In my house, nothing comes out of the dryer unless it gets folded right then and there. Sometimes that means a load of clothes sits in the dryer for a few days, but at least it's clean!

I also shoot for the one load every day or every other day. It keeps me from spending ALL DAY Sunday trying to get the laundry done. I pre-sort so all I have to do is get the washer going when I get home, and it's ready for the dryer after dinner (or earlier). Whether it gets folded or not...well, that's another story!

Anonymous wrote:It really takes only five or ten minutes to throw in a load of wash, so I think the one load a day method for a while should work. Take the time out of your TV/internet habit.

It's not the washing that takes the time, it's the folding, putting away, sorting socks that takes a long time. Sometime we end up with piles of dirty clothes and piles of unfolded clean clothes.

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Anonymous wrote:Why don't you do one load a day until you get caught up? Can the kids help?

I've been doing this. Works ok even though it doesn't really happen every day.

Time to make it part of your routine. Throw a load in first thing the morning while the coffee is brewing. Change it to the dryer before leaving for work, and throw another load in the wash. Take out the dry clothes as soon as you walk in the door at night, and move the other load to the dryer. Fold everything while watching TV. Two loads, done.

YES

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Anonymous wrote:Why don't you do one load a day until you get caught up? Can the kids help?

I've been doing this. Works ok even though it doesn't really happen every day.

Time to make it part of your routine. Throw a load in first thing the morning while the coffee is brewing. Change it to the dryer before leaving for work, and throw another load in the wash. Take out the dry clothes as soon as you walk in the door at night, and move the other load to the dryer. Fold everything while watching TV. Two loads, done.

Where are you located? In Silver Spring, WishyWash Laundry will pick up your clothes, wash dry and fold them, and return them to you. Awesome for large items like comforters, etc.

It really takes only five or ten minutes to throw in a load of wash, so I think the one load a day method for a while should work. Take the time out of your TV/internet habit.

Anonymous wrote:Why don't you do one load a day until you get caught up? Can the kids help?

I've been doing this. Works ok even though it doesn't really happen every day.

We used to have a lady come for exactly this. She washed and folded everything and also ironed (even sheets - heaven!) It was a luxury, but significantly reduced stress! 85 per week.

Hire a housekeeper primarily for laundry. You'd pay an hourly rate. Market is $15-20/hr in our area, may be diffferent in yours. With laundry, you get a good hour or two of downtime before the folding is done. Someone you pay hourly can get some other work done in that time as well. (unload dishwasher, run a vacuum, etc) Some housekeeper really just want to run through the standard list of duties for a set rate, but many are happy to do an hourly job and focus on what you need.

Why don't you do one load a day until you get caught up? Can the kids help?

My cleaning lady washes all of the sheets she takes off of the bed and whatever dirty. Loathes are in the hampers. I used to save all of the dirty clothes for when she arrived - until that day she could get into the laundry room because clothes were piled to the ceiling - embarrasing. If I want to that, I have to designate a day for her to come and just do laundry. Not enough time in the day to clean the whole house and also do laundry for a family of 4.

Ar ethese places reliable about getting all of the stains out? Thanks!

I've never heard of anyone doing this, but there are services that will pickup your dirty clothes and return them to you cleaned & folded. Like this: http://www.yourpamperedhome.com/ (not a recommendation, I've never used them or any other laundry service)

If you find someone I want to know. I should probably just ask my housekeepers what they would charge to do it every 2 weeks. And we really just need someone to fold for us. Laundry mountain had an avalanche recently.

Sometimes, when we get so backed up and too much is dirty, I take it all up to a wash and fold place. It's quite nice to get it all back nicely folded and packaged up. But I do think they laugh when I bring in clothes for a family of 5.

I really need to hire someone to do my family's laundry (2 adults, 2 kids). If you have this, what do you pay? Does the person stay at your house for 4 hours, 5 hours, longer? And does your person iron? and how did you find this person?

Many, many thanks!