How hard can it be to iron? Really??
Hahaha. Well, when you haven’t ironed in a few years, add in a hyper toddler, and try to do it after a long day, it’s not as easy as it looks.
Yesterday we went around town gathering up some of the supplies I will need for my new laundry venture. The only place that had the fels-naptha bars and Arm and Hammer washing soda (not the same as baking soda) was Price Chopper. I also got a cute pair of purple latex gloves. They are long, and kinda fuzzy inside. I love them. I think I’ll have to go back and get a couple more pairs for other cleaning duties.
The big purchase was my new ironing board. It’s a cheapy, but it’ll work. I also got a storage hook that will hold that, my iron, plus a couple spray cans. I got my ironing board all set up last night, and tried to get a few things done. Holy cow, I am out of practice. It took 30 minutes to iron 5 things. Granted, I had to stop anytime Becca came anywhere near, but still. I think I was putting more wrinkles in than I was taking out. I didn’t even know that was possible.
I’ll probably spend some time this afternoon putting together some soap and trying to get some stains out of Becca’s clothes. If everything works as good as it is supposed to, I will definitely let you all know. The actual recipe is 1/2 c. of borax, 1/2 cup of washing powder, and 1 cup of chopped up fels-naptha. Then you just use a tablespoon or two for each regular load. You can use this method for regular washers, too. And pre-treating with fels-naptha is supposed to get almost any kind of stain out of clothes, including sweat stains. I’ll probably just be mixing together the washing soda and borax, then using chunk pieces of the fels-naptha. 