1.17.2008

i am not the world's best housekeeper

in fact, i am farfarfar from it. however, i do like my house in as much order as possible for two, working adults. even the bear appreciates the well-organized home, even if his tolerance for mess and dirt is a bit higher than mine.


i found this handy dandy "how to fold a fitted sheet" tutorial on flickr while trolling about to see if anyone had documented my favorite way to fold towels. yes, i have a favorite way to fold towels, shutup. i may one day share, if you're nice to me, as i haven't found an illustrated tutorial online. i freakin' hate folding fitted sheets and usually end up tossing a complicated, wrinkled mess of barely-folded-more-like-wadded-up fabric on top of the linens pile in our closet. i must try this next laundry day, minus the cats the recipe calls for. dander + me = not friends.

having neatly piled stacks of linens brings a little fun (as in when this crazy, anal girl opens up the linen closet and squeals at the cute, neat piles) and much-needed sanity to hated chores like doing laundry and making the bed. it's the little things. . .

14 comments:

  1. I love this!!! I have my own favorite way to fold towels too. : )

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  2. I do the wrap into a ball and stuff in the closet method with fitted sheets too! I Martha Stewart on Oprah folding fitted sheets once. I need to check out that tutorial you posted.

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  3. this might just change my life. I HATE folding fitted sheets!

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  4. feel free to come over and squeal at my adorable linen piles anytime. ;-) hehe

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  5. my mom showed me how to fold fitted sheets;)

    dude, you have a cat???? why did I not know this? or is that some random photo?

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  6. i, too, have a favorite way to fold towels. only one tiny reason that the hubs is not allowed to do laundry in our house as he would fold them wrong. ;)

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  7. I have watched Martha fold fitted sheets multiple times, but I can't do it. It's against my soul I think.

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  8. This is great! I usually roll them up and hide them under the fitted ones... :)

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  9. I have a messy linen closet that you're more than welcome to organize. Oh, and a guest room closet while you're at it...

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  10. I have been "taught" how to fold fitted sheets about a hundred times, yet everytime I try and do it I end up with wrinkled mess o sheet everywhere until I end up just folding and rolling until its square shaped.

    I hate fitted sheets.

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  11. What? There is a proper way to fold fitted sheets? I guess that means my linen pile *might* have a chance to look neat? Yeah, not likely. Thanks for the tip though. :)

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  12. When should I expect you at my house?

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  13. this is why i have only ONE fitted sheet. that way, i don't have to fold it.

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  14. I learned to fold my towels and fitted sheets from Martha :)

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