Tumble Dry Low. Remove Promptly.

My ten-year-old daughter Kathryn does her own laundry.  (Yeah, I'm up for Mom of the Year award.)  She brings it down from her room to the laundry room, empties it into the washing machine (along with a few hangers and Barbie shoes), later transfers it to the dryer, and finally folds it.

Good for her (and for me for instilling this responsibility into a young child - I AM up for the Mom of the Year award, remember?).

Tonight, though, she started her laundry just before bed.  That meant that she would be sleeping by the time the washing machine was done and the clothes needed to be transferred to the dryer.  I can't fault her too much - she initiated Laundry Chore without a word or hint from me.

So it fell to me to do the dryer transfer duties.  (Did I mention that I'm up for Mom of the Year award?)  Part of this process involves hanging the wet items that really shouldn't be placed in the dryer.  Since I'm not intimately familiar with the ins and outs of Kathryn's Laundry That Must Be Hung, I spent a bit of time reviewing clothing tags.

I hung what needed to be hung and silently rejoiced at the tags that allowed me to throw the item of clothing in the dryer.  Lovely words, those:  "Tumble dry low."  Aaaaahh.

Then it hit me.  Tumble dry low.  Really?  I have yet to see the tag that gives me permission to "Tumble dry at hotter than hell temperature." 

Then - "Remove promptly."  What?  You mean I don't have permission to leave the dry laundry in the dryer for hours, maybe even days?  What is this?  A conspiracy to force me to be at the ready, right outside the laundry room, strung tight and poised to spring at the sound of the dryer buzzer?

Well, conspirators be damned.  I may be up for Mom of the Year award, but I'm nowhere near being nominated for Housewife of the Year.

Tags for Goldberg clothes should read, "Tumble dry at whatever setting the dryer is currently set.  Remove when you can.  We'll understand if you don't fold us right away."

Comments

[Anne Ferguson]

That a ten-year-old would, without prompting, remember to do her laundry definitely gives you the Mom of the Year Award!