Happy Homemaker Me

It's all Tina's fault.

You remember Tina, right?  My organizational guru who is slowly but surely transforming my surroundings from schizophrenic to serene?

Well now she's done it.

She has me loving laundry.

Laundry, of all things!!!!

Today she marched in with a gleeful smile on her face and proclaimed, "I have the solution for all your laundry problems!"  I'm really not sure what made her think I had laundry problems.  Oh sure, our tiny hamper overflowed so quickly that a giant pile of clothing regularly spread over the floor and threatened to take over the entire house in a Blob-like horror show… but was that a problem?

Apparently it was.

So Tina comes in with this thing. This three-baskets-to-separate-your-laundry-plus-space-to-hang-and-store-stuff thing.  She knows it'll fit perfectly; she measured the space on her first visit and has been scouring stores ever since.  She puts it together, places it in the right spot, fills the baskets with all the dirty clothes… and voila!  The sweaty-fabric swampland is now a Laundry Showplace.

And dammit, the minute I saw how beautifully organized it was… I wanted to do laundry.

Let me repeat that so you understand the enormity.  I wanted to do laundry.  I never want to do laundry.  Ever.  No, really.  Ever.  But the area was so inviting, how could I refuse?

I spent the rest of the day doing laundry.  My daughter helped — the room was like a playground now, she wanted in.  She and I were practically singling Whistle While You Work while bluebirds helped us fold.

Scary?  Oh yes.  But kind of fabulous.  And while this picture won't do it justice, I must show you the glory of my now-Lovely Laundry Lair:

I wish I had the "Before" picture to show you for comparison.  Just imagine this space… but completely overrun with clothes.  And now… gorgeous!!!!

Just looking at it gets me all excited.

I'm gonna run off and do some laundry.