For those who wear uniforms, or have spouses or kids who do – keep a sewing kit handy for the inevitable missing button. I take buttons off of old uniforms and keep them in a small Tupperware type container. I also include a spool of matching thread and a package of sewing needles in the container. Sewing a lost button on takes no time at all because everything I need is right there!
Submitted by: Shell

For each bedroom and bathroom in the house purchase one of the inexpensive collapsible laundry baskets. You know the ones. **Just make sure each has 3 compartments. ** This way when everyone undresses they can separate their clothes into darks, lights, and whites right on the spot. This will make it easier to tell when you have enough for a load and it teaches the younger family members responsibility and sorting skills. Plus those collapsible baskets usually have great handles for carrying.
Submitted by: Beth V.

I’d like to be able to say that I was inspired by LMA’s post about teaching her oldest to do laundry. I’d like to be able to say that I wanted to teach my daughter to do laundry so that I could say that I was raising an responsible adult. I’d even settle for being able to day that I wanted to teach my daughter to do her own laundry in order to lessen my workload.

The truth of the matter is that I decide to teach my daughter to do …

This is a trick I learned by accident on a trip. We received a gift while we were on a trip. It was a really nice crystal serving piece. How to get it home? We got a big box from the concierge, put the gift in the much larger box and padded it with all of our dirty clothes.

It was the best trick ever! We came home with much lighter suitcases and when I got home I didn’t feel the pressure of getting everything unpacked, washed and put away. I …

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When we go on a family vacation, I always take a laundry bag and put all of our dirty clothes in the laundry bag.  When we get home, that bag goes directly to the laundry room to be sorted and washed.  If we are flying and I can’t take a laundry bag, I designate one of the suitcases as the dirty clothes suitcase.  This makes life a little easier when you get back home!

I have three daughters.  Along with daughters comes drama, tears, hormones and loads and loads of laundry!  I have been battling the laundry ever since I can remember.  My kids throw everything in the laundry basket, whether it is dirty or not.  If they try it on and decide not to wear it, they throw it in the basket.  If they wear it for1 hour and it’s not dirty, they throw it in the basket. 

It’s gotten so bad that I have instituted a 3 day rule for pajamas.  My girls …

So, Amanda and I have a spreadsheet that details what our Topic of the Week is going to be and who is responsible for posting each day. Tomorrow (today when you read this) is my day. I am sitting at my computer totally blank. Our topic is housekeeping and honestly, I don’t feel qualified to talk about that right now. The housekeeping thorns in my side are laundry and my kitchen counters. I have already posted about both of them. Yet here I sit, staring at piles of laundry and piles …

Did I get your attention? This week’s topic has been housekeeping. We have received some fabulous tips from all of you Lazy Moms! It seems one of our least favorite chores is laundry. Can most of us agree? Even if you spend two solid days sorting, washing, drying, folding and putting it all away, as soon as it is time for everyone to put on their pj’s you’ve got a whole load ready to go again! It just never ends! Kind of like making the beds. Kind of like figuring …

Recently I was invited to a luncheon for a young Mom who is looking at moving to our town for her husband’s job.  The purpose of the luncheon was for her to get to know some other Moms her age and to answer any questions she might have.  It was a fabulous idea.  I wish someone could have done that for me.

The hostess asked us to go around the room and introduce ourselves.  She also requested that we offer a time-saving tip that we have discovered.  Boy, did this set …