household shortcuts

godblessourhome
godblessourhome Posts: 3,892 Member
edited October 2024 in Chit-Chat
i am fine with most household chores, but i hate matching and folding socks. hate it! my solutions is to keep a laundry basket in the corner of the laundry room and all socks go in there to be matched by the person needing socks. :) it seems to work well for us.

what is a shortcut you take during chores?

Replies

  • Malani2010
    Malani2010 Posts: 245
    This isn't something I did but it seemed to have worked for a friend of mine!!! When he used to live with me ( He was gay so romance wasn't an issue lol) he would safety pin his sock together before he threw them in the wash that way they were all together before, during , and after a wash.
  • magichatter06
    magichatter06 Posts: 3,593 Member
    This isn't something I did but it seemed to have worked for a friend of mine!!! When he used to live with me ( He was gay so romance wasn't an issue lol) he would safety pin his sock together before he threw them in the wash that way they were all together before, during , and after a wash.

    That's ingenious. I wonder if the safety pin would harm the washer or it might rust? The sock monster is constantly stealing my socks!
  • godblessourhome
    godblessourhome Posts: 3,892 Member
    This isn't something I did but it seemed to have worked for a friend of mine!!! When he used to live with me ( He was gay so romance wasn't an issue lol) he would safety pin his sock together before he threw them in the wash that way they were all together before, during , and after a wash.

    that is a clever idea! i wonder if i could get my boys to start doing that before they threw their socks in the dirty clothes hamper?
  • lindalee0315
    lindalee0315 Posts: 527 Member
    My husband's sock drawer was always a mess. I threw out all of his socks, bought several packages of the same brand of white, brown and black socks, and toss them all in his sock drawer. Any two black, white or brown socks will always match.
  • MrsSpratt
    MrsSpratt Posts: 200 Member
    I got so fed up with losing socks that I decided to buy a lingerie bag and put all socks in there before throwing them in the washing machine. I painstakingly matched EVERY SINGLE SOCK in that bag. Guess what happened? It came out of the wash with FIVE matchless socks!!! Really?! Really?! Who or what is eating the damn socks?!
  • amandae79
    amandae79 Posts: 169 Member
    My 9 year old has to pin her socks together, or I wont wash them. We havent had any rust issues yet.
    My year olds socks get put in a laudry bag with a zipper and get washed that way.
  • skylark94
    skylark94 Posts: 2,036 Member
    I do the lingerie bag thing too. It works great for keeping kid's socks from getting lost or missed in the bottom of the washer.
  • boomboom011
    boomboom011 Posts: 1,459
    how do you keep up with the safety pins?
This discussion has been closed.

Categories