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Posted 2/7/2013 3:38 PM (GMT 0)
I have a huge amount of laundry to do. I don't have a washer/dryer, but have to do the laundramat thing. Still feeling very achey and low-energy from the basket o' illnesses and allergic reaction, earlier.

I don't think I can carry everything today, upstairs and down, in and out, car to building. normally, I prep laundry a little at a time, weird as this sounds. Basket it up, carry it downstairs a little at a time, same to the car, and then in reverse.

Just don't have the energy today. Guess I'm wearing old undies tomorrow.
Posted 2/7/2013 4:05 PM (GMT 0)
On days when I'm not up to a huge load of laundry, I sometimes wash out a few things in the bathroom sink, then let them air dry.

For example, some family members wear wool socks. I use either a bit of liquid detergent or dishwashing soap or even a little scented bubble bath, rinse well, squeeze out as much water as possible, then hang them over the edge of my laundry basket to dry overnight. Maybe you could do the same? If your air is as dry as ours is in the winter, things dry quite fast. If you have a hairdryer, fan, or heat register, that could speed things along, too.

Laundry (at least to me) is hard work--especially when one is already really tired! smhair
Posted 2/7/2013 4:12 PM (GMT 0)
I have enough undies and socks, luckily. Might have to resort to the washout, eventually, depending. I am wearing pants far too often to work recently, having a hard time with tights and hose over the puffy abdomen. youch!

With luck, I will drop weight and have new outfits to wear soon! Lovely pants, hanging in my closet, waiting and wanting.
Posted 2/7/2013 4:17 PM (GMT 0)
It'd be nice if housework took into account how we felt. I just barely avoided being hospitalized with a bad kidney infection. In fact, the doctor sat my husband and told him things to watch for because its going to be a bad weekend.
I know we need groceries, my husbands lunch needs made, and I have to deal with the plumber coming to replace the water heater. Can I just take a pass?
Posted 2/7/2013 5:10 PM (GMT 0)

Have you thought about a cart on wheels?  They are metal and you could roll it down the steps...cart first....and roll it up the steps...you first.  You roll it to the car, roll it in the laundromat, put folded clothes in it to head home.

 

I bought one when my children were very young.  I would take them to a lake that had a beach.  I had three small children (one in a stroller) and had the cart filled with coolers, towels, beach toys, and a beach chair for me.  I needed to be able to get everything to the water's edge because I couldn't leave my children alone.  I then came up with this idea and it worked great!  I could do it all in one trip with my children walking while holding the cart.  My husband used to call it my "old lady's cart" but I didn't care.  I wasn't lifting all that stuff...having Crohn's and fibro.  I now use it when I'm gardening.  It folds up flat so it's easy to store and take up no space. 

 

Here is a link to one on Amazon so you know what I'm talking about.  My cart is at least 30 years old so I don't have the front wheels. 

 

http://www.amazon.com/Jumbo-Folding-Shopping-Black-Swivel/dp/B002R13XLS

Sherrine

Posted 2/7/2013 5:55 PM (GMT 0)
I have one of these from when I was first divorced and minus a car for about a year. Loved lugging kitty litter up a ahill. I use it still periodically, but it's not real great for laundry. Even in plastic bags, the clothes poke through the wire, and getting them in and out is complex.

I still use my cart for unloading the car, and moving things. Several of my colleagues have a rolling milk crate thing for taking books and papers from office to class and back. I have seriously looked at these several times. Some of them are very lightweight and can't take a lot of abuse, but others are well-made and rated for weight.

I started moving down the baskets this morning. By Tuesday, when I next have time, the laundry will be in the car and ready to go!
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