I don't normally have that many loads to do, but my T-shirts and towels are clearly way out of control. I have no idea what "regular" looks like. My laundry sorts out into hard and soft, whites and colours, and I'll do a bag of whichever as soon as the need manifests, or a bagful has accumulated. I very rarely do All The Laundry.

Freeze dried clothes are still damp when they thaw, but whapping the cat with a frozen sock is one of the perks of winter. Though that sometimes results in a snapped sock.

edit: Yes, I have snapped socks. Not in two, but the fibers were compromised enough that several snapped when frozen, resulting in unwearable socks.

Desperately craving egg custard, no idea why.

I have no idea what this is. Apparently I have never had one.

If it's a windy cold day, the wind pretty much leaches most of the moisture out of the fabric before it freezes. Dump the basket on a bed in a heated room and toss it like a salad every ten-fifteen minutes for an hour, and you're good to fold and put away. Heavier stuff (jeans), hang on a pants hanger (or regular hanger with clothespins) on the shower rod, or a curtain rod till dry.

Or you could be a masochist like my mother (if you were a good wife, *you'd* do it this way, too!) and frikkin *iron* all the damp pieces dry. I've never been a good wife.

Mystery solved! I have been curious for year!

Egg Custard reminds me that I had no idea that all frozen ice cream from an ice cream machine wasn't custard. I thought that is just what you called the stuff on cones (vanilla, chocolate or twist). I think this is because Rochester is practically the home of frozen custard. (and white hots. And the garbage plate. And apparently Chicken French (which is served in Italian restaurants) )

I love the fact that you're familiar enough about clothespins and their use to *be* picky.

My opinion, let me show you it! But seriously, a good clothespin makes a difference. And hanging laundry out to dry changes that part of the chore to something I enjoy. Plus our weather is so lovely we can do it basically all year, and now that the "temporary" line is on the deck under cover, I can even hang laundry out in rain or snow. Since the equinox, I get northeast sun slanting in to the deck, so I get both sun on the line and cover, at the same time! As long as I do it early enough in the day, thus the load every other day methodology.

It's dry enough here that freeze drying is plenty dry.

I used to have a little hanging bag like that dress, only it was a kids' shirt. I think the old missionaries before us just sewed up the bottom of one of their kids' shirts when he outgrew it. But alas, it belonged to the house, and I had to leave it when I left.

So yeah, I should go bring in what's on the line now, huh?

I use regular cheapo clothespins to close chip and cereal bags, and they're great for crafts with kids.

Chicken French

Is that different from Chicken Francaise?

I don't know- this is it: [link] There is also Artichokes French.

egg custard [link] mmm with fresh nutmeg on top. I think I will make some tonight.

man, y'all are making me really want a clothesline. I want an umbrella style one that cranks up higher and spins.

Apartment living interferes with any external clothesline ideas I might have. Although we do have a neighbor who hangs clothes to dry from his balcony. (Also bunches of rope he finds. Yeah, I don't even know.) I'm not quite up for that. But I do have a drying rack for my bras and sweaters.

Egg custard = pudding?

Insomnia hit me again last night. One of the nice things about living with a cat--if I slump down on the sofa and pet him at 1:30 am, he's all, "I loooooove you, human! I'll totally eat you last! Puurrrrrrrrrrrr!" It doesn't quite make insomnia worth it, but at least someone's happy.