hopehope
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Post by hopehope on Dec 5, 2009 22:00:12 GMT -5
for whatever reason, I am blocked about going to do the laundry. where I live this is a takedownthecart roll everything a few blocks in the street get five dollars worth of change and use the laundromat process. which I procrastinate about. weeks pass. I still have to do it. my request? make me laugh. goofiness gets top honors. help me get off the stick. moralistic sermons not allowed. ok?  |
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Post by cosmic1 on Dec 5, 2009 22:19:01 GMT -5
Okay, I'll take the challenge (and this is a tough one, hope). If you don't take care of the laundry, one day it will rise up, conduct a coup and take over your home  It will monoplize the remote control to your tv, drink all your beer, run up your credit cards, eat you out of house and home and then leave you stuck with all the bills. It will call your friends late at night after getting drunk, borrow the car and not replace the gas and will lock you out of the house when it's got company over. And, like guests and fish, it will stink after 3 days. I apologize in advance for the lameness of my attempt to be goofy.  |
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Post by Bizzy on Dec 5, 2009 22:54:03 GMT -5
AND =======  it will breed and multiply!!!!!! (And Laundry NEVER eats it's young unfortunately....) oxox |
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Post by still on Dec 6, 2009 0:01:51 GMT -5
Ok, not moralistic sermon! How about a true story? I don't know how much help it will be, but I think it's funny, and it is laundry related, so I guess it might fit in here. For anyone who doesn't know about chickens, normal behavior for a good broody hen is to lay one egg a day and then start sitting on them. It takes 21 days for the eggs to hatch. You have to know that to get the punch line to this story. My ex's great grandmother lost her favorite broody hen. When she eventually found her, she was in the pile of accumulated laundry with 21 chicks. That story would probably be about me if I lived without a washing machine! The last place I lived we had shared laundry rooms on each floor -pretty convenient, but, for me a real hassel because of having to leave the safety of my own apartment to get it done - I don't care for shared laundry rooms. Best wishes for getting your laundry done! And some cheerleaders to help with letting you know you are doing a great job each step of the way!   |
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Post by bigtimetroubles on Dec 6, 2009 0:39:50 GMT -5
I do know that when I go to the laundry mat it means I have eighteen dozen loads of laundry to do....I have my own washer/dryer and I had the basket loaded and the hamper loaded for three weeks before tonight I carried it down and did three loads.....moral of story? I don't enjoy laundry day so I procrastinate like you.....if there is anything for funnies of it all the dog kept raiding the laundry pile to pull stuff to living room for his space....he thinks my living room is where he should hoard everything he has.....
hopehope I laugh with ya bout it....mine is doing as we speak...load in washer one in dryer one up and hung in closet....but the gremlins will make more I found that out...they come from under the bed with stuff....clothing....
Personally I read the responses and I envisioned the little mickey mouse wizard in the movie when he brought the mops and buckets to life......the clothes will come alive with a little wizardry!
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Post by Rennie Ellen on Dec 6, 2009 0:43:32 GMT -5
Wait for all the animals to help Snow White finish the Seven Dwarves' cottage, then they can all come down the road to your place, dancing and singing, and help you with the laundry! 
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Post by bluefrog on Dec 6, 2009 9:49:36 GMT -5
What, the laundress is on strike? Maybe you can get the rest of the household help to pitch in. Perhaps the parlormaid? No, you don't need to have your laundry dusted. Maybe the cook? But then it would be swimming in gravy. The bootboy? But it doesn't need to be shined. How about the butler? But then it would only get as far as the door. Sigh. You might just have to haul it down to the laundromat yourself.
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panicked
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Post by panicked on Dec 6, 2009 10:14:31 GMT -5
Things people running out of clean laundry do:
Buy more socks. Tube socks. From the skeevy guy sitting on the blanket on the corner.
Wear the navy blue shirt with the black skirt with the brown tights. Close enough, right?
Turn their underwear inside out for a second wearing. Then again for a third. What? It's aired out.
Things that *might* happen at the laundromat:
You put your four quarters in the washing machine and it spits 500 back out at you like a slot machine in Vegas.
A handsome stranger is so beguiled by your folding technique he pledges eternal devotion. Or, okay, offers to pull your cart back down the street for you.
The world's greatest undiscovered genius leaves his notebook behind on one of those hard plastic chairs and now you know the Meaning of Life. Plus a really great recipe for linguine.
I think the choice is clear!
(Delurking. I love your posts, Hope.)
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Post by andromeda on Dec 6, 2009 13:59:00 GMT -5
Pick out about 5-10 things from the laundry pile (AKA Mt. Washmore) that "survive" being lost in the laundry avalanche, and take them to the laundromat to be "rescued". Bring along a fun magazine or trashy novel and a favorite drink/snack as a reward while you wait.
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Post by moonglow on Dec 6, 2009 14:29:27 GMT -5
The good thing about the laundromat - you can take 18 loads to wash at once. Problem is - if I try to do that I am completely exhausted and then afterwards avoid it like the plague (whereas normally I only avoid it like the flu).
HH it sounds like you are limited to smaller amounts which might be a good thing - takes away the decision part anyway - to marathon wash or not.
I bribe myself with take out from the nearby chinese place. Once in a while.
I also consider it my "reading time", something I sometimes am too distracted at home to do enough of.
Or I use the time to kill the proverbial 2 birds - I clean out my purse (bring ziplock bags for stuff I want to remove but keep) or file my fingernails while waiting.
I have even used the time to meditate when pressed for time elsewhere in my life. A special challenge to do so in a less quiet environment, a valuable skill.
This laundry conundrum is related to my hoarding and squalor - having enough clothing that I can avoid tending to it for long periods of time. Yet then it also contributes to the squalor by piling up and weighing on my mind. I have literally gone and bought new clothes in order to avoid laundry. Not just clothes either. MANY towels, washrags, and sets of sheets, bedding, couch throws, dishcloths and dishtowels. And I have no where to put it. Finding a place to put the CLEAN laundry has become problematic. Just - too - much - stuff.
Sorry - I am crossing over into sermonizing here. Maybe I'll spend my laundromat time tonight trying to come up with something more lighthearted!!
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Post by howardsgirlfriend on Dec 6, 2009 14:36:46 GMT -5
If you wait too long, you'll have to go to the laundromant naked. I'm pretty sure that you won't have to do your own laundry in the psych ward, though.  |
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Post by moonglow on Dec 6, 2009 14:43:48 GMT -5
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Post by lostnjunk on Dec 6, 2009 16:07:00 GMT -5
Hope I dont know your financial situation but I do know that using laundromats is quite expensive these days. Have you ever thought of purchasing one of these washer/dryer combos that hook up to the kitchen sink? Do you have room in your place for something like that even? www.thorappliances.com/installation/portableInstall.phpjust a thought |
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Post by hopehope on Dec 6, 2009 18:47:29 GMT -5
first: I am, if I ever do it, going to do it with the seven dwarves along.
second. panicked had me laughing out loud. honors there.
and third. howardsgirlfriend had me laughing out loud too.
so I will think about being naked, with the seven dwarves (boy that helps) and maybe I'll splurge on take-out chinese. that all works.
keep 'em coming.
welcome out of lurkdom and thank you for saying you love my posts. tell me when I post 'em!! it's lonely out here.
[still haven't done it]
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Post by hopehope on Dec 6, 2009 18:51:53 GMT -5
and special mention to all you other wonderful goofballs.
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