Laundry

When Mom got too weak to go to the basement to do laundry, Dad took over the task. It had probably been decades since Dad had done laundry but he was more than willing to do it. Everything went down the laundry chute into the barrel in the basement. Dad was supposed to sort whites and colors and permanent press and nonpermanent press. Evidently Dad just wasn't catching on to the permanent press stuff and it became a problem. Dad was very pleased with himself when he came up with a solution - anything Mom wanted done permanent press was put in a plastic bag before it went down the laundry chute. 

Joe's done the laundry most of our marriage. Periodically we had the same issue with white permanent press and nonpermanent press clothes; they just weren't caught in the sorting. After Dad shared his solution, we started using the plastic bag approach - problem solved! Picture - our North Street laundry basket. Out here we have enough room in the closet to have baskets for presorting permanent press and nonpermanent press - no more need for plastic bags - unless something needs special treatment.