charge of the washing and drying. The others are in charge of folding, stacking, and then putting away. And you can even have a sock matcher...you'll be amazed how proud of himself/herself the sock matcher will be when he/she finds more matches than you ever thought possible! :-) To simplify things to make the young children helpers, you can use a colored Sharpie to identify each child's belongings. Put a colored dot on the tag of each child's clothing and put up a chart that shows who is each color. Then when the kids are folding and sorting into stacks, they can easily identify which clothing goes into each child's stack. You can also have a laundry basket for each child that has the same colored dot on it, so that as the clothes are folded, the clothes are placed into that child's laundry basket. Then the owner of the basket takes his/her basket and puts all of the items into their proper homes. It saves TONS of time, and everyone is learning Biblical character together. Even the fruit of the Spirit can be built through the family doing laundry as a team: love (doing a task for others), joy (being joyful that we have clothing...clean clothing at that!), peace (that we're taken care of by our Father...He clothes us as His Word promises), patience (as we search the orphan socks for matches!), kindness (folding a sibling's laundry), goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control...there are examples of how each of these is demonstrated through the mundane chore of laundry. Praying for you and your precious family, Adeye, and thanks for sharing so faithfully and with transparency! Grateful for you, friend!
Had to laugh at this one because I can so relate!!! The last load from a few days ago never even made it out of the dryer until today when I needed to put a new load in. The great thing is that I have taught my 7 year old how to sort the laundry and start the washing machine. She loves it because she feels "grown up". She even puts her apron on when she's doing it!
I was having those laundry thoughts just today. Why can't there be a folding maching? Washer, Dryer, Folder and then I guess we still can't get out of having to put it all away!
I know someone who only lets her children have five outfits total per child so they have way less laundry. But you have to keep on top of it or you children would be naked.
If we lived in a warmer climate we could live without socks altogether. I do love flip flops, however, I like the changing seasons so I won't complain! We all have runaway socks I think!
love you girl,
Holly
Yep, 7 loads today==make that 8, small boy just peed all over everything.
We have tried marking bottom of each sock with a different color permanant marker. Now, each child puts their socks in a mesh laundry bag at bathtime. The bags are on the back of their bathroom linen closet door(sewed a ribbon loop on them to hang on hook), hung with 3m hook thingies, and I used a labelmaker to put their names over the hooks. When gathering laundry, I just grab the bags, zip them, and wash. Each kids gets their bag to match and put away.
You are NOT the only one! I hate, hate, hate.....ahem, I mean, I strongly dislike laundry too! I love the "putting it in the washer and dryer" part. But everything after that just plain stinks! And just when you get it all done, you go to the hamper that night and low and behold! There are more clothes in there! I mean, really....WHO HAD THE NERVE to wear clothes that day?!?!?! So God has given me something that has radically transformed my thinking about laundry: when I'm folding or putting away clothes, whomever they belong to, I pray for them! That way, each of my family members are prayed over as I'm finishing it all up, the time passes quickly, and I feel blessed! It's a win/win situation!
I love how you use a "speaking voice" in your blog. I feel like you are right here in the room with me. I'm not that good at conveying my thoughts on paper (or blog). I also love hearing about the adopted children. God is SO speaking to my heart about adoption these days. I will continue to pray about it.
Hi. You all seem well. Good to see and Happy Thanksgiving.
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