<p>They DO fold. It’s really hard explaining-I just erased my attempt, but you fold them like regular sheets but invert one corner when you fold it to meet the other side. You fold crosswise first. You eventually get good enough that the sheet lays relatively flat, fold in the wider part to make a nice rectangle, then just fold in half until you get the size you want. The key is inverting the corners so that one is folded INTO another and looks like a sort of flat hoodie.</p>
<p>It’s even easier than that. </p>
<p>Make the rounded corners into corners. I can’t describe it, but when you make the rounded corners into corners it’s looks like the flat sheet. Then you just fold how you usually do…after you become the fired sheet of course!</p>
<p>I am the opposite of your friend. I think kids should be capable of this stuff before they even go to college.</p>
<p>It just goes to show…I was just telling a new mother, who was frustrated with everyone else telling her breastfeed or don’t, cosleep or don’t, babywearing or don’t, gluten free/dairyfree/freefree or don’t…and how frustrated she is with all the advice and how everyone not only disagrees, but seems to be passionate that their way is the only way. Well, I told her it will never end. I suspect when I have grandchildren, there will be people to tell me how to do something. </p>
<p>So, just take what she says with a grain of salt. And be happy that your child has proven to be so capable!</p>
<p>My kids have also taught me that it is not critical to separate the wash. Sure… it still makes sense to wash a new red tshirt with only darks. But for the most part colors don’t run much any more.</p>
<p>"…I was just telling a new mother, who was frustrated with everyone else telling her breastfeed or don’t, cosleep or don’t, babywearing or don’t, gluten free/dairyfree/freefree or don’t…and how frustrated she is with all the advice and how everyone not only disagrees, but seems to be passionate that their way is the only way. Well, I told her it will never end. "</p>
<p>I think that’s the wrong advice. It’s really no one else’s business or concern what she does in any of these areas. I think one thing I want my kids to have is the ability to tune out useless people yammering about what they “should” or shouldn’t do. I never had anyone tell me I should or shouldn’t bf or cosleep or baby wear or get an epidural or all that other crap, because I gave off vibes that I wasn’t interested in other people’s opinions and my life was not up for a vote. I disagree that you “have to” put up with unsolicited advice as part of being a mother.</p>
<p>We bought “color catchers” that we throw in the wash if we want to do a “mixed load” and are worried about colors running bit has caught some colors. If we catch colors bleeding, we rewash instead of putting in dryer and it generally saves the clothing. Fortunately have rarely needed to do this.</p>
<p>I think there is still some “bleeding” of colors. My relatives wash everything together and the whites get ever dingier. The color catchers help alleviate this and D sees a difference, especially if she wants to throw a few whites in with a colored load.</p>
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It’s different with more people or a family, but I’m not sure it’s actually cheaper to cook a meal for one person instead of just eating out. I’m not talking a sit down meal with tip, but these days you can get a good, healthy fast-casual meal for less than $10. </p>
<p>It’s usually about the same cost to cook for yourself, just with a lot less time and effort shopping and preparing it.</p>
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I’ve been wondering about this - you see all the jokes on TV and movies about the white shirt turning pink, but I’ve never seen any colors ever run in any wash I’ve done. I do wash new, bright shirts with other colors, but I think separating laundry is a bygone era.</p>
<p>I love color catchers!</p>
<p>Back to the original question, I lived at home when I first attended the local cc. When I transferred I lived in a dorm first and then in my sorority house. I had zero interest in an apartment while in college as I reasoned that I would have plenty of time later to have to do my own cooking and cleaning.</p>
<p>I guess I need color catchers. I washed some bathroom throw rugs together. Two were brown and still are and two blue ones are now a very nice shade of purple. :)</p>
<p>Color catchers are also helpful when you have clothing with some areas of white or light coloring in them next to brighter or darker colors. It keeps the colors from bleeding into one other and keeps the outfit looking newer and sharper (I have no financial interest in them but am pleased not to have things look “muddy” or “dingy” before their time).</p>
<p>These are sold in the laundry section in some drug stores and also at WalMart and Target. They are made by the folks that make “SHOUT” (r) and come in several different formulations–one has oxyboost and has fatter packets, one is just a sheet that looks like a thick papertowel, and one is just a SPECIAL piece of terry cloth that can be reused. I have purchased the various ones and send them to D.</p>
<p>OK, now back to the thread.</p>
<p>Well, Niquii77- I mow my own 2 acres and it isn’t hard with a riding lawn mower. This isn’t an old woman, she is my age and she doesn’t have any money to pay someone to mow for her. She is losing her house. I am glad you can hire landscapers but not everyone is in that situation. Mowing isn’t a basic skill if you don’t have a lawn and if you can always afford to have someone else do it; but honestly it isn’t any harder than driving a car.</p>
<p>Onward–If she’s losing her house, I would think mowing her lawn may not be at the top of her priority list. The big problem was the H dying and leaving her in a financial mess with no breathing space, from what you posted.</p>
<p>You are right, HImom but it is a result of not knowing how to basically function in your environment. Everyone should know a little about taking care of their property, their finances and even a little survival techniques as one never knows if their car is going to break down out on some snow covered road. No one spouse should do everything.</p>
<p>“No one spouse should do everything.” - True. But it often happens. We did decide that it is important to have a binder of the very major things - life insurance policy# (we have a list) and printout of account/pw info. These days so much is online, in our case split across both of us.</p>
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<p>Niquii77, I’m surprised at you. Do you really not know that there are MANY people who simply cannot afford to hire people to do their yardwork? Really?</p>
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<p>But more to the point, it doesn’t matter if a young person in a house didn’t learn how to mow the lawn as a teenager, because he or she can learn ON THE SPOT and is at no disadvantage versus the person who has always done so. Just like cleaning and cooking and laundry. These are skills that can be learned in the moment, so it doesn’t require some grand plan for teaching.</p>
<p>(I never mowed a lawn growing up. I learned in my thirties. I didn’t miss out on anything by not knowing how to.)</p>
<p>In a perfect world, yes, each adult should know how to function and take care of resources or IF they can afford it hire competent help or learn as needed. Years ago, I did my own taxes. H has akways had a CPA. After he died this March, we hired a replacement for taxes. </p>
<p>H has been busy with thus 50-70 hour work weeks, so I have handled most of our finances, including our insurance, retirement, investments and most of everything else pertaining to finances for our home and the kids’ education. If for some reason I couldn’t do it any longer, I’m confident that H could do it again (as he did it for his folks and himself before we were married). </p>
<p>Not knowing enough to figure out how to maintain your resources, whether its a house, car, apartment, phone, computer or what have you seems like a bad idea, especially if you don’t have funds or resources to get timely, competent help.</p>
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No, I do not really not know that there are people who simply cannot afford people to do their yardwork. </p>
<p>For those people who cannot afford to hire people then knowing how to mow their lawn is necessary. For those people who can afford to hire people then knowing how to mow their lawn is unnecessary. Due to the variation of the situations, knowing how to mow a lawn is not a necessary life skill that needs to be learned, especially not on college.</p>
<p>In regards to my “There will always be someone that you can get to mow your lawn.” comment still stands. Your significant other. Your friend. A church/community member. Kid down the street. That guy from the hardware store. And (if push comes to shove) yourself.</p>
<p>Similarly with car maintenance. Many of us are good with knowing cars need regular maintenance as described in the manual, oil changes, etc but are happy to take it to a competent place for service, even if we don’t or can’t perform the actual work ourselves. </p>
<p>Yard work, book keeping, property management, and many other things can fall under this category if there are sufficient resources to hire competent help.</p>