Hi Friends! Happy Monday! I hope you’re off to a great start this week! We had some d.r.a.m.a. with the eldest of the two today, which was fun. But we’re hoping for an early bedtime tonight {daddy, GET OUT OF HIS ROOM!} so that he can get the rest he very much needs. {Repeat: DADDY. GET. OUT.}
Anyway…while I write this post and criticize my husband all at the same glorious time….
Over the weekend he was a gem. I mean, he’s always wonderful, but especially this past Saturday. He packed up both kids and took them to our “Touch a Truck” event and left me at home, laying on the couch, resting, reading magazines and watching Fixer Upper. I can’t think of more wonderful things to do on a Saturday morning…when no one else is home.
So there I was reading my Real Simple-March 2016 and I came upon the “Ask the Organizer” section…first topic: a sweet gal talking about her husband’s “nest” of clothing, that he may or may not wear again before laundering.
This was going to be a goodie, I thought. She was asking how to get rid of it forever.
I was intrigued.
You see, my husband also has a “nest”, albeit small, it’s a nest. And usually consists of a pair of jeans, a pair of workout shorts and at least one t-shirt.
The organizing Pro called it the “clerty pile” – part clean, party dirty. My clerty pile {yep, I have one too} is usually a t-shirt or pair of shorts or lounging pants, usually left over from a Sunday afternoon, but left folded on the chest, on the bench or some other “neat” location, in our bedroom.
I have a friend with a husband who keeps a neat “clerty pile” in their bathroom, on a shelf. And it totally stresses her out. I think because it grows pretty big before it gets smaller.
Not to leave y’all hanging, but I was a little disappointed with the solution given to this sweet gal. Hooks. One for each family member and whatever didn’t fit on the hook must be put away. I’m not installing hooks in my bedroom for this purpose, so I wondered where we would hang said hooks to deal with the clerty pile… I am left without a permanent solution.
So now I’m curious to know…are there more males or females with this “clerty pile” habit…and is it more often next to/under the bed?
Do you actually wear those item(s) again before you wash them or is it more of wishful thinking?
What makes us keep the clerty pile…? Why don’t we just toss the clothing into the hamper, or put them back into the drawer?
Hopefully this isn’t a sign of future hoarders…
