Saving Time, And My Sanity, In The Laundry Room

I was extremely fortunate to be one of several mom bloggers chosen by Mom Central to work on the Frigidaire Test Drive campaign this year. We received an Affinity front load washing machine and dryer from Frigidaire in July, which features many time saving features, something busy moms like me covet. Also,  it comes in a candy apple red color so it’s like the mid-life crisis washer and dryer, although I chose boring, practical white because the red would have clashed with our burgundy walls in the utility room.

The 7.0 cubic foot dryer has a trademarked “Fits-More” design and is the largest capacity dryer in a standard size. This is a huge selling point for me since I wash a lot of large items, like bedding, towels, and dog beds. The Affinity dryer also features DrySense technology, meaning it dries your clothes more precisely, reducing wrinkles. This is another huge selling point as my iron has a rejection complex since I avoid it at all costs.


Clean Laundry


Sadly even with the Rolls Royce of washer and dryers now at my service, I still have to fold the clean laundry and put it away.

I have one more post to write for the blog tour and I’ll have some great news about a Hollywood actress who has teamed up with Frigidaire for a great cause next week, PLUS a contest you’ll want to hear about in which you can enter to win a Frigidaire professional double wall oven.

Oh Dishwasher, Where Art Thou

I was obviously very excited about testing a new swanky-fied Frigidaire dishwasher as part of their mom blogger test drive campaign, but there’s been a slight change of plans.

The dishwasher release date has been postponed until this fall so the Mom Central PR team working with Frigidaire gave me the option of selecting another fabulous swanky-fied Frigidaire appliance to review or wait this fall for the dishwasher. Although we could use a new dishwasher, as ours was in our kitchen nine years ago when we bought our house, our 12-year-old washing machine, as if on cue, started leaking horribly the day after I found out about the dishwasher review opportunity oh happy, stinky day. Not.

So…I’m getting these bad boys instead!

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I’m also getting the 15-inch storage pedestals which I am very excited about as storage is a problem in our utility room. 15-inches of storage! This is organizational porn at its finest folks. I am actually looking forward to doing laundry!

I’ve chosen white, rather than the red, which I realize is boring and practical but I have a feeling that there will be nothing boring and practical about washing the girls’ Hannah Montana undies again. Although I am really turned on by the cheery red, the walls of our utility room are a cranberry color and it would really clash and then it would turn into a redecorating project that I’m not really wanting to take on.

Our new Frigidaire washer and dryer will be installed in the next few weeks and I’ll be sure to update at that time.

One of my favorite movies is Oh Brother Where Art Thou, so in honor of moms everywhere who never see the end to the mountains of dirty laundry, I give you my version of Man of Constant Sorrow.

Woman of Constant Housework

I am a woman of constant housework

(chorus) In constant housework through her days

I am a woman of constant housework
I see laundry all my day.
I bid farewell to that luxury called free time
Because now I’ve got kids to raise.

(chorus) Because now she’s got kids to raise.

For seven long years I’ve been a washing
No pleasures here in the laundry room
For in this world I’m bound to dirty britches                                                                                        

And my kids won’t wield a broom

(chorus) Her kids won’t wield a broom.

I’ll soon bid farewell my old washer and dryer
They’ve been run a million times.
I can’t wait to try my new ones
That are sure to make our clothes look fine.

(chorus) That are sure to make her clothes look fine.

I think I’ll bury myself in piles of laundry
For many hours where I may lay
Then I may realize my children have no clothes on
While I am napping my day away

(chorus) While she is napping her day away.

Maybe my friends think I’m a strange blogger
But face you’ll see light up when I hear Frigidare
There is one promise that has been given
I’ll have a beautiful new washer and dryer this summer!

(chorus) She’ll have a new washer and dryer this summer!

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