Thursday, October 2, 2008

don't wash cardboard!

i have washed money, loose change, golf pegs, business cards and even gum. but this was a first for me. my wonderful mother in law bought presley an anywhere chair for christmas last year and presley loves it. she sits in it every day. she eats and drinks and climbs all over it. it has her name on it. it is hers. any other kids that come over that sit in her chair are immediately removed by the princess herself.
so, being the great and powerful mom/wizard  that i am i thought it was time to wash it. i could only look at the stains for sooo long. anyway, i took out all the cushions from the chair and unzipped the zippers and coverings and put the chair cover in the wash with my cheer colorguard so it wouldn't fade. apparently, i didn't see a piece of cardboard that was in the back of the chair cover and this is what happens when you wash cardboard. 
ughh!!! imagine being 8 months pregnant and bending over for what seemed like an eternity getting all the pieces of cardboard out of the washing machine. it took me 3 more washes to get all of the pieces out finally. lesson learned. no more cardboard in the washing machine. i still have pieces stuck to some of brian's socks and our towels. let's just say it will be a long time before that chair gets washed again unless stains take over and well, at least the cardboard is gone already:)

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