#doing your laundry

Washing clothes

1). go through the house and pick up anything that needs to be washed (bedding needs to be washed about once a month), put it in a basket (or two)

2). grab laundry soap, and quarters (if applicable), and go to the washing machine/laundry room/laundromat

3). Put the dirty clothes in the washer, once it reaches the top of that thing in the middle, its full

4). put in soap, if you use liquid soap there should be a line on the cap that you fill it to

5). select cycle, you shouldn’t need to use hot water. if the clothes are especially stinky, select “heavy soil” otherwise the middle-low setting should be fine

6). if needed, put in quarters

7). set a timer for the laundry if you share the machine with the building you live in, set a timer, if you’re at the laundromat, do not leave for more than 5 minutes.

8). when the washer is done, move the clothes from the washer to the dryer (if you aren’t hang-drying) if the dryer is coin operated put in an extra quarter)

9). when the dryer’s done, take the clothes to your room and fold your clothes

Folding clothes

1). dump the basket out onto the floor and sort it into three piles “needs to be hung up” “can be folded” and “socks & underwear”

2). put anything that needs to be hung up on hangers and into the closet

3). match all the socks you can, throw away any socks with holes, or if you can’t do that, take some thread in a matching color (or a nice contrast) and sew the wholes

4). make a pile of the unpaired socks, you might find matches later

5). fold all the underwear and stack it neatly

6). fold you “can be folded pile” put shirts in one pile, and pants/skirts in another pile

7). put the folded clothes in your dresser (it’s nice to label where everything goes, but that’s optional)

Exercise Bike Doubles As Washing Machine To Make You Fit While Cleaning Your Clothes

I have never managed to kill two birds with one stone, but now at least I can do my laundry and exercise at the same time. The BiWa, or Bike Washing Machine, is a stationary bicycle designed by the students at China’s Dalian Nationalities University. Pedaling turns the drum and generates electricity to power the monitor; surplus electricity is stored for future use in the battery. “Bike Washing…