Does anybody like ironing? I’ve tried to make it as bearable as possible.
I listen to my iPod while I’m mindlessly waving the iron back and forth.
I bought a “you beaut” Laura Star iron (which I love – but not in the same way I love my coffee machine – and is worth every cent I paid for it) to cut ironing time.
I (mostly) systematically fold the washing as it comes in off the line.
But no matter what I do still it’s one of those jobs I dread doing. I put it off and put it off until I end up begrudgingly spending a Sunday afternoon ironing work shirts and school uniforms. Why?
I think it’s because it’s never finished. As I near the end of one pile I know there’s another one on the line just waiting to come in. I don’t even put the ironing board away anymore.
Why didn’t somebody warn me about this before I made a deal with The Thinker? I would bear his children and iron his shirts. In return I could become a stay at home mum.
There must be a way to give him the shirts back and keep the good bits!
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I’m finding ironing much more bearable now that we’ve had Foxtel IQ installed. I’ve always got a bank of shows to watch and it really helps me to motor through the piles!
TV would be good too. I keep my ironing in the laundry though, otherwise it takes over the loungeroom :-S
Think I might have iron envy! One of the key household chores the other half does is the ironing, so I actually don’t do that much. (But ours is never up to date!)
I figured my husband KNEW how to iron his uniforms (he’s a chef) before we were married, and so never took that job away from him. They are the only regularly ironed items in our house, and he’s much better at it than me anyway
Looks like a great iron.
I used to iron everything (1hr a weekor more ) until I had twins …I have hardly touched the iron in 3 yrs.
I hang every shirt/top on a coat hanger to dry (also increases washingline space) and it reduces wrinkles and peg marks !
My only child had all his shirts/shorts ironed …not my preschoolers.
My husbands work shirts are wash/wear too (though i did iron them before)