Good Idea / Bad Idea when doing the laundry

Good Idea: Starting a load of laundry

Bad idea: Forgetting about the load of laundry until it mildews and smells bad in the washing machine

Good Idea: Rewashing the stinky laundry

Bad Idea: just tossing it into the dryer thinking a bounce sheet will cover the smell

Good Idea: Rewashing the now dry bounce smelling stinky laundry

Bad Idea: Just dumping it into the pile of clean clothes thinking no one will notice

Good Idea Bad Idea: Come clean about the mistake you made with the laundry

Bad idea Great idea: Have the kids help with the laundry so you can blame them

Good Idea: Using soap when washing dirty clothes

Bad idea: using dish soap instead of laundry soap…one word bubbles

Good Idea: having the kids take care of putting away their own laundry

Bad idea: Having the take clean clothes into a dirty room.  There always seems to be folded clothes in the dirty clothes hamper when that happens

Good Idea: Ironing your dress shirts

Bad idea: Commenting how nice my dress shirts look now, way better than last week…come to find out the wife ironed them last week, her mom did them this week.

Good Idea: Washing your dirty jeans

Bad idea: forgetting to take the $20.00 out of your jeans and not writing down the serial number because your Dad won’t give it back unless you do…Bummer for the kid.