You know how it is, you almost finish ironing someting and then you realise, actually it needs to be rewashed....so irritating!!! The offending article was a light coloured pair of trousers that dh had been wearing in India. The washing machine had done its best at 40 degrees, but deep-seated Delhi dust and grime was stubbornly refusing to budge...ingrained and tenacious.
Action plan:
24 hours soak in biological washing powder in bath....followed by
Kneeling down by side of bath, bent over scrubbing with nailbrush and Vanish soap, any bits I could see.....and there were a fair few up for a fight!!!
Steam-washed on 60 degrees...
Hung out in sun to dry..
PERFECT! SORTED!
Such hassle...one pair of trousers...so inconvenient.....so time-wasting...
but what if I had to do this every day, like some of my friends in the slums....day in, day out.. Bent over a bowl, scrubbing away, hanging things out to dry in the grimy conditions they would not choose to live in...
It made me realise, yet again, what I take for granted....and suddenly I wasn't frustrated any more with my minor annoyance....I practiced gratitude.....
