What’s in Your Washing Machine?
October 10, 2009 by Karen Weideman
Filed under Laundry
Since you use your washing machine to clean your clothes it must be clean, right? After all, it has soap and clean water running through it for each wash, just like washing your hands. Take a look below at the image. I took it during the Wisk Bubbles & Bubbly Event. The scientist at the event said that those slides were taken from washing machines. Eeek!
Washing machines sometimes hold a little bit of water in them. This water sits, becomes sour, and sometimes turns into mildew. Also, high efficiency (HE) machines sometimes hold water and suds in the gaskets. This is …read more
Tackle it Tuesday: Switching Out Clothes
April 21, 2009 by Karen Weideman
Filed under General Housekeeping and Homemaking, Organizing and Clutter Control
It’s that time of year. It’s time to swap out clothes. I’ve been working on this little by little. First I started taking out a few things that the kids didn’t wear very often or things the I knew wouldn’t fit them next year and adding a few short-sleeved shirts in their closets. Now it’s time to finish the big task . . . and what a huge task it is!!!!
We just returned from mom and dad’s house a few days ago. As usual, my friend had some clothes for my kids. We really enjoy hand-me-downs. The clothes are nice …read more
WFMW: Clothes Organization
April 8, 2009 by Karen Weideman
Filed under General Housekeeping and Homemaking, Organizing and Clutter Control
Here we are for another Works for Me Wednesday? Where did the week go?
Today, I’d like to tell you about a little system that I have in place for my daughter. Alligator girl is 5 years old and since she was 14 months old, she demanded to pick out her clothes each day as well as her diaper. At that young of an age, I learned to set out only two choices each day. Now my little one wants more than two choices. I have decided that to avoid morning time conflict, I will have several outfits for her to …read more
