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 out what’s for dinner. Kind of like cleaning off the kitchen counter. Hmmm, seems like much of what we do just never ends! I guess that’s a post all in it’s own.

Back to laundry. I do, on average, three loads a day. Here are some of my favorite laundry tips that help me get through it all. Now, this doesn’t mean that I like doing it, but these tips do help this Lazy Mom get it done!

• Lazy Mom Amanda mentioned this tip earlier this week. Have a laundry sorter in the area where most of your dirty clothes are. I keep a sorter with three sections in my closet. My kids still prefer to take their baths in my bathroom, so most of my family’s dirty clothes end up in my room. I even used to keep their underwear and pj’s in my room as well so I wouldn’t have to go upstairs to get them at bath time (Lazy Mom). I can tell very easily each morning which loads I need to do that day as they are already sorted for me.  There is a very sturdy laundry sorter available in our Lazy Mom store.
• Check to see if your washer has a timer feature. It is a great thing! Each night I put a load in the washer and set it to start before I wake up. That way I start my day with a load already washed!
• If there is room in your laundry area, install a hanging rod. You can put your clothes on hangers right out of the dryer and then you won’t have to iron as much.
• It helps to keep the whole house looking nice and neat if you can contain the laundry mess in one area. Try not to let it spill out into the living room any longer that you have to.
• Keep a separate basket or tub for each member of the family (mom and dad can share). Once you have folded each load divide it between the baskets. Each day after school my kids know to empty their baskets. I also put their things that I found throughout the house in their basket to be put away. Even if you do not have room for several full size laundry baskets in your laundry area there is a possible solution for you. This Lazy Mom loves the Trofast System from Ikea. They have several different sizes and colors available. The tubs are smaller than standard size laundry baskets, which is not a bad thing. Smaller tubs are easier for smaller hands to carry.
• Lazy Mom Amanda does things a little differently. She keeps a small laundry basket in each child’s closet for their dirty clothes. That way she does each child’s laundry by itself and the loads don’t get mixed. When she goes to put the laundry away it is already sorted by room.
• The best folding tip we received this week was from Jennifer F. She says “Have your housekeeper fold the laundry and pull from the clean, folded pile the rest of the week.”

We also have several Lazy Mom tips for ironing which we will share in a later post.

If you have read this far you must be a dedicated Lazy Mom! We will pick our favorite tip of the week to be announced tomorrow. Our first giveaway of Lazy Loot! Our Topic of the Week next week is cooking (What’s for dinner Mom?!).

We have received a few suggestions this week from fellow Lazy Moms about things they would like to see on our site. Please let us know what types of things you want us to talk about. We have plans to add a discussion board in the near future so all you Lazy Moms can talk to each other and have a forum to share tips. There are great things to come!