Ironing... how big is your pile???

[wabbit]

Confession...I've got stuff waiting to be ironed that are:

Winter clothes, and even some clothes from last year that ds has now grown out of

My wish is that someone will create me a week where I don't have anything else to do other than sort out my bl@@dy IRONING

So ironing hangs out under the stairs... in dd's bedroom (where the messiness of it is matched by dd's clothes on the floor habit) and now I've noticed I'm making uber weeny piles of 'needs to be ironed' things in my bedroom

How do you fit ironing into your day??

[proud emoticon]]

two lots of clean laundry upstairs
one lot of clean laundry in the tumble dryer, dry, needs removing to upstairs
one lot in the washing machine, clean, needs removing to tumble dryer
one lot on floor in front of washingmachine, needs putting into it.
and a laundry bin full of dirty laundry in th etoilet.

it's a wonder we have any clothes in the cupboards

oooh, and i forgot the pink basket that is meant to hold ironing stuff, full from a previous load which i at least emptied the socks andunderwear from

do i get a prize? that is six loads?

i dont have an ironing pile either.it goes wash-tumble dry-put away.i gave up ironing after i had dc3 and stopped using a washing line.i needed to iron a dress i hadnt worn for ages a couple of weeks ago and i couldnt even remember if i still had an iron(i did but it had no plug on it,luckily dh had one from when he was single)

unless you have about six kids that is too much washing and too many clothes, surely ?

only three kids

manmade fibres bad for your skin.

stitch-do what i did,accept that you dont have the time or the inclination to iron anymore,and give it up.it will bring you great joy

Mine is huge - i dont iron often - i hate it with a passion - i am crap at it and it takes me to long and my feet hurt doing it. i iron dd school uniform and as little as i can get away with for dh until the ironing man comes back with my ironed stuff... i nearly have fifteen items in the basket now that i cant face ironing so i will summon my saviour ironing collection guy.......

funny thing is that when i do actually get around to doing it, it breaks me a greeat deal of satisfaction doing it. and i love the look of clean, ironed clothes in the drawers.

dont worry, i will probaly decide enough is enough, and either do it tomorrow, or just fold them and put away tommorrow.

This make reassuring reading!
Maybe we need a ironing version of fly lady? Is that what the cleaning rota thread's called?

I've never been fastidious enough to find out what those threads are about (despite babiewabbit's derision!)

i dont.

i iron my stuff
dh irons his stuff - this has always been the case

my kids could iron at 10 years old.

never had piles of the stuff

wash dry and in the drawer - what a waste of your life.

thats your life your wasting

I don't have an iron

i just smooth my clothes with my hand and smile brightly to deflect attention from the creases

does any one have one of those huge white recycling bags? meant for plastic and cardboard or is that just my town?

we have a spare one which i use as an ironing bag coz baskets are too small!!!

i iron most of the day on suday but couldnt be bothered lats week so is overflowing onto couch in bedroom

well, actually, I'm just wasting the time that I'm mildly fretting about the ironing... it's patently obvious that I'm not ironing the stuff!

did it. finally did it. got through my pile!

Stitch... So did I!!!

I no longer have a binliner of clean washing under the stairs and dd's bedroom is cleared of overbrimming basket of washing

I don't consider the time wasted... I love opening drawers and choosing from lovely freshly pressed laundered clothes

What is this ironing of which you speak?

ha ha... tis an ancient custom that is enjoying a revival!

a bit like burlesque (but far more sedate and without the nipple tassles!)

Ah.... not for me then!

I don't iron at all really. Dh does kids stuff.

i hold the record, i think.
we moved into our house a year ago, and i packed a pile of dh's shirts awaiting ironing. it is STILL at the bottom of the ironing basket, it's just there's now more ironing on top of it.
in my defence, ironing is the sole piece of housework that dh is supposed to be wholly responsible for and the one issue on which i have not just given in and done it myself (well, i do my own clothes when i need them, but leave dh's shirts for him). that bloody ironing will probably still be there when we sell this house.

Another ironing thread, and I'll say what I always say;

"What's so great about very flat clothes?"