Resolution/Goal #1) Don't let the laundry get piled a mile high on the love seat and have it stay there for months with everyone digging for clean clothes out of the pile.For this goal I knew I needed an action plan. I knew I couldn't just say I would fold and put away the laundry (washing isn't a problem) and expect it to just be that way, I knew I needed to do it differently. Asses the problem, formulate a plan.
Plan: Do 2 loads of laundry (at least) every day.
I put up a new, larger shelf in the laundry room, and got every child their own laundry basket, I got a basket for socks and one for clothes that kids have out grown or that need to go to goodwill.
When the clothes are done drying they get folded and put in each child's basket right away. Preferably straight from dryer to their baskets. Clothes don't leave the laundry room unless I am folding them that instant, so there will be no more piling up on the couch.
Twice a week the kids will put their clean clothes in their drawers (Wednesday and Saturday) and once a week (Wednesday) I will pair up all the socks in the sock basket that haven't found theri mates during the week.
The basket marked sort will be sorted for goodwill or storage when it gets full.
I started my master plan just after Christmas and so far it has been working great. Granted I am only doing about half of the laundry I normally do with the big kids gone, we'll see how it holds up them but I'm actually excited about doing the laundry which has never happened before. Crazy, I know.