The washing machine represents all my failures. I am not a good housekeeper. Scratch that, I am a bad housekeeper. I leave dirty dishes in the sink for days, I do not mop the bathroom floor nearly as... Read more >>

Baseball may just be the Mediocre Mom’s worst enemy. The stubborn grass and dirt stains. All the different pieces of equipment: glove, batting gloves, bat, helmet, chest protectors, and on... Read more >>

It’s the day after Christmas. The elation and joy of Christmas has peaked and today are the leftovers. The kids are off their natural schedule. Three glorious days of celebration, family... Read more >>

Somewhere there is a sock heaven. There must be, for where only one sock can be found the other must exist, somewhere. Did you fall behind the laundry hamper or the dark abyss behind the dresser... Read more >>

So it’s Sunday morning. The Boy and Girl are getting ready for church. It’s their big spring musical performance. The Boy is in the choir. The Girl will be doing a flag routine. We are, as... Read more >>

Wash and dry. Sounds simple enough ... until you spill red wine on your wrinkled, white acetate shirt with pit stains. We’ve got the answers to seven of your most pressing (pun intended) laundry... Read more >>

Some rules are okay to break. Eating ice cream before dinner probably won’t spoil your appetite (unfortunately), and throwing your “dry-clean only” clothes in the washing machine... Read more >>

I dread laundry day at our house. It never ceases to amaze me how two kids, weighing probably fifty pounds or less combined, can produce so many dirty clothes in one week.  I’ve done... Read more >>

Today is the day I will climb Laundry Mountain. I will have the single-minded focus of a crazy white man trying to climb Mt. Everest. I have to confess—Laundry Mountain isn’t much... Read more >>

I wondered for the longest time about Oxy Clean I used it against my own what I call super laundry soap and it was no better and in some cases worse. Have you ever wondered what makes it so good? What... Read more >>