Cooking and Laundry

I like to keep everyone up-to-date on how my cooking and laundry routines are going. Haaaaaahahaha!! But seriously, I do. This stuff is important! I have to have order in the house in order to be in a good mood all day in it.

Former cooking and laundry schedules (pre-3-kids):

COOKING
Thursday: Grocery shop, cook 2 casseroles (one beef, one chicken) and put half of each in the freezer. With the two left, put one in the fridge for Saturday lunch and cook one for supper Thursday night.

Friday: Order pizza

Saturday: Cook the casserole and eat leftovers that night

Sunday: Lunch--go out; supper--hamburgers and fries or fried chicken and mashed potatoes

Monday: Frozen casserole from the week before last

Tuesday: Breakfast for supper

Wednesday: Frozen casserole from the week before last

LAUNDRY (notice the alliteration device)
Monday: Blues (darks)
Tuesday: Towels
Wednesday: Whites
ThuRsday: Reds/pinks
Friday: FREE day (no laundry)
Saturday: Scrubs (Justin's work clothes)
Sunday: Sheets

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Those routines worked really well for years. Once I had #3, I had to simplify again, so....now, it's like this:

COOKING:
Whatever we have, I cook it. I can now cook a decent lunch (the kids stay busier without my help than they used to) and save some for Justin for supper. If I don't cook, we eat a very simple supper--cereal, toast...breakfast food, basically.

LAUNDRY:
Do every shred of laundry, every day. This usually amounts to one load a day, and I mix everything together including reds. I just don't have time for separating laundry anymore, and I need the baskets to be empty all the time to feel relaxed.