Everyday Life - Part 1

My life is normal… probably a lot like yours. My days involve doing normal things, like laundry.

Laundry Room

Our laundry room isn’t cute and highly organized, but it is fairly functional.  I have 4 washers and 3 dryers and I can really get lots of laundry done at the same time…. no, not really.  In our apartment building we have what is called a ‘Waschküche’ (wash kitchen) where everyone does their laundry. Saturdays are a very popular day to do laundry – it is the only time I see some of the people who live in the building (5 apartment units, 7 residents). Each apartment has an electrical outlet and the machines are plugged into the outlet for that apartment.

Washing Machine

Check out my washing machine. I’m sure it is energy and water efficient and that it uses all the latest technology available for washing machines.  Actually, I don’t even know how old it is but it gets the washing done and gets stains out of my clothes so I am glad to have it.  It’s shortest cycle takes about 45 minutes.  A normal cycle takes 1.5 to 2 hours.

I didn’t take a picture of our dryer, but you can see a bit of it to the left of the washing machine.  It is a condense dryer so there is no need for an external vent. It takes quite some time to dry clothes (also 1.5 to 2 hours depending on what I am drying) but it gets the job done. Much of the time, I skip the dryer and hang clothes to dry anyway. My major exception: towels. I like soft, fluffy towels, so they always get put in the dryer.

Iron

I freely admit that I am really bad at ironing.  I avoid it when I can.  When I lived in Hawaii, there wasn’t much need to iron, just hang the clothes up and the humidity will do the rest. Not so here, some things just need to be ironed.  I remember my mom telling me that after she got married (and when she was sewing a  lot) she wanted a nice iron. A ROWENTA iron. Guess what, I have a Rowenta, but really I don’t know if it is better than other irons or not because I really, really not good at ironing. When I iron, my main goal is to get more wrinkles out than I put in. I am usually successful at that.

Folding Laundry

The laundry process usually breaks down for me when it comes time to fold the laundry.  It seems there may be a block in my brain that prevents me from doing this part in a timely manner. The clean laundry might sit for quite some time *cough-2 weeks-cough* before it gets done. Robin frequently helps me with this step.  Isn’t that nice?

Well, enough of my “every-day life” today, I don’t want to bore with the details of normal life… but be ready to hear/see more soon :)