Laundry King

I may have mentioned that my mother holds the title of Laundry Queen.  Say you set an item of clothing on your bed at her house to perhaps wear later that day.  When you go to put on said item later (say 30 minutes later) you will not find it on your bed.  You will find it neatly pressed and ironed hanging in your closet.  She will have spied the item (pretty sure she has radar), washed and dried it (most likely by hanging it on an outside clothes line) and ironed it.  Like I said Laundry Queen.

We have a Laundry King.  He is working on his speed and hasn’t quite developed his radar yet.  BUT, he’s got all the other necessary qualities.

He gathers clothes and pushes the laundry basket into the kitchen:

Figures out whether to do lights or darks first:

Then he puts them in the washer:

The last one to go in can be a little sad:

Gotta make sure the lid is secure:

 

On another (far less significant) topic, we got a new dining room table! We previously had a 4 chair table with a leaf that allowed you to squeeze 6 people around it.  We loved the table but it was too small. So we listed it on Craig’s List and got $299 for it (mind you we paid $100 for it 3 years ago).  Then Andrew’s brother found this table at an estate sale.  We were in Atlanta for the day and had him buy it without even seeing it (yikes!).  But we figured for $270 it was worth it and we could resell it on Craig’s List if we didn’t like it.  So, enough explanation, here it is:

Here’s a close up of the fabric on the chairs.  It’s a bit old lady-ish and doesn’t really do anything for the table.  I’m taking suggestions of colors for new fabric.