Two years ago I put my back out and was down for almost a month. It was a long hard month (especially because my hubby was working out of town). Luckily for me I had a teenage driver that ran everyone around and kept milk in the fridge, teenage girls that kept the house going and watched the younger ones, and meals in the freezer so we didn't have to eat Mac and Cheese every night. My family and friends were also great to help out! During this time I realized that there were some areas I hadn't taught my kids enough. One of these areas was doing laundry. I'm kind of fanatical about my laundry and up until hurting my back, I was the only one allowed to do laundry. I know....dumb! My hubby had ruined too many of my clothes at the first of our marriage won thru incompetence and I had banned him from the laundry (there are many things he does GREAT in the house - laundry just isn't one of them). In order to help them, I made detailed instruction sheets for the different loads of laundry they would be doing. I later framed these and hung them by the washer.
