Here the three little ones are working on a project with their nanny! Looks like fun to me...
Anyway, in my household, here is a note about the laundry in a normal week...
There are seven of us - seven people will create the following dirty clothes:
49 pairs of pants/shorts/ or skirts
49 shirts
35 pairs of underwear (two are not potty trained) however, we have at least 70 changed diapers a week
21 pairs of socks - it is summer, the little ones and I don't wear socks in the summer - only three of us do
42 towels ( we try to use them more than once)
14 washclothes
6 sets of sheets
That is 216 pieces of laundry - per week - in a month that is 864 pieces - in a year it is 10,368 pieces of dirty laundry...of course there is probably more, as four of us will start to wear socks in the winter, we will wash coats, jackets, etc...and of course, don't forget we have a teenager. Yes, he is a boy, but there are days where he will wear two or three sets of clothing - depending on what he is doing, and we have uniforms, doll and Barbie clothes, stuffed animals that maybe has some thing unidentifiable on it...what else? I am sure there is something else!
What about toilet paper? When people think of big families and the expenses, usually they think about what goes into the body, not necessary what comes out of the body! Toilet paper seems to "run" out of house...no pun intended!
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2 comments:
valerie-
this post made me laugh! there are 7 of us too, including 2 teenage boys and 2 almost-4 year olds. and we live on a farm. today was a 6 load day :). it's nice to know i'm not alone in laundry-land :).
kelsey
I must ask, why do you launder shirts and pants after every wearing? We can often get 2-3 wearings out of each, except for the shirts on the little ones.
Washing less often would save water, detergent, and wear-and-tear on your clothes, your machines, and most importantly, on you!
Just an idea.
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