My Heart's Journey: Lessons Learned While Doing the Laundry

What To Do With The Single Socks? - Random thoughts while doing laundry on October 12, 2014

If suddenly all my outer clothing disappeared in the middle of a sermon, and I were standing there in my underwear and socks, what would the appearance and fit of the garments say about me?

Time to retire some of this to the rag box. I lovingly appreciate past service and find a meaningful way to repurpose this item.
Too many “holey” and not enough whole items.
How long has it been since I really looked at the clothing I am folding?
Some things that are comfortable and warn and I've had for a long time need to go into the rag box and this includes some clothes.

Now mated (only) socks of any color are in one drawer.
Someone must steal a random sock or two per week from my dirty clothes because there is always a solo sock when I am done mating the clean socks.
I throw out both socks in a pair even if only one sock has a hole so that is not a cause for the singularity. I assumed that would nip this missing sock thing. So far, I have more single socks than ever.
How long should the solo socks that used to be glob in the drawer be kept awaiting the matching sock to reappear?
Should I tag the singular items with a destroy after date?
What use for socks that are no longer part of a pair is there?

All the underwear are in one drawer regardless of color or style.
After 45+ years of folding briefs one way, I adopted a more efficient (for my current dresser) approach proving that seasoned dawgs can learn new tricks.
Worn out undershirts make great rags
How long do I think I need to keep the pair of briefs that I never wear because they fit weird?
Why do the sexy briefs always look better on the models than in the mirror?

I have been taking a glob of lint out of the screen after drying each load and a large glob after loads of towels or white socks and underwear for many, many years. How long can this go on before articles of clothing just vanish?

Perhaps this is where the missing socks go, they are transformed into lint and whisked away with the rubbish.

The moment I think the laundry is done and there are no more dirty clothes in the entire house, I find something to throw in the basket that was missed.

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