[blparent] teen laundry

Wed Nov 7 02:32:21 UTC 2012

I believe in the power of essential oils, but right now I can't really fit 
them into my budget.  Lavender gives me virtually instant migraines, for 
some reason, but peppermint oil does not, and I have used it.  I would be 
interested in your other methods.

Jo Elizabeth

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may 
kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at 
evening.--Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
-----Original Message----- 
From: Jennifer Jackson
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 11:38 PM
To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [blparent] teen laundry

It is amazing how bad the shoes of boys can smell. This really is a boy
thing because of the hormone issue and their smelly feet. One of the things
I do that does help a lot is to sprinkle several drops of essential oil in
the shoes regularly. I usually use lavender, peppermint, or t-tree, but any
of the oils that are good for cleaning will work. This is for all my boys,
but adolescence really has made a difference in the intensity.

I know some other tricks for getting the smell out, so let me know if you
have a similar problem, but no essential oils.

Jennifer

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jo
Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 1:18 PM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] teen laundry

It must be a boy thing.  (Sorry to any guys on the list who don't do it and
never did, but there are a lot who do.)  My teenage stepson's dirty socks
end up everywhere, too.  It's gross.  And my brother, he never had that
problem, but he would literally mail his dirty laundry home to my mom the
first year he went to college.  Seriously, we'd get these big, heavy
boxes--and believe me, if you think laundry stinks when it's been lying
around on the floor for a few days, try opening a box that has been in the
mail for that long or more.  And the shocking part is, my mom actually did
the laundry and mailed the clothes back, clean and folded!  She never would
have done that for me or my sister.  Eventually, they decided it was more
cost effective--and maybe less nasty--to hire the laundry out by the pound
to a laundromat in the city where my brother lived.

Jo Elizabeth

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may
kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at
evening.--Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
-----Original Message----- 
From: Jeri Milton
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 12:08 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] teen laundry

Hi V. No matter what I do or say my step son who is now nineteen
refuses to pick up his dirty socks. Have you ever been around a teen age
boys dirty socks? Nasty things! With my nose working as well as it does I
can find them every time. Under the dining room table, stuffed under the
sofa, under the computer desk and of course in the couch cushions. Oh Ya,
and right next to the front door! So, I started throwing them away every
time I found them. I wanted to pick them up with tweezers they were so
gross! I guess I don't have to do that anymore because he decided to move
out last night. I guess there's just too many rules here for him to handle.
I'm too demanding wanting him to pick up his socks and all. Lol! He was
still living here because he's still in high school and we had an agreement.
Well, now he has his freedom and I hope he can afford socks.

Jeri

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Veronica
Smith
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 8:43 PM
To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [blparent] teen laundry

You are more patient than me, I have been known to put clothes in a trash
bag and put them outdoors.

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jennifer
Jackson
Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2012 1:29 AM
To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
Subject: [blparent] teen laundry

I think someone may need to talk me down. :-) Yesterday in the early evening
I asked my 13 year old for his laundry. This morning I had to get really
insistent and ask two more times. Almost 3 thymes as when he finally brought
it down he just left it at the bottom of the stairs without even letting me
know. I washed his jeans with some of his brothers and finished the load up.
Now a second load is in the dryer and he is refusing to fold and hang them.
He even lied and told me they were still wet when I sent him out to handle
it. I am tempted to put them in a trash bag on the basis that they are
obviously not important to him. It has been over an hour since he lied about
them being finished, so it is not as if I am not giving him time to respond
appropriately.

Any suggestions for other responses?

Jennifer

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