Look, I know that I am just as guilty of being a whiner when it comes to housework, but honestly we need to just break down and DO IT!
Do You Hate To Do Laundry?
Yeah, me too! Figure out why you hate it so much. Honestly, how hard is it to stick a load of clothes in the washer, move them to the dryer, and spend a few minutes putting them away? For me, it is MAJORLY difficult. Why? Because we honestly have entirely too many clothes for our small closets. I want to keep griping about the size of our closets, but we don’t even wear the mess in them! We wear the clothes that stay in the laundry room. It would make more sense to get rid of the stuff in the closets and put the things we actually wear into them. Right? I own 9 pair of jeans… do you know how many of them fit me? One… yes, ONE!
What about you? Are you honestly going to wear your prom dress again? When your daughter gets old enough (in my case, I don’t even HAVE a daughter) it won’t be in style anyway. Spring is coming… clean out your closets and have a yard sale. Call the Mission of Hope (or similar place in your area) and set up a time for them to come to your house (on the day of the yard sale) to take anything not sold. They will load it up and it will be GONE.
What is the best way?
Chances are, if you are reading this, you have hit a majorly low point (like I have as I write this). You have literally piles of laundry all over your house. You want to sweep and mop, but it is really difficult with all the overflowing laundry baskets. Trust me, I know exactly how you feel… here is a corner of my kitchen. Don’t believe me? Compare the dog in the picture with the dog in my header. Yep, MY HOUSE!
Now is the perfect time to clean out your closets and dressers.
I have a bunch of really nice outfits from when I was an administrative assistant, but aside from the fact that I now wear sweat pants most days… they don’t fit me. Why am I holding on to them? Some of them are in great shape and I am planning to put them in a box in the top of the closet labeled “Nice Clothes, Size Four, Feb 2010”. That way, if in 6 months if I haven’t touched the box, I can get rid of it. 
Six month from now will be August, the perfect time for a “back to school” yard sale.
Once you get your closets cleaned out, it will be much easier to put the clean laundry away. Plus, as you are putting away be sure to decide if it only got washed because it was on the floor or if you actually wear it. If you don’t wear it, toss it in a yard sale box.
Remember, you are not alone! I am tackling my cleaning, too. In fact, you can join us in the Cleaning Game to help you get your housework tackled!
