Just a few days ago, I mentioned allowing laundry to pile up to my eyeballs. I finally got to the bottom of the pile this morning.
I really didn’t know that mold could entirely cover a little boy’s pair of pants in one short week, but folks, it’s stinking true. The pants got thrown in the laundry pile wet, soon were covered with other foul clothing, and forgotten. Until today. They are not savable. Nor is the little pink dress that was smothered under them. Some surrounding whites are savable with bleach, but such are the repercussions of laundry procrastination.
Hmmm, gets me thinking about other procrastinations and other consequences….better get to work over here, on things both seen and unseen.
I hope it helps to know that you are not the only one this has happened to. Kinda gross to discover, but hey, laundry just happens, and keeps happening!
I have to battle mold in the laundry all too often because hubby will throw a wet dish towel in the haper without even thinking.
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Jen June 11th, 2007 at 9:46 am
Jane, I wish I had a magic genie that would entrancingly halt the dirty laundry production. Do you have such a thing?
Jordan, I hear you on the fruit! I also live in a dry climate (the desert side of Oregon), so I was all the more surprised! Desert or not, seems to make no difference when suffocated in wetness under the mound. :-) If I had been feeling more industrious, I probably could have saved the pants and dress with colorsafe bleach. I’ve been known to save worse. But with the week I was having, that didn’t even cross my radar!
Mommy the maid, train up that hubby! Hah, men will be men. It’s all good, I drive him crazy with my own maddening quirks.
I’ve had this happen to me. I think everyone has. I always hang the wet dishcloths, towels or whatever over the edge of the hamper. Unfortunately, the rest of the crew doesn’t always do this. We also have a problem with mold on our windows, for goodness’ sake, on the north side of the house. Sheesh!
Shine On,
Lill
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I hope it helps to know that you are not the only one this has happened to. Kinda gross to discover, but hey, laundry just happens, and keeps happening!
Wow. Wow. Like half of the fruit we buy suffers that fate, but I had no idea about the clothes. (We live in a really dry climate, though.)
Did you try nonchlorine/colorsafe bleach?
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I have to battle mold in the laundry all too often because hubby will throw a wet dish towel in the haper without even thinking.
Here from CFL
Jane, I wish I had a magic genie that would entrancingly halt the dirty laundry production. Do you have such a thing?
Jordan, I hear you on the fruit! I also live in a dry climate (the desert side of Oregon), so I was all the more surprised! Desert or not, seems to make no difference when suffocated in wetness under the mound. :-) If I had been feeling more industrious, I probably could have saved the pants and dress with colorsafe bleach. I’ve been known to save worse. But with the week I was having, that didn’t even cross my radar!
Mommy the maid, train up that hubby! Hah, men will be men. It’s all good, I drive him crazy with my own maddening quirks.
I’ve had this happen to me. I think everyone has. I always hang the wet dishcloths, towels or whatever over the edge of the hamper. Unfortunately, the rest of the crew doesn’t always do this. We also have a problem with mold on our windows, for goodness’ sake, on the north side of the house. Sheesh!
Shine On,
Lill
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