Thought for the day - laundry

When i have an entire day off during the week, that means it's going to be laundry day.  Today is such a day for me.  Unlike a lot of people, i do not mind doing laundry.  In fact, i enjoy it.  i enjoy sorting clothes.  i enjoy folding...i normally put a dvd in while i'm folding clothes in the bedroom.  Michael does not enjoy doing laundry, but i don't mind at all.

A few weeks ago while we were camping, Michael bought a few new t-shirts.  So, today he asked me to wash them but not to put them in the dryer, but wondered if i would hang them out on the line to dry.  No problem.  We have plenty of clothes pins and three lines out back.  So, i also decided to dry some of my clothes that way as well.  Just to see how long it took and to save a little on the energy bill by not running the dryer quite as much.  Once the sun came out full force, it really didn't take that long for my shirts to dry.  i did notice a difference however.  It was as if someone had starched them.  They were dry but stiff as a board.  i wasn't really expecting that kind of result.  There's nothing wrong with it, but it just wasn't what i had planned on.

Anyway, it got me to thinking about doing laundry with Mom.  Before i started kindergarten, i would help her to hang out the clothes to dry in the backyard.  i don't know how much help i was because i couldn't reach the clothesline LOL  But i do remember standing there and holding the pins for her and bringing her wet clothes from the basket.  Now, i don't remember if we had a dryer at that time and Mom was just saving money or if we didn't have one yet at all.  Either way, i do remember being out there helping.  And, if a storm came up, having to run out and try to snatch up all of the clothes before they got too wet and then start all over again.  Those were good times.  It's the little things such as that that make for fond memories of childhood.

So, today, while i was hanging out my shirts to dry, i thought of Mom....i thought of the old clothesline...i thought of rain...i thought of childhood...and i smiled.

Cheers