Two things I learned recently
04-28-2021, 07:42 AM
#21
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We live in a tri-split, and it's a hike to the laundry room. I do laundry once a week, so it's a trek! I do the hanger hook also, dragging the filled laundry basket, thumping down the steps, across the big landing entry level, down the next set of stairs, across the family room, and into the laundry room! Many a day that I cursed the person who designed and built this house!
On the down side - it ix extremely unfriendly for people with mobility issues.
04-28-2021, 08:18 AM
#22
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Two Things I learned recently
The joys of maturity. A couple of tricks I have learned in my mature age: 1) when I buy pellets for my water softener, I ask the manager/assistant to load them in my Explorer; when I get home, I slide them out of the back of the Explorer onto my office chair and wheel them inside or wherever I need to place them. They slide off the chair quite easily. 2) I have a hard time getting up from the floor/kneeling, so when I needed to clean my mopboards in the bathroom, I took my long handled sponge back brush, scrubbed the mopboards, rinsed, and then dried, all with the sponge. I was truly amazed at how well this worked, so did the mopboards elsewhere in my house. I also use an extended grabber to reach things at a higher level and to pick up clippings, etc. from my sewing efforts. Amazing what we can come up with when we are faced with a challenge.
04-28-2021, 03:56 PM
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I have several rolling laundry baskets. Tall and deep with retractable handle. I got them at Walmart. I use one to take items upstairs. They sure are handy. My grands roll each other in them a lot too. I think they were about $15 maybe less. I've seen wider ones at the dollar store too.
04-28-2021, 03:58 PM
#25
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I seem to remember those. My mom thought they were great. She was a neat freak. Lol
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04-28-2021, 05:59 PM
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04-28-2021, 10:36 PM
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I guess I'm lucky, hubby makes the bed and my laundry room is right next to the bedrooms, so no hauling. I did buy foldable baskets because we have no room to store regular baskets, they fold up and hang on a hook in the laundry room when not in use.
04-29-2021, 03:51 AM
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I buy my pet supplies from chewy.com They deliver dog food, cat food, and the cat litter, so much easier then getting it at the store. When I get the shipping notice I track it so I know when the Fed Ex delivering is coming. I can hear him pull up and I open the door and he puts it in my foyer. I always offer him a bottle of water and a purchased individually wrapped treat.
04-29-2021, 05:35 AM
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Ladies, I didn’t expected much of a response to my ideas. Thanks to you all the for your input and exchange with your ideas. I will be looking into the cart with wheels. I’m also still using the back scratcher to retrieve items from the back of the dryer.
I think the next challenge is to catch the person who hides things, steals one sock, and/or shrinks my clothing while I’m not watching. She’s a sneaky one! Any ideas?
I think the next challenge is to catch the person who hides things, steals one sock, and/or shrinks my clothing while I’m not watching. She’s a sneaky one! Any ideas?
