Husband and Number One did the math: during the 21 1/2 years of married life, I have folded over 1,ooo,ooo items of clean laundry. One million. I knew I had folded a lot. But one million? I am now pondering seriously on the virtues of my friend Suchi's no-folding life!
Friday, July 06, 2007
On laundry and very high numbers of it
Husband and Number One did the math: during the 21 1/2 years of married life, I have folded over 1,ooo,ooo items of clean laundry. One million. I knew I had folded a lot. But one million? I am now pondering seriously on the virtues of my friend Suchi's no-folding life!
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I must admit I'm a no-folder (or virtually no-folder) too.
Yes, Alicia... I am beginning to think... how many books I could have read in that time? Or written? Oh, the possibilities.... but then again.... folding time was quiet time with a little one, watching a video with a sick one, nursing a wee one. *sigh*... i guess there aren't really any regrets here. :-)
I can definitely see that! Quiet time is good and efficiency is often overrated! For example, yesterday, instead of moving a pile of wood with an all-efficient wheelbarrow, I walked it across the yard a few logs at a time - because I needed the exercise! :)
LOL, Ana, I feel like I folded that many today alone!
This is hilarious. No folding? Really? Wow. Does she just shake things out and lay them in drawers? What about wrinkles?
One is left wondering... and for people who don't fold, what of husband's work shirts? I bet they don't iron either! Maybe they send them to be done professionally.
I was folding my usual share last night and pondering on this post. I guess what I failed to admit is-- I enjoy folding! There is something about those neatly folded piles , all done by the end of nightly family prayer.
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