I have long insisted I do the laundry for various reasons. One its my only place in the house that is MINE. Second, it allowed me to stay on top of the kids. Third.... why not just sit back and be lazy while a maid does your laundry?

Now they are all much older, they think they are outsmarting me by sneaking into the laundry room and doing their clothes while I am at work. They all swear up and down that they NEVER go to the laundry But yet, bottles of laundry soap empty out when I never even opened it -- eerie! and the lint filter shows black lint when I open it up to remove whites . and most odd is I remove a stray panty or sock from a load bedsheets, when I know that neither panties nor socks went in with those sheets --- very scary!

So obviously the kids are doing their own laundry. I can't mention it to them in person because they all swear they do not do laundry. I can't be super nice and mention it off the cuff. I can't mention it in a family meeting. No matter what I'd say, or when, they won't accept that I know what they're doing and I'm a-ok with it. Most of all, I'd like them know they can do their own laundry so that I don't keep going down and seeing everything moved around.... it makes me feel like I'm losing my mind or something PLUS I want them to stop dropping the clean laundry from the washer into baskets, then plopping it back into the washer when they remove theirs for the dryer.... I'd like them to simply put the clothes in the dryer then fold them when they're done. I'd do that for them.

Sooo... here's the letter I composed to put on the washer lid. Too cranky? Too sarcastic? Just right?

I know all. (bwahahahaha)

If you insist on doing your own laundry then put whatever was in the washer into the dryer instead of plopping it in a basket then back into the washer when your stuff comes out. Then fold what was in the dryer instead of putting it back in after your stuff is dry.

Thank you,
Management