Today was laundry day and when I say laundry day, that means a day full of washing everything from the bedding, to the couch blankets, to the ottoman cover, to the rugs. On top of that you can add several new shirts that had to be soaked in vinegar (yes, I'm old fashioned) and 4-5 regular loads of the everyday stuff.
It's hard here with the two cats, a husband with cat allergies, and a 3 year old to keep laundry up on a regular basis so I've just resorted to one day every other week where I tackle it all and that was today. What made today different though was an email I received yesterday with a section in it about the 5 best non-toys in your house. One of those was the laundry basket, and one of the suggestions was to roll up socks and play basketball with it. I was not prepared for what a big hit this was going to be. At first I only rolled up 3 of Daddy's clean socks but by the end we were set up with five socks, an additional bucket to hold them until it was their turn, and the laundry basket hoop was perched on a chair.
The game has been going off and on since 9 this morning and he hasn't tired of it yet. I wasn't allowed to unroll the socks to put them away and I haven't gotten my one, single laundry basket back. It's worth it though since usually there is at least one quarreling session on laundry day about no knocking my folded pile down.
On a side note - have you ever noticed how closely the words 'bucket' and 'basket' are spelled as well as how similar their function? I never had until writing this. Now to look up the origin of the words.....
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