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One I stop posting, it starts to feel like I shouldn't post until I have something really momentous to say. "You've barely posted in months, you didn't write about X, Y, and Z, but you're going to make a post about trivial topic q? Really?"

That's a large part of why I never restarted Respectful of Otters. I couldn't let myself just post sporadic small things - I couldn't restart unless I was going to make significant posts on a regular basis. With the first one super-awesome-earthshattering, of course, to make restarting justifiable.

So the hell with that. If I go ahead and post a few random trivial things, maybe the spell will be broken and I'll be able to start writing again.

Random trivial thing of the day:

You can easily tell by looking at Colin how many days it's been since we've done laundry.

First day of clean laundry: green and grey striped hoodie.

First few nights of clean laundry: moose hoodie PJs. Yes, he sleeps with the hood up.

Second day of clean laundry: orange hoodie with raccoons on it.

Third day of clean laundry: grey hoodie whose hood doesn't stay up very well, but it is partially redeemed by having a picture of a bulldozer on it.

If Colin is wearing an item of clothing that doesn't have a hood, it's been at least three days since we did laundry. Simple as that.

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I don't think we ever go three days without doing laundry. This doesn't mean we all have enough clean clothes all the time though. It just means we have laundry piles everywhere. I have no idea what to do about it.

Dale and I have found a partial solution, sort of, but I won't Geek Answer Syndrome at you unless you're interested.

Go on then!

When we get to the point that there are laundry piles all over the house, we grab everything we can find and take it to one of the laundromats that has drop-off service. When we get it back, it's washed and either folded or on a hanger.

Once we get caught up like that, we're generally able to keep on top of it for about 6-8 months.

We've done that a few times when the weather has been too bad to get things dry otherwise but it's generally very expensive. Our main issue is getting things dry, really.

We have this problem too--we have a dryer, but stuff has to run through 2 or 3 times to get dry. We're thinking the lint-hose thing that comes out the back and goes outside may be full, but we can't get to it easily to find out.

ISTR hearing about a dryer fire that started because of a lint hose, but I confess I haven't checked Snopes.

A clogged lint hose is definitely a fire hazard, so we're gonna have to have someone come disconnect the dryer so we can clean it out. We figure disconnecting gas hoses ourselves so we can move the dryer is probably a bigger fire hazard...stupid awkwardly-positioned dryer.

A dehumidifier in a wardrobe or large cupboard. Hang the clothes up, start the dehumidifier and close the door. Clothes get dry overnight, and you have water for non-drinking purposes. Much cheaper than running a dryer, too.