Epic Laundry!

Okay, so I don't have pictures but just believe me when I say it was EPIC! Yesterday I went through the house and collected 4 months worth of laundry...and probably more. Kind of embarrassing I know, but I have decided to just own up to it. It over took me. I wouldn't say having two babies to take care of is a good excuse for the massive pile of dirty stuff we had but it is my excuse.It was basically all the laundry from before I had Felicity ( you know those final weeks of pregnancy when you don't feel like moving let alone carrying laundry up and down the stairs) and everything after. There was a whole wardrobe of maternity clothes, sheets from a houseful of guests that had come to Felicity's baptism, blankets, tablecloths, towels, stuffed animals, rags, and all our current clothes. There was not a lot of baby clothes, so I must have been doing a pretty good job keeping the kids in clean clothes. Now I know what is in that load I wash everyday. Anyway, it was beyond overwhelming!

So, I texted Matt and told him we were going to the Laundromat. I was defeated by the amount of laundry and it had to be done all at once or I would never catch up. I thought maybe a few big washers and we would have it all done in an hour. Knock it out! Tame the wild beast! Defeat the Enemy! I was really excited!  HA! We loaded an 80lb capacity washer, two 65lb capacity washers, a 45lb capacity washer, and a 25 lb capacity washer stuffed full of laundry! That's 280lbs of laundry! I was shocked! I see a trip to Goodwill in our very near future! Who knew we had so much stuff! That would have taken me weeks to wash! And of course, after it was washed in these mega washers we had to put them in mega dryers ...over and over again. Lets just say this was not the quick and inexpensive trip to the Laundromat I planned! Our one hour trip turned into a four hour trip. But honestly, I didn't care. I was happy as could be sitting there watching all of it wash...Matt said he hadn't seen me that happy in awhile! Funny how we moms get excited about such " little" things.

The moral of this story...I will never ever put off doing laundry again! I don't care if I am pregnant with triplets after birthing sextuplets a year prior! I will find a way! Our washer will be running at least once a day! .

And so I will end this post because, although we washed all the laundry last night, it is still sitting in my room waiting to be sorted, folded and put away. Happily Lord, happily!