I was folding the washing and it got me thinking, there is so may things i didn't know until i moved out (i have now moved back in but i still know them lol). The next was the things i didn't know until i had a baby.
My First post will be on the things i didn't know until i moved out. So here goes.
The things i didn't know until i moved out:
- How to fold a fitted sheet. That's right i had no idea, my mom always did all the washing and putting away so i had no idea how to fold them, I don't think Adam knows and hes lived on his own for year lol. I'm sure i will teach him one day. If you don't know how to do it here is my way of doing it.
First take a fitted sheet (i don't iron them as they get stretched across the bed anyway)
Fold it in half and put the 2 corners inside each other.
Fold again so all 4 corners are inside each other.
Now you have a rectangle. just fold as you would with a flat sheet.
And there you go a nice neat folded fitted sheet.
- The price of food!! I understand that when my mom went shopping it would cost a fair bit but she was buying for 4 adults, i thought buying for 2 would be half the price....think again. I had to resist piling my trolley full of cakes and nice things and remember the important things like loo roll and cleaner. it was hard but i managed.
- The cost of electricity. So i was always leaving lights on and that sort of thing at home not realising that they cost so much, once i was in charge of paying for it i was damn sure i wasn't leaving anything on when i left the house. we had a boiler that had to be turned on for an hour before using the hot water and my dad said why didn't i just leave it on then it would only have to keep the water hot and not heat the whole thing, thinking well my dad should know i did it, IT DOUBLED MY ELECTRIC BILL IN A MONTH!!!!! I knew i wouldn't be doing that again.
- Timing is everything. Whether it is the timing you put the washer on for or the timing of making sure all the parts of the Sunday dinner were done at the same time, or making sure i left the house on time to get the bus to my moms ready to go to work, it was hard but i survived, just about lol.
- How dirty a bathroom can really get. I never realised that by brushing my hair over the sink and brushing my teeth that the sink is a mess, then there is the toilet. Fair enough i must give it to him Adam does put the lid down but i caught him on numerous occasions pour the toilet cleaner into the toilet and not wait but flush the toilet, bit pointless really it wouldn't have time to clean anything.
- How hard it really is to keep on top of the washing when you don't have a tumble dryer. When it came to changing the bed clothes we would have a sheet over the airier then the duvet cover over one door a top sheet over another then pillow cases over the shower screen, I have always lived with a tumble dryer at home so this was a wake up call for me, Then when it was just a normal load of washing it takes ages to dry, normally i would stick it in the dryer for about 30 minutes and then its all done but no it could take over a day to dry indoors its crazy.
- I really didn't know just how much i can squeeze into a freezer. Every time i went shopping i would go with my mom then store it all in her freezer until Adam picked me up after work, he would stare at the bags and look at me as if to say i would love to see where you are going to put it all but every time i managed to fit it all in. He now wonders how much stuff i really do carry in my handbag (well nappy bag now but you get what i mean).
Come back to see my 'Things i didn't know until i had a baby' post.
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