Do Mondays ever seem
like the longest day of the week to you?
They often do to me.
Take today for example:
It's been about 47 hours so far.
I'm kind of ready for it to be over.
I climbed up Mt. Laundry. Most of it anyway.
There's a little bit left to do.
The bad thing about getting Mt. Laundry out of the way
is that it only causes Mt. Ironing to grow.
My mother always tells me I iron too many things,
that I should just fold them up out of the dryer and let it be.
I have loosened up in this area.
I used to iron everything,
but having sons will knock that out of you.
I don't iron nearly as many things as I used to,
but I still like for things to get ironed.
I don't like us to look like we just
rolled off of a wagon or something.
The good thing about Lloyd Dobbler working from home
is that he wears tee shirts and jeans all the time.
Not having to iron work clothes for him has enabled me
to avoid Mt. Ironing like never before.
I'll be in for a surprise if he goes back to a job where
he actually, you know, has to get
dressed and leave the house.
But maybe it was having to iron his clothes
all the time that helped me keep up
on the ironing better.
I also currently have a babe who is terrified of the iron.
I remember when Sweet T was afraid of my iron,
and now it is Baby J who hates it.
I have this really great iron
but it is the loudest iron you will ever encounter.
It makes this noise, like a releasing of steam.
Ever heard a steam engine blow out steam?
Like in an old movie?
It's kind of like that. And probably as loud.
So I can't iron when he's awake
without scaring the poor baby to death.
And we don't want to scare our sweet baby.
I used to have ironing movies.
I would put in the same movie over and over
and watch it (or really mainly listen to it)
while I ironed clothes.
You've Got Mail was one of those movies.
I remember Two Weeks Notice being my
ironing movie for a while. And of course there's
always the A&E version of Pride and Prejudice
---you can get a lot of ironing done during that.
(It's six hours long, in case you haven't seen it....and if you haven't, why haven't you? I am pretty sure you don't have anything better to do with your time. Get it. Watch it. You'll love it.)
I hear people say they never iron anything
and I don't understand how this can be.
How can you not iron anything?
Even single guys have to iron a few things.
Or get their girlfriends or their mothers to do it for them.
But if you never iron anything,
what are you wearing?
Sweatsuits?
Do you dress by the dryer and constantly burn yourself
putting on clothes as they come out of there?
So I have a love-hate relationship with the whole
ironing issue. I hate ironing,
but I hate looking UNironed more.
One time a nurse at my doctor's office said to me,
"You always look like you just ironed your clothes."
And I took that as a compliment.
And I remember that when I think about ironing.
I wonder what she was thinking when she said that.
What about you, Dear Reader?
Are you sitting there in a wrinkled shirt
this very minute?
Do you iron your flat bed sheets?
Do you iron your handkerchiefs?
Do you iron your jeans?
like the longest day of the week to you?
They often do to me.
Take today for example:
It's been about 47 hours so far.
I'm kind of ready for it to be over.
I climbed up Mt. Laundry. Most of it anyway.
There's a little bit left to do.
The bad thing about getting Mt. Laundry out of the way
is that it only causes Mt. Ironing to grow.
My mother always tells me I iron too many things,
that I should just fold them up out of the dryer and let it be.
I have loosened up in this area.
I used to iron everything,
but having sons will knock that out of you.
I don't iron nearly as many things as I used to,
but I still like for things to get ironed.
I don't like us to look like we just
rolled off of a wagon or something.
The good thing about Lloyd Dobbler working from home
is that he wears tee shirts and jeans all the time.
Not having to iron work clothes for him has enabled me
to avoid Mt. Ironing like never before.
I'll be in for a surprise if he goes back to a job where
he actually, you know, has to get
dressed and leave the house.
But maybe it was having to iron his clothes
all the time that helped me keep up
on the ironing better.
I also currently have a babe who is terrified of the iron.
I remember when Sweet T was afraid of my iron,
and now it is Baby J who hates it.
I have this really great iron
but it is the loudest iron you will ever encounter.
It makes this noise, like a releasing of steam.
Ever heard a steam engine blow out steam?
Like in an old movie?
It's kind of like that. And probably as loud.
So I can't iron when he's awake
without scaring the poor baby to death.
And we don't want to scare our sweet baby.
I used to have ironing movies.
I would put in the same movie over and over
and watch it (or really mainly listen to it)
while I ironed clothes.
You've Got Mail was one of those movies.
I remember Two Weeks Notice being my
ironing movie for a while. And of course there's
always the A&E version of Pride and Prejudice
---you can get a lot of ironing done during that.
(It's six hours long, in case you haven't seen it....and if you haven't, why haven't you? I am pretty sure you don't have anything better to do with your time. Get it. Watch it. You'll love it.)
I hear people say they never iron anythingand I don't understand how this can be.
How can you not iron anything?
Even single guys have to iron a few things.
Or get their girlfriends or their mothers to do it for them.
But if you never iron anything,
what are you wearing?
Sweatsuits?
Do you dress by the dryer and constantly burn yourself
putting on clothes as they come out of there?
So I have a love-hate relationship with the whole
ironing issue. I hate ironing,
but I hate looking UNironed more.
One time a nurse at my doctor's office said to me,
"You always look like you just ironed your clothes."
And I took that as a compliment.
And I remember that when I think about ironing.
I wonder what she was thinking when she said that.
What about you, Dear Reader?
Are you sitting there in a wrinkled shirt
this very minute?
Do you iron your flat bed sheets?
Do you iron your handkerchiefs?
Do you iron your jeans?
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4 comments:
The ONLY time I ever iron anything is on Saturday evening or Sunday morning for church (or maybe the occasional blouse and skirt for myself for Wednesday evening). I am so over having everything ironed. I never notice whether other people have ironed clothes or not, and I guess I just assume that nobody else notices if I'm wrinkled or not. Plus, by the time we get our children out of the car (who's dresses have been crammed into a car seat and belt) after a 1/2 ride to church, it doesn't look like I spent 30 minutes ironing 8 pairs of clothes. I DO iron my husband's church dress shirts, but he wears polyester uniforms to work that hang out the wrinkles and the rest of us wear denim and T-shirts (mostly) around the house during the week. Maybe it's the type of fabric that you wear mostly? I love the wrinkle free polyester flowy dresses and blouses paired with the polyester flowy skirts. No iron. But, yes, I am aware that this harbors back to the 70's.....yikes!!!
The only thing I like to iron are seams when I'm quilting. I intentionally buy polyester blend everything so I can stand by the dryer and hang as I go.
Shame on you scaring your poor children with the iron. You know that creates quite the visual image!
However, you do always look like you've just taken your garment from a dry cleaner bag!
By the way, I learned to iron by ironing my dad's handkerchiefs. It was fun then. Now that I think of it, I'm so thankful for pocket sized Kleenex. I don't think I could handle laundering those. We've come a long way.......
A couple of things ~ what kind of iron do you have? I never know how to choose a good one. Also, do you ever think about looking more for clothes that don't need ironing? Last, I have never ironed jeans or sheets and we don't use handkerchiefs.
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