All About Life Without Maids

[peapot]

I used to record my voice in a recorder and played it to my girl when she is in the playcot while I went about my house work. So that she won’t feel that I m not there.

[24hr-mum]

oh my dryer doesnt seem to dry completely even after 2.5hrs. i suspect it needs 3hrs? cos its the sensor type, i cant choose the timing. i chose it becos it has front vent, no tube to hang ard window.


i dun hv plc to hang my clothes to air dry.

any recommendation for gd dryer?
also, if i turn on the washer at nite to wash, leave the wet clothes in the washer overnite, nx morning then transfer to dryer, is that ok?

i find that if i go out in the morning for errands, come back to cook lunchn dinner, i really hv no time for my slf and to coach the kids work…sigh…

[dasalo]

Claudine Heng:

Is the Laura star4 good? Saw some negative reviews and its pretty ex. i cant take those steam irons coz DH likes his shirts with the neatly ironed lines, so steam iron cant have that effect you see.


Sorry, playpen are those cots but in plastic type right?

Don't confuse Laurastar G4 to S4. S4 is the full ironing board attached to water tank. G4 is portable type.

You got me confused now with the steam iron. I meant real iron with steam (now I don't know the name for those irons, what are they called?)and not those novita standing steam iron. I use the latter only on silk and satin or dri-fit Ts never on Biz Shirts.

[dasalo]

24hr-mum:

oh my dryer doesnt seem to dry completely even after 2.5hrs. i suspect it needs 3hrs? cos its the sensor type, i cant choose the timing. i chose it becos it has front vent, no tube to hang ard window.


i dun hv plc to hang my clothes to air dry.
Buy foldable clothes drying rack. I got one pretty neat from Giant and cost only $50. It's the vertical sort and not horizontal that takes up space.

any recommendation for gd dryer?
I heard Bosch is good but costly abt 2K (condenser type)

also, if i turn on the washer at nite to wash, leave the wet clothes in the washer overnite, nx morning then transfer to dryer, is that ok?
Not advisable cos it might smell, alternatively you might want to timer your machine to finish in the morning. My machine has a delay 24 hr function

i find that if i go out in the morning for errands, come back to cook lunchn dinner, i really hv no time for my slf and to coach the kids work..sigh...
Honestly, you hardly find time for yourself at first but don't be discouraged. If you wake up early like 6am, you might want to take a power nap in the mid morning or early afternoon to recharge yourself. Than you'll have more energy to do the rest of the afternoon chores.

Feel your flow of work, see what you do best at what time and slowly, you'll sneak in sometime for yourself. For now, I feel best just to get enough rest and I won't feel grouchy and find faults with the kids.

It's raining heavily now in my area and my clothes are dried and ready to be iron and folded. Sometimes you need to follow the weather too. :evil: :boogie:

I forgot to add that spinning speed on the washing machine matters too. I have an adjustable speed ranging from 800rpm to 1600rpm. I normally use 1400rpm/1200rpm for cotton/mix and it dries within 2hrs under the sun. If left indoors usually dries 6-8hrs. That's why I dry overnight.

[LOLMum]

24hr-mum:

oh my dryer doesnt seem to dry completely even after 2.5hrs. i suspect it needs 3hrs? cos its the sensor type, i cant choose the timing. i chose it becos it has front vent, no tube to hang ard window.

if my dryer is in full load mode, my clothes would still be damp. so i put in half load of clothes and they come out dried.

[24hr-mum]

i wake up at 6am and still nvr finish the tasks…

my dryer EF is the condenser type with sensor and anti crease.
my friend suggested TOP clothes detergent that wont make clothes smell.
i will try that next time.
she also suggested vanish stain remover. seems effective and can make sch shoes so white.
wats the name of the vertical drying rack?
i tried cooking for the first time. whole process plus washing etc takes 2hrs. too long right??

[24hr-mum]

i notice my clothes tend to be torn and the washer agt asked me to lower the spin speed to 600rpm instead of 800rpm

[dasalo]

24hr-mum:

i notice my clothes tend to be torn and the washer agt asked me to lower the spin speed to 600rpm instead of 800rpm

I've been spinning all 3 yrs with my front load washer and no torn clothes so far. Previous machine also no torn clothes experience. Is yours a top load machine? My machine don't recommend any other detergent except Persil. I do add vanish (pink bottle) to my white and coloured wash.

Cooking plus washing 2 hrs is very fast, good job!

No name for the drying rack. I'll post photo someday

[Claudine Heng]

I see. Thanks dasalo.

[24hr-mum]

mine is front load. when i used electrolux and braun years ago, no torn clothes. but ever since i used EF, got some clothes start to tear. now that i m doing hsework mysf, i will monitor hows the result after lowering the spin speed.


2hrs cooking (1 soup, 1 stirfry veg, 1 stirfry fish, 1 steam chckn) including washing (but i washed the veg earlier in the morning) is considered fast? i was like aiyo so long. nx time where got time to coach my child schwork if i hv to cook at 3pm, finish at 5pm and bathe in time before my no 3 comes back from sch bus at 5.30pm.

what time do u mummies usu cook dinner?

i ironed today at 8’30am and only finish ard 1230pm.

plus folding current day’s clothes and lunch, already 2+. wow, my legs aching. i think better to handwash the mens’ biz shirts, no need to iron like mad

i tried washing the clothes overnite so this morning just hv to dry the clothes. saves me more time…

really must look for good ironing system