Comments on: Day 17. It’s High Time we Tout the Tea Towel

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:41:54 +0000

@Nancy OH, you’ve done it now. I’m off today and on my list of to-dos is changing bed linens. My iron is up and the steam is piping hot! You knew I would have to try this. Now, to find a soap that smells like sweet dreams….

By: Nancy ZS

Nancy ZS — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:31:22 +0000

I come from a long line of Scandinavian women who buried treasures of scented soap in freshly ironed linens. What a delicious feeling to slip into a bed made with smooth and softly scented sheets. I really hesitate to tell you how wonderful it is, because once you try it, you’ll be hooked. And who needs one more thing to do?!
I iron napkins, sheets, tea towels . . .but I do have my limits . . . I stop short of ironing my husband’s boxer shorts.

By: deva

deva — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:50:13 +0000

lol..thanks, kim. i was hoping you had a secret easy method for ironing napkins…although i see child labor is in your master plan (when they get old enough to iron..). love it!

By: Kim

Kim — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:01:43 +0000

@deva. No kids. If I did, I’m sure the daily racing around and stress would be too much for me to even remember their names half the time, much less napkins. I’d be in the fold-em-as-best-you-can mode.

When little ones come to stay, we use trusty IKEA paper napkins. They’re sturdy and cheap! When they get old enough to iron and no longer need a napkin to wipe their cute little faces, they’ll get a cloth napkin, too. It will be a ceremonial right of passage at Auntie’s house. There’s a time and place for everything.

(BTW- the bangs look GREAT. I can’t believe you did that and pulled it off!)

By: deva

deva — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:34:45 +0000

we use cloth napkins and i would love to iron them but don’t. maybe one day i will. just curious..do you have kids?

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:45:25 +0000

Nah, no decorative soap. Although I do love good-smelling soaps, I have to use them. My illness stops at napkins. Or somewhere around there. As most of my friends and family note, I have a huge pile of un-ironed clothes on a chair in my bedroom. It moves and grows like Sigmund the Sea-monster. And if there’s ever a napkin lodged in it, I fish it out and promptly iron it.

Go figure.

By: Amy - very culinary

Amy - very culinary — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:33:11 +0000

Gosh, I don’t even think I own linen napkins. Now I feel trashy. I bet you have decorative soap in your bathroom, too…that nobody is allowed to use

By: Lisa@The Cutting Edge of Ordinary

Lisa@The Cutting Edge of Ordinary — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:30:11 +0000

I iron my napkins but only when company is coming, lol. It’s the one chore I hate, but I can totally see why people love it. My Mom is an ironing fool, she used to iron my jeans. I will always have a vivid memory of her standing in the kitchen with the ironing board, humming to herself, then happily announcing “Done!”.