Comments on: 5 Cent Laundry Penalty http://completeorganizingsolutions.com/2009/02/5-cent-laundry-penalty.html Creating Order. Simplifying Lives. Wed, 16 May 2012 22:11:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Judith http://completeorganizingsolutions.com/2009/02/5-cent-laundry-penalty.html/comment-page-1#comment-3696 Judith Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:38:31 +0000 http://completeorganizingsolutions.com/?p=770#comment-3696 My financial rule always was that if I found the money in pockets (or in the washer or dryer, unfortuneately!), I got to keep it. I might relent if it was paper money for whom the owner was known, but change? Mine! And I spent it on well-deserved lattes! With the inside-out thing? After years of doing what Tanna did, I finally adopted a different approach: if it came to me inside out, it got washed, dried, and folded or hung inside out! I figured that at one point or another they would have to turn it right-side our, dirty or clean! My only dilemna? Pants with one leg inside out? I turned them completely inside out .... hey, by then I'd been living with teenagers for years and I was crazy! Makes me laugh to remember this (though the youngest, now 19, only started doing his own laundry 2 months ago!) My financial rule always was that if I found the money in pockets (or in the washer or dryer, unfortuneately!), I got to keep it. I might relent if it was paper money for whom the owner was known, but change? Mine! And I spent it on well-deserved lattes!
With the inside-out thing? After years of doing what Tanna did, I finally adopted a different approach: if it came to me inside out, it got washed, dried, and folded or hung inside out! I figured that at one point or another they would have to turn it right-side our, dirty or clean!
My only dilemna? Pants with one leg inside out? I turned them completely inside out …. hey, by then I’d been living with teenagers for years and I was crazy!
Makes me laugh to remember this (though the youngest, now 19, only started doing his own laundry 2 months ago!)

]]> By: SoBella Creations http://completeorganizingsolutions.com/2009/02/5-cent-laundry-penalty.html/comment-page-1#comment-3694 SoBella Creations Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:51:38 +0000 http://completeorganizingsolutions.com/?p=770#comment-3694 I love the 5 cent penalty. My girls are still young (5 & 2). But, they do help put their laundry away once it is folded. I love the 5 cent penalty. My girls are still young (5 & 2). But, they do help put their laundry away once it is folded.

]]> By: Ashley http://completeorganizingsolutions.com/2009/02/5-cent-laundry-penalty.html/comment-page-1#comment-3687 Ashley Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:32:23 +0000 http://completeorganizingsolutions.com/?p=770#comment-3687 I love your 5 cent idea. I don't have any kids, but does a husband count? I've tried having him do his own laundry, but if he kept doing things his way we'd be replacing our washer every 3 or 4 months. LOL I'll keep this in mind one day when I have children. I love your 5 cent idea. I don’t have any kids, but does a husband count? I’ve tried having him do his own laundry, but if he kept doing things his way we’d be replacing our washer every 3 or 4 months. LOL I’ll keep this in mind one day when I have children.

]]> By: Elli http://completeorganizingsolutions.com/2009/02/5-cent-laundry-penalty.html/comment-page-1#comment-3684 Elli Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:30:21 +0000 http://completeorganizingsolutions.com/?p=770#comment-3684 I love the 5cent rule!! I have one boy who is particularly bad about this. My kids all started doing their own laundry when they were 7, and now that my oldest is 11 he washes, dries, and puts his own stuff away, but I still have to switch his laundry from one machine to the other, or put it out to be put away - this just might work with my money-minded man! I think the concept of a financial penalty might work for other laundry infractions too - maybe a penny per piece of clothing on the floor instead of the hamper? Or, for my kids who do their own laundry, a dime for each load left in a machine overnight. Hmmm...Thanks for this idea! I love the 5cent rule!! I have one boy who is particularly bad about this. My kids all started doing their own laundry when they were 7, and now that my oldest is 11 he washes, dries, and puts his own stuff away, but I still have to switch his laundry from one machine to the other, or put it out to be put away – this just might work with my money-minded man!

I think the concept of a financial penalty might work for other laundry infractions too – maybe a penny per piece of clothing on the floor instead of the hamper? Or, for my kids who do their own laundry, a dime for each load left in a machine overnight. Hmmm…Thanks for this idea!

]]> By: Hubby http://completeorganizingsolutions.com/2009/02/5-cent-laundry-penalty.html/comment-page-1#comment-3682 Hubby Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:13:09 +0000 http://completeorganizingsolutions.com/?p=770#comment-3682 My Mrs. has a solution for all those goodies in the pockets too. Check out the July 22, 2008 post on overzealous house wife. My Mrs. has a solution for all those goodies in the pockets too. Check out the July 22, 2008 post on overzealous house wife.

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