Laundry

In Baltimore laundry was my job in the house. It wasn't a big deal ... at some point in the morning I put the clothes in the washing machine, switch the loads a couple hours later and then fold it while the kids were getting ready for bed. I got a lot of credit for doing this chore but I really didn't mind it and didn't take up too much of my time.

Before we moved we found a lady who was moving back to the States and who was selling a lot of her junk including her old washer and dryer. We bought a bunch of stuff from her and paid quite a bit to have them shipped from Zichron Yaakov. When we got the washing machine it was broken and we had to pay a couple hundred shekel to get it fixed. After it was working Shira did the laundry for a while. I'm not good with new things and it was hard with my work schedule.

Now with the kids in school, I have more free time so I decided that I'd try to figure out why Shira was complaining so much about doing the laundry. Now I can't understand why she was complaining so little. What a pain! The washing machine takes over an hour to wash the clothes and doesn't get the stuff very clean and the stuff comes out soaking. Not just wet but dripping wet. Then the dryer takes forever. For some mysterious reason, the dryer shuts off every five minutes for about five minutes. It takes about 3 hours for the stuff to be completely dry in the dryer. So we try hanging it outside first and then putting it in the dryer. I'm not sure if it's worth the effort. We're getting used to it and soon it will become part of our routine but for now it's one more thing to which we're trying to adjust.