Laundry, my weekend pastime

 I think that I'm one of the few people I know that enjoys doing laundry but I do.  I have no idea where that came from, but it's the truth.  I remember helping out with it as an older child and teenager, but mostly Mom did it.  So I'm not sure when I started to enjoy doing it but I, unlike most people, find it relaxing.

I think that one of the reasons I do enjoy it is because it gives me a great sense of accomplishment.  This is something that I can get done every week and that makes me feel better about trying to run a household.  And the thing I love about this chore is that I don't have to sit around staring at the washer and dryer.  I can put a load in a walk away and do something else.  I know I have a certain amount of time before the cycle is done, so that challenges me to get something done in between loads.

I also enjoy the folding process.  That's not to say that I'm very good at it but I enjoy it.  I have always loved geometry and to me, this is a form of that.  Creating angles and lines.  Repeating that pattern.  I can't help it.  I enjoy it.  Strange, I know.  But I really do enjoy trying to recreate the fold over and over again, perfecting it.  It doesn't always turn out that way, but I do try!

I do Michael's laundry as well.  He does not like doing it and since I don't mind, I am happy to get his done.  I love being able to do something useful for him, not that I'm not useful every day but still I like that feeling.  Michael doesn't like the artificial scents that come with most laundry detergents, so I let him buy what he wants and likes and use it for both of us.  Works out well that way.

I'm sure that I would not like laundry as much if I had to do it like my great grandmother had to.  A washing board is not my idea of fun.  But I wouldn't mind hanging clothes out to dry if I had a decent line to put them on.  I remember Mom used to do that.  We had a few lines hanging between trees in the back yard.  I don't know if this was before we had a dryer, but I do remember it.  As a small kid there was almost nothing quite as fun as running through the sheets that were blowing in the breeze.  Ah, well.

I've gotten on load done so far this morning and there are at least 6 maybe 7 more to go before my task is done.  Until then, time for more coffee!

That is all.